Assam Cabinet Meeting: Mission Basundhara 2.0 was launched

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• Oct 30, 2022 | Sourav Boruah

mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Segoe UI";
mso-bidi-font-style:italic">Digital Desk: The Assam Cabinet made several
significant decisions concerning the welfare of OBC communities, the promotion
of wood-based industries, and so on.

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mso-bidi-font-style:italic">The key decisions are as follows:

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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Segoe UI"">Basundhara
2.0

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Settlement of Annual Patta (AP) land areas that have previously been
transferred from the original AP Holder to an eligible owner by granting
Periodic Patta (PP) in accordance with the Land Policy, 2019, with the
intention of conferring permanent, heritable, and transferable rights to the PP
Holder.

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Settlement of Village Grazing Reserve (VGR) and Professional Grazing Reserve
(PGR) land as PP land to selected categories of eligible occupants (after
de-reservation of VGR/PGR and reservation of equivalent quantum of land as
VGR/PGR).

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Occupancy tenants (Rayats) are granted ownership rights under the Assam
(Temporarily Settled Areas) Tenancy Act, 1971.

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Settlement of government 'khas' land and 'ceiling surplus' land to eligible
individuals in accordance with the Land Policy, 2019.

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Providing tribal people with permanent, heritable, and transferable rights
through the settlement of their inherited land up to 50 bighas in the 2019 Land
Policy Relaxation

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Land settlement for special cultivation (tea, coffee, rubber, etc.) to
indigenous growers in accordance with the 2019 Land Policy

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Implementation of e- Khazana for the online transaction of land revenue, local
taxes, and other fees

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Implementation of Auto-mutation throughout Assam for Composite Land Transfer
Amending Land Policy to Strengthen Mission Basundhara

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Amendment to Land Policy, 2019 to include definitions of indigenous people,
generation, hereditary land, provisions for tribal community hereditary land
settlement, and settlement of VGR and PGR land to eligible occupiers as a one-time
measure under Mission Basundhara 2.0 with effect until December 31, 2023, and
restructuring Sub Divisional Land Advisory Committee.

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a one-time measure, rationalization of premium rates for land settlement in
Guwahati city, municipal and revenue towns, and rural areas for both homestead
and ordinary cultivation purposes.

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Authentication via Aadhaar for land-related services

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Circle Officers will be relieved of all non-statutory duties, such as law and
order, elections, disaster management, census, and so on, in order to ensure
the quality and timely delivery of Mission services.

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Approximately 7328.19 cr has been approved for Mission implementation.

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The first phase of Mission Basundhara's ten services will be continued through
the Assam Right to Public Services portal.

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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Segoe UI"">Moran
and Matak communities benefit

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Moran (SI No. 14) and Matak (SI No. 33) communities receive separate enlistment
in Assam's OBC list.

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Moran and Matak communities are currently listed together at SI No. 14 'Limbu':
• The name "Lihu" has been changed to "Limbu" in the Assam
OBC list as well as the Central list.

mso-bidi-font-family:"Segoe UI";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">• It was done with
the understanding that, while the Lihu community is listed as a sub-caste of
the Nepali community in Assam's OBC list, there is no "Lihu"
sub-caste within the Nepali community.

mso-bidi-font-family:"Segoe UI";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">'Bhujel,' a Nepali
Community sub-caste

mso-bidi-font-family:"Segoe UI";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">• "Bhujel"
will be recognized as a sub-caste of the Nepali community in Assam's OBC list.

mso-bidi-font-family:"Segoe UI";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">• This will ensure
the socioeconomic development of the Bhujel sub-caste, which has the same
status as the Nepali community's Rai, Limbu, Magar, Thapa, and Gurung
sub-castes.

Filip to Wood-Based Industries •

Enactment of Assam Wood Based Industries (Promotion and
Development) Rules, 2022

 • Wood Based
Industries (WBIs) to be classified as Primary, Secondary, and Composite WBIs

• Primary and Composite WBIs require licenses and must be
located within Industrial Estates

 • Secondary WBIs
require registration and do not need to be located within Industrial Estates
Any order of the SLC/Registration Committee may be appealed to the Government
of Assam.