In Brief:
- Resource Mobilization Structure: The ₹50,000-crore outlay will be funded via ₹30,000 crore in NABARD loans alongside ₹20,000 crore from state revenue collections, supplemented by Central government scheme allocations.
- Key Welfare Infrastructure: The package funds 6,000 new anganwadi centres, ₹7 crore each for 1,000 schools, ₹1.5 lakh per eligible tea garden worker family for pucca housing, and two women-led markets per Assembly constituency.
- Healthcare & Energy Approvals: Cabinet approved a ₹600-crore Proton Beam Therapy facility at GMCH, a 30 MW solar with 25 MW battery storage project in Goalpara, and ₹109 crore for Gauhati University infrastructure.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that the Assam Cabinet, during its Lok Sewa Bhawan meeting on August 30, 2026, officially approved the financial modalities for a ₹50,000-crore capital investment package targeting long-term state development. Slated for execution across seven years starting in FY 2027–28, the "Viksit Assam: Infra Vision" initiative will raise ₹30,000 crore through National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) loans and invest ₹20,000 crore from internal state revenues.
Capital will target critical infrastructure—including anti-flood embankments, Asom Mala road projects, district stadiums, and 6,000 new anganwadi units. The Cabinet also cleared a ₹600-crore Proton Beam Therapy center at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), allocated 1,174 bighas for Assam Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) industrial parks, and eased petroleum licensing regulations.
