Equity in action: Assam Cabinet nods 3% slots for tea tribes and indigenous groups in high-level govt jobs. CM Himanta Biswa Sarma revealed the decision from a Dispur cabinet meet, positioning it as crucial affirmative outreach to the most sidelined.
Extending from junior quotas, it targets first/second-class opportunities, ensuring these communities’ heft in decisions. Despite tea industry’s reliance on their labor, senior rep has lagged— this corrects course, per Sarma’s media briefing.
Expect surges in educated participation, education drive, and disparity reduction. Cabinet underscored its transformative scope.
Fiscal front: vote-on-account for 2026-27 opener approved for assembly tabling. Empowerment via MMUA: capital for 1,07,532 more SHG women.
Buildout: Defence-okayed Sainik School II in Longku; 31-bigha+ Dhemaji plot to ACA for sports; Rs 20 Cr Borpheeti, Jorhat heritage project.
Staff boosts: 15 earned leave days for teachers; ag service rule tweaks for promotions. Sarma summed up as Assam’s holistic blueprint for justice, jobs, infra, and shared prosperity.