Assam cabinet approves Assam International Skill Centre, declares 2025 'Year of Reading'
The Assam cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma from Dibrugarh on 23 December 2024, also approved ₹9,000 a month for Gaon Pradhans of forest and FRA villages.
Summary
The Assam cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma from Dibrugarh on 23 December 2024, approved setting up the Assam International Skill Centre (AISC) under the Assam Skill Development Mission (ASDM). The AISC will provide an organised and ethical pathway for overseas placement of skilled and semi-skilled candidates and will follow a hub-and-spoke model, with its hub in Guwahati and centres across the state. The cabinet decided to observe 2025 as a year of reading to promote the book-reading habit, with a book fair at Khanapara in Guwahati and book fairs across districts. The cabinet also approved a monthly remuneration of ₹9,000 from 1 January 2025 for 278 Gaon Pradhans in forest villages and 668 Gaon Pradhans in villages under the Forest Rights Act, 2006 in non-Sixth Schedule areas.
Key facts
- Date
- 23 December 2024, cabinet chaired from Dibrugarh
- Assam International Skill Centre
- Under ASDM; overseas placement of skilled and semi-skilled candidates
- AISC model
- Hub and spoke; hub in Guwahati
- 2025
- To be observed as the 'Year of Reading'
- Book fair
- At Khanapara, Guwahati
- Gaon Pradhans
- ₹9,000 a month from 1 January 2025 for 278 (forest villages) and 668 (FRA villages)
Practice MCQs 3 questions
The Assam International Skill Centre approved by the Assam cabinet on 23 December 2024 will have its hub in which city?
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Correct answer: D — Guwahati
NewsLive and India Today NE: the AISC will operate in a hub-and-spoke model with its hub in Guwahati and centres spread across the state.
The Assam cabinet decided on 23 December 2024 that 2025 would be observed as a special year to promote which habit?
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Correct answer: B — Book reading
NewsLive and The Sentinel: the cabinet decided to observe 2025 as a year of reading ('Year of Reading' / 'Book Year') to promote book reading, with a book fair at Khanapara.
What monthly remuneration did the Assam cabinet approve in December 2024 for Gaon Pradhans of forest villages and FRA villages, effective 1 January 2025?
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Correct answer: A — ₹9,000
NewsLive and India Today NE: a remuneration of ₹9,000 per month was approved from 1 January 2025 for 278 Gaon Pradhans in forest villages and 668 in FRA villages in non-Sixth Schedule areas.