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Imphal, July 9 : The Manipur government today placed before the House four bills for consideration and passing. The bills were Manipur Value Added Tax, Manipur Protection of Interests of Depositors, Manipur Professions, Trades, Calling and Employments Taxation and Manipur Municipalities (Sixth Amendment).
The House also passed six demands for grants. The demands were Rs 216 cr for community development, Rs 508 cr for Power, Rs 66 cr for Youth Affairs and Sports, Rs 112 cr for minor irrigation, Rs 47 cr for MOBC and SC and Rs 12 cr for Economics and Statistics department.
Opposition MLAs, P Brojen, L Ibomcha and Dr I Ibohalbi moved policy cut for failure to improve power conditions, streamline power distribution system in the state. Kh Joykishan and L Ibomcha moved economy cut for failure to increase incentives to sportspersons.
During question hour Chief Minister, O Ibobi Singh informed that the government took up Manipur Government Employment List (MGEL) programme to find out details of every employee and computerised it . He further informed that the government upgraded ten Nagar Panchayats to status of Municipalities and another eight Panchayats will be upgraded in a phased manner.
M Oken, Minister Consumer Affairs and food said the total quantity of wheat allocated every month is 1106 MT and a labour contractor G Bimolkumar Sharma is responsible for transporting the goods.
Kh Joykishan complained that the concerned Deputy Commissioners were not giving away the allotted quota for the constituencies and even when reminded again and again the DC failed to give any reply. He further said the public were also asked to pay the transportation charge when the government has appointed a labour contractor. He appealed to the government to take actions against officials who refuse to give information about public distribution system.
RK Imo said the quota allotted is different from the allocation order. M Oken said the department is supposed to give whatever is written in the allocation order. He placed before the House the monthly allocations for July so that everyone will know how much they are supposed to get.
He further said he will look into the issue of labour contractor and review the functioning. He further assured the House that he will also publish all the details of allocations in the newspapers.
Dr I Ibohalbi raising a call attention said the Home department should try to make Police corruption free. He raised the issue of police official siphoning off fund meant for a deceased police officer. Gaikhangam , Home Minister said the matter will be investigated and if anybody if found guilty actions will be taken up.

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Imphal, July 9 : A Performance Audit on Power Distribution Activities of Electricity Department of Government of Manipur was conducted for the period 2006-07 to 2010-11 to ascertain whether the Department achieved the aims and objectives of the National Electricity Plan (NEP) and to examine how far the distribution reforms have been achieved.
The CAG report placed in the Assembly said the Department did not prepare long term plan and fix any target for addition of substations, high tension lines, low tension lines and transformers and therefore, performance of the Department with reference to the targets could not be assessed in audit. The Department added 1013 substations, 895.57 CKM of high tension lines, 973.83 CKM of low tension lines and 83.64 MVA of transformers.
Under Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY), the Department targeted 462 villages for electrification during 2007-11. Against this target, the achievement till March 2011 was 289 villages (63 per cent) The execution of the programme was delayed resulting in non-achievement of target of 100 per cent electrification of villages before 31 March 2010 as envisaged in NEP.
Despite shortage of power in the Stat the Department sold power outside tl State, leading to increase in powt deficit from 104.91 MU in 2006-071 308.56 MU in 2010-11. Th Department purchased tri-vecto, meters, Kiosks, and static meters ii excess of immediate requirement leading to blocking up of funds to the tune of Rs 10.85 crore. There were energy losses ranging from 46.6 to 59.84 per cent during 2006-11 due to unmetered supplies, defective meters, and theft of electricity by unauthorised consumers.
The Department exhibited poor financial management by not maintaining pro-forma accounts, profit and loss accounts, balance sheet etc. There were cases of non-surrender of anticipated savings in time and incurring of expenditure in excess of budget provisions.
The assessed sales ranged from 34 to, 57 per cent of the total sales during 2006-11.
Performance audit revealed the efforts made by the Department to provide access to electricity for all households were inadequate. The performance audit contains four recommendations aimed at improving the operational efficiency of the Department.
Supply of electricity at reasonable rate to rural India is essential for its overall development. Equally important is availability of reliable and quality power at competitive rates to Indian industry to make it globally competitive and to enable it to exploit the tremendous potential of employment generation.
The Electricity Department, Manipur (Department) being an integrated utility is responsible for distribution and trading functions of electricity in the State. Principal Secretary (Power) is the overall in charge of the Department. Chief Engineer (Power) is the Head of the Department.
During 2006-07, 227.44 MUs of energy was sold by the Department which increased to 381.58 MUs (an increase of 61.11 per cent) during 2006-11. As on 31 March 2011, the State had distribution network of 7685 CKM, 46 substations and 3732 transformers of various categories. The number of consumers was 1,93,661 and the turnover of the Department was Rs 109.67 crore in 2010-11, which was equal to 1.26 per cent of State Gross Domestic Product (2009-10: Rs 8687 crore). It employed 3,190 employees as on 31 March 2011.

