IMPHAL, October 9: The State Labour department, today, failed to furnish the exact figure of migrant labourers working in the State before the All political party committee on the Inner Line Permit System.
Today was the last meeting of the committee, which was held at the Assembly secretariat hall. The meeting was chaired by the deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam.
It may be recalled that during an earlier meeting, the committee had instructed the said department to submit the exact figure of migrant labourers population in the State, as the committee was not satisfied with the previous report submitted.
The commissioner of the department was also instructed to be present in today`™s meeting.
According to a source, deputy commissioner of the Labour department, Tomba along with three representatives were present before the committee. The commissioner, however, failed to turn up, on the ground that he is out of station. In the meeting, the Labour department reported that seven non-local contractors are presently working in the State, but the numbers of hired labourers could not be ascertained.
It continued that the committee after hearing the report observed that the Labour department is not functioning properly in the State, and further instructed to submit the figures very soon.
Later, the committee heard expert comments from retd Session judge, C Upendro, former member of Manipur Human Right Commission, Ng Nongyai and Fast Track Court judge, N Ibohal, on the implementation of ILP system in the State.
The committee is yet to fix the date for adopting resolutions to give a substantial report on the pending issue of ILP to the government of Manipur, added the source.
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