Aizawl: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday informed Mizoram CM Lalduhoma that Centre will provide rice worth Rs 10 crore for refugees taking shelter in the state, an official statement said on Saturday.In their meeting at in Kartavya Bhawan in Delhi, Lalduhoma apprised Shah of nearly 40,000 Manipuri, Bangladeshi and Myanmarese refugees having already taken refuge, before adding that his govt has been making every possible effort to provide humanitarian assistance to them, while emphasising on the urgent need for support from the Centre.The CM further pointed out that unlike other northeastern states, under the Security Related Expenditure (SRE) scheme, Mizoram had not been receiving assistance from the Centre owing to its insurgency-free society.According to the statement, Lalduhoma requested the Union home minister to extend the funding to Mizoram as well since the state has been perennially combating drug trafficking and cybercrime.Shah urged the state govt, led by Lalduhoma, to submit more project proposals under the PM-DeVINE (Prime Minister’s Development Initiative for North Eastern Region) scheme and assured his support.
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