Manipur seeks Rs 1,000 cr central aid amid economic crisis under President’s Rule
Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla, three months into President’s Rule in Manipur, has requested ₹1,000 crore in special central assistance to pull the state out of a fiscal deep-dive following over two years of ethnic violence. The eruption in May 2023 severely disrupted revenue collection—slumping from ₹1,983 crore in FY 2022–23 to ₹1,554 crore in FY 2024–25—and left the state grappling with…