Question 1667

Recently, Assam Cabinet decided to create 4 new districts, which of the following does not belong to them?

Answer

Soreng

Why?

The correct answer is Soreng . In News Assam Cabinet decided to ‘create’ 4 districts Key Points The Assam Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on “created” four “new” districts “to enhance decentralisation of governance and better convergence of the line departments”. The four districts are Bajali, Biswanath, Hojai, and Tamulpur. The Cabinet also decided to delegate several functions to 81 newly demarcated sub-districts under 24 districts. These districts were, however, merged with their parent districts in December 2022 to facilitate the delimitation exercise that was finalised a few days ago. The number of Assembly and Parliament seats were unchanged at 126 and 14 respectively but the boundaries of most were reshaped while a few were renamed.