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According
agriculture the highest
priority with a view to
ensuring remunerative prices
to the farmers for their
produce. Allocation for
agriculture sector increased
to Rs. 365.50 crore in 2007-08
as against Rs. 327.52 crore
in 2006-07. |
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1388290 drought-hit
farmers extended financial
assistence through 2446798
farmers' groups in 2006-07. |
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Massive Ravi
crop cultivation done under
National Calamity Management
Funds to tide over the loss
caused by the drought-like
situation last year. |
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Diesel worth
Rs.1.17 crore distributed
free among the farmers to
run the pumps to pump in
water to the paddy fields.
As a result, 36708.4 hectare
brought under Sali cultivation
thus benefiting 90425 farm
families. |
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90410 quintals
of certified seeds of black
gram distributed thus benefiting
30136 affected farm families. |
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Vegetable
seeds free of cost given
away to 869564 drought affected
farm families worth Rs.434782
covering an area of 56971
hectare. |
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4 lakh drought
hit farmers were aided by
tractors to till their land
free of cost covering 4
lakh bigha involving Rs.8
crore. |
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The State
Agriculture Policy formulated
to pave the way for development
of sustainable agriculture
among the rural populace. |
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SC and ST
cultivators accorded priority.
Demonstration of 1076 pulse
and oilseed crops was held;
486 hand carts and 30 power
tillers distributed to ST
farmers. Similarly, demonstration
of 1028 pulse and oilseed
crops were held together
with distribution of 538
hand carts and 31 power
tillers to SC cultivators. |
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Farm mechanisation
given added thrust with
induction of tractors in
a big way. 503 tractors
and 138 power tillers distributed
among the farmers in 2006-07.
Till date, 1057 tractors
and 3877 power tillers were
given away to farmers under
different schemes. |
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Under the
programme of assured irrigation,
2.30 lakh STWs, 31,000 low
lift pumps and 362 sprinkler
and drop irrigation system
distributed, besides developing
400 community tanks. |
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Under Assam
Agricultural Competitiveness
Project funded by the World
Bank, 160 tractors, 220
power tillers, 1112 STWs
and 444 Low Lift Pumps were
distributed to farmers. |
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48,000 thousand
Kishan Credit Cards (KCCs)
worth Rs.51.02 crore were
given away to farmers. |
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Under the
Crop Insurance Scheme, 37,209
farmers benefited. |
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Vegetables,
fruits and spices registered
a growth rate of 48.14 percent,
2.31 per cent and 10.15
percent respectively. |
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Floriculture
has emerged as a highly
potential sector with the
coming up of 15 big and
67 small nurseries besides
19 medicinal plant gardens
in 2006-07 |
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723
Self-Help Groups (SHGs)
comprising women have been
extended financial assistance. |
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10
cold storages, 25 village
markets and two wholesale
markets renovated. |
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Augmenting
the production of crops
through Plant Health Clinics,
Tissue Culture Laboratories
and Gardeners Training Centres. |
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1700 hectare
brought under cashew cultivation,
a remarkable achievement
in the agriculture sector |
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Creating markets
for potatoes, vegetables
and flowers through public-private
partnership. |
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For the first
time ever in the annals
of agriculture sector in
the State, the first consignment
of 17.5 metric tonnes of
Joha rice exported to Europe.
92 hectares of land in three
districts of Lakhimpur,
Sonitpur and Darrang involving
154 select farms being cultivated
for the aromatic Joha rice. |
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Implementing
a revival package for short-term
agricultural credit institutions
based on the recommendations
of the Baidyanathan Committee.
Under this package, a total
of Rs.282.45 crore will
be available of which Rs.189.58
crore will be provided by
Government of India and
rest by the State Government.
Meanwhile, the State Government
has released Rs.20.83 crore.
