GANGTOK, Sept 15 � Sikkim is on the verge of formalising the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Bill, which Chief Minister Pawan Chamling, who also holds the Finance portfolio, tabled in the Assembly today.
The two-day Assembly session, which began today, is expected to pass this Bill tomorrow. The Bill is an obligation put on State Governments by the Central Government, and also an amendment to the Casino Games Taxation Act along with demands for supplementary grants.
At present, Sikkim is perhaps the only State in the country which has not yet enacted the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act. The Bill is obligatory in nature if the State wants to keep receiving Central funds.
The decision to table the Bill was reportedly taken at the coordination meeting convened by the Chief Minister with heads of departments in late August. � PTI
Chorkhy removed from Bru organisation
Aizawl, Sept 15 � Mizoram Bru Displaced People�s Forum (MBDPF) general secretary A Sawibunga yesterday said MBDPF representatives from all the six relief camps have removed the Forum�s president Elvis Chorkhy from the post of the president on Saturday.
A fax message, sent from a PCO in Kanchanpur in North Tripura said the decision to remove Chorkhy from the top leadership of MBDPF was in accordance with the resolution unanimously passed on September 9 and 10 by representatives of different NGOs in each relief camp.
Sawibunga said Chorkhy violated the rules of Bru refugee organisation. Chorkhy, however, said that the press statement was not made by MBDPF. � PTI
