India and Bangladesh on 6 June 2015 signed the historical 1974 Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) which would settle the 4096-kilometre-long border (India’s longest border with neighbour country) dispute between the two countries. According to the agreement which of the following is/are false?
1. India took over 111 enclaves from Bangladesh and Bangladesh received 51 enclaves from India’s possession
2. It will help India to fence its borders with Bangladesh and it will change the physical map of India and Bangladesh.
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India and Bangladesh on 6 June 2015 signed the historical 1974 Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) which would settle the 4096-kilometre-long border (India’s longest border with neighbour country) dispute between the two countries. According to the agreement which of the following is/are false?
1. India took over 111 enclaves from Bangladesh and Bangladesh received 51 enclaves from India’s possession
2. It will help India to fence its borders with Bangladesh and it will change the physical map of India and Bangladesh.
Codes:
The correct option is B Only 1
According to the agreement, Bangladesh took over 111 enclaves (17160 acres of land) from India’s possession and India received 51 enclaves (7110 acres of land) from Bangladesh. Enclaves are tiny landlocked territories that each country has within the borders of the other nation. The enclaves in Assam, West Bengal, Tripura and Meghalaya come under the bill’s ambit. It will allow over 50000 stateless people living in these enclaves to gain a national identity after four decades of stateless limbo, as now they will be allowed to live in India or Bangladesh with the option of being granted citizenship in the newly designated territories. The enclaves would cease to exist and it will help India to fence its borders with Bangladesh
Earlier on 28 May 2015, the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) Bill, 2013 between India and Bangladesh received the assent of President Pranab Mukherjee. The bill also known as the 119th Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2013 was passed and after President’s assent the bill entered in to the statue book as Constitution 100th Amendment Act 2015.
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According to the agreement, Bangladesh took over 111 enclaves (17160 acres of land) from India’s possession and India received 51 enclaves (7110 acres of land) from Bangladesh. Enclaves are tiny landlocked territories that each country has within the borders of the other nation. The enclaves in Assam, West Bengal, Tripura and Meghalaya come under the bill’s ambit. It will allow over 50000 stateless people living in these enclaves to gain a national identity after four decades of stateless limbo, as now they will be allowed to live in India or Bangladesh with the option of being granted citizenship in the newly designated territories. The enclaves would cease to exist and it will help India to fence its borders with Bangladesh
Earlier on 28 May 2015, the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) Bill, 2013 between India and Bangladesh received the assent of President Pranab Mukherjee. The bill also known as the 119th Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2013 was passed and after President’s assent the bill entered in to the statue book as Constitution 100th Amendment Act 2015.
