Assam Cabinet approves urban water bodies rules and five-year licences for fair price shops
The Assam Cabinet on 5 February 2025 approved rules to preserve urban water bodies, extended the licence renewal period of fair price shops to five years and approved a portal for 25% RTE seats in private schools.
Summary
The Assam Cabinet at its meeting on 5 February 2025 approved the Draft Assam Urban Water Bodies (Preservation and Conservation) Rules, 2025, for preparing district-level schedules of public water bodies in urban areas. It approved the Assam Public Distribution of Articles (Amendment) Order, 2025, extending the licence renewal period of fair price shops from three to five years, and a web portal to ensure 25% seat reservation for children from economically weaker sections in unaided private schools under the RTE Act. Draft Assam VAT (Amendment) Rules, 2025, to curb tax leakage on goods brought into the State, and the regular statute of Bodoland University were also approved.
Key facts
- Date
- 5 February 2025 (Wednesday)
- Water bodies
- Draft Assam Urban Water Bodies (Preservation and Conservation) Rules, 2025
- Fair price shops
- Licence renewal period extended from 3 to 5 years
- RTE
- Web portal for 25% EWS seats in unaided private schools
- Also
- Draft Assam VAT (Amendment) Rules, 2025; Bodoland University statute
Practice MCQs 2 questions
To how many years did the Assam Cabinet extend the licence renewal period of fair price shops on 5 February 2025?
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Correct answer: B — 5 years
The Assam Public Distribution of Articles (Amendment) Order, 2025, extends the renewal period of fair price shop licences from 3 years to 5 years.
The Assam Cabinet approved a web portal in February 2025 to ensure what share of seats in unaided private schools for children from economically weaker sections under the RTE Act?
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Correct answer: D — 25%
The portal is meant to ensure 25% seat reservation for children from economically weaker sections in unaided private schools, as required by the RTE Act.