All Manipur Senior Citizens’ Welfare Association AMSCWA , Transporters and Drivers Forum, Manipur TDF and NH 53 37 Truck Owners’ Association TOA extended aid to Old Age Home, Mongsangei in a function organised at the Home today Source The Sang…
All Manipur Senior Citizens’ Welfare Association AMSCWA , Transporters and Drivers Forum, Manipur TDF and NH 53 37 Truck Owners’ Association TOA extended aid to Old Age Home, Mongsangei in a function organised at the Home today Source The Sangai Express
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Although the Government of Manipur is said to have worked towards health promotion in every nook and corner of the state by constructing health centres, the health dispensary which is being constructed at Phailienthang in Parbung sub division of Tipaim…
Although the Government of Manipur is said to have worked towards health promotion in every nook and corner of the state by constructing health centres, the health dispensary which is being constructed at Phailienthang in Parbung sub division of Tipaimukh assembly constituency in Churachandpur district has been left incomplete for long Source Hueiyen News Service JNN
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The KSO General Headquarters has resolved to oppose the Manipur Government’s New Land Use Policy NLUP and the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 Source The Sangai Express
The KSO General Headquarters has resolved to oppose the Manipur Government’s New Land Use Policy NLUP and the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 Source The Sangai Express
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A Tree plantation cum awareness programme organized by Maichou Langol Lukhoi Ningsing Trust, Yumjaomanbi Maichouthel , Langol was conducted at Yumjaomanbi in Langol area here today Source Hueiyen News Service
A Tree plantation cum awareness programme organized by Maichou Langol Lukhoi Ningsing Trust, Yumjaomanbi Maichouthel , Langol was conducted at Yumjaomanbi in Langol area here today Source Hueiyen News Service
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General Bikram Singh, Chief of Army Staff accompanied by Bubbles Singh, President Central Army Wives Welfare Association AWWA is on a farewell visit to formations of Northern Command and arrived at Udhampur yesterday Source The Sangai Express
General Bikram Singh, Chief of Army Staff accompanied by Bubbles Singh, President Central Army Wives Welfare Association AWWA is on a farewell visit to formations of Northern Command and arrived at Udhampur yesterday Source The Sangai Express
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Renowned writer Birendrajit Naorem who was recently honored with Manipur State Award for Literature 2013 was felicitated during a function organized jointly by Naharol Yaiphakol Naorem Leikai and Naorem Leikai Meira Paibi Lup at Naorem Leikai Community…
Renowned writer Birendrajit Naorem who was recently honored with Manipur State Award for Literature 2013 was felicitated during a function organized jointly by Naharol Yaiphakol Naorem Leikai and Naorem Leikai Meira Paibi Lup at Naorem Leikai Community Hall, Imphal West here today Source Hueiyen News Service
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Situation in the district headquarters of Ukhrul district in Manipur is fast becoming volatile with hundreds of Manipur police commandos and IRB personnel swooping down to the headquarters enforcing curfew under Section CrPC 144 promulgated by the dist…
Situation in the district headquarters of Ukhrul district in Manipur is fast becoming volatile with hundreds of Manipur police commandos and IRB personnel swooping down to the headquarters enforcing curfew under Section CrPC 144 promulgated by the district administration in the aftermath of the killing of Autonomous District Council ADC member Ngalangzar Malue in the Imphal Ukhrul road on Saturday by suspected militants Source The Sangai Express Newmai News Network
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A day after the brutal assassination of Ukhrul Autonomous District Council UADC member Ngalangzar Malue and hours after the State security forces raided the Wung Tangkhul Region WTR office here, the NSCN IM has claimed it has no hand in Saturday’…
A day after the brutal assassination of Ukhrul Autonomous District Council UADC member Ngalangzar Malue and hours after the State security forces raided the Wung Tangkhul Region WTR office here, the NSCN IM has claimed it has no hand in Saturday’s killing at Finch Corner and vehemently condemned the action of the Manipur government Source Hueiyen News Service
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Four church bodies of Churchand pur town namely RCP, EFCI, EBC and ESC have conducted a household survey in Churachandpur town in the month February this year so as to find a picture on juvenile drug abuse Source The Sangai Express
Four church bodies of Churchand pur town namely RCP, EFCI, EBC and ESC have conducted a household survey in Churachandpur town in the month February this year so as to find a picture on juvenile drug abuse Source The Sangai Express
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In all there are 3914 schools in whole Mizoram at present which is composed of 1831 primary schools, 1381 middle schools, 584 high schools and 118 higher secondary schools, ‘Zalen’, a leading Sunday newspaper reported Source Hueiyen News Service N…
In all there are 3914 schools in whole Mizoram at present which is composed of 1831 primary schools, 1381 middle schools, 584 high schools and 118 higher secondary schools, ‘Zalen’, a leading Sunday newspaper reported Source Hueiyen News Service NNN
