Students warned: Booze, panties, or heat, you’ll face penalty

If you are a student hailing from the western Angami regions, and you love dressing in high-super-heat fashion, or flee classes, or disrespect your teachers, or like to lose your head in alcohol, or get too saucy, be warned–you are being watched.

And then, forming ‘gangs’ certainly will get you into big trouble too. 

Stating to keep in mind the ‘wellbeing of the daily affairs of the students’, a local student’ group called the Western Angami Students’ Union (WASU) has issued a list of ‘certain codes of conduct for students from the western Angami regions. The organization stated on Friday, July 31, that ‘various detrimental activities are being blatantly committed by the students both outside and inside many institutions’.

The organization issued a press release on July 31, appended by their president, Kevisetuo Rhitso, and general secretary Viwhekhonuo Vielie.

The ‘code of conduct’ has advised students to dress ‘appropriately and decently’, and that any student in uniform found indulging ‘in any immoral activities’ shall be ‘penalized both inside and outside the school’.

Further, any student in uniform found ‘taking any intoxicants or any form of abusive substances shall not be tolerated. Such defaulting students shall be seriously dealt with. Any student in uniform found roaming and loitering about, during school hours shall be thoroughly checked and monitored.

Likewise, students forming themselves into gangs and involving in gang fights shall be seriously dealt with. In this regard the organization has requested parents, teachers and the public to discourage such practices by reporting any gang activity from the students.

The union also warned of stern action ‘against any incident relating to threatening and disrespecting’ of teachers by the students, it also stated that any cases of abuse amounting to harassment of students shall not be tolerated by the Union.

For moneymongering institutions, careless teachers

Coming strongly against some private institutions and hostels managed by individuals who are ‘solely for profit and business leading to astronomical rates of fees with little or no facilities, and the prevailing imposition fines against failed subjects and absentees’, the students’ union cautioned that action will be initiated against such practices.

The Angami students also said to have learnt that some government school teachers were irregular in school, paying little or no concern for the students.

Therefore, the union has said, they are cautioned that the union will ‘thoroughly check and monitor such practices and necessary action will be initiated’.

The ‘code of conduct’ also strictly prohibited the sale of tobacco or any other intoxicants in and around educational institutions. Violators are liable for penalty decided by the union for the welfare of the students, the organization said.

The union has requested students, teachers and the public of western Angami regions to comply and adhere to the set code. Units of the union are asked to monitor and report cases of violations of the stated conduct.

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Applications forms to NPSC jobs now online

The Nagaland Public Service Commission has invited applications for filling up various posts under Nagaland Civil Services, NPS, NSS and allied state services for the year 2015.

An official circular issued by the secretary of Nagaland Public Service Commission, Sarah R Ritse informed that the online application forms will be available from July 30 and will be there till August 18.

The commission also informed that intending candidates can apply online through the Nagaland State website ‘nagaland.gov.in’ or through ‘NagalandOne Common Service Centre, CSC’. Details and instruction can be loaded from the commission’s website at www.npsc.co.in or from the notice board at the office of the commission. The circular further advised candidates to apply well before the closing date to avoid inconveniences.

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‘Nagaland’s construction works shoddy’ because labourers are untrained’

From buildings to road, construction works in Nagaland has no quality and are generally substandard because the laborers– almost entirely non-local persons–are untrained and have no formal education, the chief minister of Nagaland TR Zeliang has observed. 

TR Zeliang said on Wednesday, July 29, that workers need to ensure adherence to work specifications and quality in their construction infrastructure. The politician observed that in Nagaland most construction works are by non-local laborers. These section of construction labor have no formal education, neither degrees nor diplomas, and it was the reason “why our constructions tend to lack quality”, the minister said.

In his speech read out by parliamentary secretary Levi Rengma, the chief minister said that contractors play a vital role in the development process of the state and the country, in terms of infrastructure development. He said governments may bring out good policy plans, but actual execution of the plans has to be done by the contractors.

Parliamentary Secretary for Housing, Levi Rengma, was attending the inauguration of a new office building of the Nagaland Government Registered Class-1 Contractors Union in at Phezoucha, Secretariat Road, of Kohima town on Wednesday.

