Sum And 'Substance': Understanding The Drug Factor in The Manipur Violence
1 year, 7 months ago

Sum And 'Substance': Understanding The Drug Factor in The Manipur Violence

News 18  

Manipur’s fight against narcotics, specifically poppy cultivation, has been hailed by the Centre as pioneering. Manipur has done a lot of work in destroying poppy cultivation,” an NCB officer told News18. But this impression has been given that only hill people and tribes like Kukis are being targeted in the name of destroying poppy cultivation,” an intelligence agency official told News18. Saikot MLA Paolienlal Haokip said, “Completely wrong to say Kukis support poppy cultivation…Kuki groups have issued strict instructions against poppy cultivation…Some of the Kuki armed groups have also done the same…But the problem is since it is very profitable…some defied it….Most, however, are very happy with the steps taken by the government. While the government is trying to push one agenda that the tribal people and Kukis plant poppy…actual beneficiaries are wealthy and influential people…some of whom are from the valley,” he said.

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Manipur goes hard, destroys poppy plantations in 19,135 acres in last seven years
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Manipur goes hard, destroys poppy plantations in 19,135 acres in last seven years

New Indian Express  

GUWAHATI: As part of the “war on drugs,” Manipur destroyed poppy plantations in areas measuring over 19,135 acres between 2017 and 2024, a report prepared by the Manipur Remote Sensing Applications Centre said. According to the report, an analysis of 2023-2024 had confirmed the existence of poppy cultivation in Chandel, Churachandpur, Kamjong, Kangpokpi, Noney, Senapati, Tamenglong, Tengnoupal and Ukhrul, all …

Manipur Violence Linked to 'Drug Economy', 'Christian World', Intel Sources Tell News18
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Manipur Violence Linked to 'Drug Economy', 'Christian World', Intel Sources Tell News18

News 18  

The violence in Manipur is linked to the region’s “drug economy” and proliferation of Christianity, top intelligence sources told CNN-News18 on Tuesday. A big parallel economy of drugs worth Rs 60,000 crore is flourishing in Manipur against the state budget of Rs 35,000 crore, the sources said. “The Myanmar drug cartel has spillover in Manipur and because of the hills …

Manipur: CM N. Biren Singh shares video on state's war on drugs, says narcotics worth Rs 60,000 crores have been seized
8 months ago

Manipur: CM N. Biren Singh shares video on state's war on drugs, says narcotics worth Rs 60,000 crores have been seized

Op India  

Manipur’s chief minister, N. Biren Singh, uploaded a video on 25th April demonstrating how his administration has been effectively combating the state’s severe drug problem. Only to… pic.twitter.com/v3CWnj70AZ — N.Biren Singh April 24, 2024 The chief minister also attached a 2:19-minute clip titled “Turning the Tides: Manipur’s Resolute War on Drugs” briefly describing how drug trafficking and illicit poppy production …

Explained: The Link Between Manipur's Poppy Cultivation and Ethnic Clashes
1 year, 6 months ago

Explained: The Link Between Manipur's Poppy Cultivation and Ethnic Clashes

The Quint  

But why has there been a proliferation of poppy cultivation? Subir Bhaumik, in his book Troubled Periphery: Crisis of India’s Northeast, blamed the "Burmese drug lords" behind the poppy cultivation. Unless these new plantations are promptly destroyed and gainful agricultural alternatives provided to the farmers, the India-Burma border will soon be dotted with poppy fields feeding the processing plants in …

Analysing Drug Dimension in the Manipur Imbroglio - News18
1 year, 6 months ago

Analysing Drug Dimension in the Manipur Imbroglio - News18

News 18  

The current Manipur crisis has multiple dimensions, and the drug angle lies ominously intertwined with other vexed issues. The triangular clash between the three major ethnic groups, comprising Nagas, Kukis and Meiteis, is ignited by a volatile mix of Chinese-funded narco industry operating across the border in Myanmar, the N. Biren Singh government’s war on drugs, the clearing of reserved …

