The Assam government held their fourth cabinet meeting on Tuesday chaired by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma where several key decisions were taken.

They are as follows –

• 'Asom Ratna Award'to be conferred to one person every year who made a played a pivotal role in contributing to the society. Rs 5 lakh will also be given to the awardee.

• 'Asom Bibhushan Award' to be conferred to three persons every year. The awardees will also be given Rs 3 lakh each.

•  'Asom Bhushan Award' to be conferred to five persons respectively every year. The award will also carry Rs 2 lakh for each of the awardees.

• 'Asom Shree Award' to be conferred to ten persons every year. It will also carry a prize money of Rs 1 lakh for each of them.

• Literary pension to be conferred every year on the birth anniversary of eminent litterateur Homen Borgohain – December 7.

• Sports pension to be conferred on the birthday of Arjun Bhogeswar Barua – September 3.

• Artiste Award to be conferred on January 17 every year.

• These awards will be announced 7 days before the award ceremony.

• Allotment of land measuring 35 bigha 2 katha 2 lecha to the management under Batadrava Than Cultural and Tourism Project. Cultural Minister Bimal Bora will be visiting the site and review the project every month.

• Simplification of flood damage assessment and repairing of infrastructure. Appropriate action can be taken by DCs of the concerned area in this regard between April 1 and October31.

• Pictures of President, Prime Minister and Gopinath Bordoloi to be displayed in all government offices.

• A committee was formed  to utilise 77 thousand bighas of government land freed from encroachers at Gorukhuti, Sipajhar in Darrang for agricultural purposes. This will be headed by MLA Padma Hazarika.

• In a bid to eradicate overloading by trucks carrying coal, the cabinet made it mandatory to check the weight of trucks at Digharkhal and Srirampur inter-state borders.

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