Levi graced the occasion in place of Chief Minister TR Zeliang who is now in New Delhi to pay his last respects to the former President of India, APJ Abdul Kalam who passed away on July 27.  APJ Abdul Kalam, the 'missile man' who came to be known as 'People's President', died on Monday after he collapsed during a lecture at the IIM in Shillong of Meghalaya, on Monday evening.

Reading out the chief minister’s speech, Rengma said that if the quality of work was ‘shoddy, we cannot build real assets’.

The chief minister said workers need to ensure that all work specification had been observed and quality had been maintained. Pointing out that in Nagaland most construction works were undertaken by non local laborers who have no formal education, except hands-on experiences, he said it was “why our constructions tend to lack quality”.

“This is why we cannot have quality construction in Nagaland. The condition of our roads is there for everyone to see,” he said and made a fervent plea to the engineers and contractors to visit the work site as frequently as possible, and supervise the works, in order to maintain quality of the works to the maximum possible.

The politician also appealed to the engineers and contractors to ‘try and visit worksite frequently’, and supervise work.

In his address, Levi Rengma urged the contractors of the state to play a key role in nation-building. “The contractors belong to a classified category, and therefore plays a very important role in the development of the society,” he said mentioning that their (contractors) contribution towards the GDP stands at 8-11 percent.

“Your responsibility as a contractor is not only on construction works, but you have lots of responsibilities even on human development aspects and also on employment generation,” he said adding that the construction industry comes next to Agriculture in terms of generating employment.

Stating that the market and the society is becoming more competitive, Rengma urged the contractors to update themselves with the latest technologies and machineries.

“We have to be prepared to face the modern machineries. So get yourself updated and scientifically get used to all the modern technologies,” he said.

Making his observation known that the construction industry in the State is in a haphazard manner, he maintained that things would be take more professionally in the near future.

He also voiced the need for the state government and the contractors’ union to come together in order usher peace and development in the State and build a better future for the upcoming generation.

The parliamentary secretary also urged the contractors to play a vital role in the development process of the state and the country, especially in the area of infrastructure development.

“The government may bring out good plans, but the actual execution on the ground has to be done by the contractors. If the quality of works is shoddy, we cannot build real assets,” he said, maintaining that any infrastructure work done without proper quality control will not result in creation of “real assets”, because they will turn into ‘liabilities’ very soon.

Stating out his observation about the building sector, the politician said that the supervision of construction work by engineers was ‘normally very slack’. He maintained that they (engineers) normally leave it to junior staff, like overseers. “Hence, the contractors have a bigger responsibility to ensure that quality control is maintained,” he added.

The parliamentary secretary referred to developed countries where he said high ranking engineers and contractors put on their ‘working suits’ and personally supervise constructions at work sites.

“This way, they ensure that all the work specifications are observed, and quality is maintained,” he said expressing his desire that the engineers and contractors will also adopt the same practice, instead of leaving everything at the work sites to overseers and the workers.

The issue of the existence of two parallel contractors’ unions in Nagaland namely the Nagaland Contractors’ & Suppliers Union and the Nagaland Government Registered Class-1 Contractors’ Union also came up during the event. To this, he urged the two existing unions to merge “as it will be much more convenient for the government to deal with the various problems that arise.”

Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture Dr Benjongliba Aier also attended the program. On the day, a book titled ‘Fifteen years of existence of NGRC-1 CU’, was also released by the chief guest.

Local and non-local workers

The words of the policy makers elicits a recent news report about a group of young Naga that was trained in masonry and construction for three months in Kiruphema in the capital district as a part of skill building program in June this year.

28 of the youths have now been absorbed in the workforce of a local construction group, M/S Vilelie & Sons, for a month. The construction industry in Nagaland is entirely and decidedly dominated by non-local workers particularly Bangladeshi nationals. The training was seen as a a small step toward having a construction industry in Nagaland one day where Naga persons would work, manage, and man the lucrative sector.

“More youths are now equipping themselves with skills in various sectors, enabling them to earn a livelihood,” the organizers had said on Saturday, June 27. The department of Under Developed Areas (DUDA), Government of Nagaland and a local group called Zynorique Initiatives ran the training for three months.

The training on masonry and building construction was initiated under the BADP skill development program 2014-2015 through the Ministry of Home Affairs was organized by the department of Under Developed Areas of the state government with Zynorique Initiatives.

