Amit Shah says India scraps Free Movement Regime with Myanmar
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Amit Shah says India scraps Free Movement Regime with Myanmar

Hindustan Times  

Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday announced that the ministry of home affairs has decided that the Free Movement Regime between India and Myanmar be scrapped to ensure the internal security of the country. Amit Shah also said the decision was taken to maintain the demographic structure of India’s northeastern states bordering Myanmar. “Since the Ministry of External Affairs is currently in the process of scrapping it, MHA has recommended the immediate suspension of the FMR,” Amit Shah wrote on social media X. Amit Shah made the announcement days after he said India has decided to fence the entire 1,643-km-long India-Myanmar border, ending the Free Movement Regime prevalent along the porous border. The Free Movement Regime or FMR allows people residing close to the India-Myanmar border to venture 16 km into each other's territory without any document.

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Manipur: Protests Against Centre's Move To Scrap India-Myanmar Free Movement Regime
3 weeks ago

Manipur: Protests Against Centre's Move To Scrap India-Myanmar Free Movement Regime

ABP News  

Churachandpur: A demonstration was held in Manipur's Churachandpur district on Tuesday to protest the government's decision to scrap the India-Myanmar Free Movement Regime. Carrying posters and placards, the demonstrators raised slogans against the government's decision to scrap FMR and fence the international border. The FMR allowed people residing close to the India-Myanmar border to venture 16 km into each other's …

Government sanctions ₹31,000 crore to fence Myanmar border
3 months ago

Government sanctions ₹31,000 crore to fence Myanmar border

The Hindu  

The Union government has approved ₹31,000 crore to fence the Myanmar border, a senior Home Ministry official said on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said fencing work had been completed on 30 km of the border, which, he termed the root cause of the ethnic violence in Manipur. The Cabinet Committee on Security had, in principle, approved …

Jaishankar raises concern over continued violence, instability on Myanmar border; urges early democratic transition
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Jaishankar raises concern over continued violence, instability on Myanmar border; urges early democratic transition

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Myanmar Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Than Swe and discussed India's deep concern at the impact of continuing violence and instability in Myanmar on its border. "Particularly flagged illegal narcotics, arms smuggling and trafficking in persons as priority challenges," he said on X. EAM urged an early return to democratic transition …

If things were normal in Myanmar, this wouldn't have happened: EAM Jaishankar on border fencing
8 months, 2 weeks ago

If things were normal in Myanmar, this wouldn't have happened: EAM Jaishankar on border fencing

New Indian Express  

AIZWAL: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday that the Centre decided to fence the Indo-Myanmar border and end the Free Movement Regime because the government gives top priority to the country's security. In February, the Centre decided to fence the Indo-Myanmar border and abolish the Free Movement Regime between the two countries. Mizoram government, civil society organisations and …

'If things were normal, this would not have happened': Jaishankar on fencing of Indo-Myanmar border
8 months, 2 weeks ago

'If things were normal, this would not have happened': Jaishankar on fencing of Indo-Myanmar border

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said that if the situation in neighboring Myanmar were normal, there would be no necessity to fence along the Indo-Myanmar border or end the Free Movement Regime. Centre to fence Indo-Myanmar border The government in February this year announced the decision to fence the 1,643-kilometer-long India-Myanmar border in another …

Now, Nagaland opposes fencing of India’s border with Myanmar
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Now, Nagaland opposes fencing of India’s border with Myanmar

Hindustan Times  

The Nagaland assembly on Friday adopted a resolution urging the Union government to reconsider its recent decision to fence the Indo-Myanmar border and suspend the Free Movement Regime with the neighbouring country, becoming the second state after Mizoram to take such step. India shares 1,643-kilometre border with Myanmar, running through four northeastern states India shares 1,643-kilometre border with Myanmar, running …

Nagaland Assembly adopts resolution against decision to fence Indo-Myanmar border, scrap FMR
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Nagaland Assembly adopts resolution against decision to fence Indo-Myanmar border, scrap FMR

The Hindu  

The Nagaland Assembly on March 1 adopted a resolution urging the Centre to reconsider its decision to fence the Indo-Myanmar border and scrap the Free Movement Regime with the neighbouring country. The Assembly also resolved to appeal to the central government to work out regulations for movement of people across the boundary in consultation with the people inhabiting the border …

