IT News
Imphal, Feb 23:
The 5th sitting of the 3rd session of the 12th Manipur Legislative Assembly today passed the the demand for grants of Rs.47,349,321,000/- for 8 (eight) departments.
What is interesting in today’s demand discussion is that none of the MLA including from the major opposition Party Congress raised no cut motion to the demand for State legislatures which is limited to Rs. 252,20,86,000/- ; to the demand for Council of Ministers which reached Rs. 15,27,88,000/- and for the Secretariat which is allocated as Rs. 180,49,77,000/-.
Cut motion to the demand for grants were raised from opposition MLAs to the demand for grants of the education department which is limited to Rs. 3291,78,35,0000/- , and also for the demand for Sericulture which is proposed for Rs. 51,25,69,000/- .
MLA of Khundrakpam Assembly Constituency Th. Lokeshwar Singh and Sugnu AC MLA K. Ranjit put up strong opposition to the passing of the demand for Water Resources department on the ground that there is no need of policy to the vanishing of water sources and also no proper irrigation system in Manipur.
The opposition MLAs also raised the cut motion on the ground that the construction of Dolaithabi Dam is incomplete.
MLA Lokeshwar said that the left and right canal of the Dolaithabi Dam has not been completed and it should be a shame for the government t6o take the dame as completed.
MLA Lokeshwar further said that most the of the government work are being imp0lemented without proper order.
“It seems like that some people are acting as dictator to loot the money of the people”, Lokeshwar said urging the leader of the house to look into the matter.
While passing the demand for education, Congress MLA K. Ranjit, Th. Lokeshwar and Surjakumar Okram raise the cut motion on the ground that there is a delay in systematic appointment of Principal, Vice-Principal, Headmaster and Asst. Headmaster of schools; Delay in absorption of staffs after conversion of aided-colleges into full-fledged colleges (6 nos.); Lack of proper policy to convert Government aided schools into full-fledged Government schools; Need of proper policy to fill up vacant sanctioned posts (teaching and non-teaching staffs) in Government-aided school; Inability to manage administration of Government aided colleges as per Education Code 1982; Inability to solve the confusion regarding the number of letters in Meetei/Meitei Mayek script; Improper recruitment process in filling up vacant posts in the Education Department; Lack of teaching and non teaching staff in Dhanamanjuri University leading to the failures of academic approaches and administrative failures; Lack of adequate staff in Hindi Teachers’ Training college; Non-appointment of regular Principals in Government colleges; Non-appointment of librarians in colleges and schools; Lack of preparation to fully implement NEP 2020; Non-appointment of regular teaching staff in SCERT including the post of Director.
