The Assam Cabinet held the fifth cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The cabinet on Wednesday said that the COVID-19 situation has not been improved in the state to conduct the board exams. However, the final decision will be taken by the state education department on June 18.
The other decisions taken in the Meeting are:
1) Cabinet decided to set up 4 new Forensic Laboratories at Assam Medical College and Hospital at Dibrugarh, Silchar Medical College and Hospital, Tezpur Medical College and Hospital, and Bongaigaon Civil Hospital.
2) A decision was taken to empower Social Welfare Department to procure rice directly from the Food Corporation of India (FCI) for Supplementary Nutrition Programme (SNP) under ICDS to reduce costs. Also, ceiling (FoC) will not be required from now onwards in the implementation of SNP.
3) It has decided to approve the statutes of Madhabdev University at Narayanpur, Bhattadev University at Bajali, Pathsala, Birangana Sati Sadhani State University at Golaghat, and Rabindranath Tagore University at Hojai for facilitating smooth functioning.
4.) It further decided not to allow home isolation to any Covid19 patient who does not have a separate accommodation facility at home.
