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Primes Minister NarendraModi ambitious HealthInsurance scheme,launched in September 23,2018, which was renamedas PM Jan Arogya Yojana(PMJAY) on September 25of the same year and thesimilar scheme launched bythe Chief Minister ofManipur – Chief MinisterGi Hakshel Tengbang(CMHT) to facilitate freetreatment facilities to poor,deprived families of bothrural and urban, who arenot in the condition toafford treatment facilities

PMJAY, CMHT skeptical as RSBY scheme benefitted more tothe empanelled private hospitals than the beneficiaries

Some patients still are unaware of the treatment and the amount charged under RSBYfails to delight sections ofpeople who had known howthe Rashtriya Swasthya BimaYojna (RSBY) had swindledmany beneficiaries by the socalled empanelled privatehospitals here in the state ofManipur.Source with the Imphal Timessaid that a to tal of Rs.7,10,96,627/- (Seven croresten Lakhs n inetysixthousand six hundred andtwenty seven) had beenspend to patien ts forundergoing treatments atdifferent empanelled PrivateHospitals in Manipur underthe RSBY between the year2013 to 2018.RSBY was launched in early

2008 by Ministry of Labourand Employment,Government of India toprovide health insurancecoverage for Below PovertyLine (BPL) families. Theobjective of RSBY is toprovide protection to BPLhouseholds from financialliabilities arising out of healthshocks that involvehospitalization. Thebeneficiaries under RSBY areentitled to hospitalizationcoverage up to Rs. 30,000/-formost of the d iseases thatrequire hospitalization. Thecoverage extends to f ivemembers of the family whichincludes the head ofhousehold, spouse and up to

three dependents.Team Imphal Times, first pickup the nature of facilitiesprovided under the RSBYscheme for the year 2017-18.In this year the Manipur StateRSBY Society, which is underthe Labour department of thegovernment of Manipursanctioned and released anamount of Rs. 30,14,314/-(Thir ty lakhs fourteenthousand three hundred andfourteen) for treatment ofpatien ts under the RSBY.In terestingly in th is year2017-18, 126 (One hundredand twenty six) patients hadundergone treatment at RajPolyclin ic. Of the 126patien ts, 15 underwent

double treatment. There areno treatment of patients atany of the empanelled RSBYprivate hospital as per officialsource received f rom theManipur State RSBY Society.“I thank the government fortreating me without spendingmuch money, but I don’t knowhow much the governmentgave for my treatment to RajPolyclinic for my treatmentunder the RSBY”, a patientfrom Thoubal district who hadhospitalized at Raj PolycliniicNorth AOC Imphal duringOctober, 2017 whencontacted by Imphal Timessaid.“ I suspect, my aunty’s familywas cheated as they showed

nothing about the disease,procedure of treatment aswell as the cost of thetreatment, taking advantageof their illiteracy andignorance. But I am happythat she don’t have to spentmuch money which she can’tafford”, Dhanakumar fromImphal East d istr ict to ldImphal Times staffs.Finally, having suspicious ofhow the public money whichwere meant for the poor andthe deprived people havebeen swindled by theManipur State RSBY Societyor the Hospital authority,Imphal Times dig more andfound that a bigger role is alsobeing played by the New

India AssuranceCompany, the insurancecompany that has beenapproved of implementingthe RSBY schemes.Imphal Times staff alsocontacted the AssistantGeneral Manager of the RajPolyclinic , North AOCImphal to inquire aboutany lapses to theutilisation of the RSBYscheme. He however saidthat there is nomisappropriation of theRSBY scheme and thatthere are still pendingamount yet to be clearedby the Manipur StateRSBY Society.– (More to follow up ....)