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| PWD |
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| ROADS
& BRIDGES (COMPLETED) |
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3254 km all-weather
roads constructed under
various heads viz., PMGSY,
MPNA, NLCPR, Central Road
Fund, NEC and RIDF |
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221 RCC bridges
constructed |
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Construction
of National Games Village
amounting to Rs. 108.36
crore |
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Construction
of Capital complex amounting
to Rs. 114.98 crore |
| ROADS
& BRIDGES (ONGOING) |
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5579 km roads
under different schemes
going on. |
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672 bridges
are under different stages
of construction. |
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Three flyovers
at Guwahati under construction. |
| NATIONAL
HIGHWAYS |
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The foundation
stone of the Rs.238.44 crore
fifth bridge over the Brahmaputra
at Saraighat laid by Hon'ble
Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan
Singh at Amingaon, Guwahati
on April 8, 2007. |
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Construction
of 181 km of six National
Highways under SARDP-NE
programmes underway at a
cost of Rs. 353.35 crore
- the most notable being
the historic Stilwell Road
(NH-153) from Lekhapani
to Jairampur (23.70 km)
at a cost of Rs. 46.89 crore. |
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Two RCC bridges,
one over Nambor river near
Garampani and the other
over Lungit river on NH-
36 completed. |
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Four-laning
of Assam portion of East-West
Corridor from Srirampur
to Silchar underway. |
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Four-laning
of NH37 from Nagaon to Dibrugarh
covering 315 km under Special
Accelerated Road Development
Programme for North East. |
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Two-laning
of 24-km stretch of National
Highway from Lekhapani to
Jairampur. |
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Upgrading
of State roads under Central
Road Fund covering 530 km
at a cost of Rs.16173 lakh. |
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Improving
State Roads of Inter-State
connectivity under Centrally
Sponsored Scheme covering
56.23 km to the tune of
Rs.1942 lakh. |
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Upgrading
State Roads of economic
importance under Centrally
Sponsored Scheme covering
44.24 km at a cost of Rs.1263
lakh. |
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Reconstruction
of the road bridge over
river Barak at Badarpur. |
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PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN |
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The four-laning of Gauhati
University bye-bass of NH
37 from LGB International
Airport to Junction point
at Jalukbari to begin soon. |
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Work on the Silchar bye-pass
will start soon; preliminary
survey work nearing completion. |
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A Traffic Rotary along with
an ultra modern multi-storied
parking plaza to come up
at TC School Junction, Guwahati. |
| The
PWD has created a landmark
in improving road connectivity
of about 10,000 km roads
in both urban and rural
areas of the State. |
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| PANCHAYAT
& RURAL DEVELOPMENT |
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Launching
a new scheme called Backward
Regions Grant Scheme in
11 backward districts of
the State in 2007. Each
district will get an additional
Rs.15 crore annually for
developing infrastructure
and filling gaps in development
programmes. |
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Under Randhanjyoti,
about 1.43 lakh LPG connections
have been given to widows
and BPL families. Rs.1.5
crore allocated for the
programme in 2007-08 budget. |
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Under Indira
Awas Yojana, 125441 dwelling
units have been constructed
in 2006-07 at a cost of
Rs. 36388.67 lakh. 83984
IAY houses built for the
rural poor in 2005-06. |
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Old age pension
is being granted to 6,28,949
beneficiaries at the rate
of Rs.200 per month under
the National Old Age Pension
Scheme. |
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Introducing
two new schemes for the
poor and physically challenged
students viz., one merit
scholarship for children
below poverty line and the
other special scholarship
to the physically challenged
students. |
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Under SGSY,
1,24,719 SHGs have been
formed with 22,659 SHGs
linked up with banks. |
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632.34 lakh
mandays have been generated
under SGRY as against a
target of 800 lakh mandays. |
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Six new districts
have been included under
the National Rural Employment
Guarantee Scheme taking
the total number of districts
under the scheme to 13. |
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Under NREGA,
9,16,753 job cards have
been issued generating 553.74
lakh mandays. |
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National Rural
Employment Guarantee Scheme
extended to 13 districts
of the State. |
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9,16,753 job
cards distributed, providing
employment opportunities
to 7,92,270 families. |
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Under Indira
Awas Yojana, 1,26,889 dwelling
units constructed. |
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Backward
Regions Grant Scheme launched
in 11 districts of the State.
Under the scheme, each district
will get an additional Rs.15
crore annually. |
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23,031.67
km road constructed and
renovated including 18,212
km under Sampurna Gramin
Rojgar Yojana. |
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1,217.89
lakh mandays generated including
649.17 lakh under Sampurna
Gramin Rojgar Yojana. Under
the scheme, Rs.2.97 crore
utilized on protection of
Manas river and Rs. 9 crore
for Aie river embankments
in Bongaigaon district,
Rs.6.67 crore spent on construction
of link road between Namborpara
to Chaklagaon Goan Panchayat,
Rs.2.10 crore utilized on
beautification of Koyakujiya
Lake to attract tourists,
taking up anti-erosion scheme
of Brahmaputra at Jaleswar
in Goalpara district and
Rs.3.87 crore for echo recreation
park at Kumri lake. |
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6553 bridges/culverts
constructed, 1282 school
buildings, 58 sports complexes
and 1934 ponds constructed. |
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6,28,949 aged
persons provided with monthly
pension. |
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3968.81 hectare
rendered useful for agriculture.
