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Sep 27, 2014

[CA] Bezbaruah Commission

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Bezbaruah Commission

Bezbaruah Commission
Synopsis:
(01) Commission appointed for
(02) Why this commission?
(03) Recommendations / Reforms by Commission
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(01) Commission appointed for:
·        To look into the various concerns of persons hailing from North Eastern States who are living in different parts of the country, especially the metropolitan areas.

(02) Why this commission?:
·        2014, January: Arunachal Pradesh Student Nido Tania- asked for address in Delhi, was mocked for his look and hairstyle. Fight breaks out, he is killed.
·        Home minister formed a Commission under retired IAS M P Bezbaruah
·        To look into concerns of people hailing from north-eastern states living and working in other parts of the country.

(03) Recommendations / Reforms by Commission:

Social Media
Government should setup a dedicated Facebook, Whatsapp, helpline and email support for reaching out to North Eastern people living in rest of India.
Lawyers
Set up a dedicate panel of lawyers to fight cases for North Eastern victims.
50% of these lawyers should be women.
Awareness
Legal awareness campaigns in the areas of Delhi with significant concentration of North Easterners.
Rights awareness lectures for the NE-freshers in JNU, DU and other universities
Police
Nodal police stations for North Easterners. So the police officer can immediately register FIR instead of asking the victim to go to other stations.
Relief
Relief fund for helping victims of hate crime, giving money to their relatives to dispose body, travelling from faraway parts of North East etc.
Sports
Sports ministry should hold regular national/international sports events in the Northeast
Stadiums in each state of NE.


All these reforms are to be implemented in a phased manner:
·        Immediate -  6 months to 1 year
·        Short term -   1 to 1.5 years
·        Long term -   1.5 to 3 years
September 2014: Home minister ordered chief secretaries of all states to implement this report.
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