Manipur Govt To Provide Rs 6000 Annual Assitance To Women Aged 40 Years And Above, Says CM Singh

Manipur CM N Biren Singh has announced a financial aid scheme for women aged 40 years and above in the state. He said these women will be provided Rs 500 per month to support their families.

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has announced an annual financial assistance of Rs 6,000 for women of the state agenda 40 years and above. Talking to news agency ANI, he said the state government will provide Rs 500 per month to the women of 40 years+ age to help them in the management of their family needs. He said there are many schemes but a section of women do not get much benefit from them.

"We are going to provide Rs 500 to women aged 40 and above. Many schemes have been launched by the state government but part of the women's section has been left out mainly from the 40 years to the 60 years, even though we are covering 40 years and above," he said.

"One woman should get at least Rs 6,000 per annum so that they can help in the management of their families," the Manipur CM added.

 

SC Rejects PIL For Setting Up Of Fresh Panel On Manipur Violence

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a fresh PIL seeking a direction to the Centre to set up a panel of experts to prepare a report on the underlying causes of the Manipur crisis and suggest remedial measures, reported PTI. The petitioners also urged the apex court to ask the Centre to intervene and restore law and order in ethnic violence-hit state.

A bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra however observed that a committee was already looking into the issues related to the violence and other aspects. "There was a need for a committee which can get all the communities to the table," the senior lawyer, assisted by advocate Neha Rathi, said.

"This court has already constituted a committee chaired by Justice (retired) Gita Mittal. It's open to make a representation to the committee. At this stage, we believe that broad and general reliefs would not result in anything," the bench said.

The court asked petitioners Yumlembam Surjit Singh, Keisham Arish and Laishram Momo Singh to approach the Justice Gita Mittal panel.