While the BJP government hasn't raised cane prices much, it may have to do so in the coming sugar year. The upcoming Lok Sabha polls, low sugar stocks and monsoon-linked production uncertainties may force it.
Sugarcase dues are relatively low; political and economic compulsions may force mills to pay more to farmers. While the BJP government hasn't raised cane prices much, it may have to do so with the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, low sugar stocks and monsoon-linked production uncertainties.
NEP has proposed sweeping reforms, there are more seats and more women in higher education, doors have been opened for foreign universities. But textbook changes have been criticised, and a few initiatives have lost steam
Much of the Meitei insurgency is rooted in its history, and is replete with echoes of re-establishing the glory of the ancient Manipur kingdom. The loss of identity, and the struggle to restore it, remains at the heart of the Meitei movement, and is foundational in Manipuri society.