Welcoming the state government's plan to launch a house-to-house survey with the institution of the state population commission, the JCILPS convenor urged the government to set up the population commission at the earliest.
The AMSU urged Central government to immediately fulfil its 12 demands, including repeal of AFSPA from entire Northeast region, to safeguard the indigenous people.
The JCLIPS demand stated that the cut-off base year should be 1951 as the former pass and permit system to enter Manipur was abolished on November 18, 1950 by the then chief commissioner of Manipur.
Our Correspondent Imphal, June 23 (EMN): Manipur Cabinet on Wednesday resolved to adopt 1961 as base year to determine the “native” status for implementation of Inner Line Permit (ILP) system in the North-eastern border state. According to a press release issued by the Chief Minister’s Secretariat in Imphal, Chief Minister N Biren Singh chaired the cabinet meeting wherein the Manipur State Vision Document 2047, which aims to make the state a vibrant, carbon-neutral and economically, socially and ecologically sustainable state in the next 25 years, was presented. It may be mentioned that Manipur started to implement the ILP system from January 1, 2020 after the government notified the extension of the ILP regime in December 2019. The ILP is an official travel document issued by the concerned state government to allow travel of an Indian citizen into a protected area for a limited period. Manipur became the fourth state after Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Mizoram where the ILP re