29 October 2026
The Government of Manipur has published a draft amendment to its service rules for the State Secretariat. It is published as a draft titled the Manipur Secretariat Subordinate Services (1st Amendment) Rules, 2026. The draft covers the posts of Assistant Section Officer, Care Taker and Librarian. Service rules of this kind fix the method of recruitment, the qualifications and the conditions of service for a post, and a State puts a draft in the public domain before the rules are finally notified. For an aspirant the point to carry is the name of the rules and the three posts named in this first amendment, because recruitment notices for Manipur's Secretariat will cite them.
Posts covered:
Assistant Section Officer, Care Taker, Librarian
Why it matters for exams: The rules are named the Manipur Secretariat Subordinate Services (1st Amendment) Rules, 2026, and they cover the posts of Assistant Section Officer, Care Taker and Librarian.
Kerala PSCUPSC
29 October 2026
The Government of Manipur has published the list of Indian Administrative Service, Indian Forest Service and Indian Revenue Service officers with their postings in the State, shown as on 7 October 2026. It has separately ordered the transfer and posting of some Indian Police Service officers. Manipur cadre IAS officers have also been told to update their Executive Record sheets on the SUPREMO portal. A cadre posting list of this kind is how a State records which officer holds which charge, and it is the State government that issues the transfer and posting orders for officers serving in its cadre. The three services of the Indian Administrative Service, the Indian Police Service and the Indian Forest Service are the All India Services.
Posting list as on:
07.10.2026
Why it matters for exams: The three All India Services are the Indian Administrative Service, the Indian Police Service and the Indian Forest Service, and SUPREMO is the portal on which IAS officers keep their Executive Record sheets.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
SUPREMO the portal on which IAS officers update their Executive Record sheets — Manipur cadre IAS officers were asked to update their records on it.
29 October 2026
Preparation has begun in Manipur for the General Election to the State Legislative Assembly, 2027. The first meeting of the District Nodal Officers appointed for that election was held in Churachandpur district, at the conference hall of the Mini Secretariat Complex at Tuibong. Shri Krishna Kumar, of the Indian Administrative Service, chaired it as District Election Officer and Deputy Commissioner of Churachandpur. In a district the Deputy Commissioner is also the District Election Officer, and the officers were told to take up their assigned duties in line with the instructions of the Election Commission of India. They were asked to assess data, prepare estimates and identify what logistics their areas would need, and a presentation on their roles was made to them.
Election due:
General Election to the State Legislative Assembly, 2027
District:
Churachandpur
Why it matters for exams: The General Election to the Manipur State Legislative Assembly is due in 2027, and in each district the Deputy Commissioner serves as the District Election Officer under the Election Commission of India.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
DEO District Election Officer — The officer in charge of election work in a district, usually the Deputy Commissioner.
Background
This sets out the offices behind this week's Manipur news, in which the Chief Minister opened the Saras Aajeevika Mela at Imphal and the BRICS Sustainable Lifestyle Week, and the Governor's office figures in the pony incentive. The Government of Manipur names Shri Ajay Kumar Bhalla as Governor and Shri Yumnam Khemchand Singh as Chief Minister. Khemchand Singh was sworn in as Chief Minister on 4 February 2026. Smt Nemcha Kipgen and Shri Losii Dikho were sworn in as Deputy Chief Ministers on the same day, and Shri Konthoujam Govindas Singh and Shri Khuraijam Loken Singh as Ministers. Manipur had been under President's Rule before that ministry took office, so an aspirant should check the current position rather than assume the older one.
Governor:
Shri Ajay Kumar Bhalla
Chief Minister:
Shri Yumnam Khemchand Singh
Deputy Chief Ministers:
Smt. Nemcha Kipgen and Shri Losii Dikho
Why it matters for exams: Ajay Kumar Bhalla is Governor of Manipur and Yumnam Khemchand Singh is Chief Minister, sworn in on 4 February 2026 with Nemcha Kipgen and Losii Dikho as Deputy Chief Ministers.
Kerala PSCUPSC
Background
This explains the court that has just reconstituted its Division and Single Benches with effect from 1 November 2026. The High Court of Manipur came into existence on 23 March 2013. It was created under the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganization) and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012, which came into force on that date. Its Principal Seat is at Imphal. Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre took the oath of office as its first Chief Justice on 23 March 2013. Before this the State came under the jurisdiction of the Gauhati High Court, and the same amendment Act gave separate High Courts to the north eastern States that were carved out of that jurisdiction. For an aspirant the three facts are the date, the Act and the first Chief Justice.
