Govt signs Karbi Anglong peace agreement in Assam | Daily Current Affairs Dose

Govt signs Karbi Anglong peace agreement in Assam | Daily Current Affairs Dose 

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Govt signs Karbi Anglong peace agreement in Assam | Daily Current Affairs Dose 

Govt signs Karbi Anglong peace agreement in Assam: The Central Government signed the historic Karbi Anglong Agreement in New Delhi in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma.

Govt signs Karbi Anglong peace agreement in Assam: Key Highlights

This Agreement will ensure greater devolution of autonomy to the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council, protection of identity, language, culture, etc. of Karbi people and focussed development of the Council area, without affecting the territorial and administrative integrity of Assam. The Karbi armed groups have agreed to abjure violence and join the peaceful democratic process as established by law of the land.

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The Agreement also provides for the rehabilitation of cadres of the armed groups. The government of Assam shall set up a Karbi Welfare Council for the focussed development of Karbi people living outside Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council area. The Consolidated Fund of the State will be augmented to supplement the resources of Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council. Overall, the present settlement proposes to give more legislative, executive, administrative and financial powers to Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council. (inp:ddnews)

Important facts for upcoming exams from the above Current Affairs Topic

• Statehood Day of Assam: 26 January 1950
• Capital of Assam: Dispur 
• Largest city of Assam: Guwahati 
• Total Districts in Assam: 34
• Governor of Assam: Jagdish Mukhi
• Chief Minister of Assam: Himanta Biswa Sarma (BJP) 
• Total number of Assembly seats in Assam: Unicameral (126 seats) 
• Parliamentary constituency in Assam: Rajya Sabha (7 seats), Lok Sabha (14 seats) 
• High Court of Assam: Gauhati High Court
• Total Population of Assam (2011): 31,169,272
• Official Languages of Assam: Assamese
• Additional official of Assam: Bengali in Barak Valley, Bodo in Bodoland
• Literacy in Assam (2011): 72.19%
• Sex ratio in Assam (2011): 958 ♀/1000 ♂