{"id":128483,"date":"2024-10-03T18:39:22","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T13:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=128483"},"modified":"2024-10-03T18:39:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T13:09:22","slug":"naga-traders-association-manipur-exposes-shocking-illegal-taxes-and-threatens-economic-blockade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/?p=128483","title":{"rendered":"Naga Traders Association Manipur Exposes Shocking Illegal Taxes and Threatens Economic Blockade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-128412\" src=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/New-Logo-Smal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"55\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">T<\/span>he All <a href=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/?p=128255\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Naga<\/a> Traders Association Manipur (ANTAM) has expressed grave concerns over the escalating issue of illegal taxation and harassment targeting businesses and transporters, mainly truckers on the Kangpokpi to Imphal route. ANTAM reports that these illicit practices include unauthorized fees at checkpoints and coerced \u201cdonations,\u201d causing significant difficulties for the trading community and disrupting the flow of essential goods to the valley region.<\/span><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_128484\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128484\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/Naga Traders Association Manipur Exposes Shocking Illegal Taxes and Threatens Economic Blockade\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-128484 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/66fe86c558294-all-naga-traders-association-manipur-035756264-16x9-1.jpg\" alt=\"Naga Traders Association Manipur Exposes Shocking Illegal Taxes and Threatens Economic Blockade\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/66fe86c558294-all-naga-traders-association-manipur-035756264-16x9-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/66fe86c558294-all-naga-traders-association-manipur-035756264-16x9-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/66fe86c558294-all-naga-traders-association-manipur-035756264-16x9-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/66fe86c558294-all-naga-traders-association-manipur-035756264-16x9-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/66fe86c558294-all-naga-traders-association-manipur-035756264-16x9-1-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/66fe86c558294-all-naga-traders-association-manipur-035756264-16x9-1-1140x641.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-128484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Naga Traders Association Manipur Exposes Shocking Illegal Taxes and Threatens Economic Blockade<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Committee of Tribal Unity (COTU) has been identified as a significant contributor to this persistent problem. Despite numerous complaints, the state government has not yet taken effective measures to address these activities. ANTAM has issued a stark warning that if the situation remains unresolved, they will commence an indefinite economic blockade on National Highway No. 2 (Senapati to Imphal road) from midnight on October 8, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This development underlines the ongoing challenges businesses and transporters face in maintaining operations amid unrest and deficiencies in law enforcement. ANTAM\u2019s plea for government intervention highlights the critical need for securing safety and stability for truckers and the wider business community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The association emphasizes the urgent requirement for immediate and decisive action from the governmental authorities to prevent further deterioration of the economic situation and to ensure a stable trading environment. Without prompt and effective intervention, the potential blockade could severely impact the region\u2019s economy and the supply of essential goods, amplifying the current hardships experienced by all stakeholders involved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The All Naga Traders Association Manipur (ANTAM) has expressed grave concerns over the escalating issue of illegal taxation and harassment targeting businesses and transporters, mainly truckers on the Kangpokpi to Imphal route. ANTAM reports that these illicit practices include unauthorized fees at checkpoints and coerced \u201cdonations,\u201d causing significant difficulties for the trading community and disrupting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":128484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"News Desk :"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[32796,32816,32799,26437,32804,32808,32809,32817,32810,32818,32806,32813,32798,32822,32797,32802,21841,32811,32820,32814,32812,32815,32823,16923,32821,32795,32805,32819,32800,32801,32803,32807],"class_list":["post-128483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-east","tag-antam","tag-business-community","tag-businesses","tag-checkpoints","tag-coerced-donations","tag-committee-of-tribal-unity","tag-cotu","tag-decisive-action","tag-economic-blockade","tag-economic-situation","tag-essential-goods","tag-government-intervention","tag-harassment","tag-hardships","tag-illegal-taxation","tag-kangpokpi-to-imphal-route","tag-law-enforcement","tag-national-highway-no-2","tag-regional-economy","tag-safety","tag-senapati-to-imphal-road","tag-stability","tag-stakeholders","tag-state-government","tag-supply-of-essential-goods","tag-the-all-naga-traders-association-manipur","tag-trading-community","tag-trading-environment","tag-transporters","tag-truckers","tag-unauthorized-fees","tag-valley-region"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/128484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}