Came into existence:
23 March 2013
Principal Seat:
Imphal
First Chief Justice:
Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre
Why it matters for exams: The High Court of Manipur came into existence on 23 March 2013 under the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganization) and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012, with its Principal Seat at Imphal and Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre as its first Chief Justice.
Kerala PSCUPSC
Background
Manipur opened the BRICS Sustainable Lifestyle Week at Imphal this week with a plantation drive and an appeal on the State's biodiversity, which puts its one national park back in view. Keibul Lamjao was declared a wildlife sanctuary of about 5,200 hectares in 1954. It was reduced to about 4,050 hectares and declared a national park in 1977, and it is described as the only floating national park in the world. It is the sole home of the sangai, the Manipur brow-antlered deer, which is the Indian form of Eld's deer and is counted among the most endangered deer in the world. The animal was thought extinct until it was found again in 1953. The first aerial census in 1975 counted fourteen of them, and the 2013 census counted 204, along with 212 hog deer. The park lies in the Bishnupur and Thoubal districts of Manipur. With Loktak Lake and Pumlen Pat it was put on India's UNESCO Tentative List as the Keibul Lamjao Conservation Area on 11 March 2016.
Declared a sanctuary:
1954
Declared a national park:
1977
Sangai rediscovered:
1953
Sangai in the 2013 census:
204
Why it matters for exams: Keibul Lamjao became a national park in 1977, is the only floating national park in the world, is the sole home of the sangai or Manipur brow-antlered deer, and sits in Bishnupur and Thoubal districts.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
Sangai the Manipur brow-antlered deer — The Indian form of Eld's deer, found only in Keibul Lamjao National Park.
Background
The appeal on Manipur's natural assets at the opening of the BRICS Sustainable Lifestyle Week at Imphal this week turns attention to the State's great lake. Loktak is the largest natural freshwater lake in northeastern India and was designated a Ramsar wetland in 1990. It is oval in shape, about 26 km long and 13 km wide, and its depth runs from 0.5 m to 4.58 m with an average of 2.7 m. Fourteen hills stand in it, mostly in the south, among them Sendra, Ithing and Thanga. Its catchment covers 4,947 sq km, about 22 per cent of the State, and local people call it the lifeline of Manipur. Its characteristic ecosystem is the phumdi, a floating mat of soil, vegetation and organic matter that can reach about eight feet in thickness, with roughly one fifth above water and four fifths below. The lake holds the richest rotifer diversity of any aquatic ecosystem in the Indian subcontinent, with 120 species recorded.
Ramsar designation:
1990
Size:
About 26 km long and 13 km wide
Catchment:
4,947 sq km, about 22% of the state
Hills in the lake:
14
Why it matters for exams: Loktak is the largest natural freshwater lake in northeastern India, a Ramsar wetland since 1990, and its phumdis are floating mats of soil, vegetation and organic matter.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
Phumdi a floating mat of soil, vegetation and organic matter — The characteristic ecosystem of Loktak Lake, about one fifth above water.
Ramsar the Convention on Wetlands — The treaty under which wetlands of international importance are designated.
Background
Manipur's Chak-Hao has just taken a Global Excellence Award in the GI rice category at a national rice conference, so it helps to know what the rice is. Chakhao is the black scented rice of Manipur, known for a mild nutty taste, a distinct aroma and a deep purple colour when cooked, which comes from its high anthocyanin content. It is used in religious feasts and ceremonies, and it received a Geographical Indication tag in 2019. Its traditional landraces yield under 2.0 tonnes a hectare and grow over 150 cm tall, so the plants fall over easily. The ICAR Research Complex for the North Eastern Hill Region, Manipur Centre, developed the first high yielding semi-dwarf variety, named RC Manichakhao-1, under Dr Konsam Sarika, a Scientist in Genetics and Plant Breeding. It yields about 4.5 to 5.0 tonnes a hectare. The State Seed Sub-Committee for Agricultural Crops cleared it for release in Manipur, and Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla introduced it.
GI tag:
2019
Variety:
RC Manichakhao-1
Yield:
About 4.5-5.0 tonnes per hectare
Traditional landrace yield:
Under 2.0 tonnes per hectare
Why it matters for exams: Chakhao, Manipur's black scented rice, got its Geographical Indication tag in 2019, and RC Manichakhao-1 is its first high yielding semi-dwarf variety, from the ICAR Research Complex for the North Eastern Hill Region, Manipur Centre.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
Anthocyanin the pigment that gives Chakhao its deep purple colour — Its high content is what makes the cooked rice deep purple.