Our Correspondent Diphu, Sep.30 (EMN): Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) held a supplementary budget session on Friday relating to payment of outstanding liabilities under Primary Education department, PWD and Works department. Chief Executive Member (CEM), KAAC, Tuliram Ronghang, who placed the supplementary budget under various heads of accounts, said the original grant of budgetary allocation for the administration of justices for setting up of village courts as per the Mikir Hills Autonomous District (Administration of Justice) Rules 1954, was INR 167 lakh, but an additional amount of INR 335.20 lakh is required to meet the expenses. The CEM informed chairman, KAAC, Raju Tisso, who chaired the session that an additional amount of INR 1000 lakh against the original grant of INR 2636 lakh budgetary allocation for the Education department is required. Ronghang also sought an additional amount of INR 36, 80, 00,000 against the original grant of INR 36, 80, 00,000 for the Works de
Our CorrespondentDiphu, Aug. 31 (EMN): The newly appointed president of Greater Diphu Bazaar Committee (GDBC), Pradip Engleng has asked social organisations not to go for donation drives from shop owners and businessmen at Diphu market. Engleng was appointed as the president of GDBC by Town and Country Planning under the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council on August 6. ‘We have discussed the matter in GDBC and have made an announcement that no social organisations before permission from GDBC can go for donation drives from shop owners and businessmen. Unless there is permission from GDBC, you cannot only go for a donation drive’, he said. He also said the first round of meetings will be held regarding giving revenue to KAAC by GDBC. The GDBC has started checking the licenses of business persons, whether they possess trading licenses or not.