Imphal, 13 October 2016 ( Evening News ) : e-Cabinet was used for the first time in Manipur at the Cabinet Meeting held yesterday. Cabinet meetings traditionally require about 20 sets of Cabinet Memorandums which typically will have a number of Annexures. A Cabinet Memorandum, on the average consists of about 15-20 pages which multiplies to about 400 pages of printed material. With the e-Cabinet Application, the Cabinet Memorandums with all the annexures are digitally uploaded onto the e-Cabinet Application and can be accessed by the Cabinet Department and the Cabinet Ministers through the Internet. i-pads were provided to the Chief Minister and other ministers to conduct Cabinet Meetings in the electronic/digital mode. The Application is designed and developed in-house by Department of Information Technology, Manipur and is of the first initiatives in Government of Manipur to utilise IT and e-Governance in an effective manner at the highest level of decision making authority.

Chief Minister Okram Ibobi yesterday released  Manipur Culture Policy and 3 Gazetteers namely the Gazetteer of Manipur, Gazetteer of Ukhrul and Gazetteer of Churachandpur  at the Cabinet Hall of CM’s Secretariat. The policy proposes to form a powerful body called Manipur Cultural Advisory Board comprising of 30 members of experts and eminent personalities in various fields of culture out of which 20 members are to be elected by the recognised cultural institutions/organisations in the state and 10 members to be nominated by the Government to render  more autonomy and avoidance of direct involvement of Government in the fulfilment of the objective of the policy. The culture policy will be reviewed every 10 years. Dy. chief minister Gaikhangam and other cabinet ministers, Chief Secretary O. Nabakishore, Commissioner Art & Culture K. Radhakumar, Director art & Culture K. Sushila and Director IPR Meghachandra Kongbam were among those who attended the function.