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Imphal, July 9 : The Audit Reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) have been prepared for submission to the Governor under Article 151 of the Constitution of India. Two Audit Reports in respect of the Government of Manipur have been prepared for the year ended 31 March 2011. These two Reports contain altogether eight chapters as follows:
Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on State Finances (Report No. 1) – This Report is structured in three chapters, i.e. comments on the State Finance Accounts, Appropriation Accounts and Financial Reporting based on the information furnished by the various Departments/ Institutions.
Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (Report No. 2) -This Report has five chapters containing results of performance reviews and transaction audit.The portion relating to expenditure and revenue from the Consolidated Fund of the State stands referred to the Public Accounts Committee and the portion relating to Public Sector Undertaking stands referred to the Committee on Public Undertakings. These Committees examine these Reports and issue recommendations for remedial action by the Government.
The Reports have been placed on the table of the State Legislature on 6th of July 2012 and are being uploaded in the Comptroller and Auditor General of India website: www.cag.gov.in. Copy of Audit Reports can also be obtained from the office of the Accountant General (Audit), Manipur, Imphal.
Report of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India on State Finances (Report no.l) Finances of the State Government Revenue receipts During 2006-11, around 89 to 91 per cent of the revenue receipts of the State came from the Government of India (Gol). There has been a significant increase ofRs 1557 crore in the revenue receipts in 2010-11 as compared to previous year; mainly due to increase in the State’s share of Union taxes and duties and also due to greater devolution of Grants-in-aid from the Gol. The significant
increase in Grants-in-aid (Rs 1072 crore) experienced in the current year had a favourable impact on the revenue receipts of the state and was the main factor for the increase in the revenue receipts. The share of Union Taxes / Duties also increased by Rs 393 crore in 2010-11 from previous year; augmenting the increase of revenue receipts during the current year. Increase of own tax and non-tax collection (Rs 91 crore) also contributed in the overall of revenue receipts of the State.
Expenditure status
During 2006-11, expenditure on capital accounts had increased significantly by 121 per cent from Rs 867 crore to Rs 1918 crore; exhibiting a much more steady growth than revenue expenditure which grew by 69 per cent during the same period. Plan expenditure as percentage of total expenditure increased from 40 per cent in 2006-07 to 50 per cent in 2010-
11. This increase was at the expense of non-plan expenditure which exhibited a corresponding decline in trend during 2006-11.
A similar trend was also noticed in terms of expenditure by activities, and was orienting more towards developmental activities of Social Services and Economic Services. However, Non-Plan Revenue Expenditure (NPRE) continued to exceed the limits set in Medium Term Fiscal Policy Statement (MTFPS)/budget/ Thirteenth Finance Commission (ThFC). Salaries expenditure alone accounted 31 per cent of revenue receipts of the State during the year 2010-11 and the non-plan salary expenditure was more than the projection made by the ThFC.
Fiscal position, fiscal liabilities and sustainability of debt During 2010-11, due to increase in the devolution of Grants-in-aid from the Central Government and share of taxes and duties, the revenue surplus increased by Rs 493 crore. As a result of the significant
increase in revenue surplus, the State Government was able to restrain both fiscal deficit and primary deficit, despite increase in total expenditure. At 6.18 per cent of Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP), the fiscal deficit is still way off the mark of the ThFC target to limit the ratio at 3.5 per cent of GSDP by 2012-13 and at 3 per cent thereafter.
Fiscal liabilities have been increasing during the last five years, and have increased at a faster rate during the last two years (2009-11) as compared to the previous years. The fiscal liabilities during the current year exceeded by Rs 1472 crore than the assessed figure ofRs 4652 crore in the MTFPS. The incremental total expenditure was also lower than the incremental non-debt receipt, and thus did not aggravate the fiscal deficit and primary deficit position of the State in 2010-11 as it did in the previous year.
Financial Management and Budgetary Control During 2010-11, an expenditure of Rs 6,124.90 crore was incurred against a total budget provision of Rs 6,804.04 crore, resulting in an overall saving ofRs 679.14 crore. The overall saving was the net result of
saving ofRs 741.56 crore offset by excess ofRs 62.42 crore. The excess of expenditure requires regularization under Article 205 of the Constitution of India.
An expenditure ofRs 113.95 crore was incurred in 22 cases without any provision in the original estimates/supplementary demand/re-appropriation. Supplementary provision aggregating Rs 75.58 crore in 14 cases was unnecessary as the expenditure did not come up to the level of original provision while in five cases, supplementary provision ofRs 88.82 crore proved insufficient by more than Rs 10 lakh in each case. Substantial surrenders (amount exceeding Rs 50 lakh in each case) were made in respect of 18 sub-heads, out of which in one scheme/programme (Deen Dayal Hatkargha Protsahan Yojana), the whole provision amounting to Rs 3.96 crore was surrendered while in six cases an amount of Rs 222.34 crore was surrendered despite having no provision of funds in the respective heads of accounts. Out of Rs 2,019.49 crore paid through Abstract Contingent (AC) bills during 2003-11, Detailed Countersigned
Contingent (DCC) bills for Rs 653.29 crore are outstanding as on October 2011. ( to con)

