Shillong, Aug 29: VPP MLA Ardent Basaiawmoit revealed difference between the price of commodities in Shillong, Assam,Mizoram and Nagaland and sought the intervention of the government.
Though he could not raise the issue inside the House, Ardent spoke to reporters and read out the price variation in Shillong, Assam, Mizoram and Nagaland.
In a written reply, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Comingone Ymbon gave the usual reply that the government is making efforts to control price rise.
Job reservation demand genuine
Earlier, moving a call attention motion on nepotism in MPSC, Basaiawmoit criticised the legislators from other political parties for allegedly insinuating against his party.
Panel to study on list of tribes
Social Welfare Minister Paul Lyngdoh assured the House that the government will constitute a committee to study the proposal for amending the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 and come up with a report within three months.
“The department will constitute a committee to study the matter in depth and come up with a final report in 3 months,” Lyngdoh said.
He was replying to a resolution moved by opposition VPP legislator Adelbert Nongrum in the Assembly
The resolution seeks to to impress upon the union government on the crucial need to further amend the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 so as to make necessary exclusions and substitutions to the list of tribes in Part XI of the schedule pertaining to the state of Meghalaya, in keeping with the actual demographic of the state.
