April 10, 2012 – Page 2

Defection weakens MPP Luwang

President of MPP, Dr Nimaichand Luwang has blamed the party MLAs who defected to Congress weakening the party Source Hueiyen News Service

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ICHAM highlights tardiness of BRO

Along with submitting a memorandum to the visiting Union Minister of State for Defence Pallam Raju, Information Centre for Hill Areas, Manipur ICHAM has apprised the Minister of the tardy progress of work on NH 37 Imphal Jiribam executed by the BRO…

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Three vehicle lifters rounded up

Volunteers of Anjuman rounded up three persons who were involved in stealing of a Suzuki Access along with the vehicle today Source Hueiyen News Service

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Seminar on Manipur’s history begins

A two day seminar on ‘Ariba Manipurgee Itihash’ Ancient Manipuri History organised by Manipur Historical Society, Imphal in collaboration with Department of History, Modern College under the sponsorship of State’s Department of Art and Culture has co…

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MoS Defence inspects border fencing

Union Minister of State MoS for Defence Dr MM Pallam Raju today arrived here along with Director General of Border Road Organisation BRO Lt Gen P Ravi Shankar Chief Engineer of Project Pustak, BRO and other officials of Defence Ministry Source …

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State scores high in radio, low in internet

Manipur has recorded the highest growth rate in the use of radio with 54 Source The Sangai Express

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KSO condoles

The Kuki Students’ Organisation KSO , General Headquarters deeply condoled the untimely demise of Amang Chongloi, Principal of Children Traning School CTS Langol, Imphal West on April 9 Source Hueiyen News Service

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State Shumang Leela day on April 12

Conferring of Iboyaima Award to M Ningthem Singh and Iboyaima Shumang Leela Fellowship to columnist of The Sangai Express Manipuri Nomita Khongbantabam would mark the 11th Shumang Leela Day on April 12 Source The Sangai Express

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IGAR S interacts with village chiefs

IGAR S Maj Gen UK Gurung accompanied by Brig Upendra Dwivedi, Commander, 26 Sector Monday visited the Kwatha village in a mega event conducted by 24 AR under 26 Sector Assam Rifles of HQ IGAR S Source Hueiyen News Service

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Sadar Hills ADC imbroglio CM, HM meet 23 members

Taking serious note of the crisis unfolding within Sadar Hills ADC after 16 members opened a camp for the past one month demanding removal of Chairman SH Seipu from his post, Chief Minister O Ibobi and Home Minister Gaikhangam who is also MPCC presiden…

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Power Station at Kangla ready to light up Imphal

With completion of the construction work on the power sub station inside the historic Kangla Fort recently, it is expected that the problem of power supply in Imphal area would become a thing of the past soon Source Hueiyen News Service Puyam Rame…

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FCI staffers protest incentive holdup

Demanding percentage based allowance perks to Category III and IV personnel of Food Corporation of India FCI under ‘Cafeteria’ approach, a protest demonstration was staged by the employees in front of the Yaiskul Police Lane office of FCI today Sou…

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Woman found beheaded

A girl who went missing since the night of March 25 from her residence was found beheaded at Mahadeba Ching about one km south west of Kakching PS this morning.
The victim was identified as Keisam Premila (40) Wabgai Thingel Leikai.
Burnt injuries were found in the leg and other parts of the body. The portion of her head was lying 20 metres away from the body.
She was talking with a man on mobile phone on March 25 around 7.35 p.m. and left her residence.
A missing report was lodged with Kakching PS the following day. It was learnt that she fell in love with one Kshetrimayum Khellendro of Kakching Ningthou Leikai. When the members of the family went to the man as he did not live there.
A public meeting was held in connection with the gruesome killing.