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On getting credible information regarding the movement of the militants, Jwalamukhi Battalion Assam Rifles of Red Shield Division immediately launched an operation and apprehended Lalben Guite alias Calvin, son of Seikhohao Guite, resident of Kangpokpi Ward No-1, Senapati Dist at night 1030h on 06 Jul 2012. He was in possession of one country made pistol and number of extortion notes were also recovered. The individual is the kangpokpi Town Commander and finance incharge of the KRF outfit. The apprehended was handed over to Imphal West Police Station.

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Based on specific intelligence a search operation was carried out in general area K Gamnom village near Khuga Dam under Churachandpur District. During the search operation, one UPPK cadre was apprehended by 1/11 Gorkha Rifles under the aegis of “Red Shield Division” on 05 Jul 2012.
The individual was later identified as Pvt Shamjai @ Abung, s/o (Late) Neganglung of Thangmeiband, Imphal. One 9mm Pistol of Chinese origin with magazine was recovered from his possession. The apprehendee alongwith the recoveries was handed over to Imphal West Police Station.

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Imphal, July 7 (MNS/NNN): The three premiere higher secondary schools in Manipur will commence normal class by July 9, T Pramodini Devi, Principal, TG Girls’ Higher Secondary School announced Saturday.
Pramodini announced this while addressing a press meet at the Manipur Press Club which was also attended by Principals and staff of Tamphasana Girls’ Higher Secondary School, Johnstone Higher Secondary School and CC Higher Secondary School.
Pramodini expressed heartfelt gratitude t o the state Education Minister M Oken for construction of new class room buildings and initiation for expansion of science laboratories in the three premier higher secondary schools and introduction of a new means of executing office works through a website.
Session for the year 2012 has been delayed as more students were admitted to these three schools beyond capacity, she cited, adding that the expansion of class rooms are now completed so normal class will be commenced by July 9.
The new hostel building of TG Higher Secondary School whose construction works started back in 2008, has not yet been completed till date, Pramodini lamented. She also urged upon the government to look into the matter in the interest of the student community.
The Kuki students Organisation in a letter to the Education Minister said there is shortage of teachers in hill districts. Classes have started and there will be problems if teachers are not immediately sent. There is shortage of 2152 teachers. Government should re engage 772 teachers on contract basis it was demanded.
The minister was appealed not to deny education to students in hill areas.

