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Imphal TimesRegd.No. MANENG /2013/51092 Volume 6, Issue 493, Wednesday, July 10, 2019 Maliyapham Palcha kumsing 3416 Rs. 2/-

IT NewsImphal July 10,

Po pular Fro nt of Ind iaChairman E Abubacker hasin a statement called on theUnion Home Minis try toab and on the at tem pt tofurther amend the draconianUn lawf ul Activ iti esPr evention Act, in steadrepeal the law immediately. Th e Unlawful Ac tiv iti es(Prevention) AmendmentBi ll 2019 in tro duced inParliament by Minister ofState for Home G KishanReddy seeks to empower thegovernments to designateindiv iduals as terror ists.This law has been so farmisused b y s uccessivego ver nments to b an

No further amendment; RepealUAPA: Popular Front

op pos ing or gan isa tio nsafter putting terrorist tag onth em. No w du e to theproposed amendment thescope of this threat has beenexten ded to ev en on anin div idual wh om thego ver nment con sid ers athr eat to it. Such anamendment can lead to allkinds of misuse.The 2008 amendment ofUAPA has already made ith ighly controversial. I tprovided the governmentsample powers to act againstcitizen’s fundamental rights.As it was feared by civil rightorganizations from the verybeginning, law was widelymisused predominantly totarget Minorities, Dalits,Human Rights Activists and

DIPRImphal, July 10,To br ing transparency,inclusion and exclusionerrors and minimise otherissues per tain ing todistribution of PDS items inthe State, Chief Minister N.Biren Singh launched the FairPr ice Shop Automationsystem at Durbar Hall of ChiefMinister’s Secretariat today.

CM launches fps automation systemfor the first time in the state

Speaking at the function,Chief Minister stated thatsuch system would br ingtransparency andstreamlining the distributionof PDS items to thebeneficiaries. Under this FairPrice Shop (FPS) automationsystem, fake and bogusration cards would be easilyidentified and minimise theleakages in the distribution of

PDS items, he added. Hementioned that beneficiarieswill get the food grainsthrough ePOS (ElectronicPoint of Sale) device withproper authentication likeAadhar or OTP.Chief Minister highlightedthat the FPS automationwould be made available in 10FPS for the first phase in theState. He mentioned that there

are 2324 Fair Price Shops and23,87,949 beneficiaries with5,69,688 ration cards in theState. The monthly allocationof National Food Security Act(NFSA) rice in the State is131632.45 quintal. He recalledthat since the installation ofthe present government, thegovernment is committed tobring good governance andpositive changes atgrassroots.The off icials made ademonstration on the usageof the ePOS machine duringthe function.Deputy Chief Minister Y.Joykumar, Minister for Artand Culture L. Jayantakumar,Minister for CAF&PD ShriKaram Shyam, Minister forForest and Environment Th.Shyamkumar, Minister forPHED Losii Dikho, Ministerfor Agricu lture V.Hangkhanlian, MLAs, ChiefSecretary, Commissioner,DCs, Director and officials ofCAF&PD, Agents of FPSattended the function.

People with d iss entingvoices. Several cases havebeen reported in recent yearsthat innocents implicated infalse cases had to spendyears behind bars because ofthe pr ovisions o f UAPAcharged on them and to beacquitted later. Thousandsare still languishing in jailsas under-trials without bail.Amending the law again byadding more draconianprovisions will only make itan even more dangerous fora democratic country. Heappealed opposition leadersand human rights activiststo convince the parliamentmembers and put pressure onthe central government torefrain from bringing moredraconian amendments.

IT NewsImphal July, 10

For the first time in Manipuran Association of only femalehawkers named SocialistWomen Newspaper Hawkers’Association has star teddelivering evening local dailiesin the state from yesterdayevening with the sole purposeof empowering the women andhelping in delivering the newsto the masses.The inaugural function wasorganised by SocialistWomen Association at theoff ice of Imphal Timessituated at KeishamthongElangbam Leikai yesterdayevening.Addressing at the functionEditor of Kangleipak Ki MeiraWangkhemcha Samjai

Women Hawkers Associationformed and started delivering

local evening dailies

stressed the role of women inthe state. He said that the workculture in the state has to bebuilt up.Reminding one lady hawkerwhere her husband was adisabled person, he said thatthe lady along with herhusband has main tain alivelihood just by selling thenewspaper and can even sendtheir children to a boardingschool.With this initiative to deliverthe newspaper of dailyeveninger Shyamjai said thatnews and information will bespread far and wide.Editor of Imphal Times Rinkukhumukcham highlight themindset of the people wherethe people find unattractive ofthe local dailies and preferredthe national one. He also said

that the media houses wereadulterated by big corporatehouses.He further said that there is arising need for the journalistto write with strongdetermination for the societyregarding its socio, political,economy and added that suchnews and information needsto be disseminated.Such dissemination of thenews and information will bedone by the hawkers, heconcluded.Editor of Paonikhon Ch.Meghabarna, Editor of PaojelOinam Ranjit, and Secretary ofSWA Sarungbam Bijentiattended the function as daismembers.Later 5 bicycles were alsogiven to women hawkers fordelivering the newspaper.