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Woman found beheaded

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No autonomous council for Naga, MPP demands

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Imphal, Apr 10 : A meeting of the Advisory Committee, Special Invitees and Office Bearers of the Manipur People’s Party was held on the 9th April, 2012 at the Manipur People’s Party Office at 1.00 P.M with Dr. Nimai Chand Luwang, President in the chair.
.Among others Dr. L. Chandramani Singh, Former Deputy Chief Minister, Manipur and Shri 0. Joy Singh, Former Minister were also present in the meeting.
The meeting minutely deliberated on the on-going Indo-Naga Peace Talk and the recent Press report published recently in the Gauhati based “Seven Sisters’ Post” about the proposed “Maximum Autonomous Council of the Nagas with administrative and financial control” under one administrative unit. All the members viewed this delicate proposal as very serious. The members present appreciated the peace process and talks between the Government of India and the Naga rebels for the cause of peace and also the assurance given by successive governments of India to protect the territorial integrity of the North Eastern States in unequivocal terms. But the creation of an Autonomous Council of the Nagas with maximum administrative and financial control as reported in the said daily have given grave apprehension towards the safety of the territorial integrity of the North Eastern States. The members in a body felt the gravity of the matter and discussed thread bare about what the proposal might affect the Territorial Integrity and political entity of Manipur and other North Eastern States.
The meeting viewed it as a game-plan of the Government of India to destabilize North East India and also a covert exercise of the Divide and Rule Policy which foreshadows a dark future of this part of India. It expressed strong exception to this proposal which can be seen as a ploy to re-draw the political boundary of neighbouring states of the North East in the near future.
The meeting also became critical of such an arrangement by the Government of India which may jeopardize the cordial relationship between the ethnic groups of Manipur which have shared a common history for more than 2000 years before and after Manipur was merged to India in 1949. He gave his view that the Manipur People’s Party which swears by the Territorial Integrity of Manipur and protection of the cultures, customary practices and identities of the ethnic groups of this state should express strongest exception to such a proposal.
All the members present in the meeting after soul-searching discussions echoed in unison the same sentiments.
It was, therefore, resolved to vehemently oppose the proposal of the Government of India for the creation of an Autonomous Council of the Nagas with administrative and financial control under one administrative unit which may in the long run, create instability among the North Eastern States and break the territorial integrity of Manipur.
Further resolved to urge upon the Government of India not to include any agenda that may affect the Territorial Integrity of Manipur in the future in the on-going Indo-Naga Peace Talk.

