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New Delhi : The Fifteenth Finance Commission (FC) of the Government of India is visiting Assam, the gateway to the North East of India from April 25 to 27, 2018. The Commission led by its Chairman N K Singh, Members: Shaktikanta Das, Dr Anoop Singh, Dr Ashok Lahiri and Dr Ramesh Chand. and Secretary Arvind Mehta, alongwith other officials will assess the state of the finances of Assam, its socio-economic challenges and understand the efforts of the State Government to tackle these.
Assam, of late, has made visible strides in growth and socio-economic development, transcending its geographical and historical challenges. However, there are significant opportunities for accelerating the momentum in the State’s health, educational and economic outcomes. Demographic diversities give rise to myriad socio-cultural conditions and contingencies offering developmental challenges of various forms. Notwithstanding recent growth spurt, endemic structural issues need to be addressed in a time bound manner, according to a PIB release.