NationalSaturday, 11 July 2026·The Hindu - National
Assam to amend service rules to dismiss polygamist employees and bar welfare benefits
Assam proposed dismissal of government employees practising polygamy and denial of welfare benefits to male polygamists under its 2026 Budget measures.
Key highlights
Direct fact
In July 2026, Assam Finance Minister Jayanta Malla Baruah told the 126-member House that the Assam Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1964, would be amended to dismiss government employees found practising polygamy and to deny certain welfare benefits to male polygamists.
Key specifics
- The proposal was announced in the Assam Budget speech on July 10, 2026, in the 126-member House.
- The rule to be amended is the Assam Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1964.
- Orunodoi provides ₹1,250 per month to about 40 lakh women-led households.
- Other named schemes include old-age pension and Annadata, a basket of subsidised essentials.
- Assam’s BJP-led government passed the Uniform Civil Code Bill 2026 in May to ban polygamy and criminalise child marriage.
Exam lens
Question type: polity and welfare-scheme match-the-following, Assam Budget 2026, rules and benefits. TNPSC may ask which rule was amended, which scheme gives ₹1,250 monthly, and what the UCC Bill 2026 sought to prohibit.