Nagaland extends Inner Line Permit to Dimapur "EMPOWER IAS"

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The Nagaland government issued an order bringing the “entire district of Dimapur under the inner line permit”.

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Under the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation Act of 1853, non-Nagas require an ILP to visit the state, but it did not include Dimapur district under the provisions.
The move was taken to exempt the entire district from the purview of the Citizenship Amendment Bill.
Dimapur was the only place in Nagaland which was not under the ILP system because the district is a commercial hub and has a mixed population (often referred to as ‘Mini India’).
Recently Manipur has also been brought under the purview of ILP System. Thus, the entire northeast India has been exempted from CAB except for Sikkim and non-tribal areas in Assam and Tripura.

What is Inner Line Permit?

Inner Line Permit is an official travel document issued by the Government of India to allow inward travel of an Indian citizen into a protected/restricted area for a limited period.
It is a special permit required by “outsiders” from other regions of the country to enter the notified states.
It is based on the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation Act (BEFR), 1873.
This act was enacted during the British era to protect the British interests from the hill tribals who used to invade the British subjects.
An imaginary line known as the inner-line was created to divide between the two communities so that neither party could go beyond the line without a permit from the appropriate authorities.

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