[Assam] New agri college to be named after Sarat Sinha (The Assam Tribune, 08.02.2009)

[Buljit Buragohain]

New agri college to be named after Sarat Sinha
Staff Reporter
 GUWAHATI, Feb 7 – The new agriculture college to be established by the State Government near Chapar in Dhubri district will be named after former Chief Minister Sarat Chandra Sinha. This was disclosed by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi while laying the foundation stone of the college at Rangamati near Chapar today.

The Government is planning to earmark an amount of Rs 10 crore for the college in the budget for the next financial year.

Speaking on the occasion, Gogoi said that the college would benefit the people of lower Assam districts, particularly those dependent on agriculture. He said that in recent years, the Government has initiated a series of steps to give a boost to agriculture and allied sectors. He said that tractors and power tillers have been provided to the farmers as a part of mechanization of agriculture.

Gogoi hoped that the new schemes taken up by the Government would improve production and improve the income of the farmers, which, in turn, would improve the rural economy of the State. He said that the self help group movement also gave a big boost to the rural economy of Assam.

The Chief Minister asserted that development of the poorer sections of the society is the main goal of the Central and State Governments and said that stress has been given on education, health and sanitation etc. He said that the Centre’s schemes like the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and the Rajiv Gandhi Rural Electrification Scheme etc were aimed at overall development of the rural areas.

The function was also attended by Agriculture Minister Pramila Rani Brahma, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain and others, said official sources.
 
(The Assam Tribune,08.02.2009)


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