Imphal/Agartala, Feb 16 (TIWN) World's largest all-women-run market 'Ima Keithal' or the 'Mother's Market', located in the Manipur state capital, was formally reopened on Monday after 11 months, bringing smile on the faces of over 3,600 women traders.

Chief Minister N. Biren Singh, who was the chief guest at the reopening, announced that women vendors of the market would be exempted from the vendor's license fee for the year.  "The government took the decision considering the hardship faced by the women vendors during the pandemic as the markets remained closed for nearly a year," he said.