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Imphal Times Supplementary issue Page No. 4
Patriots’ Day observed at 74 th Independence Day, a Distant and
various places Digital affair

By Raju Vernekar The number of invitees for the the country, it grew only at households during the same
Manipur University Red Fort function remains 4.2% in March and finally 3.1% period last year, signifying a
In the back drop of COVID- restricted to 250, who would in the quarter that ended with rise of nearly 40 per
The Manipur University 19, celebration of 74 include high raking the lockdown, due to a lack of cent. While further
Teachers’ Association Independence Day is government officials and investment. Now GDP is investment into the scheme
(MUTA) and the Manipur expected to be a low key affair, members of consular corps, as expected to shrink up to 5.1 is warranted, the fact is the
University Staff Association given the adherence to social against over 900 people 2% in the fiscal year 2020-21, employment opportunities are
jointly organized the Patriots’ distancing norms, which invited every year. To maintain as against earlier estimate of not equally distributed and
Day Celebration today at 7.30 prohibit large gatherings, social distancing, chairs will be 6.2 GDP by the Organisation fewer opportunities exists in
A.M. in the Conference Hall across the country. placed in designated areas for Economic Co-operation Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, two
of MUTA., MU. The function at historic Red and the staff present will have and Development (OECD). of India’s most populous
Prof. M. Ranjit Singh, Fort in New Delhi, will be to be in Personal Protective FDI states.
President, MUTA, Prof. S. limited to the Prime Minister’s Equipment (PPE) kits. A With relaxation of norms in Poverty
Imoba Singh, Vice-President, and Shri L. Jilla Singh spoke Sh. Brojendro Singh speech, a 21 gun salute, limitation has been placed also single-brand retail trading, As per the paper presented
MUTA and S. Brojendro on the services rendered by expressed the desire for unfurling of the national flag, on the number of attendees coal mining and digital media, earlier to the National Council
Singh, General Secretary, the Athoubas of Manipur celebrating the spirit of the national anthem and for ‘At Home’ reception at the government was working for Applied Economic
MUSA attended as Presidium towards strengthening the Patriots’ Day regularly. release of tricolour Rashtrapati Bhavan. Large on a plan to bring in $100 Research (NCAER), by three
Members. patriotic spirits of the people Prof. M. Ranjit Singh appealed balloons. The PM is expected congregations will be avoided billion FDI. According to authors, the number of poor
All the speakers recalled the of the land. the august gathering to work to dwell upon efforts to and digital technology will be official data, FDI inflows to came down to 8.4 crore, (from
sacrificing spirits of our Prof. S. Imoba Singh narrated with sacrificing spirit for the become self-reliant India since used to ensure maximum India, rose up to $ 49.97 billion 27 crore in 2011), due to high
Heroes for our motherland. the relevant historical notes people of Manipur. theme this year is participation. in 2019-2020. But as per the growth rate, MGNREGA,
Prof. Ch. Yashwanta Singh, on observing the day as the Dr. L. Santosh Singh “Aatmanirbhar Bharat”, based Performance of Military UNCTAD, the FDI into India Direct Benefit Transfers, PM
Prof. Sh. Dorendrajit Singh, Patriots’ Day. proposed the Vote of thanks. on economy, infrastructure, bands may decline sharply this year Kisan Yojana, LPG subsidy
system, demography and There will not be a march past due to the impact of the and other measures. But now
demand. of divisions of the Indian pandemic and supply chain the lock down may exacerbate
RIMS pays tributes to martyrs PM is expected to speak on Armed and paramilitary forces disruptions. India’s poverty figures. A
United Nations University
Indian Rupee
Chinese border aggression,
and pageants, showcasing
the economy and Ram Temple. scenes from the freedom Indian rupee which has gone study estimates that over 10
In his I-Day speech last year, struggle and India’s cultural through bouts of volatility, crore Indians could fall below
the PM had highlighted the diversity. Instead, the recent has been hovering around 75 the World Bank-determined
passage of legislation recorded performance against US dollar. A surge in poverty line of $ 3.2 (Rs 239 a
criminalising instant triple of Military bands across the global oil prices has been day).
