ATSUM urges Dy CM
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 10 2015:
The All Tribal Students' Union Manipur (ATSUM) today submitted a representation to the Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam urging for exemption of tribal students from mandatory use of Aadhaar in availing scholarship under the Tribal Development Dept.
Kakam Haokip, education secretary, ATSUM said that the recent order by the Tribal Development which made Aadhaar card mandatory for availing scholarship is not acceptable for the tribal students at this juncture.
For one reason or another, more than 90 percent of the tribal students do not possess Aadhaar card as yet, he said.
As such, ATSUM sought the intervention of the Deputy CM who is also in-charge of TD Dept to abrogate the mandatory requirement of Aadhar in availing scholarship under the TD Dept, Kakam said.