Mizoram MP says ‘not being allowed to raise issues’ with FMR removal along Myanmar border in RS
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Mizoram MP says ‘not being allowed to raise issues’ with FMR removal along Myanmar border in RS

The Hindu  

Mizoram Rajya Sabha Member K. Vanlalvena, of the Mizo National Front, an National Democratic Alliance member, on Friday said he is not being allowed to speak in the House on the issue of India’s decision to remove the Free Movement Regime along the Indo-Myanmar border despite submitting an application to raise it during Zero Hour four times. The intention of …

What comes under India’s Free Movement Regime with Myanmar? Why was it scrapped?
10 months, 2 weeks ago

What comes under India’s Free Movement Regime with Myanmar? Why was it scrapped?

Live Mint  

The central government has decided to scrap the India-Myanmar Free Movement Regime, announced Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday. In a post on X, Home Minister Amit Shah said that the FMR was abolished between India and Myanmar to safeguard the internal security of the nation and preserve the demographic composition of India's North Eastern states that share borders …

Manipur welcomes Free Movement Regime suspension with Myanmar, some tribes unhappy
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Manipur welcomes Free Movement Regime suspension with Myanmar, some tribes unhappy

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI Manipur Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren Singh on Thursday welcomed the Centre’s decision to scrap India’s Free Movement Regime agreement. He had initiated the move for scrapping the FMR and fencing the international border after blaming the ongoing ethnic violence in Manipur since May 3, 2023, on “infiltrators” from Myanmar. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma agreed and said the …

Home ministry recommends suspension of India-Myanmar free movement regime
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Home ministry recommends suspension of India-Myanmar free movement regime

Hindustan Times  

Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday said his ministry has recommended an immediate suspension of the free movement regime between India and Myanmar that allowed people from both sides to travel 16 km into each other’s territory without paperwork. New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah In a post on X, Shah referred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s resolve …

India suspends Free Movement Regime with Myanmar
10 months, 2 weeks ago

India suspends Free Movement Regime with Myanmar

The Hindu  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on February 8 that the Government has decided to scrap the Free Movement Regime along Myanmar border to ensure the internal security of the country and to maintain the demographic structure of India’s North Eastern States. MHA has decided that the FMR between India and Myanmar be scrapped to ensure the internal security of …

Process To Scrap FMR Along India-Myanmar Border Has Begun: Amit Shah
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Process To Scrap FMR Along India-Myanmar Border Has Begun: Amit Shah

ABP News  

Guwahati: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that the Ministry of Home Affairs has decided to scrap the Free Movement Regime between India and Myanmar in a bid to ensure internal security of India and to maintain the demographic structure of the northeastern states of India bordering Myanmar. The Ministry of Home Affairs has decided that the Free …

What is India-Myanmar Free Movement Regime or FMR? Know history, security concerns
10 months, 2 weeks ago

What is India-Myanmar Free Movement Regime or FMR? Know history, security concerns

India TV News  

The government has decided to scrap the India-Myanmar Free Movement Regime to ensure the country's internal security and maintain the demographic structure of the Northeastern states, Union Home Minister Amit Shah informed on Thursday. The Free Movement Regime between India and Mynamar allows people residing close to the Indo-Myanmar border to venture 16 km into each other's territory without any …

Free Movement Regime between India and Myanmar scrapped, tweets Amit Shah
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Free Movement Regime between India and Myanmar scrapped, tweets Amit Shah

India TV News  

Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday announced that the Ministry of Home Affairs has decided that the Free Movement Regime between India and Myanmar be scrapped to ensure the internal security of the country. General Pande said around 416 Myanmarese soldiers crossed over to India following the situation arising out of the fighting between Myanmar's armed ethnic groups and government …

1643 km Indo-Myanmar border to be fenced, a patrol track to be built: Amit Shah
10 months, 2 weeks ago

1643 km Indo-Myanmar border to be fenced, a patrol track to be built: Amit Shah

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Effectively putting an end to the free movement regime or FMR with Myanmar, which allows people on both sides to venture 16 kms into each other’s territory without any document, the Union government on Tuesday said the entire 1,643 km long Indo-Myanmar border will be fenced. Union home minister Amit Shah first announced the withdrawal of the free …

