Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is presenting a 129-page digital budget this year.
Himanta Biswa Sarma said, “Provision of Additional Classrooms, Partition Walls, and Electricity in Elementary Schools announced in Assam Budget 2018-19, #Gunotsav one of the major success stories of the Government.”
The State Cancer Institute in Guwahati fast emerging as a state-of-the-art hub for cancer treatment in state & boasts of first Nuclear Medicine facility in the Region. Expansion plans for State Cancer Institute will propel it to be among the top cancer institutions in country, he added
# 664 new Aamar Dukan to be established.
# Common room for women employees at state secretariat
# Rs five crore for building parking space in Guwahati
# Tourist police station in all national parks, wildlife sanctuaries
# Axom Mala: Programme for State Highway & Major District Road Improvement & Reconstruction
# Rs 91 crore allocated for NRC updation in state
# Fellowship to 20 journalists will be given
# Proposal to buy fibre reinforced plastic (FRP) boats for river taxis
# 10 per cent more funds to be sanctioned to all autonomous councils
# Rs 824 crore allocated for water resources department
# Waiving of loan for the farmers
# Five per cent hike in electricity tax
# A Proposal is given to appoint 5000 constables
# Rs 161 crore allocated for border area development
# Six-lane bridge to be constructed between Narengi and Kuruwa
# 42 new Fire department offices across State would be built
# Funds allocated for development of police training centre at Dergaon
# Model handloom village in Majuli
# Cyber police stations in all district headquarters
# Ropeway between Kamakhya temple and Kamakhya railway station to be constructed
# Scholarship would be given to 100 engineering and polytechnic students
# Government aims to recruit 25,000 teachers
# Rs 1515 crore alloacted for development of Guwahati
