The Frontier Despatch

16/02/2024

The first full week of February was observed as Fire Prevention Week. The event continued past ones, and is welcome. But satellite data shows something else was disturbing forests between December and January, before fire prevention week began. In all, at least 1,000 acres of forests appears to have been lost, or at least disturbed.

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Source / Graphic: Global Forest Watch, Flourish Studio

11/01/2024

In the first part of a series, we examine what kind of and where Mizoram’s new rulers have immovable assets, and how much they are worth.
More than 2/3rds of the declared collective wealth of Mizoram’s eight Cabinet Ministers (without subtracting their liabilities) is made up of the values of these lands.

Read the full story, in the latest issue of The Frontier Despatch.

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31/07/2023

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19/04/2023

28/03/2023

ALTHOUGH only 24 paragraphs long, Justice Nelson Sailo’s judgement and order will likely affect many – those holding the government’s purse-strings, those tasked with overseeing the government’s manpower resources, the state’s 10,000 or more contract-employees, and lawyers taking on cases related to service-matters. It may also have a direct impact on the 2023-24 State Budget as well. But the kernel lies perhaps in how the grandson of a Gandhian freedom-fighter who left his home-state of Gujarat for faraway Tripura and, once there, dug into a landmark case on government employment decided by a Constitution Bench of India’s Supreme Court.
Find out in the latest issue of The Frontier Despatch.
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PARAGRAPH 24 chauh a sei mah se, Justice Nelson Sailo-a thutlukna leh thupek khan mi tam tak – sorkar sumbawm enkawltute, sorkar mi chhawrte enkawl tura ruatte, state-a contract-employee 10,000 aia tam te, leh hnathawh kaihhnawih thubuai khawih thin ukil-te – sawizui a hlawh viau in a rinawm a. K*m 2023-24 State Budget-ah pawh a nghawng ngei ang. Thu ngaihnawm angreng tak awm bawk chu, he thutlukna pianna chhan pawimawh tak, Mahatma Gandhi zui a zalenna sualtute zinga mi tupa, a pianna ram Gujarat chhuahsan a Tripura a kal a, chuta sorkar hnathawh chungchanga thubuai pawimawh tak, India Supreme Court-a Constitution Bench-in a rel dan chinglettu a lan tel ve dan a ni.
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27/03/2023

DRIED NUTS, of all things, was the most bought-and-sold commodity in terms of value in Mizoram over the last five years, with at least Rs 2,400 crore worth of them being traded between 2018-23, Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) records analysed by The Frontier Despatch suggests. That Mizoram produces no dried nuts in any significant quantity, if at all, makes the figures incredible, and casts a spotlight on the only dried nut that is being transported through the state in noticeably large quantities: smuggled dried areca nuts.
But would smugglers (or traders down the chain) pay GST on something that is, well, smuggled? To find out, read our latest issue.
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THEI pil sak ro (dried nuts) ber kher chu k*m nga kalta chhunga Mizoramah a hlutna atanga chhut a lei leh hralh tam ber niin a lang. K*m 2018-23 inkar khan cheng vaibelchhe 2,400 aia tlem lo hu thei pil sak ro a chevel niin Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) chhinchhiahna The Frontier Despatch zirchian atangin a chhut theih. Mizoram hian thei pil sak ro thar chhuah tihtham a neih loh avangin CGST chhiah lak dan hi a mak lehzual a. Hei vang tak hian state chhunga thei pil sak chevel liantham awm chhun, kuhva rah ro tawlhruk lamah rilru a fu lo thei lo.
Enga ti nge dan lo va bungraw tawlhru thinte'n emaw, bungraw tawlhruk hmanga sumdawng te'n emaw GST an pek ngawt ang? Hre turin kan issue thar ber chhiar ve rawh le.
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23/03/2023

IT was just past noon on March 14 that a woman in Aizawl’s Ramhlun South locality went on foot to pick up a package from the delivery boy.
It was exactly 32 seconds past 12:59 pm when she passed opposite the steep road and saw that a taxi plying downhill was experiencing brake failure.
Two seconds later, at 34 seconds past 12:59 pm, the taxi came crashing down on two scooters parked on the roadside between the YMA Hall and MHIP building. As the scooters tumbled on impact, one hit the woman as she ran, and she tumbled too.
“If I had been late by a second, it would have hit me. My first thoughts were about my children,” said the mother of three children aged seven, five, and a month-old baby.

