IMPHAL, March 17: There could be shortcomings in the Manipur Regulation of Visitors, Tenants and Migrant Workers bill, 2015, which was passed by the House in the last day of the 10th Session of the tenth Manipur Legislative Assembly yesterday, but it can be amended for 100 more times.
This was stated by Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh speaking to media persons at JNIMS today.
He further said the shortcomings in the Bill can be corrected or added by consulting with the legal experts and others concerned.
The door is wide open from the government`™s side for the consultation, he added.
The Chief Minister was visiting the Jessami-Phek bus accident victims admitted at JNIMS and RIMS and Khwairamband Keithel bomb blast victims admitted at RIMS and Raj Medicity today.
After meeting the victims at the hospitals, he spoke to media persons at JNIMS where he said there is a rule of the government to provide an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh to the deaths in the bomb blast and one lakh to the severely injured victims.
However in the case of accidents, the government does not have a rule as such, but on humanitarian ground it is considering to provide some financial assistance to the bus accident victims this time.
The Chief Minister was accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam, Health & Family Welfare Minister Phungzathang Tonsing and Deputy Speaker of Manipur Legislative Assembly Presho Shimary during his visit today.
The Chief Minister during his visit met 12 victims of the bomb blast at RIMS and one victim at Raj Medicity while one bus accident victim at RIMS and three others at JNIMS.
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