State Government to provide government jobs to nearly 40,000 youth on 10th October
Having fulfilled its promise of providing one lakh government appointments, the state government is poised to carry forward its commitment to a transparent and merit-driven recruitment process. In a significant announcement made today while attending an appointment letter distribution ceremony at Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra, covering the departments of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary, Tourism, and Education, Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma stated that nearly 40,000 youths would be provided government jobs in a single recruitment drive scheduled for 10 October.
Notably, appointment letters were distributed to 443 Veterinary Field Assistants in the Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Department, 12 Tourism Development Officers in the Tourism Department, and 23 DIET Lecturers and 3 SCERT Assistant Directors in the rank of Assistant Professors under the Education Department. With the inclusion of these 481 appointments, the total number of government jobs secured under the present administration now stands at 1,20,840.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Sarma expressed confidence that the State Government is well on course to reach a total of 1.60 lakh appointments by 10 October. He emphasised that the transparent nature of this recruitment process has not only upheld merit, but also played a vital role in fostering a more robust educational ecosystem across the state.
Turning his attention to the animal husbandry sector, the Chief Minister underscored its growing importance in the vision of a self-reliant Assam. He noted that, while this sector has increasingly become a pillar of the rural economy, Assam still lags behind other states in fully realising its potential. To address this, he stated that the government has partnered with the National Dairy Development Board to establish the North East Dairy and Foods Limited – an initiative aimed at producing, processing, and distributing 10 lakh litres of milk daily. He highlighted a series of infrastructural developments already underway to support this goal, including the setup of milk processing centres with one lakh litre capacities in Dhemaji, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, and Cachar, a 25,000 litre unit in Bajali, and a three lakh litre facility in Guwahati. He further mentioned that a new 1 lakh litre milk processing unit would also be established in Rani, near Guwahati by AMUL. These efforts, he affirmed, would serve as an incentive for farmers across Assam to expand production.
Dr. Sarma stated that the state government would provide a subsidy of Rs. 5 per litre for milk brought in for processing. He added that the College of Veterinary Science, in collaboration with the National Dairy Development Board, is working to develop a new breed by crossbreeding Assam’s indigenous Lakhimi cows with Gujarat’s high-yielding Gir breed. Additionally, he shared that efforts are also underway to improve yield through artificial insemination. With these measures, he affirmed, the government aims to scale Assam’s daily milk production to 15 lakh litres by 2030.
Alongside livestock development, the Chief Minister emphasised the state’s renewed focus on poultry and duck farming, noting that 90% of Assam’s daily egg demand is currently met through imports. He observed that if merely 1,000 entrepreneurs step forward, the state could achieve a daily production of one crore eggs within three years. Despite the Northeast hosting the country’s largest pork market, he lamented the region’s insufficient local production and stressed the government’s commitment to addressing this gap. He also highlighted a national campaign to promote biogas and bio-CNG production, adding that efforts are underway to enable dairy enterprises to generate these from cattle dung – an initiative poised to offer farmers a valuable supplementary income stream.
Dr. Sarma also spoke about Assam’s vast tourism potential and the government’s ongoing efforts to harness it, noting that Kaziranga National Park now ranks third nationally in tourist footfall among national parks. With a marked rise in both religious and nature-based tourism, he underscored the sector’s economic significance and called for greater innovation to enhance its appeal. Citing Dima Hasao’s natural splendour, he said that the region has the potential to emerge as one of the country’s premier tourist destinations. To this end, he added, the government has sanctioned Rs. 4,000 crores for road and infrastructure development, aiming to transform the region within five years. He called upon the newly appointed Tourism Development Officers to lend their energies to advancing this vision and invigorating the state’s tourism landscape.
Speaking on the government’s initiatives in the education sector, the Chief Minister affirmed the administration’s commitment to fostering an improved academic environment by appointing qualified, well-trained teachers and positioning education as a decisive pathway to excellence. He further stated that the government has never wavered in safeguarding the collective interest of the youth, a principle consistently upheld through tangible action over the past four and a half years.
The ceremony was also attended by Minister of Tourism etc. Ranjeet Kumar Dass, Minister of Education etc. Dr. Ranoj Pegu, Minister of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary etc. Krishnendu Paul, Chairman of the Live Stock and Poultry Corporation Manoj Saikia, Chief Secretary Dr. Ravi Kota, Commissioner & Secretary of the Tourism Department Diganta Barah, Commissioner & Secretary of the Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Department M.S. Manivannan, Secretary of the Education Department Shah Nawaz Choudhury, and other senior officials from the relevant departments.
