Kohima Participating in the general discussion on the budget presented by the chief minister during the first session of 14th Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) on March 28, NPF legislator Achumbemo Kikon has emphasised on the need to have check and balance in the governance for improvement of the system despite letter of support submitted by other political parties stating that the people of the state expects a lot from the government. He stated that the present allocation of the Local Area Development Programme (LADP) is too less and that it becomes a pocket money for the elected members. Kikon wondered how could they meet the need of people particularly places like Bhandari AC, the second highest number of polling station having about 83 polling stations and 80 villages with such a meagre fund. Apprising that many northeastern states are getting proper fund according to their requirements, he asked the government to increase LADP fund from the present allocation of INR 1.5
Dimapur, Nov, 17 (EMN): Nagaland hosted a joint meeting of the executive committee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) India region zone-III and executive council of North East Regional Institute of Parliamentary Studies, Training and Research (NERIPSTR) at the Nagaland Legislative Assembly Secretariat in Kohima on November 17. The meeting was chaired by speaker of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Pasang Dorjee Sona, a DIPR report stated. Speakers and deputy speakers of Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Tripura, Assam, Sikkim legislative assembly along with the secretaries attended the meeting. The welcome address was delivered by the speaker of Nagaland Legislative Assembly, Sharingain Longkumer. During the meeting, it was decided that the next annual conference would be held at Gangtok, Sikkim, from January 10 to the 12th in 2023. Report stated that topics to be taken up during the conference were also discussed. Besides, a short video was screened on the achievement