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Ministry of Home Affairs damper to Isak, Muivah’s Zunheboto visit Nagaland Post

NSCN/GPRN (Isak-Muivah) through its MIP, expressed surprise over the “steps taken by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to stop the itinerary” of its collective leadership--Isak Chishi Swu and Th. Muivah- from visiting Zunheboto which was scheduled from January 13-15.

MIP said the move of the MHA was “detrimental” to the efforts of Nagas for consolidation of the political dialogue between the two entities and reconciliation of Nagas. Stating that Nagas “seriously question the intention of the MHA” MIP said such a negative step would seriously jeopardize all genuine efforts to arrive at an honourable political solution between the government of India with the Nagas.

MIP also expressed deep appreciation to the sincere efforts of the Sumi Hoho and church fraternity in Zunheboto “to strengthen the reconciliation process amongst Nagas” and to reinforce ongoing political dialogue by sensitizing Nagas on the peace process.

MIP said it was extremely heartened by the overwhelming response of the Sumis and conscientiousness of Nagas for welcoming the homecoming of Yaruiwo Isak Chishi to his own people.

Further, it said support and involvement of the people that was inalienable, needed to be understood to arrive at an honourable and peaceful solution. MIP cautioned that the “deliberate policy of the MHA” to exclude Nagas from the ongoing peace process would have “serious repercussions in the days to come.”
Meanwhile, MIP has invited media for a press briefing by Isak and Muivah on Saturday morning. It was still not clear whether the duo would go ahead with the plans.
‘Come let us rise together’
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Sword Vashum

On taking the charge of working President, Naga People’s Front, Manipur Unit, I the undersigned would like to declare before fellow Nagas in Manipur that in all humility and prayerfulness, I have accepted the challenge of onerous responsibility given to me as the working President of the Naga People’s Front (NPF), Manipur. In so accepting to take the call of this challenge, I fervently believe that NPF is a political party driven by the spirit and ideal of true humanity seeking self expression and fulfillment of our legitimate (constitutionally permissible) democratic right to live together as one people.
I fervently believe that the NPF stands committed to redeeming the honour & dignity of our people from imminent danger of being smothered by forces inimical to the progress &well-being of the Nagas.
I fervently believe that the Nagas in Manipur, in particular have, all this while, suffered humiliation, discrimination, shame & pain just for the reason of wanting to be ourselves. I trust that the NPF stands committed to retrieving and consolidating the position of the Nagas as a united people. In so cherishing our legitimate goal we do not seek confrontation with our neighbours nor do we mean harming them in anyway. History has now reached a point of no return with unmistakable conclusion “enough is enough”, and it is now for every self respecting Naga to rise in unison to take the call of saving our people from imposed fragmentation and eventual demise of our history, culture & identity.
Nagas for no fault of ours have, all this while suffered beyond description “divide and rule” through manipulation, deceit and treachery. Are we ourselves responsible for the pain and shame that we have been going through by allowing ourselves to be manipulated and used as stooges? It is long overdue that we stand united, come what may and thwart the evil design of the inimical forces (both within & without) who do not want our progress and do not respect honour &dignity of our people. NPF has now arrived on our political landscape as a common platform for all Nagas to ameliorate with a clarion call, “come let us rise together and stand united in saving and protecting with honour and dignity for the posterity”.
May God bless us.
Kuknalim

Sword Vashum
Working President,
NPF Manipur

Swu-Muivah Zunheboto visit encounters MHA roadblock Move will jeopardise dialogue, says NSCN-IM A Staff Reporter | Eastern Mirror
DIMAPUR, JAN 13: The itinerary of the collective leadership of the NSCN-IM to Zunheboto encountered a roadblock on Friday with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Delhi denying clearance for the visit. The team was scheduled to depart for Zunheboto district from designated camp Hebron, Dimapur, on Friday morning.
However, with clearance from MHA not forthcoming, reportedly with regard to the movement of general secretary Th Muivah as per sources, the tour had to be deferred. Following the non-clearance, personnel of the Indian Army were also seen carrying out MVCP along Hebron road on Friday.
Sources said the MHA has given the green signal for chairman Isak Chishi Swu to travel to Zunheboto but denied general secretary Muivah the same. The reason for the denial is yet to be ascertained.
Another protocol laid down by the centre (MHA), it was learnt, is that the entourage should not have more than 50 vehicles. Going by last year’s NSCN-IM tour, it is expected that there will be more 100 vehicles accompanying the two leaders.
SP Dimapur Mero, speaking to Eastern Mirror on Friday evening, also confirmed the non-clearance from the State government via MHA. He said the State police are yet to receive any go-ahead from the State government with regard to the proposed trip.
The State police are supposed to provide full fledged escort security for such tours if the green signal is given from the centre. However, SP Mero said no such clearance has been received from the centre till the filing of this report, which means the State government will not be providing any security escort in the event the NSCN-IM team insists on going ahead with their travel plans.
Sources said the NSCN-IM entourage, with or without the clearance from the MHA, plans to start its scheduled trip without much ado on Saturday morning. Despite the non-clearance, both the general secretary and chairman will leave for Zunheboto, sources informed.
Civil society teams are also reportedly stationed at various points of the journey to receive the collective leadership, it is learnt.

