Biren Singh attend to 1500 people; hears 400 complaints

Our Correspondent

Imphal, June 11 (EMN): Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh attended to as many as about 400 complaints and personally met nearly 1500 people during the joint Hill Leaders’ Day and Meeyamgi Numit (People’s Day) to address their grievances on June 11 Monday.

After BJP led government came into power in March 2017, the chief minister began to interact with the general public twice in a month through Hill Leaders’ Day on the 10th of every month and Meeyamgi Numit on 15th of every month since May 2017.

Speaking to reporters, Biren Singh maintained that a bill to protect indigenous people of the state would be introduced in the next Assembly session. A consultative meeting about the bill would be convened soon where all the representatives of the different communities would be invited, he said.

On the occasion, he said that it is important to note that people are working for self reliance and sustainable livelihood by expanding their entrepreneurship. Such mindset would definitely improve the work culture among the people of the state. He appreciated the efforts and co-operation of the banks for providing soft loans to the farmers, entrepreneurs and skilled youths of the State.

Stating that the present government is committed in delivering good governance to the people of the state, he said that the “Go to Village” initiative is providing various benefits to the people from grassroots. The grievances gathered at the Go to Village camps are being categorised into two categories i.e. grievances that can be delivered instantly or immediately and grievances that need extra budget.

Replying to a query about the welfare of the working journalists in the state, the chief minister said that the government would increase the monthly pension of journalists from existing INR 4000 to INR 6000 at the earliest. About the fixation of pay of the working journalists, he said, he would discuss the matter with the labour department.