August 18, 2026 06:57 am (IST)
Sonowal directs to handover 200 bighas of land for setting up of All India Institute of Ayurveda
Guwahati, June 29 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday directed Revenue Department to initiate the process of allotment of a suitable land in and around Raha in Nagaon district and complete the process within 10 days so as to handover the land to the concerned authority for setting up of All India Institute of Ayurveda.
The All India Institute of Ayurveda in Raha will be the second institute of its kind after New Delhi.
In a statement, Sonowal said that the Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India has expressed its keenness of setting up of a state-of-the-art All India Institute of Ayurveda.
The State Government has decided Raha to be the site for the proposed institute and several hundred crores will be involved for the construction of the same.
The Union Minister of State (I/C) for Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy, Shripad Naik vide a letter dated June 16, 2016 to the Chief Minister conveyed the Ministry’s intention in setting up of All India Institute of Ayurveda in Assam.
Sonowal also requested the Chief Minister for initiating the needful in allotting 200 bighas of land for the institution.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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