Chief Minister’s Atmanirbhar Asom Abhijan: Interviews of 1,04,091 CMAAA Applicants start from 28th February in all 35 Districts
Rongili Barta- The interviews of the applicants for Chief Ministe’s Atmanirbhar Asom Abhian (CMAAA) will start from 28th February in all districts and the selection of first batch of beneficiaries shall be completed very soon. The two day training for the District Level Committee members for selection of Beneficiaries under Chief Minister’s Atmanirbhar Asom Abhijan, successfully concluded in Assam Administrative Staff College, Guwahati. A total of approximately 925 district Level officials are involved in more than 150 numbers of district level committees across 35 districts. The detailed training of the officials in conducting the interview and management of the online portal cmaaa.assam.gov.in has been taken up at the state level under the leadership of Dr Ravi Kota IAS, Addl Chief Secretary, Industries department and other senior officials of the department. It is informed that the online system will generate messages on the date of interview, time and venue at the district level for each sector, like agriculture, veterinary, fishery etc and the applicants shall be informed through messages/ email. The applicants may also check the portal, cmaaa.assam.gov.in , for interview related information. The applicants who have submitted their projects under CMAAA are therefore advised to check the cmaaa portal frequently and for message for the date, time and venue for their interview at district level. About 559 candidates are professional degree holders and have applied under Rs 5 lakh scheme. Their interviews will be held at the state level and this will also start from 28th February. It is mentionable that Chief Minister’s Atmanirbhar Asom Abhijan was launched on 23rd September 2023 by Hon’ble Chief Minister Assam and as of now 1,04,091 applications are under consideration for the phase I of the scheme. The scheme, which envisages to create 2 lakh entrepreneurs over next two financial years and to provide Rs 2 lakh/ Rs 5 Lakh benefits along with handholding and incubation services, has been enthusiastically received by the educated un-employed youth of the state. The recent cabinet meeting on 23rd February had approved the constitution of CMAAA Society for dedicated mission mode action to implement CMAAA with a larger scope of activities to make Assam “Atmanirbhar – self-sufficient” in various sectors.