Find out what impact this accident has had for not just the road, but similar roads in Aizawl city by reading the latest issue of The Frontier Despatch.
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MARCH 14 a ni a, Ramhlun South, Aizâwla nu pakhat chuan delivery boy-in an in bul lawka a lo nghahna hmun ke in a pan a.
Chhak lam atanga rawn pawh kawng chhuk zawn a thlen dawn lai tak chu dar 12:59 leh second 32 niin, taxi lo tlan thla mek chu a brake a fail tih a hmu a.
Chu taxi brake fail chuan kawng thlanga scooter pahnih awm chu dar 12:59 leh second 34-ah chuan a rawn su ta bur mai a. Scooter pakhat tlu chuan chu nu chu a vaw tlu ve nghal a ni.
“Second khatin tlai ila chuan min su ang, Pathianin min venghim a ni, ka mitthlaah ka fate an lang nghal, lo thihsan ta ila…” tiin he nu, fa pathum --k*m 7, k*m 5 leh thla khat nausen pawm -- hian a sawi.

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22/03/2023

THIRTY out of 46 state government departments did not end up spending all the money allocated to them in the 2021-22 Mizoram Budget, but were nevertheless allocated a huge amount of supplementary funds. In monetary terms, this unspent amount comes to almost Rs 2,673.86 crore, begging the question why they were allocated a total of almost Rs 950 crore as supplementary funds in the first place when they had almost four times that amount lying around unused.

Find out which departments these were in the latest issue of The Frontier Despatch.
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STATE sorkar department 46 zinga 30 chuan k*m 2021-22 Mizoram Budget-a an tana sum ruahman zawng zawng chu an hmang zo vek lo a, chuti chung chuan supplementary fund tam tak pek an ni. A pawisa zawnga chhut chuan he sum hman loh hi cheng vaibelchhe 2,673.86 vel a tling a, hei hian engvangin nge a let li vel zet chu hman loha a awm laiin k*m laihawlah cheng vaibelchhe 950 vel supplementary fund anga ruahman sak an nih tih zawhna a hring a ni.

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01/03/2023

EXAMINING records of training conducted by the Horticulture Department over half a decade, the Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) commented “the export capacity of the State [of Mizoram] will continue to be incapacitated.” Why would the country’s premier audit agency make such a dire prediction?
Read the latest issue of The Frontier Despatch to find out.

K*M nga chhunga Horticulture Department hmalakna a endik hnuah Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) chuan Mizoramin hmun danga a thawnchhuah theihna tih khawlohin a awm chhunzawm zel ang, tiin thutlukna a siam. Eng vangin nge ram khat audit-tu rinrawl berin hetianga a sawi lawk tak mai?
Hre turin The Frontier Despatch issue thar ber chhiar ve rawh le.

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28/02/2023

Mizoram is hosting one of the G20 sessions this week. This week's Guest Article offers a ready explainer on what the G20 is all about, including who its members are, how G20 works, how India is hosting it, and what exactly is Business 20: the leg of the summit Mizoram will be hosting on March 2. Find all this and more in the latest issue of The Frontier Despatch.

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27/02/2023

IN the last five years of the last decade, Mizoram’s productivity of vegetables grew 26 percent. But even this silver lining quickly becomes a dark cloud when data for the North Eastern States is compared, according to a performance audit report of the Horticulture department’s handling of various schemes during these five years. Mizoram's productivity in all horticultural crops - be it vegetables, fruits, spices and plantation crops - was lower than its sister states.
To understand why this sombre analysis does not sit well with the audit’s findings on how the state government implemented the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) and other schemes, and what went wrong with various provisions, read the latest issue of The Frontier Despatch.

K*M sawmbi liamta chawhnu lam k*m nga chhung khan Mizoramin thlai a thar hlawk dan chu zaa 26 emaw laiin a pung a. Mahse, hmar chhak state hrang hrang thar hlawk dan nena khaikhin chuan mangan laia inhnemna awmchhun pawh hi chhum thimah a chang thuai tih hemi hun chhunga Horticulture department hmalakna hrang hrang audit-naah a lang. Thlai a ni emaw, thei a ni emaw, mawsawla a ni emaw, Mizoram thar hlawkna chu heng state dangte ai hian a hniam zawk vek.
He zirchianna lawmawm lem lo tak hi audit-a state sorkarin Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) a kenkawh dana thil felhlel hmuhchhuah te nena chhiarkawp chuan a lawmawm lo lehzual nachhan hre turin The Frontier Despatch issue thar ber chhiar ve rawh le.

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22/02/2023

31/10/2022

In the latest edition of The Frontier Despatch: we look at how Mizoram has lost almost 1,000 sq.km of forest and tree cover in the past 15 years despite having planted more than seven crore trees in the same period, how convicts in the state’s jails are being incarcerated not necessarily according to how courts want them to, and how discussions about corruption and refugees dominated the most recent congregation of YMA leaders. Also read about the most important events from the past week, and expand your mind with our latest Wordsearch.

