The state Cupboard took a call on this regard on Could 28 and subsequently the federal government notified a scheme for grant of arms licence underneath the Arms Act 1959 and the Arms Guidelines 2016.
Underneath this scheme, authentic inhabitants of Assam and indigenous Indian residents with a real menace to security as a result of vulnerability of the area the place they keep can apply for an arms licence. The applying can be scrutinised from the attitude of menace notion, private safety necessities, and the need of possessing the licensed arms primarily based on field-level inputs and assessments by designated police and intelligence authorities. A police verification, together with native enquiry, previous legal antecedents and socio-economic background test can be carried out for the candidates.