talaq and abrogation of Article country, as a gesture of pushing the Indian rupee Food grains
370 stripping Jammu and gratitude towards COVID-19 lower. As of now there does As per the figures released by
Kashmir of its special status. warriors, will be displayed not seem to be a drastic the Union agriculture
He had also underlined the through large screens and change in this situation. ministry, the target of total
need for population control, digital media. RBI’s way forward food grains production for
outlined his vision for water BSF to walk at border posts According to RBI Governor 2020-21 is around 298.3 MT,
on tap in every household and The Border Security Force Shaktikanta Das, despite the comprising 149.92 MT in kharif
had projected the dream of a 5 (BSF) will be organising an impact of pandemic in our season and 148.4 MT during
trillion dollar economy. “Independence Day Walk” at daily lives, the financial rabi. In 2019-20, production
While Independence Day is a its posts along the Pakistan system of the country, was 291.95 MT, against the
grandiose celebration, this and Bangladesh border on 15 including all the payment target of 291.1 MT.
The Regional Institute of presented by Dr. Ak. Ibohal a better Manipur. year the activities have been August. Besides, formation systems and financial markets, Population
Medical Sciences , (RIMS) Singh and Ms. Janeshwori Prof. Ch. Arunkumar Singh, limited thanks to the corona commanders will ensure that are functioning without any The country’s population is
Imphal also observed Devi followed by a poem Medical Superintendent of virus pandemic. Around 300 a senior officer spends two hindrance and the Indian estimated at 138 crore,
Patriots’ Day today at New recited by Dr. Ak. Ibohal RIMS Hospital also spoke National Cadet Corps (NCC) nights at each border post, economy has started showing equivalent to 17.7% of the
Examination Hall, RIMS , Singh. during the observabce . have been invited. But school with other offices and training signs of resumption to total world population. 35.0 %
Imphal. The Director of Prof. A Santa Singh , Director Heads of Departments , children, who used to present centres of the paramilitary on normalcy. But it is uncertain of the population is urban,
RIMS, Prof. A Santa Singh led of RIMS stated that the faculty members from the drills every year, have not the eve of I Day. when supply chains will be while 65 per cent population
in paying floral tributes to the present generation should try Medical, Dental and College been invited at the Red Fort. Although the I Day functions restored fully. As such the is located in rural area. The
heroes of Manipur who to emulate the sacrifice made of Nursing Superintendent of Instead, schools and colleges will be more or less a subdued reallocation of factors of total land area is 2,973,190 Km2
fought against the British by the freedom Fighters. We RIMS Hospital, Nursing have been advised to organise affair, it is expected to enthuse productions within the (1,147,955 sq. miles) and the
during the Anglo—Manipur must show patriotic Courage officials, staff and attended Inter-school, inter-college people with patriotic songs, economy is the need of the population density is 464 per
War. A patriotic song was and spirit of sacrifice to make the Patriots’ Day observance. debates, quizzes, competitions played on the occasion across hour, for rebalancing and Km 2 (1,202 people per mi 2 ).
online. the country, reminding them emergence of new growth Literacy
about sacrifices by freedom drivers. The overall literacy rate is 64.8
Another side of COVID-19 fighters and armed forces. On Loss of jobs % in the country, comprising
the occasion of Independence
the male literacy rate at 75.3%
Due to the prolonged lock
day, an assessment of present downs, over 12 crore people , and the female literacy rate
By - Megharaj from different angle on covid- aim of the government to the weaker section of the status of various factors is an lost the jobs with an estimated at 53.7%, showing a gap of
19 may be accepted because a stopping and control the society as well as let them imperative. wage loss of Rs 33,800 crore, 21.6 percentage points
It is not too much to say realistic and concrete rule that monster virus to spread to participate in the system “Atmnirbhar” Package as per the survey by the Centre between the sexes at the
that majority of the general can measure the comments further at the entire venue of society with peacefully As a reprieve to the economy, for Monitoring Indian national level. The gap is more
population of the society either it right or wrong is not where the human community various program is still reeling under the pandemic, Economy (CMIE). India’s in the rural areas, while higher
including government established yet. In Manipur, are exist. The quantum of required to uphold them the Government has already overall unemployment rate in literacy rate has been recorded
machinery, front line so far ,765 people have been valuable time that goes with sustainable income. As announced Rs. 21 lakh crore July 2020 stood at 7.43 per both for men and women in
warriors like medical staff, infected by covid-19 out of without doing anything by of now we can’t see package. But according to cent. There is a cause for the urban areas. Kerala,