TFD thar berah: k*m 15 chhunga thing vbc sarih chuang phun a ni nachunga Mizoramin ngaw leh thing hmun km 1,000 bial dawn a zau a hloh dan te, court-in a hrem dan ni kher lo va thiamloh change lung ina tan tir an nih dan te, leh YMA rorel inkhawma eirukna do dan tur leh raltlan chungchang sawiho a nih dan te chhiar turin chhawp chhuah a ni e. Heng bakah hian Crossword hmangin i hun awl hnawh khat la, Quiz hmangin i hriatna ti zau la, Mizo chanchinbu hmasa ber pawl – Mi Zo Leh Vai Chan Chin Bu – a thuziak, k*m 100 chuang kalta a mi chhiar ve rawh le.

21/10/2022

In the latest issue of The Frontier Despatch, we look at how the source of Mizoram's longest and arguably most important river is littered with infrastructure even as, 100kms into it's course, the average amount of water that flows in the Tlawng has receded by roughly half in just over a decade; how the Aizawl SP being grilled by the Home Dept over an order about a clock tower has opened a can of administrative worms; why the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs has said legal trade in arecanuts become unattractive; as well as how the biggest seizures of He**in and Methamphetamine on record took place in the space of just three weeks.

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TFD thar berah chuan Mizoram lui pawimawh ber a ngaih Tlawng hnarah mihring hmalakna a kat nuk dan leh, km 100 leka hlaah k*m 10 kaltaa he luia tui luang zat chawhrual a zatve emaw chauh a nih tak dan te; Home Dept-in Temple sana chungchanga Aizawl SP thu a zawhfiahin sorkar inrelbawlnaa thil mam lo a phawrh dan te; Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs in dan ang thlapa ramdang kuhva rah hmanga sumdawnna a itawm tawh loh thu a sawi chhan te; leh chawlhkar thum lek chhunga Mizorama He**in leh Methamphetamine man tam ber tum a thlan dan te kan tarlang e.

11/10/2022

In the latest edition of The Frontier Despatch:

The problems with Aizawl's water supply system are legion, and frequent disruptions in machinery, energy, leakage and turbidity in the Tlawng river itself are to blame for the perpetually short supply this year. Everyone seems to agree it is only the prolonged monsoon that has saved residents from thirst, some of whom say the locality spring has been their mainstay. We also look at how more than two thirds of Mizoram's jail inmates are undertrials (or, as the law goes, innocent until proven guilty). In other stories, we explore how the National Gas Grid's extensive pipeline ferrying natural gas to homes and industries plans to snake its way into Mizoram, and how the state's attempts to mobilise financial resources has been a success, or not, depending on which parameter one uses.

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Aizâwla tui sem harsatna chu a tam hle a, khâwl, kawlphetha, luangral leh Tlawng tui nu lutuk avângin k*minah khawpuia chêngte sem atâna duhthusam chu sawi loh, an phânpui loh zât anga chhût pawh pêk chhuah theih a ni lo va, fûr ruahsûr reiin khawpui tuihâl lutuk lo vin a siam lek chauh: mi thenkhat chuan an veng tuikhur an ring ber ni te'n an sawi. Thuziak dangah Mizorama jail tâng mêk pathum zêla pahnih âia tam mah chu thubuai ngaihtuah lâi (dan tawngkam takin, thiamloh chantir hma chu thiam anga ngaih) an nih dân te, Mizorama chênna in leh industry-ah te natural gas pe tura National Gas Grid lo luh a tum dân te leh, Mizoram sorkârin sum lâkkhâwm a tum dân a tehfung a zira a hlawhtlin leh hlawhtlin loh dân te kan thlîr bawk.

03/10/2022

In the latest edition of The Frontier Despatch, we look at how the State Govt plans to turn hundreds of Crores of Rupees stashed by hundreds of DDOs in bank accounts into a cash cow despite the CAG flagging it as against the rules and likely to lead to misappropriation, some major plans to turn Mizoram's rivers into waterways, what may turn out to be a legal test-case for the trade in exotic animal species, and how prohibition affected grape-growers in more ways than one.

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TFD thar berah chuan: CAG in kalphung kalh leh hlemhletna thlen thei ni a a sawi fo tawh, DDO ten bank account za tela cheng vbc za tel an dah State sorkarin sum hnara chantir a tum dan te, Mizoram lui lian eng emaw zata tui kawng sial tum a nih dan te, ramdang ramsaa sumdawnna chungchang thubuai pawimawh tak la ni hlauh maithei te, leh dan anga zu zawrhin grep huan neitute kawng khat chauh ni lo a a nghawng dan te.

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19/09/2022

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