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15 Chinese found in Nagaland after illegal entry

In a shocking disclosure that would have administrative and security agencies alarmed, more than a dozen Chinese nationals are said to have been deported by Dimapur police on Tuesday, July 28 after the authorities found that they entered Nagaland state illegally.

The Dimapur police issued a press release on Tuesday simply informing about the detection of the foreign nationals and their deportation but did not divulge further details particularly about why they were in Nagaland in the first place.

The police simply stated that the Chinese nationals were “PAP defaulters”.

“The Dimapur Police on 28.07.15 detained and deported 15 Chinese nationals for entering the state without Protected Area Permit (PAP). They have been deported outside the state by the Commissioner of Police, Dimapur & Foreigners Registration Officer,” the police said.

In another case, the Dimapur Police personnel manning the Chumukedima check gate on July 28 have detained 17 persons while trying to pass without valid Inner Line Permit. They have been forwarded to the competent authority for legal actions, the police added.

Under the Foreigners (Protected Areas) Order, 1958 issued under the Foreigners Act, 1946 all areas falling between the 'Inner Line' as defined in the said order (this line is defined by the Ministry of Home Affairs) and the International border of the State have been declared as Protected Area.

Every foreigner except a citizen of Bhutan, who desires to enter and stay in a Protected or Restricted Area, is required to obtain a special permit from a competent authority delegated with powers to issue such a special permit to a foreigner on application.

A foreigner is not normally allowed to visit a protected/restricted area unless the government is satisfied that there are exceptional reasons to justify it.

However, to promote tourism, some notified tourist circuits can be visited by foreign tourists either in groups of four or more, as a couple or as individual after obtaining necessary permit from the competent authority.

Penalties for violation of the above are liable to be taken against any person under Section 14 of the provisions of Foreigners Act, 1946, which reads:

"If any person contravenes the provisions of this Act or any order made thereunder, or any direction given in pursuance of this Act or such order, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years and shall also be liable to fine and if such person has entered into a bond in pursuance of clause (f) of sub-section (2) of section 3, his bond shall be forfeited, and any person bound thereby shall pay penalty thereof, or show cause to the satisfaction of the convincing Court why such penalty should not be paid".

Protected Areas presently are:

•          whole of Arunachal Pradesh
•          whole of Manipur
•          whole of Mizoram
•          whole of Nagaland
•         whole of Sikkim (partly in Restricted Area and partly in Protected Area)

Certain areas of Sikkim between West Bengal-Sikkim border and the 'Inner Line' passing through the State have been declared as Restricted Area.

Areas In Nagaland foreigners are allowed to visit after obtaining PAP from the Competent Authority

(Allowed for 10 days with a group consisting of 4 or more persons or married couples)

• Dimapur District-Dimapur Town, Chumkiduma, Suthekima and all places on the National Highway No.39 enroute to Kohima town
• Kohima district-Kohima town, Khonoma, Dzulakie, Kigwema, Jakhama, Viswema Khuzama, Japhfu, Dzuku valley
• Mokokchung District-Mokokchung town, Lungkhum, Ungma, Impur, Mopungohukit, Chuchiyimlang, Tuli, Chanki
• Wokha district-Wokha Town, Doyang, Vankhosang, Tsunki, Governor's camp and Mount Tiyi
• Mon district-Mon town, Chui and Shangyu
• Phek district-Phek town and Pfutsero
• Tuensang district-Tuensang town
• Zunheboto district-Zunheboto town

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Wrong backdoor appointment: One held on charges of sodomy

Nagaland is infamous for its corrupt government practices such the notorious ‘backdoor appointments’ (illegal appointments or bypassing proper channels) but this case was an entirely different sort of back-door appointment. Perhaps for the first time in recent memory in Nagaland, a non-local person has been publicly charged with sodomy. The man, from Medzhiphema, allegedly sodomized his domestic helper.

The victim is alleged to be a minor, and cannot be identified here except that he belonged to the ‘Adivasi’ community.    

The Medziphema Town Youth Organization issued a press release on Monday, July 27, informing about the alleged case.

Members of the youth organization apprehended one person, identified as one Jamai Thakuri, belonging to Nepali community and from Medziphema on Monday. He had “repeatedly committed adultery (anal sex) on a minor of Adivasi origin”, the youth organization explained.

