Permanent Residence Certificate Issue – Explained
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Recently, violence occurred in Arunachal Pradesh due to the issue of Permanent Residence Certificate to 6 non-Arunachal Pradesh Scheduled Tribes (APSTs) residing in the Namsai and Changlang districts and to the Gorkhas living in Vijaynagar. The violence spread despite the state government assured that it had withdrawn the plan to give them PRC.
What is the Background of this issue?
- Adivasis, Deoris, Morans, Sonowal Kacharis, and Mishings are the communities who were demanding PRC.
- In the neighbouring Assam, most of these communities have been recognised.
- However, in Arunachal Pradesh, the demands of these communities for PRC and getting recognition as residents of the state is long-standing yet opposed by powerful groups.
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