1 / 1

Assam Tenure of women reservation in urban local bodies to be extended

Guwahati: The Assam cabinet has decided to extend the tenure of women reservation in local bodies by 10 years so that they can take part in the decision-making process more effectively.<br><br>The decision was taken during the Cabinet meeting on Friday which was chaired by Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.<br><br>The cabinet decided to amend the laws of the Assam Municipal Act of 1956 and the Guwahati Municipal Corporation Act of 1969 to extend the tenure of women reservation up to 10 years in direct elections to posts of Councillors of the corporation.<br><br>The decision has been taken in regard to th

time1
Télécharger la présentation

Assam Tenure of women reservation in urban local bodies to be extended

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Assam:Tenureofwomenreservationinurbanlocalbodiestobeextended Guwahati: The Assam cabinet has decided to extend the tenure of women reservation in local bodies by 10 years so that they can take part in the decision-making process more effectively. The decision was taken during the Cabinet meeting on Friday which was chaired by Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The cabinet decided to amend the laws of the Assam Municipal Act of 1956 and the Guwahati Municipal Corporation Act of 1969 to extend the tenure of women reservation up to 10 years in direct elections to posts of Councillors of the corporation. The decision has been taken in regard to the upcoming urban body and municipal elections scheduled in February and April 2022. Moreover, the Cabinet also gave its nod to a proposal for establishing the Assam Agroforestry Development Board for incentivising farmers to take up the planting of trees in their land. The Cabinet has also decided to provide government jobs to the next of kin of two persons, Indreswar Bora and Parismita Das, who died in the Majuli boat mishap on September 8.

More Related