India, May 21 -- American rapper Post Malone will perform in Guwahati in December, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday, as the Assam Cabinet approved a policy to promote concert tourism in the state.

"Our neighbouring state, Meghalaya, has been holding concerts, and there was a [British rock band] Coldplay concert in Ahmedabad, which reportedly generated Rs.600 crore in revenue for the state. We had mentioned a policy on concert tourism in this year's budget. The Cabinet approved this today [Wednesday]," said Sarma after a Cabinet meeting at Dergaon in the state's Golaghat district.

Sarma said Guwahati, Jorhat, and Dibrugarh will host concerts. He added that Malone will perform at the first concert under the new policy ...