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The deferment of delimitation in Manipur remains one of the most glaring instances of political and institutional bias in post-Independence India. By Lakpachui Siro Manipur, one of India’s most ethnically diverse states, stands…

Extending the Sixth Schedule is a parliamentary/constitutional project, not a switch to be flipped by state rhetoric. Campaign for it if you choose—but do not concede, as a negotiating tactic, that today’s safeguards are hollow. They…

MAPC feels that a high-level committee comprising of state and central government officials must be constituted to study why villagers are engaged with poppy cultivation in the first place. Statement issued by Manipur Against Poppy…

The demand of the Meiteis if conceded would mean that the current ST would have to compete with the Meiteis for the ST reserved posts in the State. By Ngaranmi Shimray  'You cannot have your cake and eat it too'. Cambridge…

Now, anyone who does not fall under EWS criteria (SC, ST, OBC, or General) will now have 10% fewer jobs to target. If you were from SC category, earlier you had access to 65.50% seats, but now it is only 55.50%. The pool of ST shrank from…