Assam cabinet has decided to set up Assam Veterinary and Fishery University by bifurcating the Faculty of Veterinary Science and the College of Fisheries Science from the Assam Agricultural University at Jorhat.

To protect the land rights of indigenous communities, people of Ahom, Koch Rajbongshi and Gorkha communities, who have been occupying land prior to 2011, will be included in the list of protected classes of persons in Balipara tribal belt.