Centre, Nagaland sign territorial authority pact, alternative to statehood demand
India Today
The Centre, Nagaland government and ENPO signed an agreement to create the Frontier Nagaland Territorial Authority, granting greater autonomy and development powers to eastern Nagaland.
The Centre on Thursday signed an agreement with the Nagaland government and the Eastern Nagaland Peoples’ Organisation (ENPO) for the formation of the Frontier Nagaland Territorial Authority (FNTA) within the state.
The agreement was signed in New Delhi in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who said the Centre would extend full support for the development of eastern Nagaland and fulfil all its responsibilities.
Calling it a major agreement between the Government of India and Nagaland, Shah said eastern Nagaland had received significant powers under the arrangement and that almost all issues had been resolved. “Barring one or two points, all issues have been sorted,” he said.
Shah said the PM Narendra Modi government has signed 12 important agreements in the Northeast since 2019 and that this agreement is part of the same series. He asserted that the Centre remains fully committed to the development of eastern Nagaland and that there should be no doubt about the regular release of funds. He added that the initial expenses for the establishment of the new authority would be borne by the Union Home Ministry.
Describing the agreement as the “happy conclusion of a big and old dispute,” Shah congratulated the people of eastern Nagaland and the state as a whole. He said the agreement marks a decisive step towards ending all disputes in Nagaland.
Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio said the agreement “reflects mutual trust, addresses the aspirations of eastern Nagaland and the state at large, and reaches out to take development to every doorstep.”
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