Dimapur, October 16 (MExN): The Nagaland Gaonburas Federation (NGBF) today expressed its appreciation for the Government of Nagaland's decision to proceed with the Registration of Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland (RIIN).
In a press communiqué, the Federation also welcomed the Government's notification to include the enumeration of four tribes of Nagaland—Kuki, Kachari, Garo, and Mikir—under the RIIN process. This exercise will safeguard the interests of minority tribes and communities meeting the 1963 cut-off criteria, it said.
The NGBF opined that the process would determine individuals' qualifications in accordance with the prescribed norms, ensuring their entitlement to the legally established provisions available to all bona fide citizens of Nagaland.
However, as the RIIN process and related activities are being carried out, it is important to include those tribal individuals or communities already identified by the Government through a special enumeration process based on their settlement in Nagaland before 1963, it stated.
This applies to their legal descendants who have permanently settled in Nagaland, it added.
This inclusion will pave the way for moral and natural justice for the underprivileged and vulnerable minority community, thus providing them with fair recognition within the legal framework, stated the federation of Village Chiefs of Nagaland.