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Imphal, July 7 NNN : Manipur Aids Action Net (MAAN) has appealed to the state government to endorse the Revised AIDS Policy during the ongoing monsoon session of the Manipur Legislative Assembly today.
As the effort to control HIV and AIDS without answer to the problems of the People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) and attempt to prevent and control it without the active participation of the PLHA has been a futile, Lalpu Hmangte, general secretary, MAAN told a press conference at the Manipur Press Club.
He said in view of the needs, MAAN had organized a consultation workshop on AIDS Policy during which five committee members were elected. They are Arjun Singh, SASO, Chitra Ahanthem, Sobita Mangsatabam, WAD, P Varu, Engender Society and Hegin, MNP+, Hmangte further informed.
The Manipur State AIDS Policy (review) Committee was also pleased to incorporate the suggestions and proposals of the new committee, he added.
Hmangte said several requests were made to Health Minister Jayentakumar, Speaker I Hemochandra and Dr I Ibohalbi, Secretary, MLFA of the previous SPF-I government for early implementation of the revised state AIDS Policy in the year 2010.
The revised AIDS Policy needs to enforce in the best interest of the PLHA and the general population in order to bring to halt to the spread of HIV, the MAAN general secretary maintained.

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Imphal, July 7 : Lieutenant General AK Sahni, SM,VSM, General Officer Commanding 3 Corps in his second visit to the State after taking over the Command of 3 Corps arrived in Manipur on a two day visit on 07 Ju1 2012.
The GOC 3 Corps was received by Major Gen UK Gurung,YSM, IGAR (South) at Pallel. The General Officer alongwith IGAR (South) also visited Keithelmanbi and Pallel where he was briefed by respective formation Commanders on prevailing security situation and developmental work undertaken by the Assam Rifles. The General Officer alongwith IGAR(S) also attended a meeting at Chief Minister’s office.
GOC 3 Corps interacted with the troops and expressed his satisfaction over the efforts being put in by them in maintaining peace and harmony in Manipur. He also asked the IGAR (S) to provide all possible assistance to the populace and Civil administration in the true traditions of the Assam Rifles.

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MNS: The Naga Students Union Chandel (NSUC) has informed Education that, e MOU between the Government of Manipur (GoM) and Ail Tribal Students Union Manipur(ATSUM) had been arrived in the Chief Ministers office on 31 March, 2006 under the term and condition that all the required teachers in the hill districts school be filled up on the basis of need and requirement . It is important to note here that the requirement of teachers in the six hill districts submitted by each ZEO’s reach a tune of 2152 for running the school. In this connection the Additional Director (H) had prepared and submitted Zonal wise particulars of teachers, number of students and number of additional teachers required is enclosed as annexure for your reference.
Verification process of these teachers engaged on contract basis for one full academic session w.e.f from January to December, 2012 have been completed by the Directorate of Education (S) and the same have been submitted to the higher authorities for taking up necessary action. Enclosed vide letter no. 3/1/2006 Ed/H/Pt. dated 15* December, 2011.
Numerous assurance from the Government of Manipur had had been made to our apex organization ATSUM for the extension of the aforesaid contract teachers on the basis of need and requirements. S. Sankhil, President, Gen. Secretary appealed to do the needful.

