Govt Forms Panel to Draw Framework for Implementation of Assam Accord

The Assam government has set up an eight-member committee to prepare a framework for implementation of all clauses of the 36-year-old Assam Accord, especially the Clause-6 report prepared by a central panel pertaining to protecting the cultural, social and linguistic identity and heritage of the indigenous people, officials said on Saturday. The Commissioner and Secretary of the Implementation of Assam Accord Department, G D Tripathi, issued a notification announcing the formation of the sub-committee, which will submit its report within the next three months. "The Governor of Assam is pleased to constitute a sub-committee to examine and prepare a framework for implementation of all clauses of Assam Accord in general with special emphasis on Clause-6," the notification said. The sub-committee, headed by Implementation of Assam Accord Minister Atul Bora, has three ministers and five members from the All Assam Students' Union, the notification stated.