The accused, Jamai Thakuri is said to be a 50 year old man from Gulmi of Nepal. He was a resident of Piphema new (Tserü) village, the press release stated.

According to the organization, the accused had “revealed that he personally brought the minor from Assam to help in paddy cultivation about 2 months ago. He further confessed that he lured the boy on the pretext of buying him watch and mobile in order to satisfy himself”.

The youth organization stated:

“In their corresponding statements, the minor revealed that the accused acted on him thrice and that the elder began to watch and follow him everywhere, even during toilet duties.

The minor however, escaped from prying eyes this morning and immediately reported it to nearby residents who in turn alerted MTYO to swing into action”.

The accused has been handed over to Medziphema police for further action, the organization added.

Sodomy laws in India

India does not recognize same-sex unions of any type. India inherited sodomy laws in its criminal code from the British Raj, which were not present in its history of codified or customary legal system before.

That section of Indian law, Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, called for a maximum punishment of life imprisonment for all carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal (primarily interpreted to be homosexuality, especially sodomy, including between consenting adults).

This law had rarely been executed, if at all, in case of consenting adults, although sometimes was in the news when a homosexual rapist was apprehended. Police repression in alleged or real gay bars is common, and is often highlighted by the contemporary media.

On 2 July 2009, in the case of Naz Foundation v National Capital Territory of Delhi, the High Court of Delhi struck down much of S. 377 of the IPC as being unconstitutional. The Court held that to the extent S. 377 criminalised consensual non-vaginal sexual acts between adults, it violated an individual's fundamental rights to equality before the law, freedom from discrimination and to life and personal liberty under Articles 14, 15 and 21 of the Constitution of India.

 The High Court did not strike down S. 377 completely – it held the section was valid to the extent it related to non-consensual non-vaginal intercourse or to intercourse with minors – and it expressed the hope that Parliament would soon legislatively address the issue.

On December 11, 2013, the Supreme Court of India overturned the ruling in Naz Foundation v. National Capital Territory of Delhi, effectively re-criminalizing homosexual activity until action is taken by parliament (Wikipedia).

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Human Rights violations include wrongs caused by movements - NPMHR

Perhaps for the very first time ever, the Naga People’s Human Rights’ Movement (NPMHR) has called for acknowledging the fact that the purview of Human Rights does not limited itself only to traditional antagonist alone. 

It also encompasses “wrongs and hurt committed by individuals or groups in the name of the people for which the struggles were first launched”, a leader of the NPMHR told a recent seminar that was conducted on the subject of Human Rights in the region.

A local college in Dimapur hosted a so-named “national seminar” on the topic “Human Rights in North East India: Issues and challenges” during July 24 and the 25^th. The two-day long seminar was hosted by Tetso College and sponsored by the Union Grants Commission.

During the seminar the intellectuals concluded that while public awareness and education have a good part to play in understanding one’s rights, it also required the support of the state government to address issues such as the Armed Forces Special Powers Act and “practices” infringing on the welfare of its citizens. Another imperative they felt was “to help bring a desirable solution to the Naga peace talks, which is currently the root cause for unmitigated suffering and injustice among the people” the organizers said.

Long time secretary general of the NPMHR, Neingulo Krome, addressed the gathering with the significant speech highlighting “wrongs and hurt committed by individuals or groups in the name of the people” although not naming any group or organization. Nonetheless, it is understood that the meaning was not lost on the gathered intellectuals including media persons. 

The NPMHR – among one of the old Naga vanguards–had also been the focus of a growing perception and criticism from the state’s community for overlooking excesses and assault on the rights of the common people committed by individuals and organizations in the name of cause or movements.

Krome spoke on the topic “The future direction of Human Rights in the current political scenario”, in which he passionately highlighted the reason for the rise of the Human Rights movement in Nagaland to address the atrocities that occurred during the Indo-Naga war, the organizers informed in a late press release issued on July 25, Saturday.

“The formation of the NPMHR in 1978, which was in response to the strongly felt need to protect and further the rights of the Nagas, has since then undergone changes in its course of direction while trying to act as an intermediary between leaders of different Naga political groups as well as the government of India,” the organizers stated.

“He stressed on the need for the future direction of Human Rights to address the wrongs and hurt committed by individuals or groups in the name of the people for which the struggles were first launched”. 

