TIM seeks recognition of Thadou IDPs
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By Our Staff Reporter
IMPHAL, Jan 2: The Thadou Inpi Manipur (TIM) has submitted a memorandum to key authorities, including the Governor, Justice Gita Mittal (Retd), Chairperson of the Supreme Court Appointed Committee on Manipur Violence, 2023, the Union Home Secretary, and the Chief Secretary of Manipur, seeking urgent recognition of Thadou Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) residing outside Manipur as a distinct third category eligible for relief, rehabilitation, and resettlement support amid the ongoing violence in the State.
While appreciating the State and Central Governments' sustained efforts, including the resettlement and rehabilitation package announced in the Manipur Budget 2025–26, phased resettlement planning, security-led confidence-building measures, and robust monitoring mechanisms, TIM has expressed deep discontentment over the consistent oversight of Thadou IDPs who have been forced to seek shelter beyond Manipur's borders.
The memorandum highlighted that nearly two years and eight months of violence have forced many Thadou families to flee Manipur, not voluntarily but to protect their lives and livelihoods.
These IDPs, now living outside the State, are wrongly assumed to be self-sufficient simply because they are not in Government-designated relief camps.
This misconception ignores the severe social, psychological, educational, and economic hardships they face, including loss of homes and land, disrupted education for their children, and exclusion from official relief mechanisms, TIM said.
The memorandum underscored the need to recognise Thadou IDPs residing outside Manipur as a distinct category, in addition to the existing classifications of IDPs living in relief camps within the State and those residing outside camps or already resettled, or in the process of resettlement, within Manipur.
It highlighted that the self-reliance demonstrated by these displaced families, often through borrowing, informal labour, or community support, should not be misconstrued as economic stability.
It underscored the immense costs borne by these individuals, who remain invisible in official data and planning processes.
TIM has sought formal recognition of Thadou IDPs residing outside Manipur as a distinct third category, their inclusion in State and Central policy processes, systematic assessment of their losses and present conditions, and equal access to relief, rehabilitation, resettlement, housing, livelihood, and education support without location-based discrimination.
It has also requested guidance from the Justice Gita Mittal Committee to ensure equity, inclusion, and humanitarian sensitivity in addressing this group.
IMPHAL, Jan 2: The Thadou Inpi Manipur (TIM) has submitted a memorandum to key authorities, including the Governor, Justice Gita Mittal (Retd), Chairperson of the Supreme Court Appointed Committee on Manipur Violence, 2023, the Union Home Secretary, and the Chief Secretary of Manipur, seeking urgent recognition of Thadou Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) residing outside Manipur as a distinct third category eligible for relief, rehabilitation, and resettlement support amid the ongoing violence in the State.
While appreciating the State and Central Governments' sustained efforts, including the resettlement and rehabilitation package announced in the Manipur Budget 2025–26, phased resettlement planning, security-led confidence-building measures, and robust monitoring mechanisms, TIM has expressed deep discontentment over the consistent oversight of Thadou IDPs who have been forced to seek shelter beyond Manipur's borders.
The memorandum highlighted that nearly two years and eight months of violence have forced many Thadou families to flee Manipur, not voluntarily but to protect their lives and livelihoods.
These IDPs, now living outside the State, are wrongly assumed to be self-sufficient simply because they are not in Government-designated relief camps.
This misconception ignores the severe social, psychological, educational, and economic hardships they face, including loss of homes and land, disrupted education for their children, and exclusion from official relief mechanisms, TIM said.
The memorandum underscored the need to recognise Thadou IDPs residing outside Manipur as a distinct category, in addition to the existing classifications of IDPs living in relief camps within the State and those residing outside camps or already resettled, or in the process of resettlement, within Manipur.
It highlighted that the self-reliance demonstrated by these displaced families, often through borrowing, informal labour, or community support, should not be misconstrued as economic stability.
It underscored the immense costs borne by these individuals, who remain invisible in official data and planning processes.
TIM has sought formal recognition of Thadou IDPs residing outside Manipur as a distinct third category, their inclusion in State and Central policy processes, systematic assessment of their losses and present conditions, and equal access to relief, rehabilitation, resettlement, housing, livelihood, and education support without location-based discrimination.
It has also requested guidance from the Justice Gita Mittal Committee to ensure equity, inclusion, and humanitarian sensitivity in addressing this group.