4539.55 km embankments strengthened. |
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15,511 Self
Help Groups formed |
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Conservation
of 9,79,809 cubic metre
water through 1,325 schemes
for paddy fields |
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814 Self
Help Groups provided with
Government assistance, besides
loan to 497 SHGs involving
Rs.7.82 crore. |
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| HEALTH
& FAMILY WELFARE |
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Inducing qualitative
changes in the health sector
particularly in primary
health care. Rs.966 crore
received as grant from the
12th Finance Commission
towards this end. |
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Upgrading
103 Community Health Centres
(CHCs) with an investment
of Rs 40 lakh each, Rs.
1 lakh each to 149 BPHCs,
Rs.1 lakh each to 1200 Sub
Centres and Rs.3 lakh each
to three Sub-divisional
Hospitals and Rs. 5 lakh
each to 20 Civil Hospitals. |
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Popularising
low cost sanitation in a
big way to preempt many
diseases. |
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Encouraging
and promoting institutional
delivery with incentive
of Rs.1400 per delivery
case in the rural areas
and Rs.1000 in urban areas
under Janani Suraksha Yojana
(JSY). 1,85,506 women have
benefited so far. |
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Raising diet
money for patients of medical
colleges from Rs. 10 to
Rs. 25 per day. |
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Enhancing
the existing rate of stipend
for PG students of medical
colleges from Rs. 7000 to
Rs. 11000 per month. |
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Raising the
incentives for doctors working
in rural areas from Rs.
3000 to Rs. 5000 per month
depending upon their rank
and seniority. |
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Extending
Mobile Medical Units (MMUs)
to each district. 27 MMUs
have been sanctioned at
a cost of Rs. 50 lakh each. |
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Stepping up
the National Rural Health
Mission by engaging 2830
ANMs and 523 GNMs on contractual
basis. |
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Evolving pragmatic
measures to deal effectively
with malaria by constituting
a task force. |
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Immunization
of children has more than
doubled from 30 per cent
in 2005-06 to 65 per cent
till February 2007 at the
end of 4th round of immunization
drive. |
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Massive modernization
of Gauhati Medical College
& Hospital at a project
cost of Rs.100 crore is
going on in full swing with
similar projects taken up
for Assam Medical College
and Silchar Medical College. |
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Providing
funds to hospital management
committees to carry out
repair, renovation and maintenance
of health institutions in
the State. |
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Pressing into
service 350 ambulances to
all PHCs and CHCs to facilitate
quick mobility of doctors
in rural areas. |
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Setting up
a University of Health Sciences
named after Srimanta Sankaradeva
at Guwahati to give a fillip
to training and research
in modern, homeopathic,
ayurvedic and unani systems
of medicine. |
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Construction
work of three new medical
colleges at Jorhat, Tezpur
and Barpeta underway. Rs
90 crore has been earmarked
for the same. |
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Setting up
of five new civil hospitals
at Kamrup, Baska, Udalguri,
Bongaigaon and Chirang at
a cost of Rs.10 crore each. |
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Upgrading
35 PHCs into First Referral
Unit (FRU) at a cost of
Rs.14.90 lakh each. |
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Identifying
120 institutes for providing
institutional delivery.
Of the 120 institutes, 50
PHCs are being taken up
at a cost of Rs.5.30 lakh. |
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Five new
regional diagnostic centres
will come up at Kokrajhar,
Mangaldoi, Hailakandi, Haflong
and Mohendra Mohan Civil
Hospital at Guwahati at
an estimated cost of Rs.17.50
lakh each. |
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Eight new
GNM Training Schools will
be set up at Darrang, Karimganj,
Hailakandi, Morigaon, Kokrajhar,
Goalpara, NC Hills and Karbi
Anglong districts at a cost
of Rs.5 crore each. |
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Four new
Paramedical Colleges of
Nursing under public-private
partnership will come up
at Mohendra Mohan Civil
Hospital, Guwahati, Civil
Hospital, Nagaon. AMC&H.
Dibrugarh and SMC&H,
Silchar. |
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Three new
MRl machines have been sanctioned
for three existing medical
colleges and will be installed
by April next. |
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An MRl machine
will be provided to Jorhat
Civil Hospital at an estimated
cost of Rs.8 crore. |
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Constructing
permanent infrastructure
for 3,000 sub-centers that
do not have buildings of
their own. Rs.60 crore has
been allocated for 750 sub-centers
in the first phase. |
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Boat clinics
for char areas will be pressed
into service in the financial
year, 2007-08. |
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A modern
diagnostic technique 'PETSCAN'
will be set up at GMC&H
in the current financial
year. |
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A new Department
of Oncology will be opened
at GMC&H in 2007-08. |
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DM and M.Ch.
courses in as many as 10
super speciality departments
like Haematology, Cardiology,
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery,
Plastic Surgery, Paediatric
Surgery, Nephrology, Gastro-Enterology,
Neuro Surgery, Neurology
and Endocrinology will be
started at GMC&H in
2007-08 |
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Poor patients
coming to medical hospitals
for heart ailments will
be provided pacemaker at
an affordable cost. |
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Six new state-of-the-art
Mobile Medical Units will
be provided to the three
medical colleges as well
as Jorhat. |
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Adopting
a new Drug Procurement Policy
to ensure adequate supply
of quality drugs to different
health institutions in the
State. |
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A new set
of admission rules has been
framed to render the admission
process more transparent. |
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| EDUCATION |
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Ensuring
vigorous implementation
of Sarba Siksha Abhijan
Mission. |
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Upgrading
facilities in Gauhati and
Dibrugarh varsities by raising
the annual grant-in-aid
to Rs. 25 crore and Rs.
