IMPHAL, February 18: The government`™s proposed draft bill for the implementation of ILP in the State is different from the draft bill submitted by the all political party committee drawn up after analysing the issue for five months.
This was stated by BJP spokesperson RK Shivachandra at a press meet held at the office of BJP Manipur Pradesh in Nityaipat Chuthek today. He further stated that the possibility of the indigenous people being outnumbered by the unchecked influx of non-locals in the State is a burning issue. Various groups of people have demanded the implementation or enactment of an act like ILP to control the influx and safe the indigenous people.
A committee constituted by various political parties of Manipur had submitted its report after seeking suggestions from academicians, politicians, legal experts etc and after analysing those suggestions for five months, recommended the implementation of ILP in the State.
The committee, which had submitted its draft recommendations to the State government, has gone through the newly drafted recommendation as proposed by the State government in its new draft bill. Unfortunately, the latest draft bill for the ILP is markedly different from the previous draft bill prepared by the all political parties committee, said RK Shivachandra.
On February 16, the State government has invited the committee members to discuss the draft bill, which has mostly drawn from the Sikkim tenant model without including any provisions similar to ILP. The previous draft bill of ILP included some recommendations of checking whether people migrating to the State are bonafide citizens of India, the constitution of a separate directorate of labour to check labours from other States etc, said Shivachandra.
He further mentioned that the BJP has heard a reported sanction of funds for upgrading the DM College to a deemed University in the near future. But unfortunately, it has also heard that the Chief Minister and the Education Minister are planning to hold the portfolios of the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor of the proposed deemed University, he added.
If the report is true, the BJP would strongly object the government`™s decision and would ask it to withdraw from its stance, he said, adding that as per the norms, Chancellors needs to be from an academic background, or should be Governors of a State.
BJP general secretary (Adminsitration) M Asnikumar said the Union government recently on February 13 in an office memorandum has notified to the Ministry of Finance Plan, Finance-II Division ordering the initiation of direct benefits transfers (DBT) to check the flow of Union government allotted funds for various schemes.
He said the Central government will make sure that all 34 central schemes directly reach the bona fide beneficiaries. It also included that the Modi government wants to distribute cash through electronic transfers to the personal accounts of its citizens. Regarding the implementation, concerned Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has directed and instructed nationalised banks to open their branches in every nook and corner of the country.
The steps taken by the NDA government is to enable direct cash transfers under various government schemes and programmes to individuals, leveraging the gains in the Adhaar Project, financial inclusion and other initiatives of the government with the objective of accurately targeting the intended beneficiaries and enhancing efficiency, transparency and accountability. As a result, few schemes like scholarship, pensions and other benefits were taken up in selected districts of higher Adhaar enrolment, he said.
The Ministry has directed the preparation of a digitized list of beneficiaries for all departments of the State. The list will be populated with Adhaar numbers by June 30. E-transfer of funds will start in all schemes not later than April, 2015 and the deadline for this task would be April 30, stated Asnikumar.
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