Guwahati: Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma today held a video conference with all District Commissioners (DCs) at Lok Sewa Bhawan and discussed the key issues for successful rollout of this socio-economic empowerment schemes.
Holding discussion with the DCs, the Chief Minister said that since Orunodoi 2.0 is coming to an end on June 10, for the seamless roll out of the Orunodoi 3.0, the DCs will have to finish the digitization process at the earliest. He asked them to complete the digitization by June 3. He made it clear that because of non-availability of ration card if any person deprives of the benefits of Orunodoi 3.0, DCs should include the names of such beneficiary by convening a meeting of the district level monitoring committee and talking to the Guardian Minister. He also asked the DCs to prepare the data for Orunodoi 3.0 on the basis of Legislative Assembly constituency.
Meanwhile, during the VC, Chief Minister Dr. Sarma also held a detailed discussion on 'Eti Koli, Duti Paat' scheme. Synchronizing with the 200 year celebrations of Assam Tea industry, CM Dr. Sarma said that government will make a onetime payment of Rs. 5000 to each of the permanent and temporary Class III and IV workers of the tea gardens. He, therefore, asked the DCs to compile data on permanent and temporary tea garden workers across districts. He also asked them for the formation of district-level implementation committees and include one social worker from tea garden areas in the committees. The Chief Minister also asked the DCs to select the beneficiaries under the scheme and get them recommended by the implementation committee by August 10 of this year. He also shared government's desire of launching this scheme on 15 August 2025. For the successful implementation of the scheme, Dr. Sarma asked the DCs to designate one ADC level nodal officer.
Finance Minister Ajanta Neog, MLA Biswajit Phukan, Chief Secretary Dr. Ravi Kota, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Dr. KK Dwivedi, Commissioner and Secretary to Finance Department Jayant Narlikar and other senior officers were present during the conference.
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