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Assam cabinet clears indigenous status for five Muslim communities

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Dispur: In a major move, the Assam Cabinet led by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday approved the identification of five Assamese Muslim sub-groups - Gorias, Moriyas, Jolhas, Deshis and Syeds - as indigenous Assamese Muslim communities.

The identification is aimed to ensure their development in terms of health, cultural identity, education, financial inclusion, skill development and women empowerment, added the chief minister.

Tuesday's move cames after last month's announcement by Sarma that the state government would take steps for separate classification of indigenous minorities in the state, including Muslim communities.

At the time, the CM had said the move was necessitated to identify those people from minority communities who have not migrated to Assam and are original residents of the region.

Assam Cabinet also took several decisions pertaining to the scrapping of old vehicles, exempting ex-servicemen and their widows from paying property tax, boosting renewable energy, improving data access, etc.

The Cabinet decided to exempt ex-servicemen and their widows from paying property tax as a gesture of gratitude for their service to the nation.

Bills to amend the Assam Municipal Act, 1956 and Guwahati Municipal Corporation Act, 1969 will be tabled in the state assembly to exempt ex-servicemen/widows from paying property tax as a gratitude for their service to the nation, Health Minister Keshab Mahanta said while briefing the media after the meeting.

The cabinet also approved the collaboration between the Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE) under SIDBI and the Assam government for providing additional guarantee coverage for loans given by lending institutions to Micro and Small units in Assam and the creation of a Corpus Fund of Rs 100 crore with 80 percent from CGTMSE and 20 percent from Assam government.

It also decided in the meeting to pay a one-time scholarship of Rs 16,000 to each student who has passed the state Class 10 board examination in the first division.

Assam State Data Policy 2022 to improve data access, data use and ensure efficient delivery of services was also approved by the Cabinet.

The Assam Renewable Energy Policy, 2022 was also approved to create an ecosystem to propel the growth of Renewable Energy in the power sector and this aims to install an aggregate of 1,200 MW within five years.

The cabinet also approved the Vehicle Scrappage Policy of Assam, 2022 to ensure proper dismantling and scrapping of end-of-life vehicles to reduce vehicular pollution by phasing out unfit and polluting vehicles.

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