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Assam Cabinet Clears Defence Park, CBI Flood Probe, ₹2,440 Paddy Rate; Tightens Polygamy Rules
The cabinet will seek a CBI probe into deadly floods and impose dismissal and future job bans on government staff found in polygamy.
- On Tuesday, the Assam Cabinet decided to request a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the devastating floods that impacted Sivasagar and Charaideo districts earlier this year. Dispur will submit a formal request within 10 days.
- At least 108 people died in the floods this year after the Dikhow River ravaged Sivasagar, Charaideo, and Jorhat districts a few months ago, causing massive damage to houses, schools, and roads across affected regions.
- Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced the Cabinet amended the Assam Services Rules, 1964, by inserting Clause 6 of Rule 7 to mandate stricter penalties for government employees found practicing polygamy.
- Employees found practicing polygamy will face dismissal from service and permanent disqualification from future government employment, with the rule applying uniformly across all religious communities in Assam.
- The Uniform Civil Code Bill, 2026, passed by the Assam Assembly in May, awaits presidential assent from the Centre; a committee formed on October 30 is framing implementation rules.
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Assam's big crackdown on polygamy, multiple marriages to cost govt employees their jobs
Assam Cabinet has approved the dismissal of government employees found guilty of polygamy, with a ban on future government jobs. CM Himanta Biswa Sarma also announced plans to seek a CBI probe into the devastating floods in Sivasagar and Charaideo.
·Noida, India
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Assam to seek CBI probe to find flood cause; sack govt employee if involved in polygamy: Himanta
Stay updated with ThePrint: Preferred Source Google Discover Guwahati, Nov 3 (PTI) The Assam government on Tuesday decided to write to the Centre for a CBI investigation to find the exact cause of the devastating floods in Sivasagar and Charaideo districts earlier this year, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The government has also decided […]
·New Delhi, India
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