By Manoj Kumar Ojha
GUWAHATI: For Better Nutrition of Students, the Assam cabinet has made provision for three eggs weekly per child in the Mid-Day meal .
It is to eligible children of schools in tea garden areas under PM POSHAN.” Eggs being a good source of high quality protein will boost physical growth while countering other adverse effects of malnutrition related to cognitive development. This will have a positive impact on increasing the attendance and retention of the children in schools and decreasing the dropout rate.
Assam government has also approved a scheme where government servants will have to serve for three to five years in places designated as Durgam (Difficult) area geographically.
The cabinet has in-principle approval for ‘Sugam to Durgam (Comfortable to Difficult)’ scheme for better citizen-centric governance and Service delivery.
Accordingly, every government employee, irrespective of class, has to work for a period of 3-5 years during the course of their service in certain geographical areas designated as ‘Durgam’ areas.
For Better Nutrition of Students, the cabinet has made provision for three eggs weekly per child in the Mid-Day meal to eligible children of schools in tea garden areas under PM POSHAN.”
Eggs being a good source of high quality protein will boost physical growth while countering other adverse effects of malnutrition related to cognitive development. This will have a positive impact on increasing the attendance and retention of the children in schools and decreasing the dropout rate.”
The cabinet has approved adoption of the Assam Road Network Master Plan (RNMP), 2023 for long-term connectivity requirements Reclassification of roads in State and notification of State Highways (SH) and Major District Roads (MDR).
The RNMP is prepared with a 20-year period dovetailed into Multimodal transport plans, for meeting future travel demands, prioritising 18,421 km of roads for development of higher order road network comprising 5,120 km of State Highways, 8,638 km of Major District Roads and 4,673 km of National Highway.
The roads will be phased into Priority 1, Priority 2 and Priority 3 lists for 5-year short term, 10-year medium term and 20-year long term periods. The proposed plan will bring down road user costs through efficient transportation and stimulate economic growth for the State, generating employment for 13 lakh person months from road works over next 20 years.
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