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Imphal, July 6 : The Manipur Assembly today took strong exceptions to the statement of Punjab Congress MLA Ajit Inder Singh Mofar that stray dogs be sent to north eastern states and China in the Punjab Assembly.
Th Lokeshore, Speaker said considering the displeasure expressed by the members of the House both ruling and Opposition he said he would intimate the matter in writing to Punjab Speaker.
Gaikhangam, Home Minister said the statement of the MLA in the Punjab Assembly was undignified, unparliamentary, derogatory. It is unfortunate that such irresponsible remark was made in the Assembly. People of the entire north eastern region are unhappy over the issue and racist statement should not be given by responsible person the Home Minister said.
I Hemochandra, Minister said it was an insinuation. Dr I Ibohalbi raising the matter during call attention said if responsible people issue statements which hurt sentiments of people it will lead to disintegration of the people. He demanded that the Punjab Assembly should form a House committee to look into the matter. He enquired what actions were taken up against the MLA by the central or Punjab government.
The Manipur Assembly today passes demands for grants for six departments. Six bills were also introduced.
Chief Minister, O Ibobi singh presented demands for grants for Medical amounting to Rs 359 cr, for labour and employment amounting to Rs 15.95 cr, for tribal affairs amounting to Rs 400 cr, animal husbandry amounting to Rs 76 cr, for Panchayat amounting to Rs 54 cr and Irrigation and flood control amounting to Rs 681 cr.
Opposition MLAs, L Ibomcha, Dr I Ibohalbi and Th Shyamkumar moved cut motion saying that there is improper medical facilities in rural and hill areas, improper implementation of labour laws, failure to control repeated flood. They however withdrew the cut motion after assurances by the concerned ministers to look into the grievances and the demands were passed unanimously.
Chief Minister, O Ibobi Singh also introduced four bills, Manipur Value Added Tax, Manipur Protection of Interests of Depositors, Manipur Professions, Trades and Manipur Municipalities Bill.
Mr Ibobi also presented CAG report for the financial year 2010-11. During question hour L Nandakumar said there should be a proper land law for hill areas conducive to the traditional and cultural heritage of the people living in the area.
Th Debendra , Minister Revenue said the number of hill villages paying Hill house tax is 1146 and 2193 villages are paying hill house tax to the government

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Imphal, July 6 NNN : Local residents of Langthabal Mantrikhong Mayai Leikai in Imphal West district on Friday expressed anger over alleged indiscriminate firing by an Assam Rifles jawan in the locality area.
A Sharat, Pradhan of Langthgabal Mantrikhong Naorem Leikai Gram Panchayat told the media at the Manipur Press Club that Khombongmayum Momocha of Langthabal Mantrikhong who is a jawan of 23 AR had allegedly threatened the local residents by firing live bullets in many occasions.
On July 4 around 9:30 pm, Momocha all of a sudden fired three to four live bullets from his gun when the bullets fell on the roofs of some houses and another bullet hit on the side wing cover of a stationary Honda Activa scooter. The AR jawan committed it without any provocation.
Enraged by the act of Momocha, local residents in the area informed the matter to the Pradhan. A complaint was also lodged with the Singjamei Police Station which picked up the perpetrator’s father named Drurba on the same day as the police were unable to arrest Momocha and his weapon.
However, Drurba was released the next day and the local residents were once again infuriated as the police failed to take up any stringent action against Drurba, the Pradhan added.
Later on, the local residents convened a public meeting yesterday in which they resolved to urge upon the concerned authority to take up appropriate action against Momocha and his father. They also decided to put pressure on Singjamei Police Station to file an FIR against Momocha and Drurba.
The public meeting decided that father and son will be sent away from the locality if the duo repeats such threatening incident in future.

