IMPHAL, Feb 14 MNS NNN : Manipur state Cabinet has decided to ban tobacco products in the state, according to an official source.
A Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh here at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat has decided to ban tobacco products like cigarette, gutka, khaini, zarda in Manipur, the source said.
The task for the imposition of the ban would be entrusted to the state law enforcing agencies, it said.
The Cabinet also decided to hold the next state assembly sitting from March 6 to 8.
It further agreed in principle to change Manipur Electricity Department into corporation besides it approved the proposal for an increase in the amount of grant-in-aid provided to Imphal Municipal Council (IMC), the source added.
Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/tobacco-products-banned/
