Assam Cabinet approves ₹50,000 crore infra package and India's first public-sector proton beam therapy centre
The Assam Cabinet on 30 August 2026 approved a ₹50,000 crore five-year package under 'Viksit Assam: Infra Vision' and a ₹600 crore Proton Beam Therapy Centre at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital.
Summary
The Assam Cabinet approved a ₹50,000 crore package for capital-intensive projects over five years under 'Viksit Assam: Infra Vision' on 30 August 2026, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The package will fund primary healthcare, schools, Anganwadi centres, housing for tea garden workers, roads, power networks, anti-flood embankments, women's markets and hostels, and industrial estates, using the state's own resources, NABARD loans and central schemes. The Cabinet also approved a ₹600 crore Proton Beam Therapy Centre for cancer care at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), with ₹315 crore as a World Bank loan and ₹285 crore from the state. GMCH will be the first public-sector hospital in India with proton beam therapy, after the private facilities at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai and Apollo, Chennai, and the centre will take at least three years to set up.
Key facts
- Approved
- 30 Aug 2026, Assam Cabinet
- Infra package
- ₹50,000 crore over 5 years – 'Viksit Assam: Infra Vision'
- Funding
- Own resources, NABARD, central schemes
- Proton centre
- ₹600 crore at GMCH, Guwahati
- Financing
- World Bank loan ₹315 crore + state ₹285 crore
- Distinction
- First public-sector proton therapy in India; 3rd overall
Practice MCQs 3 questions
Under which vision did the Assam Cabinet approve a ₹50,000 crore five-year infrastructure package on 30 August 2026?
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Correct answer: B — Viksit Assam: Infra Vision
The ₹50,000 crore package was approved under 'Viksit Assam: Infra Vision'.
Which institution will provide a ₹315 crore loan for the Proton Beam Therapy Centre at GMCH, Guwahati?
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Correct answer: C — World Bank
The World Bank will provide ₹315 crore as a loan; the state will bear the remaining ₹285 crore of the ₹600 crore cost.
Consider the following statements about the proton beam therapy centre approved by Assam on 30 August 2026: 1. GMCH will be the first public-sector hospital in India to have proton beam therapy. 2. Before GMCH, India had no proton beam therapy facility in any sector. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 only
Statement 1 is correct. Statement 2 is wrong: private facilities already exist at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai and Apollo, Chennai; GMCH will be the third overall.