On December 11 Manipur Chief Minister Biren Singh stated that with the Union Home Ministry issuing a gazette notification announcing that the Inner Line Permit System has been extended to Manipur, ILPS is enforced in the state from December 11, reports The Sangai Express. The Minister stated that after the verbal assurance given by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the Parliament on December 9, the extension of ILPS has been published in the Gazette of India on December 11. He also added that “With such publication in the Gazette of India, it is now official that ILPS has been enforced in Manipur with immediate effect.”