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Assam Finance Minister Jayant Malla Barua presented the state budget for the year 2026-27 in the Assembly on Friday (10 July 2026). Special emphasis has been laid in the budget on employment generation, infrastructure development, health, education and social welfare. The state government has proposed in the budget that people practicing polygamy will not get the benefits of the welfare schemes of the state government. At the same time, government employees found guilty of this practice will be dismissed from service.
What did the Finance Minister of Assam say in the Assembly?
Presenting her first budget, state Finance Minister Jayanta Malla Barua said that the benefits of welfare schemes should not only reach the eligible people, but should also promote inclusivity, honesty and moral values in the society. He said, ‘Mr. Speaker, in order to promote women’s empowerment and gender justice, any man practicing polygamy will not be eligible to avail the benefits of any welfare scheme of the state government.’
Polygamous people are not eligible for government schemes
A proposal to amend the Assam Service (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1964 has also been made in the budget. Under this, if a government employee is found guilty of polygamy, then according to the law he can be dismissed from government service. Barua said, ‘In order to promote honesty and responsible citizenship, I propose that a person convicted under any criminal law will not be eligible to avail the benefits of notified government welfare schemes.’
He said that due to non-availability of regular budget during the election process, the normal operation of welfare schemes was affected. Barua said that now the government will restart these welfare schemes from August. He said, ‘This House will appreciate the unprecedented welfare schemes launched by our government for different categories of beneficiaries. I propose to allocate more than Rs 6,000 crore under various heads for these welfare schemes.
He said that all beneficiary-centric schemes will be implemented through the integrated digital beneficiary system developed under the Digital Framework for Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme (DIDS). This will also include the system of Aadhaar based authentication.