Residential certificates to those in Sikkim prior to '75


Gangtok, Aug 4 Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling today announced that residential certificate would be issued to those residing in the state prior to 1975.

The residential certificate would provide the benefits to the left out communities which the bonafide Sikkimese have been getting, which included issuance of trade licences, Chamling announced at a state-level sammelan of panchayat and urban bodies members here.

He asserted that the state government is also working towards providing income tax exemption to the residential certificate holders.

The chief minister said panchayats should ensure that all children get education under the Right to Education Act.

He also announced non-formal schools in every ward for uneducated elders.

- (Agencies)
Aug 04, 2010