Guwahati, Jan. 19 -- Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday inaugurated the distribution of financial aids to surrendered members of militant organisation NDFB at a function held at GMCH auditorium in the city.

Notably, out of total 1615 members of all four NDFB surrendered factions, 1279 were provided Rs 4 lakh fixed-term deposit certificates each and rest of the members would also be provided the same after completion of the necessary processes.

He also called on them to utilise the financial assistance judiciously and said that fixed-term deposit certificates would enable them to take bank loans for agriculture, livestock farming, setting small industries etc apart from taking advantage of various government schemes. Sono...