AssamIndustry and Commerce Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary on Saturday blamed theCentre during the Congress regime for not being implementing the Assam Accordfor 34 years.
Hesaid that the state government was also helpless in this regard. "Now theSarbananda Sonowal government emphasized on the implementation of the AssamAccord and that the government has moved forward to implement Clause VI of theAccord," said Patowary while addressing a press conference at Janata Bhawantoday.
He said that Clause VI will safeguard the culture, land, and dignity of the state.
Blaming the earlier government, Patowary said that both the central and state government has failed to carry forward the economy of Assam adding that the agitations have hampered the unemployed. "There are 22 lakhs unemployed in the state in today's date. We have got many commissions through the world investment fair. A memorandum of understanding has also been signed for the commission of a total of 79000 crore rupees. Till date, Assam has received a record of 64930.4 crore rupees commission," the minister said.
He further stated that the Centre has allocated a fund of Rs. 4600 crores to BCPL. He also said that there are 6 lakhs jobs in the plastic industry across the country.
ONGCwill search for oil and gas in 100 places for which they will invest Rs. 37000crore and NRL will invest Rs. 200 crore.
Theminister also informed that the NRL will also invest Rs. 22500 crore for newrefinery adding that a sum of Rs. 9265 crore has also been released for the Indradhanuscheme adding that these are the scopes for the unemployed.