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Ageing and Health

A. N. Khan
Scientist & Former Asst. Director, NEERI, Nagpur.
The word ‘age’ has been used by physiologists to express certain natural divisions in human development and decay. These are known as infancy, lasting to the 7th year; childhood to the 14th; youth to the 21st;
and adult till 50th; and then old age. The two great factors influencing the length of life are heredity and environment. One way in which environmental conditions affect longevity is through diseases contracted in the course of life.
The topic of this year’s World Health Day, marked on 7th April 2012, was devoted to “Ageing and Health” with the theme “Good health adds life to years”. Life expectancy is going up in most countries, meaning more and more people live longer and enter an age when they may need health care.
Healthcare is the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease, illness, injury and other physical and mental impairments in humans. Healthcare is delivered by practitioners in medicine, chiropractic, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, and other care providers. Access to health care varies across countries, groups and individuals, largely influenced by social and economic conditions as well as the health policies in place. According to WHO, a well functioning healthcare system requires a robust financing mechanism, reliable information on which to base decisions and policies; and well maintained facilities and logistics to deliver quality medicines and technologies.
Healthcare can form a significant part of a country’s economy. In 2008, the healthcare industry consumed an average of 9.0% of the GDP across the most developed OECD countries. The United States 16.0%, France 11.2% and Switzerland 10.7% of GDP, were the three top spenders.
Healthy or normal old age is attended by diminution in functional activity which corresponds with the characteristic changes of atrophy and involution in the structure of organs and tissues and of a diminished area of the capillary blood vessels. Fatigue is more readily produced; memory, especially for names, becomes less agile; and willpower, like the gait, becomes less certain. The mental outlook is largely determined by that of the individual in the past, happy and kindly, or pessimistic and uncharitable.
It is hard to draw a sharp line of demarcation between normal old age, with its limitations due to atrophic changes in the body, on the one hand and on the other hand the manifestations in the elderly resulting from past infections and diseases. Physiological old age, that is freedom from any pathological change, is agreed to be rare and it has been said that often the ‘old age itself a disease’.
Some diseases especially prone to attack the aged are diabetes, cancer, and the cardiovascular – renal group. The last is closely related to arteriosclerosis, which may affect various parts of the body, such as the kidneys, the brain and the heart.
The number of elderly in the developing countries has been growing at a phenomenal rate; in 1990 the population of 60 years and above in the developing countries exceeded that of the developed countries.
According to present indications, most of this growth will take place in developing countries and over half of it will be in Asia, namely India and China contributing a significant proportion of this growing elderly.
The 2001 census has shown that the elderly population of India accounted for 77 million, while the elderly constituted only 24 million in 1961, it increased to 43 million in 1981 and to 57 million in 1991. The proportion of elderly persons in the population of India rose from 5.63% in 1961 to 7.5% in 2001 and expected to increase by 12% in 2025. The elderly population aged 70 and above which was only 8 million in 1961 rose to 29 million in 2001. The Indian population census reported 99,000 centenarians in 1961 which rose to 1,38,000 in 1991.
To assess the emerging ageing scenario of India in the first half of the 21st century, the elderly population of India has been projected for the next 50 years. The size of India’s elderly population aged 60 and above is expected to increase from 77 million in 2001 to 179 million in 2031 and further to 301 million in 2051. The number of elderly persons above 70 years are projected to increase five-fold between 2001 – 2051.
Health problems are supposed to be the major concern of a society as older people are more prone to suffer from ill health than younger age groups. Besides physical illness the aged are more likely to be victims of poor mental health, which arise from senility, neurosis and extent of life satisfaction. The study found a majority of the elderly suffering from diseases like cough (cough includes tuberculosis of lungs, bronchitis, asthama, and whooping cough as per the International Classification of Diseases), poor eyesight, anaemia and dental problems. The proportion of the sick and the bedridden among the elderly is found to be increasing with advancing age; the major physical disabilities being blindness and deafness.
The First National Sample Survey (NSS) indicated that 45% of the elderly suffered from some chronic illness like pain in the joints and cough. Other diseases noted in NSS included blood pressure, heart disease, urinary problems and diabetes. The major killers among the elderly consisted of respiratory disorders in rural areas and circulatory disorders in urban areas. Rural survey reported that around 5% of the elderly were bedridden and another 18.5% had only limited mobility. Given the prevalence of ill health and disability, it was found that dissatisfaction existed among the elderly with regard to the provision of medical aid. The sick elderly lacked proper familiar care while public health services were insufficient to meet their needs.Among the eight chronic diseases canvassed in the NSS, close to 1/3rd of elderly reported suffering from pain in joints, followed by cough 20%, and blood pressure 10%. Less than 5% reported as suffering from piles, diabetics and cancer.
One out of two elderly in India suffers from at least one chronic disease which requires long-term medication. (PIB Feature.)

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Mothers’ group dishes out instant morality in Manipur restaurants – Indian Express

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Mothers' group dishes out instant morality in Manipur restaurants
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17.2 percent households without all 35 items in Census questionnaire

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IMPHAL, April 10: Data collected on houses, household amenities and assets during Census 2011, Manipur by approximately 6000 enumerators and 1000 supervisors were release today by director Census Operation, Manipur Y Thamkishore Singh at the office of the directorate of Census Operations, Manipur Porompat.

The enumerators had collected information on 35 items by visiting each and every household and canvassing a written questionnaire called the Houselist and House Schedule covering 51 towns and 2582 villages during June to August, 2010.

