Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Tuesday tweeted that the Assam cabinet has approved the identification of five Assamese Muslim sub-groups – Gorias, Moriyas, Jolhas, Deshis, and Syeds – as indigenous Assamese Muslim communities.
On the several decisions of the Assam government, the Chief Minister has clarified that “the move will ensure their development in health, cultural identity, education, financial inclusion, skill development, and women empowerment,”
“At our weekly Assam Cabinet, we took several decisions about the scrapping of old vehicles, identification of five indigenous Muslim groups, exempting ex-servicemen and their widows from paying property tax, boosting renewable energy, and improving data access, etc,” Sarma said in a tweet.
The cabinet also approved the Vehicle Scrappage Policy of Assam, 2022 to ensure proper dismantling and scrapping of end-of-life vehicles to reduce vehicular pollution by phasing out unfit and polluting vehicles.
The process of NRC update was taken up in Assam as per a Supreme Court order in 2013. In order to wean out cases of illegal migration from Bangladesh and other adjoining areas, NRC updation was carried out under The Citizenship Act, 1955, and according to rules framed in the Assam Accord.
According to a media report, NRC for Indian citizens in Assam was first created in 1951.
(Vinayak)
