{"id":125418,"date":"2024-08-09T20:32:38","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T15:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=125418"},"modified":"2024-08-09T20:32:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T15:02:38","slug":"state-cabinet-approves-major-educational-and-economic-reforms-1766-new-teachers-gst-relief-for-small-businesses-and-village-inclusions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.assamtimespost.in\/?p=125418","title":{"rendered":"State Cabinet Approves Major Educational and Economic Reforms: 1,766 New Teachers, GST Relief for Small Businesses, and Village Inclusions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nwarthd\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-125158\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/New-Logo-Smal.jpg?resize=173%2C48&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"173\" height=\"48\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">O<\/span>n Friday, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.assamtimespost.in\/?p=98194\">cabinet meeting<\/a> of the state government was held. After the meeting, Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma announced the decisions at a press conference, stating, &#8220;Mathematics graduate teachers will be appointed in schools. A total of 1,766 mathematics teachers will be appointed. Additionally, 221 positions will be filled in polytechnics and engineering colleges. Furthermore, 221 individuals will be appointed to third and fourth-grade positions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_125420\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-125420\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/State Cabinet Approves Major Educational and Economic Reforms\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-125420 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/8935290c5c0a9d0e94cfed9593bdcdaa-1.webp?resize=810%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"State Cabinet Approves Major Educational and Economic Reforms\" width=\"810\" height=\"450\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/8935290c5c0a9d0e94cfed9593bdcdaa-1.webp?w=810&amp;ssl=1 810w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/8935290c5c0a9d0e94cfed9593bdcdaa-1.webp?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/8935290c5c0a9d0e94cfed9593bdcdaa-1.webp?resize=768%2C427&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/8935290c5c0a9d0e94cfed9593bdcdaa-1.webp?resize=750%2C417&amp;ssl=1 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-125420\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>State Cabinet Approves Major Educational and Economic Reforms:<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Today several important decisions were made during the state government&#8217;s cabinet meeting. Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma announced the inclusion of 16 new villages in the BTR. He also mentioned that decisions regarding the inclusion of an additional three villages will be made later based on their population.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It is noteworthy that decisions regarding small businesses are also made in the cabinet. Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma stated, &#8220;A decision has been taken in the cabinet concerning the issuance of GST notices. Notices will only be sent if the tax value exceeds 5 lakh. Small businesses with a tax value below 5 lakh will be exempt. This decision is in accordance with GST section 161. Small businesses will also get relief from previous notices.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, a cabinet meeting of the state government was held. After the meeting, Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma announced the decisions at a press conference, stating, &#8220;Mathematics graduate teachers will be appointed in schools. A total of 1,766 mathematics teachers will be appointed. Additionally, 221 positions will be filled in polytechnics and engineering [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":125419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"bottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"0","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"2","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-715","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[200],"tags":[13400,28316,28314,28311,28317,28308,23043,28313,28320,28323,28326,28318,28309,28312,28324,28310,28319,16923,28325,28322,28321,28315],"class_list":["post-125418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-assam","tag-13400","tag-16-new-villages","tag-221-positions","tag-766-mathematics-teachers","tag-btr","tag-cabinet-meeting","tag-chief-minister-dr-himanta-biswa-sarma","tag-engineering-colleges","tag-gst-notices","tag-gst-section-161","tag-important-announcements","tag-inclusion-of-villages","tag-mathematics-graduate-teachers","tag-polytechnics","tag-relief-from-previous-notices","tag-schools","tag-small-businesses","tag-state-government","tag-state-government-decisions","tag-tax-exemption","tag-tax-value","tag-third-and-fourth-grade-positions"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":157418,"url":"https:\/\/www.assamtimespost.in\/?p=157418","url_meta":{"origin":125418,"position":0},"title":"Assam-Meghalaya Taxi Standoff Finally Resolved \u2014 Tourism Minister","author":"ASSAM TIMES POST","date":"August 25, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The prolonged standoff between tourist taxi associations of Meghalaya and Assam \u2014 triggered by road blockades after violence on August 19 \u2014 has been resolved following intervention at the chief ministerial level, Meghalaya Tourism Minister Timothy D. 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