Haflong, May’ 12: The Dima Hasao District Congress committee has submitted a memorandum from Assam Pradesh Congress Committee against the anti people, anti farmer and anti poor policies policies of BJP led NDA Government and radical reduction in central funding to the Assam.
The memorandum was submitted today signed by the president, Dima Hasao DCC, Mohendra Kemprai to the Prime Minister of India through the Deputy Commissioner, Dima Hasao Haflong as a part of the protest program staging a protest march in the district.
The memo stated that the decision of NDA Govt to discontinue the status of special category state to Assam and NE state which was in place couple of years is injustice which will affect the economic development of entire NE region. It said the decision of government to discontinue the existing 90:10 mould of central funding policy of Assam and NE States for different centrally sponsored scheme exposes the apathy of government, cut down of fund during 2015-16 in compression to 2014-15 in important sectors like health care education drinking water, discontinue of 100 % existing fund sharing in respect of schemes like horticulture mission of N E State,Nationa Mission for sustainable agriculture, Rastriya Krishi Vikas Yojana.
Stopping of existing provision of providing central funding to the NE state including Assam under NCA and SCA and the decision of pushing the land acquisition rehabilitation and settlement bill ,suspending of N E Industrial Promotion policy. The memo also stated central funds on natural disaster ,upstream of companies like ONGC and OIL among other.
While,the memo strongly raised protest against all the above policies of the government and demanded immediate withdrawal of such anti people and anti poor policies of the Government for the development of Assam with other states of the country.
The memorandum was submitted today signed by the president, Dima Hasao DCC, Mohendra Kemprai to the Prime Minister of India through the Deputy Commissioner, Dima Hasao Haflong as a part of the protest program staging a protest march in the district.
The memo stated that the decision of NDA Govt to discontinue the status of special category state to Assam and NE state which was in place couple of years is injustice which will affect the economic development of entire NE region. It said the decision of government to discontinue the existing 90:10 mould of central funding policy of Assam and NE States for different centrally sponsored scheme exposes the apathy of government, cut down of fund during 2015-16 in compression to 2014-15 in important sectors like health care education drinking water, discontinue of 100 % existing fund sharing in respect of schemes like horticulture mission of N E State,Nationa Mission for sustainable agriculture, Rastriya Krishi Vikas Yojana.
Stopping of existing provision of providing central funding to the NE state including Assam under NCA and SCA and the decision of pushing the land acquisition rehabilitation and settlement bill ,suspending of N E Industrial Promotion policy. The memo also stated central funds on natural disaster ,upstream of companies like ONGC and OIL among other.
While,the memo strongly raised protest against all the above policies of the government and demanded immediate withdrawal of such anti people and anti poor policies of the Government for the development of Assam with other states of the country.
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