Month: March 2011

IMPHAL, March 4: Succesful social reformation and economic sustainability of the state could be achieved only through the recognition of the rights for the labours and the services delivered by them for the welfare of the society.

This was stated by the state Labour and Employment minister, Ph Parijat while attending the inaugural function of the observation of the 40th National Safety Day/Week Campaign held this morning at the Manipur Press Club, Imphal jointly organized by the coordinating committee of the Trade Unions of Workers and the office of the Deputy Labour Commissioner Manipur.

The minister while inaugurating the function further mentioned that, there is an immediate need for the general public to get knowledge of laws and other regulations framed by the state Labour department so as to avoid exploitations of the labours.The state labour and employment ministry has also amended its labor act to include a landmark 28 points for the benefit and protection of laborers in the unorganized sector of the economy under the unorganized social security act, 2008.

The amended act has attempted to address, inter alia, the issue of child labor and the plight of construction workers in the State. While the act has initiated a safety net such as Manipur building and other construction workers’ welfare board, it has also empowered the labor department to monitor child labor closely.

The newly amended labor act and labor welfare board will monitor employers in the unorganized sector and attempt to keep vigilance on unscrupulous employers who engaged laborers unilaterally for more than the universally accepted 8 hours norm and on their repudiation to sufficiently compensate during accidental injury at work, stated the labor minister Parijat.

He further mentioned that, it is also a must for the employers to provide adequade infrastructures and equipments to their labour in order to get satisfactory service provisions from the labour.

The labour minister further mentioned that, as per the official labour tariff fixed by the department, it is a must for the employers to give Rs. 122.10 per day for the unskilled labours, Rs. 129.97 for Semi skilled labours and Rs.132.60 per day for the skilled labours.

The inaugural function of the campaign was attended by Th. Shakhi Devi, president, coordinating Committee of the Trade Unions and the office of the Deputy Labour Commissioner, Manipur, T Pammei, IAS, director of Commerce and Industries, government of Manipur, E Binoykumar Singh, retd. chief engineer (Works), G Tombi Sharma, chairperson Manipur Building and other Construction Workers’ Welfare Board and NS Gokulmani, executive director, Manipur State RSBY Society as president, and guest of honours respectively.

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IMPHAL March 4:The DGBR Lt Gen S Ravi Shankar, visited the National Highway NH-53 for the second time in two months, underlining the urgency BRO has accorded to improving the highway. During his last visit he had travelled along the entire 294 Km stretch assessing the works in progress. During this visit, he inspected works around Noney (Km 54), Nungba (Km 136) and Kaimai (Km 166) and expressed satisfaction at the progress.

The immediate concern is to keep the highway open during the monsoon and thereafter further improve it so that the road is completely restored to National Highway standards by end of 2012. With this in view the work being carried out is a combination of strengthening bad patches and resurfacing where the road permits it now. Production centre for supply of wet mix macadam and hot mix are now in position to speed up the work.

The DGBR also interacted with the local formation Commanders and the Chief Secretary of the state. An update was also given by him to the Governor who was keen on keeping abreast with the progress on NH-53. CE (P) Pushpak, Mr Vinod Kumar accompanied the DGBR during the visit,stated a press release by the BRO.

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Leader Writer: Hrishikesh Angom – Manipur is rightly called the “power house” of sports in India. The performance of state players at the recently concluded 34th National Games held at Jharkhand testifies the very fact. However, continuous outflow of talented players from the state has become a major concern for the state. Many Manipuri players have represented other states and secured several medals at the National Games. The contribution of these players could have made Manipur the overall champion of the Games, but lack of limited opportunities in the state has compelled them to go to other states. There seems to be a laxity in sports development policy of the state government resulting in discontentment of the players. The state players have brought so many laurels from various international competitions such as Common Wealth Games and Asian Games but they are not given handsome incentives through which they could be motivated to achieve furthermore.

The outflow of talented players from the state itself indicates the failure of the state government towards the development of games and sports. Comparing the performance of Manipur at the Guwahati National Games and Jharkhand National Games, the performance at Jharkhand was lower than Guwahati even though it could secure the second position. The reason behind this retardation is not the degrading performance of the players but the very outflow of players who have secured medals in the last National Games to other states. A medalist of National Games gets handsomely rewarded in other states and as a result the state players have been lured to represent other states. It’s not a question of selfishness but a compulsion for a player to see for opportunities so as to excel in his or her sporting career.

It has been reported that in Jharkhand a gold medalist of National Games will be given Rs seven lakh while silver medalist and bronze medalist will be rewarded Rs five lakh and Rs three lakh respectively. Other states also make lucrative offers to the medalists of National Games. The question out here is not about just money and job but the policy for the development of sports. Nothing can be achieved without necessary help and support even if a person is highly talented. The same thing can be applied to the players of the state. The Manipuri players are mostly from economically backward families and as a result they struggle a lot while trying to pursue their respective discipline of sports.

The gold medalists of Delhi Common Wealth Games, namely weightlifter Renuka, weightlifter Sandhyarani, boxer Suranjoy and others have struggled in their life so as to become shining sports stars in the country. Despite of such outstanding performance in various international competitions the state government seems to neglect the meritorious players of the state. These players have once raised complaint against the state government for failing to give the announced incentive awards.Moreover, the sports infrastructures of the state need to be developed to provide better training to the young players of the state. The people of the state should give pay utmost regards to the players who have brought laurels to the state rather than underestimating them as belonging to backward classes. The rich art and culture as well as sports are the real showpieces of the state and so the people should try to upkeep them. The outflow of talented players from the state should also be controlled by providing adequate sports infrastructures as well as incentive awards for encouraging them to perform better in various competitions. Every Manipuri player would have desired to represent the state and win medals for the state but such is not the case out here presently. One day there might be no player to represent Manipur at the National Games if the concerned authority does not initiate policies for the welfare of the sportspersons by providing state-of-the-art sports infrastrucututes as well as lucrative incentives and job opportunities to meritorious players.

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