Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, September 01 2009:
While welcoming the decision of the GPRN, NSCN (IM) not to take percentages from the handicapped welfare schemes, house taxes and employment taxes, the All Tribal Disabled Union Manipur (ATDUM) today appealed to various underground groups to stop taking taxes from such schemes.
In a press meet held at the office of ATDUM, Chingmeirong, its president Momo Tantanga said that a group of representatives of the Union discussed the matter with NSCN (IM) at Hebron.
Finance Minister of the outfit accepted the proposal of the Union and said that they will stop taking such taxes and also assured them in written.
Moreover, the UG group also assured them that they will help whatever they can for the welfare of the handicaps.
He further said that they will discuss the matter with other UG groups soon.
He also said that the state authority of the NREGS are not providing them any jobs although guidelines of the scheme sharply mention that handipapped persons also should be provided job security under the scheme as per the article 5.5.10 of the act.
He further appealed the state government to provide them job security under the act.