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The Assam Cabinet, headed by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, connected Tuesday (February 17, 2026) approved a connection to reserve 3% of the Class I and Class II authorities jobs for the “tea tribes” and Adivasi community.
The approval, successful summation to a akin determination for the assemblage successful Class III and Class IV authorities jobs, is important up of the elections to the 126-member Assembly expected by April. The “tea tribes”, a word utilized to mean Adivasis who were brought by the British planters from cardinal India, and “ex-tea tribes” (those who are nary longer associated with beverage plantations) relationship for astir 20% of the voters successful Assam.
Catching votes
The “tea tribes” votes are believed to person swung en masse from Congress to the Bharatiya Janata Party, which eyes a 3rd consecutive word successful Assam.
In different seemingly poll-oriented decision, the Cabinet besides approved the merchandise of the Entrepreneurship Fund oregon effect superior to an further 1,07,532 eligible women self-help radical members nether the Mukhyamantri Mahila Udyamita Abhiyaan.
The different decisions included the support for the operation of a 2nd Sainik School (after the 1 successful occidental Assam’s Goalpara) astatine Langvoku successful Karbi Anglong district. The Ministry of Defence had earlier approved the elaborate task study for the constitution of this school.
Focus connected payment schemes
The Cabinet besides approved the presumption of the vote-on-account Budget for the archetypal months of fiscal twelvemonth 2026-27.
Presenting the ₹62,294.78-crore interim Budget up of the Assembly polls, Finance Minister Ajanta Neog said the large flagship schemes entailing nonstop currency benefits volition proceed successful the years to come.
Citing Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data, she said Assam was the fastest-growing State successful India and that the authorities would basal by the children of economically anemic families connected the maturation path. The scope of currency schemes, including Nijut Moina (for girls), Nijut Babu (for boys) and Orunodoi (poverty alleviation), has frankincense been expanded, she said.
Ms. Neog said the Orunodoi strategy has been expanded to 40 lakh families from 19 lakh erstwhile it was launched successful 2021. “We person included the otherwise abled, transgender persons, and different susceptible groups to marque it the largest societal assistance programme successful Assam,” she said.
She besides said Assam was poised to go a ₹10 lakh crore system by 2028, 2 years up of the targeted year. “At changeless prices, the State’s Gross State Domestic Product expanded by 45% betwixt fiscal years 2019-20 and 2024-25, importantly outperforming the nationalist maturation mean of 29%,” she said.
Ms. Neog further said that Assam’s per capita income has much than doubled successful 5 years from ₹86,947 successful 2020-21 to ₹1,85,429 successful 2025-26, representing a leap of 113%.
