ST status on six tribes hailed
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 25 2012:
The United Tribe Recognition and Modification Demand Council, Manipur celebrated the grant of Scheduled Tribe status on six tribes of the State on April 23 at the conference hall of the Tribal Research Institute, Lamphel during a session.
The six tribes which have been conferred the ST status are Inpui, Liangmai, Mate, Rongmei, Thangal and Zeme said the UTRMMDC in a statement issued to the press.
To mark the occasion a commemorative book titled, Tribe Recognition, 2012 was released by Kaikhamang Daimei, former Director of TRI, Manipur.
The session expressed deep regret over the non inclusion of the Khoibu tribe in the State Cabinet decision and Chongthu in the Centre's Cabinet decision, said the statement further.