{"id":109210,"date":"2023-09-18T19:54:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T14:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=109210"},"modified":"2023-09-18T19:54:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T14:24:45","slug":"gaurav-gogois-call-to-union-minister-piyush-goyal-on-the-government-subsidy-to-the-project-owned-by-himanta-biswa-sarmas-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/?p=109210","title":{"rendered":"Gaurav Gogoi&#8217;s Call to Union Minister Piyush Goyal on the Government Subsidy to the Project Owned by Himanta Biswa Sarma&#8217;s Wife&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-109065\" src=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/logo_new-2-1-1-4-1-3-1-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"151\" height=\"40\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Gaurav Gogoi, a Congress leader, called on Union minister Piyush Goyal to investigate the facts surrounding the granting of a government subsidy to a project owned by the wife of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. <\/span><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_109218\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109218\" style=\"width: 1030px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/Gaurav Gogoi&#039;s Call to Union Minister Piyush Goyal on the Government Subsidy to the Project Owned by Himanta Biswa Sarma&#039;s Wife&quot;\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-109218 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Gaurav-Gogoi-1.webp\" alt=\"Gaurav Gogoi&#039;s\" width=\"1030\" height=\"526\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Gaurav-Gogoi-1.webp 1030w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Gaurav-Gogoi-1-300x153.webp 300w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Gaurav-Gogoi-1-1024x523.webp 1024w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Gaurav-Gogoi-1-768x392.webp 768w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Gaurav-Gogoi-1-750x383.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-109218\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Gaurav Gogoi&#8217;s Call to Union Minister Piyush Goyal on the Government Subsidy to the Project Owned by Himanta Biswa Sarma&#8217;s Wife&#8221;<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This comes after The Crosscurrent, a digital media outlet from Guwahati, reported that over 50 bigha (17 acres) of agricultural land at Darigaji village in Kaliabor in Nagaon district had been reclassified as industrial land shortly after it was bought by a firm owned by Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, the chairman and managing director of Pride East Entertainments. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-109217\" src=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/assam-chief-minister-himanta-biswa-sarma-wife-riniki-bhuyan-prideeast-entertainments-140544370-1x1-1.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"717\" height=\"717\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/assam-chief-minister-himanta-biswa-sarma-wife-riniki-bhuyan-prideeast-entertainments-140544370-1x1-1.webp 533w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/assam-chief-minister-himanta-biswa-sarma-wife-riniki-bhuyan-prideeast-entertainments-140544370-1x1-1-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/assam-chief-minister-himanta-biswa-sarma-wife-riniki-bhuyan-prideeast-entertainments-140544370-1x1-1-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/assam-chief-minister-himanta-biswa-sarma-wife-riniki-bhuyan-prideeast-entertainments-140544370-1x1-1-75x75.webp 75w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/assam-chief-minister-himanta-biswa-sarma-wife-riniki-bhuyan-prideeast-entertainments-140544370-1x1-1-350x350.webp 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In a letter to Goyal, Gogoi noted that the Ministry of Food Processing had allocated Rs 10 crore to Pride East Entertainments, the promoter of which is Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, as part of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) and Scheme for Creation of Infrastructure for Agro Clusters. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">He also highlighted that the same information is available on the ministry&#8217;s website. Gogoi expressed his concern that the Chief Minister had denied receiving or claiming any amount from the Government of India, and asked for Goyal&#8217;s intervention to bring the facts to light. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">He suggested that established media channels seeking to venture into a new business should seek credit from the finance sector, and that government grants should be given to genuine and needy beneficiaries who can use taxpayers&#8217; money properly. The PM Kisan Sampada Yojana is a comprehensive package that seeks to create modern infrastructure with efficient supply chain management from farm gate to retail outlet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gaurav Gogoi, a Congress leader, called on Union minister Piyush Goyal to investigate the facts surrounding the granting of a government subsidy to a project owned by the wife of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. 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