The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, passed by the Lok Sabha on December 9 , will be taken up for consideration and passage in the Rajya Sabha on December 11. Six hours have been allocated to debate the Bill to grant citizenship to undocumented non-Muslims from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh, who came to India before December 31, 2014. The Bill has to be passed by both the Houses of the Parliament to become a law.
Even as the Bill was under consideration of Parliament, the Nagaland government extended the Inner Line Permit (ILP) to Dimapur , its commercial hub. The decision makes it mandatory for “every non-indigenous person” who entered the district after November 21, 1979, to obtain an ILP within 90 days.
The December 9 notification also said all non-indigenous persons living in Dimapur prior to November 21, 1979, will have to produce documents as evidence to get a certificate from the Deputy Commissioner for exemption from the permit system.
Except Dimapur, the ILP has been applicable to the rest of Nagaland. Known as “mini India,” Dimapur district has a mixed population.
