Meeyamgi Numit, Hill Leaders' Day Held
Errors in SECC database deny many of government benefits: CM
Source: IT News / DIPR
Imphal, December 15 2018:
Chief Minister N. Biren
Singh has said that the
State Government has
requested the Centre to
allow fresh enrolment of
genuine families in the
Socio-Economic Caste
Census (SECC) database
and discard all the
wrongful entries/beneficiaries.
He was speaking to
reporters on the sidelines
of the combined Meeyamgi
Numit and Hill Leaders'
Day held at the Durbar Hall
of Chief Minister's Secretariat today.
N. Biren Singh conveyed
that the State Government
had started taking up
necessary steps for
Assembly Constituency-wise re-survey of genuine
households to enrol them
in the SECC.
The Chief
Minister said that many
needy people and
deserving households
were found left out while
many well-to-do families
were included in the SECC
database compiled in 2011 .
Due to this irregularity,
many genuine families are
not able to avail benefits
and opportunities under
various Government
schemes, he said.
Stating that he is extremely
concerned about this gaffe,
Shri N.Biren Singh said that
he would not spare the
officials involved in the
wrongdoing because about
37 per cent of the total
population of the State are
still under Below Poverty
Line (BPL) despite huge
funds had been invested to
uplift the needy people.
Responding to a query
regarding a Public Interest
Litigation (PIL) filed against
holding of Meeyamgi Numit
and Hill Leaders' Day
, Shri
N.Biren Singh said that it
is embarrassing for the
State to witness such an
instance.
Elected leaders
ought to meet and interact
with common people to
attend to their complaints/
grievances, he said while
adding that filing PIL
against it is nothing but a
dirty politics.
Regarding the strike of
Senior Residents of
Jawaharlal Nehru Institute
of Medical Sciences
(JNIMS), the Chief Minister
appealed to the doctors to
call off the stir as the
medical service/profession
is part of essential service.
The State Government is
always ready to fulfil any
demand which is
permissible under the rules
and regulations but the
Government is helpless in
the matters which the rules
do not permit.
With respect to requirement
of Fire Stations in different
parts of the State, the Chief
Minister informed the media
persons that the State
Government had submitted
a Rs.260-crore proposal to
the Centre for the
establishment of more Fire
Stations in different
districts and recruitment of
manpower.
In today's joint Meeyamgi Numit and Hill Leaders' Day,
the Chief Minister attended
to over 400 complaints and
met around 1200 people from
9 am to 2:30 pm .
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