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Session Judge Imphal EastMaibam Manojkumar todaysentence 70 years old Rapeconvict KongjenbamNipamacha to undergorigorous imprisonment of 15years along with a fine of 10thousand rupees forcommitting crime of rape to aminor victim on August 22,2015 evening.Konjengbam Nipamacha of

One rapist sentenced 15 yearsimprisonment, another convicted

Heinoukhongnembi wasconvicted by the same courton October 7 under section 6of POCSO Act for committingpenetrative sexual upon theminor victimCourt also recommended toprovide Rs 5 lakhcompensation to the victimunder Manipur VictimCompensation Scheme byconcern departmentOn the other hand another rapeaccused Hemam Rajesh (28) S/O Kameshor of Moirang

Konjengbam Leikai has beenconvicted by Session JudgeImphal West RK Memchatoday under section 366 and368 IPC and section 4 ofPOCSO Act.The judgment order of thetrail against the convict HRajesh was announced inopen court today and thesentence hear ing of theconvict has been fixed onOctober 17 The incidentreportedly took place on April6, 2016 evening

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In yet another drive, a team ofThoubal district Police seizedhuge quantity of drugshidden in a hole built beneaththe ground using Sintex fromLilong area yesterdayevening.Briefing media persons SP,Thoubal Distr ict,Dr.S.Ibomcha said thatyesterday at around 7 pmbased on a specific inputabout the presence of drugpeddlars, two police teamraided the residence of oneMd.Abdur Rashid@Linthoi(32) S/o.(L)Md.Tomba andMd.Momin Khan(27) S/o.(L)Md.Tomba of LilongTairenmakhong.The two teams of LilongPolice Station led by InspectorOinam Ajit Singh assisted bySI Md.Isha Khan and ASILaishram Tikendro of LilongP.S. accompanied byvolunteers of All Lilong Anti-Drug Association(ALADA)and ANJUMAN rushed to thesaid house at Lilong TairenMakhong.“ On reaching the house ataround 8:30 pm our policeteam and the volunteers ofALADA and ANJUMANcordoned the two housesvery strictly and the said two

Huge quantity of drug seized at Lilonghouses share one commoncourtyard”, SP Ibomcha said.He further said that the policeteam called out the familymembers of the house ofMd.Momin Khan of LilongTairen Makhong. The door ofthe house was locked frominside and despite of askingseveral times to open the doorthe family members did notopen the door of the house forabout 10 minutes in a verysuspicious manner. Later oneindividual who later identifiedhimself as Md.Momin Khan(27)opened the door. Then thepolice team started searchingthe syntax (containing water)inside the kitchen of the housefound one yellowishtransparent polythenecontaining some blue colourcapsules suspected to be SPcapsules and some somesuspected N-10 tabletsfloating inside the syntax.Then the police team pickedup the said tablets and oncounting the blue colourscapsules found 42 nos. ofsuspected SP capsules and 36nos. of suspected N-10 tablets(cut off from the strips). Thesaid drugs were seized on thespot and arrested Md.MominKhan on the spot.After that the police teammove on to the house ofMd.Abdur Rashid@

Linthoi(32) S/o (L)Md.Tombaof Lilong TairenMakhong,which was previously keptcordoned by the police teamand seized huge quantity ofdrugs (SP tablets 765 nos.)hidden in an iron box.At the kitchen a gunny bagcontain ing a transparentpolythene plastic containing5,498(f ive thousand fourhundred and n inety eight)white colour small tabletssuspected to bePseudoephidrine Coughsyrups marked as Bolirex-Newwere found.At the front room of the houseone Syntex embeddedbeneath the ground of the bedof the room wherehugequantity of Cough syrupbottles marked as Bolirex-werehidden. A person identified asMd.Abdur Rashid@Linthoi(32) S/o.(L)Md.Tomba wasarrested in connection withthe seizure of the drugs.On follow up action the policearrested two of his associatesnamely Md.Nawaz @ Boycha(19) S/o.Md.Sirajur of LilongTurel Ahanbi Boroi Makhongand Md.Aziz @ Abungo (20)S/o .Md.Abdul Hasim ofLilong Turel Ahanbi BoroiMakhong.A case has been registered atLilong Police Station againstthe accused persons.