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Imphal, July 5 : The Manipur Assembly today passed demands for grants for seven departments. Speaker Th Lokeshore announced that demand for transport amounting to Rs 5.69 cr, for Public Works amounting to Rs 568 cr, for Agriculture amounting to Rs 199 cr, for Justice amounting to 19 cr, for horticulture amounting to Rs 47 cr and 145 cr for Social Welfare department.
Dr l Ibomcha and Dr I Ibohalbi moved policy cut for failure to introduce public transport system, non payment of salaries to retrenched employees of Manipur State Road Transport Corporation, failure to maintain roads, failure to provide proper irrigation, failure to appoint AG.
Dr L Ibohalbi said river treatment should be introduced so that we can get proper water, Th Joykishan said the self help groups under social welfare department were not given funds at an equal rate and most Anganwadi centres do not have any children. It should be made mandatory for students to get certificate from Anganwadi centres to get admission to make Anganwadi work properly he suggested.
There is shortage of fish in the state and as there is huge demand for fish the government should introduce mechanism to increase fish population he said.
Replying to the queries Md Nasir, Minister Agriculture said green revolution has not fully materialised in the state and there is adequate stock of fertiliser . Ak Mirabai, Minister Social Welfare said assistance to people living below poverty line has been given Rs 200 per month and altogether there are 9,456 Anganwadi centres in the state.
Th Debendra, Minister Law said the Advocate General for the state will be appointed soon. He further said the areas of all the nine districts are well defined and if there is any dispute in the boundary it will be resolved amicably.
Th Shyam informed the House that there was some confusion as some villages are counted in two different districts and proper demarcation was required.
Home Minister Gaikhangam informed the Manipur Assembly today that the state government will find out details of the death of three Manipuris at Dimapur, Nagaland in March, 2010. He said the army is also conducting an enquiry on the matter and the state police is not sitting silent on the issue.
Raising the issue, Dr I Ibohabi said three persons from Manipuri were killed at Dimapur in an alleged ‘fake encounter’ in March 2010 by army. He said army official of 3 Corps, Rangapahar , Dimapur wrote a letter to the Eastern Army Command at Kolkata informing that three persons were shot dead behind the Officers’ mess at Rangapahar by the personnel of 3 Corps Intelligence and Surveillance Unit.
It was further informed that all were picked up by the unit after an operation in Dimapur. Later army personnel dumped the bodies at Assam . Former Army Chief Gen VK Singh had revealed that he had asked the Eastern Command to probe it but no probe was done.
The three were identified as Phijam Naobi of Thangmeiband, R K Ronel (35) of Sagolband Sayang Pukhri Mapal, and Th Prem of Langol Laimanai.
Ibohalbi said under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act no action can be taken up against the army personnel and the matter involves three states, Manipur, Assam and Nagaland and hence the NIA or the CBI should be asked to probe into the matter it was demanded. He said killing people and later branding them as terrorists should be stopped. Fake encounter should be curtailed he demanded.
During question hour Dr Kh Ratan, Minister Transport informed the House replying to a question raised by L Nandakumar that there are about 3500 mega diesel auto rickshaws in the city areas. He assured that the department will ensure that the vehicles strictly adhere to pollution regulations to check noise and air pollutions.
PHED Minister I Hemochandra also told the House that there are 13 water supply schemes in Andro constituency of which 11 are currently supplying water to the public. Hemochandra said this in reply to a question raised by Andro constituency MLA Th Shyamkumar.
In another question raised by MLA M Kunjo, the PHED Minister said the Hiyanglam Water Supply Scheme at Sekmaijin is presently functioning.
Education Minister M Okendro in a reply to the question by M Prithiviraj told the House that the government has approved to downgrade, abolish and amalgamate all the High Schools, Primary Schools and Lower Primary Schools in Moirang constituency.

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Imphal, July 4 : M Oken, Minister Consumer Affairs Food and Public Distribution assured the House today the government will try to check adulteration of food and petroleum products in the state.
He said the IOC directly controls the distribution of petroleum products and there were allegations of kerosene mixed with petroleum products. At Bakliwal oil depot, Imphal people noticed water given instead of diesel recently. IOC was informed and warning was given to the oil depot he said. In another instance during surprise checking it was found the petroleum products were adulterated upto three percent at Krishna Premi oil depot, Imphal. It was slapped a Rs 50,000 fine and has been ordered to be closed down for 45 days he said.
The government has started taking up steps to distribute kerosene and rice directly to the people and the monthly quota of 2.12 kl of SK oil will be given to the people. Dr I Ibohalbi of the Trinamul Congress raising a call attention motion on the issue said as petroleum products are adulterated there is frequent break down of vehicles and the menace of black marketing should be checked.
During question hour , Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh who also holds the Power portfolio informed that pre paid service has started to ensure that people get electricity well and there is no room of power theft. It will expand to most of the city areas and the areas not covered by pre paid system will have new meter system. About 2 lakh, Infra red meter will be installed so that meter can not be manipulated he said.
O Ibobi today told the state assembly today that there are plans for installation of power Prepaid Metre System and continuous supply of electricity in Uripok constituency.
The Chief Minister stated this in a reply to a question by Uripok constituency MLA N Nandakumar in the House.
Meanwhile, Ibobi also said target has been set for implementation of Medical Council in the state from this year and for this purpose the Manipur Medical Council Act, 2009 had been notified on June 28 last.
A date will be fixed to enforce this Act and that efforts are on to formulate Manipur Medical Council rules, the Chief Minster further informed the House. Ibobi said this in a reply to a question by Khurai constituency MLA Dr Ng Bijoy.
Irrigation Minister, Ngamthang Haokip informed that Thoubal Multipurpose project will be completed by March 2014 and it will provide irrigation to 21,862 hectares of agricultural land. Every day it will also provide 10 million gallon of drinking water besides 7.5 mw of power he said. power he said.
Th Joykishan said the tank above Cheiraoching is leaking and it requires immediate repair. People of Thangmeiband are not able to get drinking water properly he said during zero hour.
Chief Minister O Ibobi who holds the Finance portfolio introduced demand for grants for seven departments. It included Rs 33.91 cr for State Legislature, Rs 4.51 cr for Council of Ministers, Rs 59.68 cr for Secretariat, Rs 234 cr for Municipal Administration, Urban development, Rs 5 cr for Election , Rs 809 cr for planning and Rs 8.16 cr for tourism.

