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Nagaland is one state among others in the north east where the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation, 1873 ( Inner Line Permit System) was implemented from the days of Naga Hills. The ILP as it is known, is applicable throughout Nagaland except in the district of Dimapur. The other states in the north east where ILP is in force is Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram. In Manipur, there has been a series of agitations for enactment of ILP. The state government under the BJP-led coalition had passed the Manipur People’s Protection Bill 2018, a long-pending demand, especially of the dominant Meitei community of the valley. The MPP Bill 2018 is a by product of Protection of Manipur People’s Bill 2015, the Manipur Land Reforms and Land Revenue (7th Amendment) Bill, and Manipur Shops and Establishment (2nd Amendment) Bill, 2015 passed by the then Congress government. According to the MPP bill 2018, Manipur people include Meiteis, the Pangal Muslims, scheduled tribes as listed under the Constitution in terms of Manipur and all those citizens of India who have been living in Manipur before 1951. The rest have been put in the category of non-Manipuris and will have to register themselves within one month of the notification of the law. They will be issued a pass extendable up to six months. Any outsider visiting Manipur would need a pass. In Meghalaya the youth and local populace had demanded legislation of ILP for the entire state but so far, the state government has not acceded to the demand. The demand for enactment of ILP in Meghalaya and Manipur comes in the wake of apprehensions felt by the local populace about the increasing number of immigrants. However, the situations in each of the two states differ greatly and cannot be placed under a similar environment. Be that as it may, the ILP reflects a sense of insecurity among the people in these states which have been sparked by lack of development, practically very little employment opportunities and socio-political instability. An interesting aspect of growing apprehensions has led to a desire for insulation and exclusion in these states. To understand ILP will require to know why the British enacted BEFR 1873, so to protect the indigenous tribals from being swamped by those from the mainland. While it is still difficult to know whether ILP is a success of a total failure, there is now a demand to include the entire Dimapur district under ILP. Unlike other districts where several Naga tribes as indigenous, Dimapur is indigenous to other non-Naga tribes and communities. There could be some constitutional requirement to extend ILP to Dimapur district. ILPs are still being issued and the number keeps growing. The main problem is there appears to be no check on ILP holders after issuing them. To understand how ILP has been managed, in 2008-09 around seventy five thousand ILPs were issued .The figure could possible be more for the present period. However, he admitted that the state did not have any mechanism to check if people coming in through this permit ever left the state or not. It would be prudent to do homework on whether it is justified to put all the eggs in one ILP basket when the very nature of a global world today is about trade and travel. The problems of immigration should be dealt with through a different law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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