10th Battalion of Assam Police Headquarters: 124-Bigha Modern Campus in Kamrup

Key facts

• Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah laid the foundation stone for the 10th Battalion of Assam Police headquarters in Kamrup, Assam, on 21 February 2026.
• The new headquarters will be constructed on a 124-bigha campus featuring barracks for 750 male and 450 female personnel, a hospital, and a training centre.
• The infrastructure project includes a firing range, a modern surveillance centre, and a large sports complex for the 10th Battalion of Assam Police.
• A proposed ₹27,000 crore semiconductor plant is being established in the state to promote industrial development in the North-East.
• The state government has provided land rights to 2.5 lakh landless indigenous people and reclaimed approximately 1.45 lakh bighas of land from encroachment.
• The Election Commission (EC) is conducting a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls to identify and remove the names of illegal entrants.
• The Home Minister cited the Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunal) (IMDT) Act of 1983 as a previous legislative challenge to addressing infiltration.