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Assam Cabinet Enacts Local Governance, Land and Security Reforms

Centralizing vital records under district commissioners is designed to curb document fraud to stem illegal migration pressures

Mission Basundhara 3.0

Overview

  • The Cabinet passed amendment ordinances redefining Moran and Matak council areas to villages with majority communities and set separate voter lists for November–December elections
  • Under Mission Basundhara 3.0 the government approved land titles for 942 state infrastructure projects and 1,977 non-government institutions across 11 and 12 districts respectively
  • Assam Panchayat rules were amended to allocate Zilla Parishad President and Vice-President SC/ST reservations via public lotteries and rotational quotas to ensure equitable representation
  • Authorities pushed back 20 illegal Bangladeshi nationals and routed Aadhaar issuance plus birth and death registrations through district commissioners’ offices to tighten identity verification
  • All suspects in the Bokakhat grenade blast have been arrested, a broader multi-district bombing plot uncovered and the government is weighing a Supreme Court appeal over non-stigmatic discharge orders in the APSC recruitment case