The seventh session of the 12th Manipur Legislative Assembly, which began on March 9, was adjourned sine die on Tuesday after the House passed the remaining Demands for Grants for the financial year 2026–27.
On the concluding day, the Assembly approved seven key demands moved by Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh, who also holds the Finance portfolio. The grants included allocations for Municipal Administration, Housing and Urban Development; Public Health Engineering; Vigilance and Anti-Corruption; State Excise; Sales Tax and other duties on commodities and services; Fire Protection and Control; and Home Guards.
The Demands for Grants were passed after opposition members withdrew their cut motions, allowing the House to adopt the proposals without division.
Responding to cut motion Chief Minister Khemchand assured to increase the wage of the Mid Day meal , for others it will be discussed. Mid Day meal workers gets 1000 only and have never increased. For road construction the leader of the house said that road construction will be taken with priority for all constituencies. He said that that concerns by the opposition MLAs is noted and will implement with the consultation with the concern officials.
Earthquake briefly disrupts Manipur Assembly proceedings
Proceedings of the Manipur Legislative Assembly were briefly adjourned for five minutes on Tuesday after a mild earthquake was felt during the final day of the ongoing Budget session.
The tremor occurred around 12:08 pm while Congress Legislature Party leader K. Meghachandra Singh was speaking on issues related to the Public Health Engineering Department, including the Jal Jeevan Mission. Sensing the tremor, the Wangkhem MLA halted his speech midway.
Assembly Speaker Thokchom Satyabrata Singh immediately announced a short adjournment of the House. Proceedings resumed shortly after and continued without further disruption.
According to the National Centre for Seismology, the earthquake measured 4.3 on the Richter scale, with its epicentre located in Kamjong district at a depth of 45 km.
No damage to the Assembly building or nearby structures was reported.
Earlier, opposition MLAs had moved policy cut motions on several demands, citing concerns such as inadequate urban infrastructure, poor drainage and sanitation, ineffective housing schemes, and failure to conduct urban local body elections. Issues related to irregular water supply, incomplete implementation of water schemes under the Jal Jeevan Mission and other projects, as well as delays in corruption investigations, were also raised.
Concerns were further expressed over gaps in fire safety infrastructure, including the absence of fire sub-stations in many constituencies.
Despite the criticisms, the withdrawal of cut motions cleared the way for smooth passage of the financial proposals, marking the end of the budget discussions for the current session.
