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Pradeep Kumar

18/04/21 10:20 AM IST

Listing indigenous inhabitants in Nagaland

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The Nagaland government has decided to form a joint consultative committee (JCC) involving all traditional tribal bodies and, civil society organisations for taking an exercise to register the State’s indigenous inhabitants.

Highlights
  • In July 2019, the Nagaland government launched the RIIN, seen as a variant of Assam’s National Register of Citizens that excluded 19.06 lakh people out of about 3.3 crore applicants.
  • The exercise was put on hold after some civil society and extremist groups opposed its stated objective of preventing outsiders from obtaining fake indigenous certificates for seeking jobs and benefits of government schemes.
  • “The JCC will be headed by Home Commissioner Abhijit Sinha and include members from the Central Nagaland Tribes’ Council, Eastern Nagaland People’s Organisation and the Tenyemie People’s Organisation,” Mmhonlumo Kikon, the adviser to the State government.
Nagaland
  • December 1, 1963 — the day Nagaland attained Statehood — was the cut-off date for determining the “permanent residents” of the State.
  • Apart from non-Nagas, the “outsiders” implied Nagas living in areas beyond the boundaries of Nagaland could be left out of the RIIN.
Source: The Hindu

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