Rs 7,645 cr for Assam

The planning commission has allocated Rs 7,645 cr for Assam for the current fiscal. The amount was fixed at a meeting between Chief minister Tarun Gogoi and plan panel deputy chairman Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia in New Delhi on Monday. Later talking to media, the chief minister thanked Dr Ahluwalia for the amount which is more than Rs 1000cr from the last year's figure.