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On Tuesday, Labour welfare minister Sanjay Kishan tabled 10 amendment bills. Proposal was to decriminalize all the labour laws of the state by replacing the existing criminal penal provisions of imprisonment with civil penalties through hefty fines. He said, “The rationale behind decriminalization is that imprisonment is too severe a consequence for economic offences that do not involve mala fide.” The idea is that strong deterrent provisions with heavy penalties will force employers to have watertight internal organizational and operational mechanisms to ensure there are no lapses in compliance. This would protect workers' rights as well as relieve employers from…

On Wednesday, Assam Government has prepared new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) due to the raise of crime against women and children. According to the sources, The Leader of the Opposition in the Assam Assembly, Debabrata Saikia, raised the issue of the rising rate of crime against women and children. Replying to Saikia state finance and social welfare minister Ajanta Neog said, "This is an issue of concern for all of us. Therefore, the state government has formulated a standard operating procedure (SOP) to counter crimes against women and children. It will make it easier for various government agencies to work together to combat…

On Monday, the proposal for the grant of industrial status to the tourism sector in Assam was approved headed by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. Assam Tourism Minister, Jayant Mallabarua highlighted that the status of such an industry it will attract new investment in tourism infrastructure of sustainable nature and contribute to rapid employment generation, public-private partnership and infrastructure development. Officials said that the growth in the tourism sector is important for socio-economic growth in the state. Also, with the grant of industry status to the tourism sector, now, restaurants, cafeterias, health clubs, spas and wellness centers among others will…

Guwahatians may get slight relief because the South Central Guwahati development is anticipated to be partly commissioned on weekday. The project is anticipated to hide around thirteen,000 households in Guwahati East. As per reports, the project is anticipated to be inaugurated by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. JICA sponsored this project.While the project is simply partial, once commissioned absolutely, it'll cowl over two large integer population within the Gauhati east assembly body. It'll additionally cowl components of the Dispur assembly body. Whereas the project was imagined to be initiated abundant earlier, the Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA), cited many reasons…

On Monday, the Assam cabinet approved a proposal to build a township on 550 acres of defunct Hindustan Paper Corporation's land in Morigaon district near Guwahati that the state government acquired in March, minister Jayant Malla Barua said. It also aims to develop the tourism sector, paving the way for businesses to avail of incentives provided under the State Industrial Policy. He said that the township will be set up on 550 acres of land after discussions with the local people, but in today's meeting the preliminary decision of the satellite town has been taken.