Meghalaya Govt to discuss MRSSA Bill with stakeholders

Staff Reporter

Shillong, Nov 15: Deputy Chief Minister in-charge Home Prestone Tynsong has informed that the state government will soon call a meeting with all stakeholders to discuss the letter of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), which has returned the Meghalaya Residents Safety and Security Amendment Bill (MRSSAB), 2020. 

Tynsong has informed this to a delegation of the Hynniewtrep Youth Council (HYC), which met him today.

Addressing media persons, HYC president Roy Kupar Synrem said that the delegation had sought an explanation from the government on the decision of the MHA and the status of the MRSSAB, 2020.

“During our discussion, the deputy CM has informed us that the MHA has indeed returned the Bill with an observation and a direction that the state government of Meghalaya should revisit the provisions of the Bill,” he said.

“As to what are the provisions that has to be revisited by the government, the deputy CM told us that the MHA has certain reservations when it comes to setting up of entry-exit points or the gates as per the provisions of the Act (because such) gates will create inconvenience to the visitors or the people who enter the state,” Synrem said. 

He said, “Secondly, the MHA has reservation or has put a direction that any Bill or any Act which is made by the state government should not be against or in contravention against any Act passed by the parliament…so they should look into those two aspects.”

The HYC president said that the delegation has requested the deputy CM to provide a copy of the MHA letter so that they can also give suggestions to the government.

Synrem said that the deputy CM has also informed that the state government in the next few days will be calling a meeting with all stakeholders in order to discuss regarding the MHA letter.

“After we get the letter maybe we can give a proper suggestion to the government as to how the government should move forward,” he added.

Synrem said that he cannot comment any further on the MHA letter but the demand of the HYC is for the Governor to grant his assent to the MRSSAB, 2020 at the earliest.

“We have made two demands before the government – if you cannot give us ILP, give us MRSSAB but at the same time we understand that the Centre is a bit hesitant to give ILP, so we request the government that the amendment Bill should be passed but as far as we understand right now, the amendment Bill will take time because there should be a discussion as to how it should be streamlined so that the concerns raised by the MHA should not be a problem for the state to implement the Act,” he said.

One-day camp on Annual Survey of Industries

Staff Reporter

Shillong, April 6: A one-day camp on Annual Survey of Industries (ASI)-2021-22 was held at Maithan Alloys Ltd. today for sensitisation and to enable self-compilation of ASI return through the ASI web portal by the industrial units covered under ASI 201-22.

The camp was jointly organized by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Field Operations Division (FOD), Regional Office, Shillong, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation(MoSPI), Govt of India and Byrnihat Industries Association.

About 30 industrial units around the Brynihat Industries area participated in the camp. NSSO, FOD is responsible for conducting large-scale surveys in diverse fields across the regions. The Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) is one of the principal sources of Industrial Statistics in India. It provides statistical information to assess and evaluate, objectively and realistically the changes in growth composition and structure of the organised manufacturing sector comprising activities related to manufacturing processes, repair services, gas and water supply and cold storage etc.

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This survey also provides one of the important inputs for calculating the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country. The survey is being conducted annually under the statutory provisions of Collection of Statistics (COS) Act, 2008 (as amended in 2017) and the rules framed there under in 2011.

While addressing the camp, N. Mohondas Singh, Joint Director & Regional Head, NSSO (FOD), RO Shillong stressed the importance of ASI data in the calculation of GDP of the country and appealed all the units for self-compilation and timely submission of the returns. He informed that the defaulting units could be prosecuted as per rules framed under Statistics Act 2008. He further stated that the camp was organised to enable self-compilation and ensure timely submission of returns of the units.

Representing the association, P. K. Mishra, Director, Maithan Alloys Limited thanked the NSSO (FOD) for organising such an important camp and appealed to all the units for timely submission of returns to avoid any legal action against the defaulting units and cooperation may be given to officials visiting the units.

The meeting was also attended by senior officers of NSSO (FOD), RO Shillong.