Seb suggested intensifying the enhancement of livestock production through Artificial Insemination (AI) by establishing AI training institutes in each district and creating a network among them.
KOHIMA — Member
of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly, Jwenga Seb, has suggested intensifying
enhancement of livestock production through artificial insemination (AI) by establishing
AI training institute in each district and creating network among them.
Seb stated this while participating in the motion of thanks
to the governor’s address on Tuesday at the ongoing 14th Nagaland Legislative
Assembly.
Participating in the discussion, Seb suggested intensifying
the enhancement of livestock production through Artificial Insemination (AI) by
establishing AI training institutes in each district and creating a network
among them.
“As of July 2023, approximately 45-50% of districts
nationwide have been covered under AI programmes. In Nagaland, 11 districts
have been covered, amounting to about 64% coverage—benefiting 11,496 animals,
with 15,122 AI procedures conducted and approximately 4,590 farmers aided,” he
said.
“While these figures are promising, they are insufficient
when measured against the needs of our population. Our government must
intensify its efforts by training and inducting more AI Technicians (MAITRIs),
aiming to reach at least 1, 50,000 AI procedures and thereby benefit 20,000 to
30,000 farmers,” he added.
He also highlighted on the reservation policies which have
created disparities among the Nagas—especially impacting his own Rengma tribe.
“We have, for far too long, been wrongly designated as an
“advanced tribe,” a categorisation that has hindered our economic and
educational progress,” Seb noted.
He proposed that reservation should be granted solely at the
educational level—where every student has the same opportunity to learn and
succeed—rather than extending indefinitely into the employment sector. He
further called for re-examination of “reservation after reservation” approach.
For a more equitable reservation policy in Nagaland, he
recommended that the state government periodically review the reservation policy.
It is time to reduce the percentage of reservation if it is not effectively
reaching the intended citizens, he said.
He called for a comprehensive study determining whether the
current reservation policy truly benefits deserving citizens or merely those
from the economically better-off segments.
“Reservation should be considered based on the economic
conditions of certain areas, regions or villages rather than strictly on tribe,
given that all Nagaland tribes are recognized as Scheduled Tribes,” he suggested.
He added that candidates from the reserved communities
should be made to compete within the reserved quota only and not on both to
ensure that opportunities in the general category are not diminished. For
Nagaland, reservation should be strictly available for citizens who are
economically backward, identified by household income and not by tribe, he
asserted.
He further added that if the reservation policy is genuinely
benefiting the socially and economically disadvantaged, its percentage should
be adjusted accordingly.
Expressing gratitude to the leader of the house and its
members, advisor Z Nyusietho Nyuthe said the creation of Meluri district was a
milestone achievement of the government as it has fulfilled the long cherished
dream of the Pochury Nagas.
He also made special mention of the two-lane road from
Kohima to Jessami, Jessami to Akhegwo and Akhegwo to Avakhung (Myanmar
boundary), which has brought communication easier to the villages touching the
road and nearby villages, and also the far-flung interior villages of Meluri
district.
Meanwhile, MLA Nyamnyei Konyak has questioned the delay of
publishing ‘who is who’ book of the 14th Nagaland Legislative Assembly members
and urged for bringing out the publication at the earliest. He also raised
concern that the house discussed on many occasions of the Nagaland political
issue particularly on mushrooming of groups.
He also urged for increased allocations for the Agri allied
sector, revamping the art and culture and strengthening of cultural centres in
the state.
Advisor of Law and Justice, TN Mannen, underscored the need
to bring settlement to the Naga political issue that is honorable, inclusive
and acceptable.
He highlighted Nagaland's participation in national sports
and said that Nagaland did not do well in the recently concluded games as it
stood last among the North East states in the list.
“So far, not a single person from the state has been able to
win a medal in the Olympics except for the paralympian Hokato Hotozhe Sema,
Manne said.
He further called for more sports facilities,
infrastructure, maintenance and trainings.
Dr. Sukhato A Sema, MLA of Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Villas),
while participating in the discussion, appealed to all the members to persevere
towards finding an amicable solution to the protracted pending Naga political
issue.