The Human Rights logo has its origin in the international "Logo for Human Rights" initiative, which was started in 2010. Its goal was to create an internationally recognized logo to support the global human rights movement. The logo was created by Predrag Stakić from Serbia. 

During the first day’s event, papers were presented by Dr. Toli Achumi, assistant professor of Political Science department of Yingli Government College, on the topic, “Human rights in North-East India, issues, challenges and strategies with special reference to Nagaland”. She examined how internal conflicts in India led to Human Rights abuse and the incessant abuse of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act as a weapon of the state.

Likewise, Shitio Shitiri, assistant professor of the department of Political Science of Tetso College a paper on the topic “Human Rights: A glance at Violation of Rights in Nagaland”. He reviewed the citizens’ right to education, health, and examined the ‘lack of awareness of rights among individuals in society to seek what is rightfully theirs’.

ThepfusalieThenuo, assistant professor of the department of Sociology of Sazolie College in Jotsoma presented a paper of the topic, ‘The Questions on Women’s Rights to Landed Property and Customary Law in Nagaland: A Study of Angami Community.’

Thenuo attempted to give a “critical reflection on the gender land questions and to understand and explore the rights, privileges and power relations that is constructed through the un-formalized or uncodified customary male dispossession of land control and ownership.”

Likewise, Charles Mhonthung Ezung, vice principal of Immanuel College presented a paper, 

“The Naga customary laws and human rights”. The question of women’s role in decision-making in the state or civil policy mechanism is a necessary step toward a progressive society, the speaker stated in his presentation. ‘It was felt that customary laws need to be redefined to give equal opportunity, voice and inheritance to women’, the organizers quoted him as having stated. 

On July 25, the second day of the seminar, key-note speaker Kaini Lokho, assistant professor of Political Science spoke on the topic “Is human rights for all?–Challenges of human rights in North-East India”. In her discourse, the speaker said that the north-east region was overlooked by the centre and that the north eastern region states’ governments should work together and come up with a solution.

Another topic, “Inclusion of Human Rights Education in the Indian School Curriculum” was presented by Daniel M Khan, in which the Indian constitutional and fundamental rights were cited to point out the provisions of Human Rights for all. It needs to be adopted in the school education curriculum, or even through celebration of Human Rights Day, Women’s day, Children’s Day etc, the speaker said. The purpose in making them a part of school institutions is to also educate children on the greater issues and challenges behind the observed days, he said.

The session for the day concluded with assistant Professor of Pranabananda Women’s College, Anil Kumar Das’, presenting his paper titled “A critical study on gender inequality in North-Eastern states”.

Nagaland, AFSPA, and UGs

The organizers said that deliberations from out of the seminar brought “some important steps” that they felt were needed “to be taken in order to address the challenges of violation of Human Rights faced in Nagaland and north-east India”.

A re-look into Naga customary practices and the role of women in Naga society was also suggested.

The gathering  also concluded that while public awareness and education have a good part to play in understanding one’s rights, it also required the support of the state government to address issues such as the Armed Forces Special Powers Act and “practices” infringing on the welfare of its citizens.

A similar need was for a more “transparent communication between the centre, the state” and all non-governmental organization and the Naga underground groups “to help bring a desirable solution to the Naga peace talks, which is currently the root cause for unmitigated suffering and injustice among the people,” the organizers said. 

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Medical college headache: Govt. claimed approved, ministry says ‘proposed’

The prolonged demand for the medical college for Nagaland and the conflicting expectations about its manifestation over the years may have run into yet another headache:  the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has listed the state’s requisition for a medical college as ‘proposed’ and not as approved.

Union Health Minister JP Nadda said on Friday, July 24, that 22 colleges have been approved under a scheme, the centrally-sponsored scheme for “establishment of new medical colleges by upgrading district/referral hospitals”.

This reporter accessed information from central sources including webcasts and parliamentary proceedings of the Lok Sabha on July 24. Old news archives were also accessed.

The minister stated in a written reply on Friday that funds to the tune of Rs. 128.53 crore have been released to the states whose requisition for medical colleges had been approved. 

Contradictions and conceptual conflict

The contradiction is this: In March 2014, the then chief minister of Nagaland Neiphiu Rio had already dedicated the foundation stone for “Nagaland medical college” in P Khel of Kohima town. The medical institution was to be housed in Naga Hospital, in the capital town’s P Khel.

