GUWAHATI: In what has come as a major decision to boost the efficiency of the administrative machinery of the state, the Assam Government in its Cabinet Meeting on Wednesday has decided to create 72 temporary posts in Assam Civil Service cadre.
Notably, these positions where 72 ACS officers will be accommodated will be of Senior Grade-I and is expected to strengthen the organisational structure of departments.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma shared the key decisions of the Wednesday's Cabinet Meet held at the Janata Bhawan here on his Twitter handle.
He said, "In today's Assam Cabinet, we took several decisions pertaining to formation of Nagrik committees for police-public coordination, Senior Grade-I for ACS officers, revised pay of Judicial Officers, remuneration for PRI members, civic body election rules, etc."
It may be added here that there will be a total of 250 ACS officers of Senior Grade-I whose current strength is 178. The deficit in the total numbers will be fulfilled by promoting 72 eligible Senior Grade-II officers from the 1995, 1997, 1999, 2002 and 2004 batches of the service, as stated in the Twitter post by CM Sarma.
Meanwhile, the Assam Cabinet also gave its approval for reconstitution of the thana-level Nagrik Committees for facilitating the coordination between the Police and Public. The Government stated that these committees to be formed under Section 11, Sub-clause 5 of Assam Police Act shall work for generating public awareness on vital social issues affecting the populace.
The committee shall be headed by a Chairman to be appointed by the Government, a member secretary who will be the Officer-in-Charge of a respective Police Station among other ex-officio members, namely Circle Officer, Block Development Officer, and senior officials of some other Government Departments.
In addition to the above decisions, the Government approved the establishment of a Centralised Community Kitchen and school for underprivileged children besides a cultural complex at Chariduar Revenue Circle.
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