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Assam

Development as decentralised governance – the Assam experience

Largely unnoticed by even the vibrant media of the Northeast, the Government of Assam has been successfully implementing a novel scheme of decentralised governance to benefit every ‘distinct ethno-cultural’ group that might hold lessons for Eastern India and other parts as well.

Assam’s path-breaking reforms in school education

On the face of it, the decision is sound and in keeping with the National Education Policy 2023 that primary education is to be imparted in the mother tongue, which is the language spoken by the child at home.