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Imphal, July 4 (NNN): Militant outfit Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF) has on Wednesday reiterated that it does not work against the Nagas’ struggle for sovereignty in any way nor it opposes any struggle by any indigenous people for self-determination pledging that the outfit will extend support to such struggles.
ZUF joint secretary, A Remroi said even as the struggle of Naga is underway the Zeliangrong people are gradually losing their territory and further asserted that despite 60 years of struggle as well as the 15 years of peace process, the Naga people’s aspiration has not been fulfilled till date.
ZUF maintained that ZUF was formed to protect Zeliangrong people and their resources and it is not an anti-Naga organization alleging that the NSCN-IM is an organization that is practicing anti-Naga policy.
NSCN-IM is still giving training to other non-Naga people like the Dimasas who have killed many innocent Zeliangrong people and grabbed parts of our territory in NC Hills, Remroi accused.
However, NSCN-IM is getting in the way when we try to make an all out effort to defend the Zeliangrong territory, the ZUF leader said, adding that it expects cooperation from all the Zeliangrong people in its efforts.
The ZUF leader also alleged that the recent Haochong incident in which three cadres of NSCN-K were killed was the plot of the NSCN-IM. The allegation of NSCN-IM that the incident was occurred due to a factional clash or drunken brawl was nothing but a sham, Remroi added.

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Imphal, July 4 : Manggoulen Misao, a 4th Semester MA history student of Manipur University, was allegedly abducted from his residence situated in Chassad Avenue by four unknown persons last night.
Manggoulen is the youngest son of Thangkam Misao who is the sitting Manipur District Coundil (MDC) of Saikul .
The Kuki Students’ Organisation, (KSO), VP, Mangcha Baite informed that Misao was preparing for his examination scheduled on July 6 next. The student is also serving as the youth fellowship Chairman of the Kuki Baptist Church, Parish No.l. The KSO General Headquarters took strong exception of the abduction of the innocent student who is in the midst of his final examination. KSO said the abductors should release the student by 6.00 pm of 5 July 2012, so that he can appear for his exam the next day. If the abductors fail to heed the appeal, the KSO will be forced to take stringent measure which will not be in the interest of the people or group involved in the abduction case it was warned.

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Imphal, July 4 NNN: The All Manipur Tribal Union (AMTU), Tamenglone Zone has on Wednesday urged the concerned authority for immediate cancellation of the DPC held for recruitment of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan assistant teachers under Autonomous District Council, Tamenlong.
The AMTU alleged that ADC, Tamenglong has violated the rule and regulation of the Right to Education while recruiting SSA assistant teacher in respect of ADC Tamenglong.
The tribal union is unhappy over the alleged fraudulent recruitment procedure of the recently conducted DPC for SSA assistant teachers under ADC, Tamenglong.
AMTU also alleged that the concerned authority has favoured some particular candidates for their self gain in the recent recruitment procedure of SSA assistant teachers which is not acceptable to the public.
It also demanded for a fresh DPC for recruitment of SSA assistant teachers for the ADC as soon as possible on the larger interest of the public warning that AMTU will seek legal help from the law court and at the same time will launch stern agitation if the authority fails to meet the demand. The CEO, Tamenglong ADC should be the sole responsibility for any eventuality, AMTU added.

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