NSCN-IM surprised
Meanwhile, the NSCN-IM has expressed surprise on the steps taken by the MHA to stop the itinerary of the NSCN collective leadership to Zunheboto.
In a press release issued by the MIP, the outfit said this move of the MHA will be detrimental to the ‘sincere effort of the Nagas to consolidate the political dialogue between the two entities and reconciliation of Nagas.’
It further stated that the Nagas seriously question the intention of the MHA and that such ‘negative steps will seriously and certainly jeopardise all genuine efforts to arrive at an honourable political solution between the GoI and the Nagas.’
“It must be understood that the support and involvement of the people is inalienable towards arriving at an honourable and peaceful political solution. However, the deliberate policy of the MHA’s to exclude the Naga people from the ongoing peace process will have serious repercussion in the days to come,” the MIP release further maintained.
In the meantime, the NSCN-IM has appreciated the sincere efforts of the Sumi Hoho and the church fraternity in Zunheboto to strengthen the reconciliation process amongst the Nagas and also to reinforce the ongoing political dialogue between the GoI and the Nagas by sensitising the Naga people on the peace process.
“We are also extremely heartened by the overwhelming response of the Sumi people and all conscientious Nagas for welcoming the homecoming of the Yaruiwo Isak Chishi Swu to his own people,” the release said.

Most people in NE yearn for peace: Meghalaya Governor Assam Tribune

SHILLONG, (IANS) - Meghalaya Governor RS Mooshahary has admitted that some people in the north-eastern States still support insurgent groups but said the majority of the inhabitants yearn to live in peace and harmony.
Mooshahary, a former head of the elite National Security Guard (NSG), termed Meghalaya a "peaceful" State and said the police have cracked down on the insurgents.
"Meghalaya cannot be termed as a disturbed place. By and large it's peaceful and police have been able to take prompt action against the spillover activities by ULFA (United Liberation Front of Asom) and NDFB (National Democratic Front of Boroland). There has been no major incident in the State for so many months," Mooshahary told IANS.
Meghalaya, especially the Garo Hills region, is being used as a safe haven for various northeast-based militants groups including the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah) (NSCN-IM), the ULFA and the NDFB, whose chief, Ranjan Daimary, was arrested in Bangladesh and handed over to India today.
With the outlawed A'chik National Volunteers Council (ANVC) on a ceasefire agreement with the Central Government, the NSCN (IM) and the ULFA spawned several militant groups with the main intention of exploiting the lucrative extortion in the coal-rich areas of the Garo Hills region.
On the birth of a new militant outfit GNLA in the Garo Hills headed by a former police officer, the Governor said, "I don't think he (GNLA chief Sangma) has been able to make much headway. If he had any grievances, he should have aired the same to the concerned authority. It's a clear case of frustration and he is creating bigger problems for himself."
He said Sangma will not be able to "create any large-scale movement" and will not have much following either.
"One day he will have to come out in the open. It is difficult to survive as people do not want violence; they want to live in peace," Mooshahary said.
Downplaying the emergence of splinter insurgent groups, Mooshahary said: "The small groups that come up cannot be called as insurgent groups. They are merely a band of extortionists who are out to loot and plunder from others."
He said that except for Manipur, the situation in the North-east has largely improved.
"Nagaland and Assam have improved a lot on the law-and-order front, and the current trend in the region is towards peace," Mooshahary added.
However, sounding a word of caution to the law-and-order authorities, Mooshahary said: "We should make sure that Meghalaya does not become a transit point for arms smuggling, but we have seen a lot of untoward events that have been prevented in the past."
He also stressed on the need to bring stringent electoral reforms to debar people with criminal antecedents from contesting the polls.
"We need better electoral reforms and debar those (politicians) with criminal antecedents or having nexus with criminals from contesting elections," Mooshahary contended.
India vs. China – the elephant can not fly like the dragon unless winged kanglaonline By Bishwajit Okram
Simple facts of the two fastest growing economies of the world say, Chinese dragon is way ahead of Indian elephant in terms of their respective future economic growth. For India, the elephant needs to be winged to fly; she can not afford to wait for the evolution of a flying Elephant, writes Bishwajit Okram, Financial Controller, C&F Group, Ireland.
China will take over USA in 2018 as the world’s largest economy, says an economic game published in the December 31st edition of the Economist.
India is nowhere near the two; interestingly at the least, nowhere near China. The economic barometer is pointing towards a Chinese economic world no later than 2020.
The underpinning facts of Chinese economy overwhelm those of India’s.

