40,000 Indigenous People to get Land Patta on Jan 28

GUWAHATI: The Assam State government will provide land patta to over 40,000 landless indigenous people on January 28.

In a review meeting chaired by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, he directed the revenue and disaster management department to take steps to distribute land pattas to more beneficiaries in subsequent phases.

It was also decided that 160 sattras and devalayas of the State would receive Rs 2 lakh annually in addition to the regular annuity provided by the State government.