Nagaland govt consultative meet with tribal bodies on oil exploration & RIIN remains inconclusive

The consultative meeting of Nagaland government with stakeholders and apex tribal bodies on oil exploration and implementation of RIIN remained inconclusive with the decision to hold further consultations before arriving at the final conclusion, a government spokesperson said. With apex tribal organisations and civil societies raising objection to the decision of the to sign an MoU with Assam government on Oil and Natural Gas Exploration and implementation of Register of Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland (RIIN) with two different dates December 1, 1963 and November 1979, the state government on Tuesday held a meeting with them which lasted for almost six hours.

He also said that The Nagaland Village and Tribal Councils Act of 1978 and the issue of framing a new Act for Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) was also deliberated, he said.