Minister K.shyam Distributes TLM kits topersons with intellectual disablities

DIPRImphal , July 10,

CAF & PD, Revenue MinisterKaram Shyam said that, everyperson even if differently abled, is endowed with a uniquepotential and ability and weshould nurture in them theessence of living by showinghumanity, love, compassionand encouragement so thatthey walk in the society inparallel with others with pride.He was speaking as Chief Guest

at the Teaching LearningMaterial(TLM) kitsdistribution programme forpersons with in tellectualdisabilities(Divyangan) atManipur Press Club today.The programme was organisedby the National Institute forthe Empowerment of Personswith Intellectual Disabilities(Divyangyan)(NIEPID) incollaboration with the officeof the State Commissioner forPersons with Disabilities,Government of Manipur andRelief Centre for the Welfareof Differently Abled Persons,Manipur.R.K. Kumarjit Singh(MD),State Commissioner forDisabilities, Government ofManipur; Bantee SinghKonthoujam(MCS), Jo in tDirector(ICDS), SocialWelfare Depar tment,Government of Manipur;Dr.G.Mary Anurupa,A s s i s t a n tP r o f e ss o r ( P aed ia tr i c s ) ,NI EP I D, S ecu n d e r ab ad ;Mugesh Thulasikanthan ,Lecturer in OccupationalTherapy, ) ,NIEPID,Secunderabad and KRomesh Singh, District SocialWelfare Officer, Imphal Westattended the function asPresident and Guests ofHonour respectively.Minister Karam Shyamfurther expressed that weshould appreciate personswith disabilities and co-operatewith them instead of

underestimating them.“Parents should identify thehidden talents andpersonalities of children withdisabilities and hold pride oftheir calibres. Lets try toflourish them and give them noroom for depression ordisappointment”, he added.Dr.G.Mary Anurupahighlighted that firstly, they tryto identify children withintellectual disabilities andsubsequently, distribute TLMkits to them as part of the

overall p rogramme . Suchprogrammes that have beensuccessfully implemented forthe last 5 years since 2015 inManipur are useful in helpingthem acquire the needed skills,she also stated.Bantee Singh Konthoujammentioned that theGovernment is also seeing tothe concerns and grievancesof intellectually d isabledpersons during the monthlyMeeyamgi Numit.Speaking as president of thefunction, R.K. Kumarjit Singhreiterated on the need ofextension of exam duration anddoubling of allowances forpersons with disabilities. Planis in the pipeline for carryingout similar programmes inSenapati, Kangpokpi andBishnupur districts of thestate. TLM kits were distributed topersons with in tellectualdisabilities belonging todifferent kendras of Manipur in2 phases during the function.

Blooddonation

Camp heldIT NewsImphal July 10,

JN Hospital PharmacyAssociation (JNPA) alongwith Blood Bank andTransfusion Unit, JNIMStoday organised avoluntary blood donationcamp at JNIMS bloodblank.The blood donation campwas supported by StateBlood Cell, NHM Manipur.Speaking to media personsGeneral Secretary of JNPANingthoujam Jagajit saidthat they have organisedsuch event with a sacrificialspir it having a solepurpose in taking part ofsaving precious lives of thepeople. He furtherstressed that theirorganization haveorganised three blooddonation camps before.He said that the blooddonation camp will be doneas a calendar programevery year of JNPA on 10th

of July.Around 80 blood units willbe donated by the membersand volunteers of JNPA,Jagajit concluded.

IT NewsImphal July 10,

All Manipur Muslim StudentsOrganization (AMMSO)volunteers today inspectedRahmania High School andfound out that huge lack offacilities for the School.Highlighting the various lackof facilities of the schoolSecretary General of AMMSOYunush Ali Khullakpam in a

AMMSO volunteers found hugelack of facilities in Rahmania

High School Kshetrigao

press release said that theschool d idn’t have anyteachers for English, SocialScience and Meetei Mayek.He stated that the school wasrun by 11 teachers teaching atotal of 285 students and alsothere were no separate toiletsfor boys and girls.The school lacks desk, bench,computer white board, schooluniform, mid day meal,drinking water tank and manymore for the class room,Yunush added.Yunush fur ther urged theauthority to made RahmaniaHigh School a propergovernment school as thepresent school was an aidedone.Clarifying the events that tookplace yesterday where

volunteers of AMMSO triesto lock down MOBC Boys’Hostel which is situated at DMCollege of Commerce Yunushsaid that they have no relationwith the ones using the nameof AMMSO who tried to lockthe hostel.He said that the ones usingthe names of AMMSO andterrifying the hostellers shouldcome to them. And he furtherwarned that strong actions willbe taken up against those whoterrified the students, if theyfail to come to them.Yunush also said thatAMMSO will never doanything which is against thewelfare of the students.He appealed the people to takecare of the ones who are usingthe names of AMMSO.