Police department, civil this 71 with no history of the lockdown and the gape of anything special scheme economists, although the concern in some states which Lakshadweep, Mizoram, Goa
society and various travelling outside (till from 8 th the people participation for for them. It is very serious package is big, the actual fiscal are facing higher and Chandigarh occupy the
stakeholders are still in August 2020) and it has also the development to be for the society because a hit will only be around Rs 2 unemployment. The top five positions in literacy,
uncertain and insecurity been created negative mindset involved during that lost good society is not lakh crore to Rs. 2.5 lakh crore, unemployment rates are: Bihar while Dadra & Nagar Haveli,
situation due to prevalent of the people with panic attack, dead time will created a big meaningless without which is around 1 to 1.2 per (12.19 per cent), Andhra Uttar Pradesh, Jammu &
new pandemic caused by stress, anxiety, depression, lost to the public and no one development of all. In order cent of GDP. Pradesh (8.35 per cent), Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh,
covid-19 and its fear psychosis, uncertainty can bridge the gap. After the to developed by all and GDP Rajasthan (15.23 per cent), Jharkhand, and Bihar are at
unexpected attacking to the and insecurity. Despite of post lockdown a big problem make a good society good Even though the PM had Telangana (9.05 per cent) and bottom.
general population of the having mental attacking of scarcity in different aspect governance is must. If not aimed at a 5 trillion dollar Delhi (20.3 per cent). They are Amid Covid-19 pandemic, the
human society. The world is caused by dreaded virus, the shall witness by us and more the future society is economy by 2024, the task markedly higher than the economy is slowly limping
not able to produce an people of today’s also facing problem of this scarcity will uncertain and seems to be difficult. The national average. back to normalcy. India is
approved vaccine so far for about the guilty of expecting face by under privileged unpredictable. On the issue India’s economy was expected Nearly 125 million households expected to become one of the
the coping of this disease for losing employment, group like daily wages of survival for fitness, many to grow at 5%, however the applied for work under the most powerful countries in the
and mortality data related suspicious on inability to people, people who are rigorous crimes may be GDP came down to 4.5 per government MGNREGA time to come. Let us hope that
with infection also created support maintenance of the belong in BPL, paid labour, occurred. If the condition cent in quarter II of 2019-2020. scheme, between April and we become super power at
lots of panic attack to all of family , uncertainty and the number of people who of the society go like this, Even before the pandemic hit July, compared to 90 million least by 2030.
us. The population of the insecurity on their children’s impacted by the artificial who can solve the problem
whole world is now so future educational carrier, all scarcity made by covid-19 and the entire situation is
irritating the covid19 and this factor are sinking them to lockdown is mostly goes to unfortunate for all. Not only Self declaration
have been implemented the dell of depression, stress, the below poverty line has the sincere work today
many precautionary anxiety. We know and families and the rice people taken up by government
measure on their owned as determined that the virus is will escape easily from the they also needed to I, the undersigned, do hereby declare that , I am a pensioner and I am still in good health. I
well as from the guidelines attack in manifold, crunch and they will get more convergent the other side request the authority to take my photo.
of WHO. As of now the psychological thread on way to earn double triple of the chapter that gutted
people of the entire world fairness of ill. Spending time times than they earned before of the tomorrows society if
is so confusing and without fruitful and its lockdown. Obviously the observing in timely. Sd/-
desirously looking forward, consequences that can affect negative impact of the Government should take up Thongam Momon Devi
when did will it end? on farms, agriculture, lockdown is mostly related many holistic planning in
Obviously, is it a monster horticulture, developmental with poor people and the right time to prevent Kakwa Naorem Leikai
that sends by the god to programme and educational whenever we observing the untoward incident after the PPO. No. – SM/26014
eradicate the human propose, and affect on state, impact of the lockdown the covid-19 period. Otherwise,
society as send Krishna to national, international, game status and condition of the the incident of child labour, A/c – 20184244368
erase the ‘papi’ and saving and sport. The virus can poor people are in worst and child trafficking, human SBI Canchipur Branch
the spiritual people? The paralyzed the world in one pathetic. In order to protect trafficking and other social
entire question that arising time by lock downing with the the worst consequences of problem will be increasing. Phone No. - 9856149066
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