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Even as the Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee MPCC gave their last respects to former Ukhrul ADC Vice Chairman Nga langzar Malue at Congress Bhavan, eight suspects were rounded up in connection with his killing in a raid conducted at Ukhrul town in …
Even as the Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee MPCC gave their last respects to former Ukhrul ADC Vice Chairman Nga langzar Malue at Congress Bhavan, eight suspects were rounded up in connection with his killing in a raid conducted at Ukhrul town in the wee hours today Source The Sangai Express
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The Naga People’s Front NPF , Manipur State has demanded imposition of President’s Rule in Manipur saying the time is fit for the Central government’s intervention Source Hueiyen News Service NNN
The Naga People’s Front NPF , Manipur State has demanded imposition of President’s Rule in Manipur saying the time is fit for the Central government’s intervention Source Hueiyen News Service NNN
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Without taking the name of any UG outfit but implicitly referring to NSCN IM, Chief Minister O Ibobi has categorically stated that it’s time to demonstrate there is rule of law and teach them a befitting lesson Source The Sangai Express
Without taking the name of any UG outfit but implicitly referring to NSCN IM, Chief Minister O Ibobi has categorically stated that it’s time to demonstrate there is rule of law and teach them a befitting lesson Source The Sangai Express
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In the aftermath of the brutal assassination of Autonomous District Council ADC member Ngalangzar Malue, tension run high in Ukhrul town with the state police forces swooping down on NCSN IM and nabbing eight cadres from its Wung Tangkhul Region W…
In the aftermath of the brutal assassination of Autonomous District Council ADC member Ngalangzar Malue, tension run high in Ukhrul town with the state police forces swooping down on NCSN IM and nabbing eight cadres from its Wung Tangkhul Region WTR office here during a sudden raid conducted in wee hours on Sunday Source Hueiyen News Service Pamreiso Shimray
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The NSCN IM has strongly condemned the alleged intrusion and ransacking of their regional office by the State forces close on the hills of the killing of Ngalangzar at Finch Corner, Ukhrul district yesterday by some unidentified gunmen Source The Sa…
The NSCN IM has strongly condemned the alleged intrusion and ransacking of their regional office by the State forces close on the hills of the killing of Ngalangzar at Finch Corner, Ukhrul district yesterday by some unidentified gunmen Source The Sangai Express
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United Naga Council UNC has warned that if the prohibitory orders in Ukhrul town be not revoked immediately and the situation not allowed to normalize with the withdrawal of the police commandos and IRBs, appropriate and democratic civil actions will…
United Naga Council UNC has warned that if the prohibitory orders in Ukhrul town be not revoked immediately and the situation not allowed to normalize with the withdrawal of the police commandos and IRBs, appropriate and democratic civil actions will be taken up in protest in the entire Naga areas Source Hueiyen News Service NNN
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After due appraisal, the KSO General Headquarters has resolved to oppose in toto the Manipur government’s New Land Use Policy NLUP and the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 …
After due appraisal, the KSO General Headquarters has resolved to oppose in toto the Manipur government’s New Land Use Policy NLUP and the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 Source Hueiyen News Service
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Socio-Economic Situation In Manipur: Poverty, budget and all thatKanglaOnlineOne political economic characteristic of Manipur so far has been the absolute absence of thinking about the people of Manipur and of orientation towards the contextual articul…
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Socio-Economic Situation In Manipur: Poverty, budget and all that
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By Amar Yumnam One political economic characteristic of Manipur so far has been the absolute absence of thinking about the people of Manipur and of orientation towards the contextual articulation
By Amar Yumnam
One political economic characteristic of Manipur so far has been the absolute absence of thinking about the people of Manipur and of orientation towards the contextual articulation of development needs by both the bureaucracy and the political class in Manipur right from 1951 to 2014 except for a short period after attaining Statehood in 1972. This short period of drive for regional boost was when a regional party was at the helm of affairs of the province. The oldest political party of the country has been in power at both the provincial and the union levels but for short periods in between. The biggest contribution this party has done has been the enactment of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act way back in 1958, and yet there has been no contribution to the evolution and establishment of contextually relevant development interventions for the region as yet by this party and her government. The significance of the emergence of a powerful government at the union level and headed by a party other than the oldest political party of the country lies here.
