Assam Accord

Subject – Governance

Context – Panel set up to implement Assam Accord

Concept –

The Assam government on Saturday set up an eight member sub-committee to examine and prepare a framework for the implementation of all clauses of the Assam Accord of 1985
The Clause 6 of the Accord pertains to the constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards to “protect, preserve and promote the cultural, social, linguistic identity and heritage of the Assamese people”.
The Accord was signed between the Rajiv Gandhi government at the Centre and the AASU leadership to signal the end of the six-year Assam Agitation for driving

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