Govt will fence entire border with Myanmar: Shah
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Govt will fence entire border with Myanmar: Shah

The Hindu  

The Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday that the government has decided to construct a fence along the 1,643-kilometre border with Myanmar. Mr. Shah said that the “Modi government is committed to building impenetrable borders.” In a post on ‘X’ the Minister said, ‘It has decided to construct a fence along the entire 1,643-kilometer Indo-Myanmar border. Free movement …

Govt to fence entire 1643-km long Indo-Myanmar border, says Amit Shah
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Govt to fence entire 1643-km long Indo-Myanmar border, says Amit Shah

India TV News  

The government will fence along the entire 1,643-kilometer-long India-Myanmar border in another step to boost country's security, Union Home Minister Amit Shah informed on Tuesday. It has decided to construct a fence along the entire 1643-kilometer-long Indo-Myanmar border. Indo-Myanmar border currently has Free Movement Regime The 1,643-km-long India-Myanmar border, which passes through Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh, currently has …

The open border policy between India and Myanmar has a long historical legacy that needs to be preserved
10 months, 3 weeks ago

The open border policy between India and Myanmar has a long historical legacy that needs to be preserved

Hindustan Times  

When Union home minister Amit Shah announced on January 20 that the central government had decided to fence the India-Myanmar border and revoke the Free Movement Regime, very few realised the historical nature of his pronouncement. Back then, New Delhi had called it “an enabling arrangement for movement of people across India-Myanmar border.” So, Shah’s announcement reverses a growing culture …

Reconsidering the free movement regime | Explained
11 months ago

Reconsidering the free movement regime | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: At a passing out parade of the Assam police commandos in Guwahati on January 20, Home Minister Amit Shah said the 1,643 km India-Myanmar border would soon be fenced. He also said the Free Movement Regime agreement with Myanmar would be reconsidered to stop border residents from moving into each other’s country without any paperwork. Over …

Mizo student body urges Centre to reconsider its decision to fence Indo-Myanmar border
11 months ago

Mizo student body urges Centre to reconsider its decision to fence Indo-Myanmar border

The Hindu  

Mizoram's apex student body Mizo Zirlai Pawl has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reconsider the Centre's decision to fence the Indo-Myanmar border and scrap the Free Movement Regime. In the letter sent through State Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, the MZP expressed concern and Opposition to the Centre's decision to fence the Indo-Myanmar border. Urging the Centre to reconsider its …

Indo-Myanmar border to be fenced, free movement regime scrapped: Amit Shah
11 months ago

Indo-Myanmar border to be fenced, free movement regime scrapped: Amit Shah

Hindustan Times  

Guwahati: Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that India’s border with Myanmar will be fenced like the Indo-Bangladesh border, and the existing free movement regime between the two countries scrapped. Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday addressed the passing out parade of first batch of five newly-constituted Assam Police Commando battalion Shah said that fencing will start …

India-Myanmar border to be fenced soon, says Home Minister Amit Shah
11 months ago

India-Myanmar border to be fenced soon, says Home Minister Amit Shah

The Hindu  

The Union government will soon fence the 1,643 km border between India and Myanmar, and will consider ending its free movement regime agreement with the neighbouring country, Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday. “I want to tell my friends in Assam that the Narendra Modi government has decided to fence India’s open border along with Myanmar just like we …

Govt plans to end free movement regime along border with Myanmar to check influx of illegal migrants, insurgents
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Govt plans to end free movement regime along border with Myanmar to check influx of illegal migrants, insurgents

Firstpost  

The Free Movement Regime, which allows people living in proximity to the India-Myanmar border to travel 16 km into each other’s territory without a visa, is slated to end very soon, according to a senior government official on Tuesday. The 1,643-km-long India-Myanmar border, traversing Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, and Arunachal Pradesh, presently operates under the FMR, initiated in 2018 as a …

Free Movement Regime to end at Myanmar border
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Free Movement Regime to end at Myanmar border

The Hindu  

The Union government is all set to scrap the Free Movement Regime along the Myanmar border, a senior government official said on January 2. India and Myanmar share an unfenced border, and people on either side have familial and ethnic ties, which prompted the arrangement in the 1970s. We are in talks with Myanmar.” Under the FMR, every member of …

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