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Assam govt to invest ₹50,000 crore in developing infra over 5 yrs: Himanta

From Hindustan Times · () English

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  • Assam’s cabinet approved a five-year, ₹50,000 crore infrastructure program covering healthcare, education, housing, power, roads, markets and flood defenses.
  • The cabinet also approved industrial land allocations, energy and transport projects, ₹110 crore for Gauhati University and several business-policy changes.
  • The state will increase food support and flood assistance, including ₹2,000 payments for Orunodoi beneficiaries in flood-hit Sivasagar and Charaideo.

Assam plans to invest ₹50,000 crore over the next five years in infrastructure projects across the state, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said after a cabinet meeting in Guwahati.

The “Viksit Assam: Infra Vision” program will cover primary healthcare, schools, anganwadi centres, housing for tea garden workers, electricity, roads, women’s markets, hostels and flood embankments. The cabinet also approved the allocation of 1,174 bighas of land in Kamrup Metropolitan and Nagaon districts for industrial estates and land banks.

Other decisions included a milk project on 27 bighas in Dhemaji’s Rangajan Gaon and a ₹300-crore Fermbox Bio project in Tezpur. The government also approved an integrated 30 MW solar power and 25 MW battery storage project in Goalpara.

The state cabinet has approved pumping in ₹50,000 crore for 'Viksit Assam: Infra Vision'. Under this scheme, we will be developing various infrastructures across the state.

— Himanta Biswa SarmaThe chief minister announced the cabinet’s approval of the statewide infrastructure program.

Transport and education projects received separate funding. The state sanctioned ₹155.98 crore for a rail overbridge near Hawaipur station and a bypass linking Kheroni Chariali in West Karbi Anglong with NH-27 at Bamungaon. The project is expected to reduce congestion in Lanka town. Gauhati University will receive ₹110 crore during 2026-27 for pending infrastructure work.

The cabinet also approved measures intended to ease business activity. Retail sellers of petroleum products will no longer need licences under the Assam Trade Articles Order, 2026. Registered vehicle-scrapping facilities will become eligible for fiscal incentives under an amendment to the state’s 2019 industrial and investment policy.

The government extended a one-time mechanism for valuing tea gardens and tea land when calculating stamp duty and registration fees. It also set subsidized prices of ₹70 per kilogram for masur dal and ₹35 for sugar for National Food Security Act ration card holders. Orunodoi beneficiaries in flood-hit Sivasagar and Charaideo will receive ₹2,000 this month, while beneficiaries elsewhere will receive ₹1,200. Remaining flood-affected families will receive an initial relief payment of ₹15,000 on September 1.

The state government will provide the initial relief of ₹15,000 to the remaining flood-affected families on September 1.

— Himanta Biswa SarmaHe announced additional assistance for families affected by floods.
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