Dimapur, May 4 (EMN): The Pork Butchers’ Union in Dimapur (PBUD) on Thursday issued an ultimatum to the Nagaland government to address the ban on importing pigs from other states through Assam in the next two days, failing which it warned of increasing the price of pork from May 8. During a press conference at the PBUD office in Walford Colony, Dimapur, PBUD president Shikato T Swu stated that it had been 11 days since the ban was implemented, but despite submitting a representation on April 27, the Nagaland government had not responded to date. Swu said the ban on importing pigs from Assam was implemented by the PBUD to monitor the market price of pork. However, despite the lack of response from the government and the absence of public or organisational support, Swu stated that the PBUD decided to lift the ban on May 8 and increase the price of pork if its concerns were not addressed by May 6. He also highlighted that the Assam government had prohibited the transportation of pig
Our Reporter Dimapur, Nov. 12 (EMN): Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, on Saturday, said disinvestment policy is the way forward as the government ‘cannot do business, own and manage everything’, and it should serve simply as a facilitator, while private parties, entrepreneurs and the business community conduct the economic operations. Inaugurating the Working Women Hostel at Walford Colony in Dimapur, Rio said that former Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led government introduced the disinvestment policy in India for the first time. Describing it as one of the most ‘visible and beneficial policies’, he said the estimate income from disinvestment was INR 5000 crore, but it turned out to be INR 9000 crore. Taking the example of an advanced nation, the chief minister said all government policies are only to facilitate, guide, train, and assist them (entrepreneurs); everything is privatised from the smallest to the largest. ‘So, it is time to change,’ he said,