Nagaland Gaonburas (village chiefs) Federation [NGBF] has welcomed the decision of the state government to proceed with the Registration of Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland (RIIN).
NGBF through its media cell also said that it equally welcomed the state government’s notification to include the enumeration of four tribes of Nagaland—Kuki, Kachari, Garo, and Mikir—under the RIIN process. Further, the federation maintained that this exercise would safeguard the interests of minority tribes and communities meeting the 1963 cut-off criteria.
“This process will determine individuals’ qualification in accordance with the prescribed norms, ensuring their entitlement to the legally established provisions which are available to all bona fide citizens of Nagaland,” NGBF stated.
As the RIIN process and related activities were being implemented, NGBF said it was essential to also include those tribal individual or community who were already identified by the government through the special enumeration process based primarily on the criteria of individual’s settlement prior to 1963, along with their legal descendants who have permanently settled in the State of Nagaland.
The federation stated that this inclusion would pave way for moral and natural justice for the underprivileged and vulnerable minority community, thus providing them with fair recognition within the legal framework.