Likewise, in February 2014, the then minister for Health & Family Welfare Imkong L Imchen had told the Press trust of India that the state would be getting its first medical college with the centre already ‘agreeing’ to upgrade the Kohima district hospital, also Naga Hospital. The academic session of the college was reportedly to begin in ‘2015-2016’.

The February 26, 2014 report of the PTI states: “Mr. Imchen said although the project had been given an approval last year, there was a delay in issuing the orders. He said he personally met Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad and following the interaction, the Ministry issued the work order on February 22”.

“The Central government has agreed to upgrade the District Hospital of Kohima to a Medical College under the 12th Plan. This college will have a Tertiary Care Hospital which will now be the Referral Centre for difficult and complicated cases,” the then-minister was reported as having stated.

Again, in March this year, Nagaland Minister for Health and Family Welfare, P Longon informed the state assembly that an amount Rs 189 Crore had been submitted in the Detailed Project Report for construction of the requested medical college in Kohima.

He was replying to a questioned raised in the assembly session then. The Health Minister had also reportedly stated that application for registration of the said medical college had been placed before the Medical Council of India.

News archives show remarks from the minister then that the DPR had been submitted to the Government of India and the Medical Council of India and ‘till date no money has been received’. No work order has been issued in this regard, a news report about the session from a local newspaper states. The minister said that the medical college was expected to “commence from the 2016-2017 session, subject to release of funds from the Government of India”.

Back to the Lok Sabha session on Friday when Union Health Minister JP Nadda offer updates, while states that have received funds for their medical colleges are shown, Nagaland is shown among those in the ‘proposed’ group. 

The centrally-sponsored scheme entails fund-sharing between the central government and states in the ratio of 90:10 for north east /Special Category states and 75:25 for other states.

The proposed central assistance share is Rs. 8457.40 crore and State/UT share is Rs. 2513.70 crore.  The total cost of establishment of one medical college under the scheme is Rs.189 crore, the PIB’s minutes about the minister’s reply shows.

List of 58 proposed medical colleges

List of identified states/districts under the scheme for "Establishment of new Medical Colleges attached with district/referral hospitals"
S. No.	State/UT	No. of districts	Name of the districts
1	Assam	4	Nagaon
			North Lakhimpur
			Karbi Anglong at Diphu
			Dubri
2	Bihar	3	Samastipur
			Saran (Chhapara)
			Purnia
3	Chhattisgarh	2	Rajnandgaon
			Sarguja
4	Haryana	1	Bhiwani
5	Himachal Pradesh	3	Chamba
			Nahan (Sirmour)
			Hamirpur
6	Jharkhand	3	Dumka
			Palamu
			Hazaribagh
7	Jammu and Kashmir	5	Anatnag
			Doda
			Baramullh
			Kathua
			Rajauri
8	Madhya Pradesh	7	Chindwara
			Ratlam
			Shivpuri
			Shahdol
			Vidisha
			Datia
			Khandwa
9	Maharashtra	1	Gondia
10	Odisha	5	Balesore
			Bolangir
			Koraput
			Baripada (Mayurbhanj)
			Puri
11	Punjab	1	SAS Nagar
12	Rajasthan	7	Bharatpur
			Dungapur
			Barmer
			Alwar
			Churu
			Bhilwara
			Pali
13	West Bengal	5	Birbhum (Rampur Hat)
			Coochbihar
			Purulia
			Uttar Dinajpur (Distt. Hosp. Raiganj)
			South 24 Paraganas
14	Uttar Pradesh	5	Faizabad
			Bahraich
			Basti
			Firozabad
			Shahjehanpur
15	Uttarakhand	1	Almora
16	Arunachal Pradesh	1	Papun Pare General Hosp. , Naharlagun, Itanagar
17	Meghalaya	1	West Garo Hills, Tura
18	Mizoram	1	Referral Hospital at Falkwan
19	Nagaland	1	Kohima (Naga Hospital)
20	A & N Islands	1	Port Blair
	Total	58

The current information adds to the years of confusing roller coaster hopes for a medical institution for Nagaland. The chief criteria for a state/ district to qualify for a medical under the scheme are: 

•          District hospitals /referral hospital must have a bed-strength of 200 or more
• ·         District hospital /referral hospitals where there is no medical college
• ·         Preference to underserved areas

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