India vs. China
China’s annual appetite for steel consumption is 868% more than that of India’s in 2010. Steel is a vital raw material for any development particularly in infrastructure and manufacturing industries.
China’s energy consumption is 598% more than that of India’s. Energy is like blood in a human body to business. It shows how hard the economy is working to produce more gross domestic product (GDP). The result in 2011 says, China’s GDP growth is 9.2% where as India’s will be 7% as the prime minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, reckoned.
The economic growth of China is paying off now: they have more than 200 billionaires as compare to 69 of India in 2010. They spend around $192 billion in public health, where as India spent only $65 billion, when the population is now very close. Life expectancy is 75 year in China 75 but in India it is around 65 only.
China’s expenditure on health care system is nearly 5 times that of India.
The gap between India and China is widening in terms of values of most social indicators of living standards, such as life expectancy, infant mortality rate, mean years of schooling, the coverage of immunization. 97 percent of Chinese children are immunized with DPT vaccine, in contrast with India’s meagre figure of 66 percent.
India’s prime minister announced that he was ashamed of the fact that India still has many malnourished children despite being fastest economies of the world.
In the field of research and development, India has not made a dent yet. The fact that in 2011, 12.3% of residential patents registered in the world is from China , a massive increase in its registration , suggest that they are truly emerging as a world leader in innovation. Recently the world has been taken aback with China’s announcement of sending astronauts to the moon and sending a well designed space station after USA is abandoning its own.
China became competitive faster than any other countries over the last one decade. This is one reason why companies would like to flock in China. According to the world competitive ranking China is at 31st position as compare to India, which is at 50th position.
The only area, India has a point to smile, is their domestic consumption which is not far off from that of China’s. China’s retail sales in 2009 were $360b, which is just 25% more than that of India’s.
Strong retail sales are a sign of strong domestic market. This can also be interpreted in different ways: China has a huge potential for its retail market as the domestic market is still yet to be exploited.
Another critical negative factor for India’s economy are the inflation and the unemployment rates, which much bigger than China’s. India’s average inflation rate for 2011 was 9%, where as China’s inflation was less than 6%. The Unemployment rate of India was nearly 9%, when China had 4% which is considered negligible according to international standard. India’s credit rating is BBB- where as that of China’s is AA-. This is one reason, why India’s overseas funds withdrew a net $380m in 2011 compared to record inflows of $29bn in 2010.
China still has net foreign assets of $2 trillion or more. The biggest of all is that China has $3 trillion foreign exchange reserve, the highest in the world where as India has only $314 billion as at the end of 2011.
Recent announcement of the government of India of huge food subsidies is fraught with many economic ills. Dr Manmohan Singh, the prime minister of India said in his new year’s speech that India need pare back subsidies and implement tax reform because he was concerned about fiscal stability in future.
The Nobel Laureate in Economics, Prof. Amrtya Sen once said that the distinctions are important for the emerging economies which are trying to decide where to emerge. India needs no horse race competition with China in relation to the economic growth figure but with the other aspects of social values developments, quality and standard of living developments, democratic values and political liberties.
Over the last two decades, in all the social indicators, India has persistently declined even in the areas of social development indicators as compare to Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and even Bhutan. Bangladesh has taken over India in nearly all the social indicator.
Many more Indians have various deprivations, undernourished, unschooled, and medically uncared much, Prof. Sen pointed in a recent seminar at New Delhi.
Financial times quoted Kunal Kumar Kundu, senior economist at Roubini Global Economics in Delhi as saying that at the end of the day, it was all about attractiveness of the market. Remember, even Indian investors were now more prone to investing outside of India than they were within India, given the various issues they are facing – policy paralysis and corruption.
India needs to pull its shocks especially by the policy makers and politicians. India is not dying; but India is simply not staying fit to fight for global economic dominion. The pulse rate, through the economic stethoscope, says India’s economic pulse is much slower that that of Chinese.
It is time to put wings on the elephant, rather than waiting for an evolution of flying elephant, lest China will be the next USA, not a hearty choice for India.



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