The reports were released during a press conference convened at the same venue by the director.

However 17.2 percent of the houses visited were found without any of the specific assets.

Speaking on the Census 2011, the director expressed that the census was conducted in two phases- houselisting and housing census- which was undertaken a few months before the second phase; and population enumeration.

Further elaborating on the issue, he added that the objective of the houselisting and housing census operations is to identify each building/census house and also to ascertain the quality of the census house.

Thamkishore further briefed the media persons that the fundamental principle is to cover the entire area of the state in a systematic manner without omission or duplication. The enumerator collected information on 35 items by visiting each and every household and canvassing a written questionnaire called the Houselist and House Schedule during June to August, 2010

Approximately six thousand enumerators and one thousand supervisors were engaged for this operation covering a the jurisdiction of all the nine districts of the state- Senapati, Tamenglong, Churchandpur, Bishnupur, Thoubal, Imphal West, Imphal East, Ukhrul and Chandel with 51 towns and 2582 villages.

Elaborating on the findings of the Census 2011, Thamkishore stated as per the Houselisting and Housing Census, the census houses increased from 4,92,371 to 6,09,967.

There is an increase of 1,17,593 houses for residential and partly residential purposes. There is an improvement in the construction material used for roof, wall and floor. Thus there is a substantial improvement in the quality of housing both in rural and urban areas.

As regards amenities available with the households, 48.3 percent of households are using tap, tube well, hand pump and covered well as the main source of drinking water while 38.6 per cent use tap water. Only 16.1 percent of households have source of water within the premises while 46.2 percent of households have to fetch water from a source located within 500 m in rural areas/100 m in urban areas and 37.8 percent still fetch drinking water from a source located more than 500 m away in the rural areas or 100 m in urban area.

As far as the main source of lighting is concerned, 68.3 percent households use electricity which shows an increase of 7.7 point since 2001. The rural-urban gap has reduced by 8.3 percentage points from 29.5 percent in 2001 to 21.2 percent in 2011. For any other source of lighting the State recorded highest growth rate compared to other states (Manipur 3.6 percent & India 0.2 percent).

31.1 percent of the households have bathing facility within the premises, showing an increase of 20.7 points over 2001.

52.9 percent of the households have drainage connectivity of which 48.8 percent have open drainage and 4.1 percent have closed drainage.

89.3 percent of the households have latrine facility within premises with 46.6 per cent households have water closet and 34.6 percent households have a pit latrine. There is 6.3 point decline in households having no latrine from 18.0 percent to 10.7 percent in 2011.

93.3 percent households have kitchen facility with 85.9 percent within premises and 7.4 percent outside premises. 69.1 percent of the households are using firewood/crop residue, cow dung cake/coal etc. but only 0.2 percent households use kerosene. There is an increase of 7.9 points in use of LPG from 21.8 percent in 2001 to 29.7 percent in 2011.

As regards mode of communication, there is an increase of 150 percent in television and radios/transistors. 9 percent of the households have Computer/Laptop with only 2.1 percent having internet facility. 57.5 percent households have telephone/mobile facility with 74.4 percent in urban and 48.9 percent in rural area. For use of radio the State recorded highest growth rate among other states (Manipur 54.4 percent & India 19.9 percent).

In the modes of transport 44.6 percent of the household are having bicycle, 19.8 percent two wheelers and 6 percent four wheelers. There is an increase of 8.7 points in two wheelers and 6 percent four wheelers. There is an increase of 8.7 points in two wheeler and 2.9 points in four wheelers and 6.6 points in bicycle. 29.6 percent of the households are availing banking facilities with 41.5 percent in urban and 23.5 percent in rural areas.

17.2 percent of the households do not have any of the specified assets.

The conference was also attended by N. Ashok Kumar, IAS Deputy Commissioner Imphal West and S. Dino Kumar, State Coordinator Census.