12 crore respectively. |
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Incentives
to 4,451 venture institutions
viz., Arabic College, Madrassa,
Sanskrit Tol, among others,
to the tune of Rs 18.82
crore. |
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To pave the
way for a Model School in
each Development Block in
the State, financial grant
of Rs. 10 lakh each has
been given to 219 provincialised
High and Higher Secondary
Schools in 2007. |
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Setting up
private universities to
give a boost to higher education
in both technical and non-technical
professional courses. |
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Distributing
free textbooks to students
of primary and upper primary
courses. |
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Constructing
4,302 additional classrooms
under PMGY and 11th Finance
Commission. |
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Providing
cooked mid day meal to children
of Class I to IV in all
provincialised/ Government
primary schools. |
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Raising the
rate of stipend for disabled
children of upper primary
and primary schools to Rs.
75 and Rs. 50 respectively. |
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Setting up
a third Engineering College
in the State. |
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Opening a
new polytechnic at Diphu
for the academic session
2007-08 |
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Promoting
distance education by setting
up an Open University named
after eminent educationist
Krishna Kanta Handique. |
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Introducing
a five-year LLB course in
Government Law College,
Guwahati. |
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According
Kokrajhar College the status
of a Government college. |
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Setting up
a campus of Gauhati University
at Kokrajhar |
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Promoting
private educational institutions
to set up institutions through
public-private partnership. |
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| POWER |
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Improving
the overall power scenario
in the State with the commissioning
of the 100 MW Karbi-Langpi
Hydro Electric Project by
Chief Minister Shri Tarun
Gogoi on April 6, 2007.
Moreover, the 38 MW Lakwa
Waste Heat Project, 150
MW Lower Kopili Hydro
Electric Project, 6 MW Lungnit
and 9 MW Myntriang Hydro
Electric Projects will be
commissioned soon. On top
of this, power sector will
get a major boost with the
coming up of 500 MW coal-based
power station at BTPS complex
by NTPC Ltd. Moreover, revival
of |
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Chandrapur
Thermal Power Station and
plans to set up 235 MW project
at Namrup and 120 MW coal
based Thermal Power Station
at Borgolai are on the anvil. |
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Commissioning
of the first ever independent
hydel project, the 100 MW
Karbi Langpi Hydro Electric
Project at a cost of Rs.205
crore. |
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33 new 33/11
KV substations have been
commissioned at Bamunimaidan,
Six Mile,
Kalapahar, District Jail,
Garchuk, North Guwahati,
Baghmara, Demu, Dhamdhama,
Kharisala, Lakhipur, Jogighopa,
Sipajhar, Barigaon, Udalguri,
Tezpur, Rangapara, Mizibari,
Sonabeel, Dharamtul, Bebejia,
Amoni, Kampur, Burapahar,
Durgakona,
Joysagar, Namti, Khowang,
Barhola, Nakachari, Kakojan,
Polibar and Chabua with
an investment of Rs.115.5
crore. |
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220/132 KV
substation at Agia has been
commissioned with an investment
of Rs.5 crore. |
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1501 new
distribution transformers
have been installed under
APDRP with a capacity addition
of 158 MVA. |
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New grid
substations to come up at
Bokakhat, Moran, Sivasagar,
Diphu, Golaghat, Biswanath
Chariali, Majuli, Nalbari,
Sipajhar, Boko, Srikona
and Narangi. |
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The process
for electrification of all
the villages of Tinsukia,
Cachar, Goalpara is underway.
Rural electrification of
all the districts is in
the pipeline. |
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Solar energy
being augmented with more
than 1000 households in
16 remote villages of Darrang
and Barpeta districts being
provided solar homelighting
systems. |
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Under Chief
Minister's Power Assurance
Scheme, 136 new transformers
have been installed and
250 damaged ones repaired
in 2006-07. |
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Computerisation
of billing/collection at
subdivisional level has
been completed in 106 locations. |
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Construction
of new grid substations
along with renovation and
modernization of existing
ones with financial aid
from ADB and State Government's
contribution taken up. |
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