Bill to form Council for Bodo Kacharis placed; Bodo to be made an associate official language
The Government of Assam has introduced the Bodo Kachari Welfare Autonomous Council Bill-2020 .
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GUWAHATI: The Government of Assam has introduced the Bodo Kachari Welfare Autonomous Council Bill-2020 . Minister for the Welfare of Plain Tribes & Backward Classes (WPT&BC), Chandan Brahma placed the Bill on the first day of the winter session in the Assam Assembly on Monday. Moreover, under the The Assam Official Language (Amendment) Bill, 2020 , step has been taken to make the Bodo language an associate official language across the State. This Bill was placed in the House by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary.
Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tables bill to protect people from high-interest money lending agencies
The new bill tabled by Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma will “create a mechanism to regulate the microfinance institutions or money lending agencies or organisations”
| 29 Dec 2020 5:56 AM GMT
Guwahati: The government of Assam introduced a bill in the assembly on Monday, which seeks to protect the economically vulnerable individuals and groups from the hardship of being charged exorbitant interest rates and coercive means of recovery by money lending agencies or microfinance institutions.
Assam Finance Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma tabled The Assam Micro Finance Institutions (Regulation of Money Lending) Bill, 2020, on the first day of Winter session of the assembly. The bill proposes to create an effective mechanism to regulate the microfinance institutions or money lending agencies or organisations .
Assam Assembly winter session begins, bill repealing provincialisation of Madrassa to be tabled today
The three-day winter session of the Assam assembly began on Monday. Assam Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that he will introduce a bill to repeal provincialisation of Madrassas.
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UPDATED: December 28, 2020 12:12 IST
The three-day winter session of the Assam assembly began on Monday. (Image: Hemanta Kumar Nath/India Today)
The three-day winter session of the Assam Assembly commenced on Monday, following Covid-19 protocols. Assam Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that he will introduce a bill to repeal provincialisation of Madrassas. Today I shall introduce a Bill to repeal Provincialisation of Madrassa. Once the Bill is passed, the practice of running Madrassa by the Government in Assam will come to an end, a practice which was started by Muslim League govt in pre-Independence Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted.
Assam govt tables bill to shut down state-run madrassas, convert them into general schools
Assam govt tables bill to shut down state-run madrassas, convert them into general schools
Assam Education Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday tabled the repeal of provincialisation of Madrassa Bill, 2020 in the Assam Legislative Assembly on the first day of the three-day winter session of the state assembly, seeking to repeal two provincialisation act of Madrassa in the state.
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UPDATED: December 29, 2020 00:09 IST
Assam Education Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday tabled the repeal of provincialisation of Madrassa Bill, 2020 in the Assam Legislative Assembly on the first day of the three-day winter session of the state assembly, seeking to repeal two provincialisation act of Madrassa in the state.
Noisy start to three-day Assam Assembly Session; twelve key bills to be introduced
The impact of Farm Bills was seen on Assam Assembly on its opening day on Monday when opposition party AIUDF demanded a discussion on the controversial farm laws.
| 28 Dec 2020 7:31 AM GMT
Guwahati: Uproarious scenes marked day one of the three-day Assam Assembly Session that began on Monday. The AIUDF created noisy scenes in the floor of the house after Speaker Jatin Goswami denied the demand from the AIUDF to discuss the withdrawal of the contentious farm bills.
The Winter Session began today from 9.30 AM in accordance with the Covid 19 protocols in the state. After the Question Hour and the reading of the Business Advisory Committee report were conducted, the tabling of different government bills on the Assembly floor began in the session. As per reports, the members on the Chairperson s panel under Rule 9 (1) of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business were also announced in the ini