In all, 28 food processing projects approved by IMAC is likely to generate employment for nearly 10,000 people.

The proposed general strike will be a part of agitations held in demand of stringent steps to recover bad bank loans from corporate; universal and assured pension for all; scrapping of NPS; minimum wage of Rs 18,000 to all and holding of price line.

The Rural Development and Panchayati Raj minister of Manipur said that the households of the year 2020-21 were selected based on the Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC). For Phase II of the year 2019 – 2020, the target is 8900 out of which 8425 has been sanctioned.

Experts from the Ministry of Power, Water Resources, Steel, Coal, Cement and Hydel Energy and allied sectoral industries along with academicians deliberated in a webinar on the market potential and its awareness from socio-economic, academic and policy perspective.

Experts deliberated on 'Leveraging the Natural and Bio-Diversity-Core Competence of Bamboo and Allied Sector in Assam for Economic Development’ at a seminar in Guwahati on Monday.