GUWAHATI, May 14 -- The Assam Cabinet on Wednesday approved the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state, but the tribal population will be kept outside its purview, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The UCC Bill will be laid before the new legislative assembly on May 26, the chief minister said at a press conference here after chairing the first cabinet meeting of his second term as the head of the government. "All tribal people in Assam, both residing in hills and plains, will be kept outside the purview of UCC. All religious rituals, customs and traditions would also be out of its ambit," said Sarma. He said that the code will regulate things like minimum age of marriage, abolish polygamy, rights of girls in family property, live-in relationships and compulsory registration of marriages and divorces. Sarma informed that Uttarakhand, Goa and Gujarat have already adopted UCC in their states, but the one in Assam has been customised it for tribal population and exempted religious customs and traditions. "The cabinet decided that the BJP's manifesto for the election for Assam will be the guiding principle for the next five years. From now it won't remain a party's manifesto but will be the foundation on which the government's policies will be framed," the CM informed. The cabinet also approved formation of a task force headed by the chief secretary to submit a report within three months on how the government can provide 200,000 jobs in the next five years as promised in the BJP manifesto. Based on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's advice on cost cutting measures in view of the US-Israel vs Iran war, the Assam cabinet decided not to procure any new government vehicles for the next six months. "We also decided that government officials won't be given permission to take foreign tours for the next six months for both official and personal trips. There would be an exception for medical cases," he said. The convoys of Governor, CM, ministers, elected representatives and officials would be reduced based on their security and threat perceptions and cost of fuel on government vehicles would be brought down by 20% in the next 12 months, Sarma informed. "The cabinet also decided that the government won't purchase any foreign-made products for six months and no offline seminars and workshops will be held for that period. Only electronic vehicles to be hired for government use as far as possible and all old vehicles will be scrapped," he said. The cabinet decided that the concluding ceremony of the birth centenary celebrations of Bharat Ratna Bhupen Hazarika will be held at New Delhi and a museum on the cultural icon will be constructed at a cost of Rs.32 crore in Guwahati. It was decided to appoint advocate general Devajit Saikia for another five years. Sarma indicated that expansion of the cabinet will happen around the first week of June . The CM on Wednesday welcomed the West Bengal Cabinet's decision to hand over land to the BSF for fencing the India-Bangladesh border as it was very important for the security of the state and the North East. Strict vigilance and closure of the India-Bangladesh border was very important for the security of Assam and the region, the chief minister said at a press conference here after chairing the first cabinet meeting of his second term in office. Five states share the India-Bangladesh border - Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam and West Bengal, and of these, Assam has the smallest stretch while West Bengal has the longest border with the neighbouring country, he said. "This was our issue for long, but on Monday, the West Bengal Cabinet has taken a very significant decision that within 45 days BSF will be given land so that India-Bangladesh border can be completely secured and fencing can be erected in a stretch of 800 km,'' Sarma added....