NORTH-EASTERN STATES

Student organisations from the Northeast are planning to engage with the government and elected representatives to push their demand for a chapter on the Northeast in the National Council of Educational Research and Training curriculum.

Formed in 1961, NCERT is an autonomous organisation assisting and advising the Centre and state governments on policies and programmes for qualitative improvement in school Education, including promoting and coordinating research in areas related to school education besides preparing and publishing model textbooks.

The MHA had constituted a committee headed by M.P. Bezbaruah, member, North Eastern Council, in February 2014 to look into the look into the concerns of persons from the Northeast living in different parts of the country and suggest legal remedies.

Manipur chief ministerN Biren Singhhas asked the public to avail benefits from the state Health scheme of chief minister-GI Hakshelgi Tengbang (CMHT) and Ayushman Bharat Yojana for Covid-19 treatment.

The CM made the announcement on Sunday while interacting with Covid-19 patients under Home isolation through a video conference. Biren advised the patients to not feel depressed during their isolation period and said that they could easily recover from the infection within 14 days with proper medication.

Nagalandreceived business interests worth Rs 4,510 crore in various sectors from both national and international delegates during the Business 20 conference, an official release said.

The state on Wednesday hosted the fourth and last B20 meeting as part of the summit held in the North East Region (NER) includingManipur, Mizoram and Sikkim. Altogether 60 delegates from 27 countries participated in the conference.

Representatives from the business community of Nagaland as well as government departments also participated in the Business to Business (B2B) and Business to Government (B2G) negotiations coordinated by the Confederation of Indian Industry under theministry of external affairs, said the release issued by Nagaland Home commissionerAbhijit Sinha. The B2B/B2G witnessed the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Nagaland government and investors for investments in RENEWABLE ENERGY to the tune of Rs 1,000 crore over the next three years.

With the electrification of two key routes,Meghalayais set to get its first-ever electric train, theRailwayssaid in a statement.

The Northeast Frontier RAILWAY has achieved the milestone by commissioning a 22.823 kilometre track single-line stretch of Dudhnai-Mendipathar and 34.59 kilometre track between the Abhayapuri-Pancharatna double-line section on March 15. The Central Organization for Railway Electrification (CORE) has carried out the electrification works in these sections.

Electrification will significantly improve the mobility of trains in northeast India. In addition to the reduction inpollutiondue to the shift from fossil fuel to electricity, the efficiency of the railway system in the region will also improve. This would facilitate seamless traffic and also save the time of the trains moving to and from the northeastern states apart from in precious Foreign Exchange

Governor Satyadeo Narain Arya administered the oath of office to Singh at a function here. Justice Singh was serving in the Orissa High Court before being transferred to Tripura High Court as Chief Justice. The post of Chief Justice in the Tripura High Court was vacant after Indrajit Mahanty retired from service in November last year and Justice T. Amarnath Goud was acting as Chief Justice of the High Court. Tripura High Court was set up in March, 2013 along with the full-fledged High Courts in Meghalaya and Manipur. All the northeastern states excluding Sikkim were earlier under the Gauhati High Court.

Chowdhury also said that Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has given his nod and sent a note to the chief secretary of Tripura in this connection. The chief secretary prepared a file on the creation of the institute and sent it to the state finance department.

Mizoram Disaster Management and Rehabilitation Minister Lalchamliana on Saturday said that the would soon sanction Rs 50 lakh as an aid for thousands of Myanmar refugees taking refuge in the state.

The government had earlier sanctioned and disbursed Rs 30 lakh for the same purpose which was distributed by deputy commissioners of Mizoram districts where refugees have been taking shelter.

In Myanmar border northeastern Champhai district, the Mizoram Synod gave Rs 8.11 lakh while through 8 pastorals while it disbursed Rs 5.2 lakh each through 2 pastorals in Hnahthial district and 2 pastorals in Lawngtlai district (both situated in southern part of the state respectively.

Three northeastern states Manipur, Meghalaya andNagaland are among 11 states in the country, which have achieved the target set by thefinance ministryfor (CAPEX) in the first quarter of 2021-22. As an incentive, they have been given permission for additional open market borrowings by the expenditure department.
The other states are Andhra Pradesh, Bihar,Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh,Rajasthanand Uttarakhand. While the additional borrowing permitted for Manipur is Rs 90 crore, for Meghalaya it is Rs 96 crore and Rs 89 crore for Nagaland.

It said the capital expenditure had a high multiplier effect, enhancing future productive capacity of the economy and resulting in a higher rate of economic Growth. Accordingly, out of the net borrowing ceiling of 4% ofGSDPfor the states for 2021-22, 0.50% of GSDP was earmarked for incremental capital expenditure to be incurred by states during 2021-22. The target for incremental capital expenditure for each state to qualify for this incremental borrowing was fixed by expenditure department.