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The protection measures will include installing security devices in the homes of the witness.

Nalbari:

The Assam Cabinet on Thursday approved the Assam Witness Protection Scheme 2024 to ensure adherence to Section 398 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, protecting witnesses against imminent threats during investigations and trials.

The meeting, presided over by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, approved the scheme, which will require witnesses to submit a Witness Protection Application in a prescribed form to a competent authority through its member secretary to obtain a protection order.

The competent authority will be the standing committee in each district, chaired by the District and Sessions Judge, with witnesses categorized as A, B, and C based on threat perception.

A State Witness Protection Authority and a witness protection fund will also be constituted for the purpose, the Chief Minister told reporters after the meeting.

The protection measures under the scheme will include holding of in-camera trials, installation of security devices in the homes of the witness, close protection and patrolling near their home, temporary change of residence, escort to and from the court, provision of government vehicles on the date of hearing, among others, Mr Sarma said.

Regarding traffic regulations, the Cabinet decided to waive fines for document-related violations for two and three-wheelers, although fines will still apply for not wearing helmets.

The Transport Department will not levy fines for lacking documents such as licences, registrations, or pollution certificates, opting instead for legal actions as necessary. Three-wheelers will receive four warnings before fines are imposed for rule violations.

In educational reforms, the Cabinet approved a special recruitment drive to regularise contractual teachers under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and state pool teachers, benefiting approximately 35,133 teachers. This move aims to stabilise the teaching workforce and improve educational outcomes in the state.

Other decisions included the approval of the Assam Private Placement Agencies for Recruitment of Workers’ (Regulation) Rules, 2024, aimed at ensuring worker safety and maintaining a comprehensive database of workers and private placement agencies in the state.

The Cabinet also cancelled tenders for markets, bazaars, and haats previously floated by Zilla Parishads and Panchayats due to concerns over high bidding prices, opting to reissue tenders.

Infrastructure development projects were also greenlit, including water supply schemes worth Rs 81.38 crore for Karimganj and Rs 72.74 crore for Hailakandi to enhance clean drinking water access in urban areas.

In Nalbari, several initiatives were approved, including the establishment of a convention centre, a circuit house, construction of embankments along Mora Pagladiya and Burhadia rivers, a flyover to Nalbari Medical College, a new degree college in Barkhetri, financial grants for temples, a state-of-the-art sports complex, and a skill centre in Dhamdhama.



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Assam cabinet approved amendment of provisions of Assam Panchayat Act to allow EVMs

Guwahati:

The Assam cabinet has approved the amendment of certain provisions of Assam Panchayat Act to introduce electronic voting machines (EVMs) in panchayat elections and disqualify elected representatives for violating legal age of marriage, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

The amended provisions will include constitution of a district delimitation commission to decide the size of the constituencies for zilla parishad, anchalik parishads and gaon panchayats, Sarma said here on Friday night.

The categorisation of the districts will be on the basis of population and the gaon panchayats will also be reorganised accordingly, he said.

The amendment will also fix a minimum educational qualification of matriculation for gaon panchayat members and pass the higher secondary for anchalik and zilla parishad members. Scheduled castes, tribes and backward caste members will be required to pass the matriculation examination.

”EVMs will be introduced in panchayat polls. Panchayat elected representatives, if found to have violated the legal marriage age will be disqualified and members of political parties are also liable to be disqualified under the anti-defection law,” Mr Sarma said.

The district delimitation commission will comprise the district commissioner as its chairperson, the chief executive officer of the zilla parishad as the member secretary and the election officer as member, the chief minister said.

Political symbols for elections will be introduced for zilla parishad and anchalik parishads and there will be no party symbols for candidates for gaon panchayat poll, he said.

The president of gaon panchayat will be elected from among the 10 gram panchayat members and a no-confidence motion cannot be initiated for the first two and half years of the term of the president and vice president.

The audit of zilla parishad accounts will be done by the Assam accountant general and members may be allotted some departments for monitoring and supervision, he said.

The zilla parishad president will nominate members to supervise and monitor the progress of activities of different departments at the district level as decided by the government, Sarma added.

The state level recruitment commission will conduct the Grade III and Grade IV recruitments in the Panchayat, he added.
 

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