Drive against drugs, forest encroachment not specific to any tribe: Manipur government
1 year, 7 months ago

Drive against drugs, forest encroachment not specific to any tribe: Manipur government

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Manipur government has claimed its eviction and anti-drug drives— two of the factors said to be behind the clashes Kuki-Meitei clashes— are not targeted against any community. Out of the total area under poppy cultivation, 13,121.8 acres were in areas dominated by the Kuki-Chin people, 2,340 acres in Naga-majority areas and 35 acres in areas …

India intensified crackdown on drugs with cannabis, opium cultivation destroyed, drugs seized
1 year, 8 months ago

India intensified crackdown on drugs with cannabis, opium cultivation destroyed, drugs seized

The Hindu  

Opium and cannabis cultivation in area the size of over 89,000 football fields has been destroyed in the past three years as the Union government intensifies its crackdown against drugs. According to the Narcotics Control Bureau, in the past three years, 35,592 acres of poppy cultivation and 82,691 acres of cannabis cultivation has been destroyed across the country. Mr. Singh …

Drug running continues unabated in Manipur
1 year, 10 months ago

Drug running continues unabated in Manipur

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 15, 2023 17:05 IST The war against drugs launched by the BJP-led coalition government in Manipur has run into rough weather, and the BJP and the Congress have started a blame game over the latest incident. On January 16, 2023, a police commando team of Kakching district arrested five police commandos of the same district and recovered …

Legalising Opium Cultivation Will Boost Farmers' Income, Dilute Menace of Synthetic Drugs in Punjab
1 year, 11 months ago

Legalising Opium Cultivation Will Boost Farmers' Income, Dilute Menace of Synthetic Drugs in Punjab

News 18  

As Punjab tries to wriggle out of the grip of the rampant drug menace, the farmers as well as policy-makers have been pushing for legalising opium poppy cultivation, arguing it will increase farmers’ income and help fight against fatal synthetic drugs. Different studies reveal that around 67% of people Punjab are addicted to synthetic drugs like heroin so the state …

Help fight drug menace: Manipur organisation to PM Modi
2 years, 6 months ago

Help fight drug menace: Manipur organisation to PM Modi

The Hindu  

A Manipur-based organisation has sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s help in the “war on drugs” launched by the State government headed by the Bharatiya Janata Party. Manipur Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren Singh said on May 18 that the security forces seized narcotic substances worth ₹182-crore and arrested about 140 drug traffickers since March 20. The PIP has also drawn the …

Insurgent groups involved in poppy cultivation in Manipur, says N Biren Singh
2 years, 7 months ago

Insurgent groups involved in poppy cultivation in Manipur, says N Biren Singh

Firstpost  

Singh on Wednesday raised the issue during the interaction between the state government of the North-Eastern states and the central government held in Guwahati Guwahati: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Thursday said some insurgent groups of his state are involved in poppy cultivation. “In some parts of the state, some suspension of operation groups, underground groups are there …

NAB, police raid poppy fields in Manipur
2 years, 8 months ago

NAB, police raid poppy fields in Manipur

The Hindu  

Following strict instructions from Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh, combined teams of the Narcotics and Affairs of Border and police have started destroying verdant poppy plants grown at various places and the mountains in particular. Initial reports say poppy plants on more than 150 acres of field were destroyed,” officials said. Mr. Singh said that his government would continue …

Is war on drugs a lost cause in Manipur? India Today finds open cultivation of poppy in some districts
2 years, 9 months ago

Is war on drugs a lost cause in Manipur? India Today finds open cultivation of poppy in some districts

India Today  

The ‘War on Drugs’ is a popular slogan in Manipur politics. These are also Kuki tribal-dominated areas, where armed underground groups are said to be involved in controlling and funding the drug cultivation, refining and trade. LACK OF EMPLOYMENT A senior police officer, who did not wish to be named, also told India Today that a big reason behind the …

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