Economy / Mizoram

AIZAWL, July 29: The Mizoram Assembly passed the state annual Budget for 1999-2000 on Wednesday. The Budget size of Rs 883.24 cr was the same as last year's annual Budget as the Planning Commission was yet to formally approve sectoral allocation of the Rs 360 cr state plan outlay, chief minister Zoramthanga who also holds the finance portfolio said. The detailed sectoral allocation break-up was not available. Zoramthanga informed the House that his government's priority was to be self-sufficient in food production, generation of income, increase of power generation and social reforms. The...

AIZAWL, July 28: The Mizoram government is making concerted efforts to make the sub-treasury at the India-Bangladesh border town of Tlabung functional so that border trade between the two countries can be started at the earliest. Stating this in the Assembly on Tuesday, chief minister Zoramthanga said a conducive atmosphere has prevailed in the border areas after an accord was signed between the Bangladesh government and the Chakma rebel outfit, Shanti Bahini. Zoramthanga said more treasuries and sub-treasuries will be constructed in different districts, subdivisional headquarters and big...

AIZAWL, July 22: The Union ministry of commerce has sanctioned Rs 2 cr towards constructing a complete building on the Mizoram-Myanmar border to help encourage future trans-border trade, the state minister for trade and commerce Aichhinga told the House on July 21. He said the state government was also making arrangements to develop a township near the Indo-Myanmar border to encourage trade. He said the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) was also developing infrastructural facilities to help the traders. Regarding border trade with Bangladesh, Aichhinga said a trade delegation from Dhaka would...

AIZAWL, July 22: Over 32,000 families in Mizoram were identified as living below poverty line, the state food and civil supplies minister Aichhinga said on Wednesday. Altogether 2,455 families of the 32,555 families were living in the state capital alone, he told the House in a written reply. The families living below poverty line would be given ration through the public distribution system (PDS) at half the retail price, he said.

AIZAWL, July 18: The Mizoram Government has submitted 15 projects under the non-lapsable pool fund (NPF) to the Planning Commission for accelerating the development process in the State, official sources said. The projects submitted under the NPF, commonly called 'Peace Bonus,' would receive on approval additional funds which would supplement the draft sectorial allocation of Rs 360 crore State Annual Plan outlay, the chief secretary HV Lalringa said. 'The proposed projects, submitted to the visiting Commission members here, are aimed at achieving self-sufficiency in food production and income...