RK Nimai
The author is a former bureaucrat, Imphal, Manipur
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Posted on 21 Jun 2022
Planting trees is good no doubt but the way things are going, one needs to question whether the system needs improvement. Rather than planting, stopping felling of trees will have a much greater impact but is the government doing enough to stop tree felling?
Posted on 14 Jun 2022
Manipur is in a bad shape financially. It needs a realistic budget, and a strategy needs to be worked out on how to manage a poor state with limited revenue.
Posted on 7 Jun 2022
Border Fencing: One needs to understand the various agreements signed regarding the boundary between Manipur, British India and Burma. The demarcation should have been carried out with the involvement of the local populace and not done in secrecy as was done many times in the past.
Posted on 24 May 2022
Many of those involved in planting and harvesting opium do not speak Meiteilon, many of them are from outside the state and country and thus one chilling aspect is the in-migration due to poppy cultivation, which needs to be stopped urgently.
Posted on 31 May 2022
Rules must make way for government policy and thus need amendments from time to time. But, rules must not be violated at will as it points to breakdown in governance.
Posted on 20 May 2022
In addition to the existing 2,803 villages in Manipur, another 966 new villages are seeking fresh recognition. However, there are no clear cut guidelines on how a new village should be recognised in Manipur..
Posted on 10 May 2022
Communities should be worried about the trickle-down effect where the opium and its products will not be completely outside their jurisdiction as some will trickle down within their community, resulting in a few of their populace dependent on opiates.
Posted on 26 Apr 2022
Congress failure from Indira Gandhi’s time is the inability to tolerate local or regional satrap. This is perhaps due to insecurity that these leaders if they become too powerful may seek change in the national leadership.
Posted on 24 Apr 2022
The non reaction from the Manipur government on the issue of compulsory Hindi is not surprising but in the larger interest of the children of the state, it should come out with its view like the CM of Assam.
Posted on 19 Apr 2022
The attempt to impose Hindi as a compulsory subject up to Class X will only be seen as an effort to impose hegemony over the Northeast region, many of whose languages are from the Tibeto-Burmese family.
Posted on 13 Apr 2022
The conflict at Yaithibi Khunou is likely to be settled without further unrest and hope it does so. But while doing so, some persons either public or in the government may have to bite the dust.
Posted on 5 Apr 2022
Steps must be taken to ensure that all illegal structures/ obstacles are removed, irrespective of the individuals whether he is connected or not. A few cases of nepotism or corruption in the process can derail the whole effort. The need to maintain public space must be made to be felt and once a system is put in place and properly monitored, it will become a habit.
Posted on 30 Mar 2022
The change in office hours may be not be practical for all and it appears that the decision was taken taking into consideration the situation in the State Secretariat and not the conditions prevailing elsewhere.
Posted on 23 Mar 2022
The delay in the identification of the leader points to conflict within the party much to the disadvantage of the state.
Posted on 9 Mar 2022
The election 2022 is a turning point in the electoral history of the state where brute muscle power was utilised and election is now looking like that of West Bengal. Not a good sign and such mischievous acts will become the norm in future elections
Posted on 1 Mar 2022
The first phase poll was comparatively peaceful in contrast to the large scale pre-poll violence.
Posted on 27 Feb 2022
Many freebies have been promised, especially by the BJP, but from where will the money come? Even now, salaries and pensions cannot be paid in time and many pensioners are yet to get their Leave Encashment, DCRG, and Commutation amount of pension. No party seem serious enough to understand the meaning of promises made.
Posted on 15 Feb 2022
With the great groaning under the weight of climate change and global warming, realisation slowly crept in that all matter in the earth is linked and tinkering with one impacts the rest.
Posted on 8 Feb 2022
With more cases of BA.2 detected in the state, as it is more difficult to detect, the chances of many who are infected but do not show symptoms will not get tested and will be spreaders in the community.
Posted on 3 Feb 2022
While going through the list, it was very similar to the ones floated earlier in the social media which was denied by the party, indicating that the news was floated by someone in the know, perhaps with the ill conceived notion to soften the anger of those who were denied tickets.