DIPRNew Delhi, Oct 11

Cooperation MinisterNemcha Kipgen today gracesinaugural ceremony of thefirst ever India InternationalCooperatives Trade Fair(IICTF), 2019 was held todayat Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.Union Minister of Agriculture& Farmers Welfare,Government of India, ShriNarendra Singh Tomar gracedthe occasion as Chief Guest.Briefing the Media, MinisterNemcha Kipgen highlightedon how the cooperativesector in Manipur havesignificantly revived underthe leadersh ip of Pr imeMinister of India, NarendraModi whose v ision is

Nemcha Kipgen graces the 1st India Intl. Cooperatives Trade Fair, 2019inclusive development for allthrough effective cooperative.The government have comeup with various new schemesto energise the cooperativesector in the state. At present,there are 10, 916 cooperativesocieties having 8,06,105members in all the 16 districtsof Manipur, she reaffirmed.Nemcha also stated thatthough Manipur belongs toleast developed states incooperative movement, someof the cooperatives categorieslike handloom & handicraft,transport, dairy, agriculture,horticulture, thrift and credit,fisheries, piggery, poultry,amongst other are working atthe best level.Minister also stated thateffor ts to implement all

importan t schemes of thegovernment for the benefit ofthe people of our state are alsobeing taken up so that thereare v isible impacts in oursociety.During the inauguralceremony of IICTF, YuvaSahakar, CooperativeEnterpr ise Support andInnovation Scheme 2019 was

also launched. This schemeis in line with the vision ofPr ime Minister NarendraModi’s focus on programmeslike Start-up India and Stand-up India that aims at youngentrepreneurs with new andinnovative ideas. MinisterNemcha Kipgen is optimisticthat once this scheme reachesthe youth of Manipur, it will

definitely solve the problemof unemployment of youths.The Renu HandloomCooperative Society,Mantripukhri of Imphal EastDistr ict was the onlycooperative society fromManipur representing thestate amongst those 120Indian cooperatives and 20organizations from Centre /

States / UTs and as many as35 countr ies f rom sixcontinents.The function was alsoattended by Union Ministerof State for Agriculture &Farmers Welfare, ParshottamRupala, Ministers ofCooperation f rom allparticipating States, SeniorOff icials of Ministry ofAgriculture & FarmersWelfare, Government of India,and Senior Off icials ofDepartment of Cooperation ofall participating States andInternational delegates.Registrar of CooperativeSocieties, Government ofManipur, Ksh Robert Singhand officers of CooperationDepartment, Manipurrepresented the state.

I t may be mentioned thatI ICTF is aimed at tak ingforward Pr ime MinisterNarendra Modi ledgovernment’s vision and goalof promoting cooperative-to-cooperative trade within Indiaand abroad and promotingexports of key agriculturecommodities and productsleading to enhanced ruraland farm prosperity. It alsooffers a great opportunityfo r the indu str y andbusiness organizations fromIndia and abroad to buildal lian ces, bu sinessne twor king , p rodu ctso urc ing and ab ove al l,interacting with the primaryproducers of a wide range ofpr oduc ts and serv iceproviders.

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Manipur Governor Dr. NajmaHeptulla today said that Yogaeducation amongst the youthcan be an effective tool tocounter the menace ofsubstance abuse and drugaddiction prevalent widely inthe State of Manipur. She wasspeaking at the inauguralfunction of the 24th State LevelYoga Physique Championship,2019 organised by the YogaPhysique Institute & StudiesManipur (YPISM) at ManipurDramatic Union hall YaiskulPolice lane, Imphal organisedunder the theme Yoga for health,wellbeing and sustainabledevelopment.Dr, Heptulla said that theChampionship will certainly helpthe young sportspersons togrow and maintain theirphysical, mental, social andspiritual well-being. In addition,this championship is to puttogether in one event, theoverwhelming complexity of theentire Yoga arts and traditionsof various ethnic communitiesof the State, she added. Expressing her happiness onNCERT’s publication of Yogatext books for Classes-I to VIII

Yoga can be an effective tool to counter themenace of substance abuse: Dr. Najma Heptulla

and introduction of it in theCBSE Schools as a compulsorysubject, the Chief Guest toldthat value-based educationthrough Yoga in schools andcolleges will help in inculcatingdiscipline, concentration,relaxation and self-achievement,from an early stage of life andthereby empower them to copeup with the stress and strainsaccompanied with thechallenges of modern life. It willalso help them in growing upwith the values of cleanliness,non-violence, truthfulness,

non-greediness, austerity, self-study, self-control and non-possessiveness, she added.As part of today’s inauguralprogramme, the YPISMstudents and intellectualdisability Group BB Paul MentalDevelopment Home,

Mongshangei presented YogaDemonstration and Certificatesof Honour were also distributedto donors and juries.More than 250 candidates areparticipating in thisChampionship that will continuetill tomorrow.