Cow protection bill to be placed in Assam Assembly session: Minister

It may be mentioned that while addressing the inaugural session of the 15th Assam Assembly in May, Governor Jagdish Mukhi said that the state government would introduce a cow protection bill in the Assembly and adopt a zero-tolerance policy for protecting cows.

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GUWAHATI:

The Assam Cabinet has approved the cow protection bill to be placed before the state Assembly session, state minister Pijush Hazarika informed media persons here on Thursday.

“All the Cabinet decisions could not be announced yesterday due to a specific reason. One significant decision taken was that the Cabinet has approved the cow protection bill which would be placed before the Assembly,” Hazarika said.

It may be mentioned that while addressing the inaugural session of the 15th Assam Assembly in May, Governor Jagdish Mukhi said that the state government would introduce a cow protection bill in the Assembly and adopt a zero-tolerance policy for protecting cows.

“The proposed bill envisages imposition of complete ban on transport of cattle outside the state and those found transporting cattle outside Assam would face stringent punishment in accordance with the zero-tolerance policy,” Mukhi had said.

Cabinet minister Hazarika further said that continuing with its trend of carrying out administrative reforms over eight Cabinet meetings so far, the Cabinet also decided that unemployed youths could register online for employment rather than at employment exchanges.

“The Cabinet also approved the merger of the department of pension and public grievances with the department of administrative reforms and training for greater synergy and efficiency as the latter is the nodal department. Besides, the civil, electrical and mechanical wings of the irrigation department have been merged as well for ease of work and prompt completion of projects,” he said.

Meanwhile, state minister for welfare of plain tribe and backward classes (non-BTC), Ranoj Pegu informed about another Cabinet decision recognising permanent Gorkha residents of the four districts under Bodoland Territorial Region (living in BTR before the Bodoland Territorial Council was formed in 2003) as a protected class

“Likewise, The Cabinet has declared people from the Tai-Ahom, Moran, Muttock, Sutiya and Gorkha communities as protected classes which will help them get land patta and facilitate ease of land sale and purchase,” the minister said.

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