Election to District Councils
Cabinet okays Ordinance for ADC: Imphal, Apr 21: To pave the way for holding the election to the Autonomous District Councils, the State Cabinet which met this evening has decided to give the green signal to implement the Ordinance which will be henceforth known as the 'Manipur (Hill Areas) District Council (3rd Amendment) Ordinance, 2008' . As per the Ordinance the election to the District Council, will be held under the supervision of the State Election Commissioner instead of the earlier practise when it was under the Hill Commissioner. The Cabinet which met from 4.30 pm till late into the evening also discussed the autonomy and power to be given to the District Councils, said a source. On the education front, the meeting decided that the autonomy granted to the District Councils till class V will be upgraded to Class VII . To devolve more power and authority to the District Councils, the Cabinet decided that the functioning from the Dispensary to the Primary Healthy Sub-Cen...