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Until now, when children were born, only birth certificates were issued at the hospital. But there is also a state that is going to start a pilot program where newborn babies will be given Aadhaar card along with birth certificate. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma said on Wednesday that the state government is going to start a special scheme to issue birth certificate and Aadhaar card simultaneously to new born babies in 13 medical colleges. 'It will start from medical colleges,' Chief Minister Sharma told a PC in Guwahati, "Now a center will be set up in medical colleges where Aadhaar cards will be issued to newborns within days of birth." He said that the initial phase would be started on a financial basis in medical colleges and later it would be extended to district hospitals. The motive behind this is that new born babies should get both important documents immediately after birth and not have to stand in queues to get it later. During PC, CM Sharma announced Rs. He gave detailed information about several initiatives including a scheme to provide 2 lakh, ie PBL to set up small scale industries. He said that under this, district-wise interviews will be held from August 16 to September 5 in the first phase and payment will be made by September 30. 20 lakh new beneficiaries of Orunodoi 3.0 In this phase, 30,000 youth will get Rs 2 lakh each and in the second phase, 70,000 other youth will be given funds under Chief Minister Atma Nirbar Azom, he said. Apart from this, applications for the Mukhya Mantri Nijud Moina scheme, which will provide financial assistance to 3 lakh girl students, will start from August 7. He said that 20 lakh new users will be added to the Orunodoi 3.0 program from September, taking the total number of users to over 47 lakh. This number will be decided based on Aadhaar and Ration Card. The task of increasing the procurement target of paddy, mustard and maize has been entrusted to the district collectors and in the second edition of Amrita Virukshya, a target of planting 3 crore saplings has been set by August 20. The Chief Minister said that a 'Jumur' dance performance involving 8,000 dancers from the state's tea estates will be held on November 20 to popularize this dance form. These initiatives were discussed at the 2-day District Judges Conference, which concluded a day earlier on Tuesday, which ensured smooth implementation and transparent conduct of the upcoming recruitment exams. District Magistrates were also directed to put an end to VIP culture in their respective districts. Chief Minister Sharma said that from October 2, sub-districts will function as 'equivalent districts'.