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Hindustan Times
23-07-2025
- Business
- Hindustan Times
Assam to borrow ₹2,750 cr from World Bank for education sector: Himanta
Dibrugarh , The Assam government will borrow ₹2,750 crore from the World Bank to support various activities of the state Education Department, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday. Assam to borrow ₹ 2,750 cr from World Bank for education sector: Himanta Addressing a press conference after a cabinet meeting here, Sarma said the loan amount will be repaid jointly by the central and state governments. "The government has decided to take a loan of ₹2,750 crore from the World Bank for the education sector of the state. The Centre will repay 90 per cent of the loan, while the remaining ₹275 crore will be returned by the Assam government," he added. This amount will be utilised in imparting training to teachers on mathematics and science, management training to headmasters, working on science and technology, and arresting the dropout rate, the CM said. "From this fund, ₹3-5 crore per school will be spent on rebuilding 400 schools across the state. Also, ₹25 lakh each will be spent to modernise 1,733 Anganwadi centres," he added. Sarma said that the state cabinet has accorded financial sanction of ₹150 crore under the Mission for Overall Improvement of Thanas for Responsive Image scheme. "In the first phase of the scheme, 73 police stations have been completed and in the second phase, 46 police stations have been taken up. Out of that, 31 stations and one cyber police station have been completed and works for the remaining are in progress," he added. The cabinet noted that infrastructure worth ₹1,500 crore has been constructed for the Assam Police so far. The CM said that from August 12 onwards, 10 new co-districts will start functioning in the state. "The cabinet decided to create 10 posts for superintendents of police in those co-districts," he added. Besides, the state cabinet approved to launch a new scheme Chief Minister's Foreign Language Initiative for Global Human Talent to provide structured foreign language training and facilitate overseas employment of Assamese youths, Sarma said. "Under this scheme, the government will offer a ₹1.5 lakh subsidy to successful applicants to undergo training in Japanese language. Upon completion, they will also be placed on short-term paid work opportunities in Japan," he added. The state cabinet has also approved the support to apartment buildings through funding from MLALADS and a united fund to ensure government welfare schemes reach the residents of these flats, provided some conditions are fulfilled by their in-house societies, Sarma said. He also said that the government will form a Section 8 company Assam Innovation and Startup Foundation under the Department of Innovation, Incubation and Startups to promote innovation and startup related activities in the state. The CM further said that the public will be able to procure arms licences through a dedicated portal from August. "We are streamlining the existing process to issue arms licenses to the indigenous community in areas where they may be vulnerable," he added. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
Time of India
23-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Assam govt incentivises Japanese language learning for youth
Guwahati: The Assam Government has decided to incentivise the Japanese language learning for the youths of Assam across the state and said that the state government will give a scholarship of Rs. 1.5 lakh to each student who pursues Japanese language. The State Cabinet has approved to launch the scheme, namely Chief Minister's Foreign Language Initiative for Global Human Talent (CM-FLIGHT), to provide structured foreign language training (eg, JLPT N2 level) and facilitate overseas employment of Assamese youth under various overseas visa programmes in other countries. Explore courses from Top Institutes in Please select course: Select a Course Category A pilot project will be implemented in the current financial year through the three agencies. These agencies will impart Japanese language training and facilitate overseas employment of Assamese youth under Japan's Specified Skilled Worker (SSW) visa programme. It will create significant employment opportunities for the local population by facilitating overseas placements. It will help in addressing the issue of unemployment and underemployment in Assam by providing access to the international job market. Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the minimum salary for the youths in Japan is Rs. 2.5 lakh per month. "The average age of people in Japan is 48 years and in Assam the average age of people is 22 years. So, there is lots of scope for the youths from Assam to seek employment in Japan. Initially we are selecting 3000 youth for the Japanese language in the first phase," he said Live Events The Assam government decided to take a loan of Rs. 2750 crore from the World Ban for the education sector in Assam. Sarma said that the state's share in the loan will be 10 percent while the Central government will return the 90 percent of the loan. 'We are going to use this loan amount for training the teachers on maths and science, training the head teachers at the school on management, to promote work on science and technology and to stop school dropouts in Assam,' he said 'A total of 400 schools in the state will get Rs. 3 crores to Rs. 5 crore each to develop their infrastructure and will spend about Rs. 25 lakh each for upgrading about 1733 Anganwadi Centres in the state,' he said. The Chief Minister said that this will help revamp the education sector in Assam and will lead to a positive change. The State Cabinet has approved the Collective Infrastructure Development of Apartment Buildings through Funding from MLALADS and United Fund to ensure government welfare schemes reach the residents of these apartments. The Eligibility criteria for getting benefits under the Scheme include the minimum number of apartments in a building should be 16, the society must be registered under the Societies Registration Act, at least 80% of the apartments should be occupied.