Before we come to this significance, let us take note of the contents of the Report of the Expert Group to Review the Methodology for Measurement of Poverty headed by C. Rangarajan which was submitted to the government in June 2014. According to the estimates given by this Expert Group, as of 2011-12, Manipur has the second highest proportion of poor people below the poverty line at 46.7 per cent (the first being Chattisgarh at 47.9 per cent) with the total being 12.9 lakh persons as compared to the national percentage of 29.5; even the next poorest State, Bihar, has proportions more than five percentage points lower than that of Manipur. When it comes to poverty among the urban population, Manipur tops the list. The situation is slightly better among the rural population, but I would like to hasten here that this is because of the consumption basket approach in the poverty measurement and definitely not because of relative higher income. This is what has been achieved by the government of Manipur for the people of Manipur. The head of the people has been so apologetic even for a little over twenty kilometres stretch of road linking the headquarters of Chandel district to a National Highway. This has been the characteristic of the governments of the province with all their unwillingness and unpreparedness for articulating and devising development interventions alive to the contextual realities of the land and people of Manipur; it has been a case of lying down with dogs to get up with fleas. Unfortunately the political degradation has been such in Manipur that the rock will not come to rule even if the rudder does not rule.
But the time is now to leave this policy lethargy behind and think afresh; let us start ab initio for it is better late than never. The latest Expert Group has revealed that poverty scenario in Manipur is indeed bad. Here the silver lining is that the latest budget of the Union Government has shown the light for contextual regional thinking to frame policies for social advancement. Starting from the University of Sports to the general approach for encouraging entrepreneurship in the rural areas, there are lots of hints and approach from which the provincial government can draw lessons for initiating a new regime of governance possessing the principle of contextual articulation for development interventions. This is fundamental for Manipur today. There is an imperative now for a massive transformation in the quality, preoccupation and orientation of the polity in Manipur from one of den of rent-seekers to one of developmentalists. Manipur has been moving increasingly towards a highly violent society where both state and non-state agents have free runs. The state agents rejoice when the traditional as well as contemporary agents resort to violence and settle an issue without realising that this is the surest way to stunt the emergence of a modern lawful state. The fact of modern development history anywhere is that unlawful states will never flourish. The non-state agents too rejoice in the collapse of the state machinery not because it would be good for the people but because it creates a convenient milieu for the rent seeking by the covert and overt individuals associated with them. Time is now to admit the truth, shame the devil and initiate thinking for the land and people of Manipur by all.
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The Imphal Municipal Council’s cleanliness drive to keep the Imphal city clean has already begun. As announced by the executive officer of the council, cleaning up Nambul River will be
The Imphal Municipal Council’s cleanliness drive to keep the Imphal city clean has already begun. As announced by the executive officer of the council, cleaning up Nambul River will be the priority. The executive officer while addressing to the media a few days back has mentioned that in order to attract tourist to the State, it is important to keep Imphal neat and clean. This is indeed undisputable. We have actually witnessed a good number of tourists from across the globe coming to Manipur. The recent event of ‘Battle of Imphal’ saw the presence of high ranking foreign nationals in Imphal, gathering in large number simultaneously. Sangai Festival is also another event that attracts international tourists. It is certain that the inflow of tourists into the State is going to increase in the days to come, also taking into account the interest shown by the State on tourism. We believe the IMC is well aware of the churning that has been unfolding. Well, tourism seems to be the catchword. But when it comes to cleanliness of Imphal, or other places for that matter, there are unsettling questions that seems to have no viable answer. IMC is one important institution which is primarily responsible for maintaining cleanliness in Imphal. How far have the IMC been successful in meeting this obligation? Its track record has been very unimpressive. The state of cleanliness at the Ema keithels, the streets of Paona Bazar and Thangal Bazar – not to mention the wandering cattle that are seen daily in these streets; these are observable report card of the IMC’s standard of cleanliness. Besides, one cannot be sure as of when its employees will be on strike. Here, we do not mean to disparage the democratic rights of the employees in addressing their grievances. The employees have every right to fight for their cause. But this is also true that IMC employees’ strikes have become part of the daily humdrums of present-day Manipur. We are even more doubtful when it comes to cleaning up of the Nambul River. IMC has already announced that those found throwing garbage into the river will be penalised with a fine of Rs 2000. By garbage, as we understand, it means the solid wastes that are dump into the river almost daily. The Khwairamband commercial area produces quite a big amount of garbage everyday. True, the restriction will keep a check on it to certain point. But, what about the sewerageswhich are flown directly into the river from the residential areas along the Nambul? As of now, there is no alternative. We have to wait for the Sewerage Project to take its birth. The Manipur Pollution Control Board, MPCB had also flaunted the idea of a grand project that would clean and recycle the water of Nambul. We have already pointed out in one of our columns in May this year, that there are areas of ambiguities which demand a joint understanding between the town planers and the MPCB as regards to the cleaning of Nambul. The State had envisioned a City Development Plan, CDP in 2006 under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, JNNURM. Improvement of Nambul is one of the major components of the plan. The IMC is one of the agencies of JNNURM. We wonder if the current cleanliness drive of Nambul taken up by IMC is part of the JNNURM project. Or is it just a perfunctory reaction to the kind of tourism climate that has been building up in the State?
Leader Writer: Senate Kh
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