25-Feb-2019: Arunachal Pradesh drops PRC amid violent protests
Amid violent protests in Arunachal Pradesh, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju stated that the state government has decided to not accept the recommendations of a high-level committee to grant permanent resident certificates (PRC) to six communities.
The Arunachal Pradesh government has passed an order to not accept the recommendations of the Joint High-Powered Committee to grant PRC to six communities living in Namsai and Changlang districts.
The protest and vandalism began during a 48-hour shut down called by at least 18 local organisations to protest the government’s move to grant PRC to the communities living in Namsai and Changlang districts. The organisations are against the move fearing that this could allow them get reservations in jobs and educational institutes meant for the STs.
The state government decided to postpone the move in view of the protests but the agitators refused to relent till chief minister resigned and seek apology for deaths of the three protesters who were dead in police firing. The army was called in on Saturday and Section 144 CrPC was clamped in Itanagar to control the situation.
9-Oct-2018: High level strategic policy group setup to assist National Security Council to review the security affairs of the country
The government has set up the Strategic Policy Group (SPG) to assist the National Security Council, which advises the prime minister on matters of national security and strategic interests.
The SPG will be chaired by National Security Advisor (NSA) Doval and its members include the NITI Aayog vice chairman, the cabinet secretary, the chiefs of the three defence services, the RBI governor, the foreign secretary, the home secretary, the finance secretary and the defence secretary.
The secretary of the Department of Defence Production and Supplies, the scientific adviser to the defence minister and the secretary (R), Cabinet Secretariat will also be members of the panel.
The group will assist the National Security Council and undertake among other tasks, a long-term strategic review of country's security affairs.
30-Aug-2018: Marriage certificate mandatory in Meghalaya
The Meghalaya government has made it mandatory to furnish marriage certificates by married couples for all official purposes. The government has issued instructions to all government departments to ensure that individuals submit the certificates for all official purposes.
The government has made it mandatory for married men and women to furnish marriage certificates for all official purposes as notified under the Meghalaya Compulsory Registration of Marriage Act, 2012.
The social activist, who spearheaded a movement for compulsory registration of marriages in the state, had written to the chief minister earlier this year seeking immediate implementation of the said Act in view of the fact that cabinet approval of the rules had been accorded in 2015.
He argued that compulsory registration of marriages would solve the issues of increasing number of broken families and various other social problems.
Besides empowering women, he said women here were often unceremoniously left by their husbands and there was no law to compel the latter to provide maintenance to the wives and children.