Assam govt provides financial assistance to Bihu committees
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma handing above a cheque to a person of the bihu committees in Guwahati on April 4 | CMO
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma ceremonially introduced the distribution of one-time financial help to Rongali Bihu celebration committees at a operate arranged by the cultural affairs division at Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra in Guwahati on April 4.
The condition federal government has made the decision to give one-time monetary help to people Bihu celebration committees which organise Rongali Bihu features from Sankranti to the 6th working day of the Bohag thirty day period of the Assamese calendar each year and are a minimal of 10 several years previous.
Under this initiative, the CM dispersed Rs 1.5 lakh per committee to 138 committees of Kamrup Metro and 142 committees of Kamrup district.
Altogether 1265 Bihu committees of 30 districts will be specified this economic aid for this purpose. The tradition affairs office has allotted a sum of Rs 18.97 crore.
Talking on the situation, Sarma said that the state federal government has abounded accountability to function for the socio-financial enhancement of the individuals of the condition as well as promoting the state’s abundant society.
He mentioned that considering the socio-cultural importance of Bihu for the individuals of Assam, the point out governing administration has resolved to deliver 1-time economical guidance to these bihu committees.
Underlining the record of Rongali Bihu which was originally celebrated for seven days, the CM urged the bihu committees to keep its originality so that the youth could recognize its genuine form rather of looking at bihu just as a cultural operate.
The main minister also named on the bihu celebration committees to use gamosa which are made domestically in the handlooms alternatively of electrical power loom at bihu features.