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- The Nagaland Legislative Assembly has passed a bill to create the Frontier Nagaland Territorial Authority (FNTA), which will grant legislative, executive and financial autonomy to the state's six eastern districts: Tuensang, Mon, Longleng, Kiphire, Noklak and Shamator.
- The authority, with 62 members including 40 directly elected ones and one-third of seats reserved for women, follows a February memorandum of agreement between the Centre, the state government and the Eastern Nagaland People's Organisation.
- The move comes after years of the ENPO's demand for a separate state, rooted in alleged developmental deficits, and the government says the authority will bridge development gaps in the region.
- An interim council will run the FNTA for up to a year until elections are held, and the set-up will be reviewed after 10 years.
What to watch next
- Constitution of the Interim Council and nomination of its members by the governor and ENPO
- Determination of the boundaries of the 40 territorial constituencies by the state government
- Conduct of the first FNTA elections to replace the interim arrangement
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Neiphiu Rio
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“The constitution of FNTA is envisaged for a comprehensive economic development of the eastern Nagaland region aligning its process with the rest of the state… The FNTA will go a long way in fulfilling the desire and aspirations of our brothers and sisters from eastern Nagaland. For many years now, they have yearned for a special institutional arrangement that would address their genuine concerns relating to development, accelerate faster economic growth and ensure all-round progress across the region”
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…help the state and Centre bring about comprehensive and inclusive development, bridge developmental gaps and take governance and development to citizens, particularly those in the remotest parts of eastern Nagaland. “ The constitution of FNTA is envisaged for a comprehensive economic development of the eastern Nagaland region aligning its process with the rest of the state… The FNTA will go a long way in fulfilling the desire and aspirations of our brothers and sisters from eastern Nagaland. For many years now, they have yearned for a special institutional arrangement that would address their genuine concerns relating to development, accelerate faster economic growth and ensure all-round progress across the region ,” Rio said in the Assembly while pushing for the Bill’s passage. The Bill proposes an Executive Council of not more than nine members, chaired by a Chief Executive Member (CEM), in whom the executive powers of the FNTA…
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