Only hand woven ‘Gamosa’ will be used in government programmes: Assam government

Assam government has decided that only hand woven ‘Gamosa’(scarf)of state’s weavers will be used from now onwards in the government programmes and only traditional food items will be served in the government programmes from now onwards.

The Assam cabinet meeting on Wednesday took these decisions. Assam has a workforce of 15 lakh weavers.

The cabinet decided,” From now onwards, the state anthem ‘O Mur Apunar Dekh’ will be played at the beginning of all government programmes, meetings etc while national anthem ‘Jana Gana Mana’ will be played at the end”.


“Deshbhakta Tarun Ram Phukan’s death anniversary on July 28 will be observed every year as Desh Bhakti Divas. The Information and Public Relations Department will organise various activities in the districts and sub-divisions to mark the occasion. Death anniversary of Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi on August 5 will be observed every year as Karmachari Divas. Non-gazetted employees of the State Government at district level and 10 at state level will be awarded Karmachari Divas based on their performances. Award winning employees will get a one-year extension in their service,” Cabinet decided.

Phukan was a prominent leader and Bordoloi was the first chief of Assam.