West Bengal Assembly passes Bill to give land rights to enclave dwellers in north Bengal

West Bengal Assembly unanimously passed West Bengal Land Reforms (Amendment) Bill, 2018 to give land rights to enclave dwellers in north Bengal. The bill will end era of uncertain future for the people residing in those enclaves as it will help them to get full-fledged status as citizens of India, along with all civic amenities ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2018

Topics: Bills and Acts • Enclaves • India-Bangladesh • Land Boundary Agreement • States • West Bengal • West Bengal Land Reforms (Amendment) Bill

Lok Sabha passes Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2016

Lok Sabha has passed Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2016 to grant voting rights to people who became citizens of India following the exchange of enclaves between India and Bangladesh. The bill seeks to amend the Representation of the People Act (RPA), 1950 and the Delimitation Act, 2002. These Acts regulate allocation of seats to the ..

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2016

Topics: Bills and Amendments • Current Affairs 2016 • ECI • Elections • India-Bangladesh • Land Boundary Agreement

162 enclaves under LBA physically transferred between India and Bangladesh

India and Bangladesh physically transferred 162 enclaves/chitmahals located on Indo-Bangladesh. Under the historic exchange, 51 Bangladeshi enclaves merged with India, while 111 Indian enclaves from West Bengal, Assam, Tripura and Meghalaya merged with Bangladesh. The transfer took place in pursuant to the 1974 Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) and its Protocol of 2011 between both neighbouring countries. ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2015

Topics: Current Affairs 2016 • India-Bangladesh • Land Boundary Agreement

Indo-Bangla joint survey in LBA enclaves over nationality preference concludes

The official nationality preference survey in recently swapped 162 enclaves on India- Bangladesh border under the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) has ended. The survey was conducted by the Enclaves Exchange Co-ordination Committee (EECC) of both countries for ascertaining the nationality preference of over 50,000 enclave-residents. On Bangladesh’s side it is found that 1,027 out of ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2015

Topics: Current Affairs 2016 • India-Bangladesh • Land Boundary Agreement