Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday tabled the Budget for financial year 2025-26 (FY26) for the strife-ridden state of Manipur with a total expenditure of ₹35,104 crore, up 7.5 % from the revised estimates of FY25.
Presently, the state under President’s rule, has seen an increase of 9 % in the total capital outlay to ₹7,773 crore over the current financial year ending March 2025.
The Centre has allocated ₹2,866 crore for FY26 towards incentives for police personnel posted in sensitive areas.
For relief and rehabilitation for internally displaced persons, ₹15 crore has been provided for temporary shelter; ₹35 crores towards housing for displaced people, ₹100 crore for relief operation, and ₹7 crore for compensation. The social sector outlay for FY26 has been kept at ₹9,520 crore in the state’s Budget.
On Tuesday, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman hit back at the Opposition for criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not visiting violence- hit Manipur.
Sitharaman said that the then Congress Prime Minister P V Narsimha Rao and his home minister did not visit the state when 750 people died there in 1993.
On the Supplementary Demands for Grants–Second Batch for 2024-25, the Demands for Excess Grants for 2021-22, the Budget for the State of Manipur for 2025-26 and the Demands for Grants on Account for the State of Manipur for 2025-26 Sitharaman said, “In 1993, When Rajkumar Dorendra Singh of the Congress was the chief minister of Manipur, a major flare up between Kukis and Nagas happened between April and December 1993, resulting in 750 deaths and destruction of 350 villages in Manipur”.
She further said, “At that time the Prime Minister was P V Narsimha Rao and the Home Minister was Shankarrao Chavan. They did not even participate in the parliamentary debates. So, where was the Congress at that time? Did they ask them to come and speak? Did they ask them to go to Manipur? No.”
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