Register Of Indigenous Inhabitants Of Nagaland – Free PDF Download

Q) Consider the following statements

1. The National Register of Citizens was first published in 1951 to record citizens, their houses and holdings.
2. The Assam Accord was signed in the year 1971 that ended the six-year anti-foreigners’ agitation.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below :

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 & 2

(d) None of the Above

DEMOGRAPHY OF NAGALAND

WHAT IS NAGALAND RIIN?

• The Nagaland government has decided to set up a Register of Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland (RIIN).
• It is state’s own version of citizenship register like the NRC of Assam.

• The main aim is preventing fake indigenous inhabitants certificates.
• The RIIN will be the master list of all indigenous inhabitants of the state.

HOW WILL THE LIST BE PREPARED?

• The RIIN list will be based on “an extensive survey”.
• It would be prepared under the supervision of the district administration.
• The preparation of the list will start from July 10, 2019, and the whole process will be completed within 60 days from the start.
• Designated teams of surveyors will be sent across each village and ward.

HOW WILL BE THE PROCESS BE MONITORED?

• The entire exercise will be monitored by the Commissioner of Nagaland.
• In addition, the state government will designate nodal officers of the rank of a Secretary to the state government.
• Their role will be to monitor the implementation.

HOW WILL THE SURVEY BE CONDUCTED?

• The designated teams will make a list of indigenous inhabitants in the state.
• The database will note each family’s original residence, current residence as well as the concerned Aadhaar numbers.
• This provisional list will then be published in all villages, wards and on government websites by September 11, 2019.
• Over the next 30 days, that is by October 30, 2019, claims and objections will be entertained.

UNIQUE IDENTITY

• Based on the adjudication and verification, a list of indigenous inhabitants will be finalised and each person will be given a unique ID.
• All indigenous inhabitants of the state would be issued a barcoded and numbered Indigenous Inhabitant Certificate.
• A mechanism or electronic and SMS-based authentication will be put in place.

RIIN IDENTITY WILL BE IN LINE WITH ILP

• The whole process will be done as part of the online system of Inner Line Permit (ILP), which is already in force in Nagaland. (except Dimapur)
• The ILP is issued by the Government of India and is obligatory for all those who reside outside the protected states.
• With the ILP, the government aims to regulate movement to certain areas located near the international border of India.

ILP’S ORIGIN

• ILP’s origin dates back to the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulations, 1873, which protected the British Crown’s interest in tea, oil and elephant trade.
• It prohibited “British subjects” or Indians from entering into these protected areas.
• After Independence, in 1950, the word “British subjects” was replaced by Citizens of India.
• Apart from Nagaland, the states which have the ILP are Arunachal Pradesh & Mizoram.

NRC EXPERIENCE IN ASSAM

• The NRC experiment in Assam witnessed extremely divisive political posturing.
• The Assam experiment has no clear end-point.
• Bangladesh has repeatedly suggested that the process going on in Assam is “an internal matter” of India, implying that there is no deportation possibility here.

WAY FORWARD

• It is unclear what the Nagaland government hopes to achieve through the exercise.
• In the complex demographies of North-Eastern States, it may prove to be difficult.
• The right to appeal and a humane hearing should be in-built in this exercise.
• In Nagaland, various local attempts have been made previously to determine non-locals, non-tribals and non-nagas.
• Two years ago, a town near Dimapur passed a resolution to place curbs on illegal Bangladeshi immigrants.
• RIIN should not become a vehicle to determine outsiders / insiders. It is expected to deepen the existing fault-lines.

Q) Consider the following statements

1. The National Register of Citizens was first published in 1951 to record citizens, their houses and holdings.
2. The Assam Accord was signed in the year 1971 that ended the six-year anti-foreigners’ agitation.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below :

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 & 2

(d) None of the Above

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