Assam to provide minority certificates to six communities
Sunday - May 29, 2022 7:18 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Guwahati, May 29 (IANS) The Assam government on Sunday announced providing minority certificates to all the minority communities in the state.The decision was taken at a state cabinet meeting held on Sunday in Guwahati.The six religious communities -- Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Parsis, Buddhists, and Jains will have to file applications regarding this with the state government. Assam Health Minister Keshab Mahanta said: "This is the first such type of initiative taken by the state government."Further, the state cabinet has also decided to give Rs 2 lakh each to 288 seriously injured people and 57 women victimised in the Assam agitation from 1979-85.
--IANS tanuj/pgh
--IANS tanuj/pgh
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