ANNEXURE I           

                                                                                                                   

 

CLAUSE 5- FOREIGNERS ISSUE:-

 

(i)           The Citizenship Act, 1955, Citizenship Rules, 1956 and the Foreigners Tribunals) Order, 1964, were amended.

(ii)         Special Registration Officers have been appointed for registration of persons detected as foreigners who entered Assam between 1.1.1966 to 24.3.71.

(iii)       A total of 3153 including 1280 additional posts, sanctioned under Prevention of Infiltration of Foreigners (PIF) scheme to assist State Government and Border Security Force (BSF) in detection and deportation of foreigners/illegal migrants and act as a second line of defence.

(iv)       Thirty-two Foreigners Tribunals have been constituted in the State of Assam under the provisions of Foreigners Act, 1946 for detection of illegal migrants/foreigners. As per available information, (as on 31.3.2009) a total of 30,944 persons have been declared as foreigners in the pre-1971 stream and 2,581 persons in the post-1971 stream till March, 2009.

 

CLAUSE 6 & 7 – SAFEGUARDS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:

 

 

(i)                 A Cultural Centre called the Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalashetra Complex     has been established.

(ii)               Sri Jyoti Chitraban (Film) Studio at Guwahati has been modernized.   Additional Rs. 10 crore has been sanctioned for further            expansion/modernization of the Institute in the financial year 2006-07.

(iii)            The Government of Assam has constituted a Committee of Ministers in        October 2006 to examine all issues relating to the implementation of Clause 6         the Assam Accord. The Committee is yet to submit its report.

(iv)       Numaligarh Refinery was set up at a cost of nearly Rs. 2,500 crores.

(v)         Two Central Universities, one at Tejpur, and the other at Silchar, have been set up.

(vi)       An IIT has been set up at Guwahati.

(vii)           Kathlguri Power Project (60 MW) has been commissioned.

(viii)         Work for implementation of Assam Gas Cracker Project and Bogibeel rail-cum road project have started.

 

CLAUSE 8 TO 14 – OTHER ISSUES:

 

(i)                 The power to issue citizenship certificates now vests only with the Central Government.

(ii)               As on 30.6.2009 out of 3286.87 KM fencing sanctioned along Indo-Bangladesh border, 2655 KM of border fence has been completed. In Assam sector, out of 223 KM (Phase I & II) of sanctioned fencing along Indo-Bangladesh border, 219 KM has been completed. Since the fencing erected under Phase-I had outlived its life, therefore, it is being replaced with a composite type fencing.

(iii)             Ex-gratia payment was made to the next of kin of persons killed in the course of the agitation.

(iv)             Disciplinary cases against employees in connection with the agitation were reviewed.

(v)               In the matter of recruitment, orders were issued by the Central Government for relaxation in upper age limit upto a maximum of six years in the case of candidates who had ordinarily resided in the State of Assam during the period 1.1.1980 to 15.8.1985.

(vi)             NSA detenues detained in connection with agitation were released.

 

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