The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has strongly condemned the bomb blast in Imphal. While expressing grief over the loss of lives in the Imphal blasts the Prime Minister has sanctioned ex-gratia from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund to the tune of Rs.1,00 lakh each to the next of kin of the persons deceased and Rs.50,000/- each to the persons seriously injured in bomb blast which took place on 21st October 2008 in Imphal.