<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:#222222"><span style="background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; word-spacing: 0px;">In a major decision to boost Aatma Nirbhar Assam, the Councilof Ministers today  passed the MSME Ordinance which puts an end to theprocess of taking multiple permissions for setting up MSMEs in the state fornext 3 years.  </span><br style="font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px" />''<br style="font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px" />''<span style="background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; word-spacing: 0px;">The Council of Ministers meeting held in presence of ChiefMinister Sarbananda Sonowal in Guwahati also allocated 200 bigha of Ashok PaperMill at Jogighopa for India's first International Multi Modal Logistic Hub.</span><br style="font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px" />''<br style="font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px" />''<span style="background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; word-spacing: 0px;">On the other hand, in view of disruptions due to COVID- 19,the meeting has also decided to change the academic year of schools fromJanuary-December to April-March from next year.</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><o:p /></span></p>