NAGALAND GOVT BRINGS DIMAPUR UNDER ILP REGIME

KOHIMA: The Nagaland government has extended the Inner Line Permit (ILP) regime to the Dimapur district, according to an official notification.

Dimapur, the commercial hub of the state, was the only district that was not under the ILP regime unlike the rest of Nagaland, which came into being in 1963.

“In exercise of the powers conferred under Section 2 of the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation, 1873, and in the interest of the public, the Governor of Nagaland is pleased to extend the ILP to cover the entire district of Dimapur with immediate effect,” said a notification dated December 9, issued by chief secretary Temjen Toy. The state had approved on February 15 the proposal to extend the ILP to Dimapur.

All non-indigenous people who have entered the district after November 21, 1979, will have to obtain ILP within 90 days from December 9, according to the notification. It said that those who have settled or have entered before November 21, 1979, and have been staying continuously, will be exempted from the ILP regime “along with his/her direct descendants”. Any non-indigenous person passing through the district as a transit passenger will not be required to obtain Inner Line Permit, the notification said.

The ILP regime was also extended to neighbouring Manipur on Wednesday after President Ram Nath Kovind signed the order in this effect.

After widespread protests against the Ci t i z e n s h i p (Ammendment) Bill, the Union home minister Amit Shah had announced that the proposed law will not be applicable to ILP regime states and areas governed under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution.

DIMAPUR WAS THE ONLY DISTRICT THAT WAS NOT UNDER THE ILP REGIME UNLIKE THE REST OF THE STATE, WHICH CAME

INTO BEING IN 1963.

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