GUWAHATI: Assam government is providing permanent land settlement document (patta) to 40,000 landless indigenous families on January 28 next in tune with the government’s new land policy.
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday reviewed the functioning of Revenue and Disaster Management Department at his conference room at Janata Bhawan wherein it was decided that more than 40,000 landless indigenous people would be provided land pattas on January 28.
Sonowal directed the Department to take appropriate steps to distribute land pattas to more beneficiaries in subsequent phases so that the State Government’s commitment to provide land pattas to one lakh landless indigenous people could be achieved.
Moreover, it was decided in the meeting that 160 satras (vaishnavite monasteries) and devalayas (temples) of the state would receive 2 lakh each annually in addition to the regular annuity they are provided by the State Government.
Also, the Arundhati Gold Scheme would be ceremonially launched in the first week of March, 2020 whereby beneficiaries of economically weaker section would be given money for purchasing 10 grams of gold ornaments for registering marriage.
The Chief Minister also directed the Revenue and Disaster Management Department to expediently bring the utilisation certificates (UCs) of flood management funds from Deputy Commissioners of districts and directed Chief Secretary Kumar Sanjay Krishna to review the fund utilisation status.
He asked the department to take immediate steps for building material banks in zonal basis from where essential materials like tarpaulins etc., could be provided to flood-affected districts in the time of need.