CURRENT AFFAIRS

2017

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which committee to examine rules on people’s movement near Indo-Myanmar Border?
A
Ministry of Income Tax
B
Ministry of Commerce
C
Ministry of Home Affairs
D
Ministry of Telecommunications
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The name of Indian Myanmar border line is called as indo-Bhutan border. Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram states share their borders with Myanmar. The length of the border between India and Myanmar is about 1, 643 km.

Detailed explanation-2: -Barrier. The India–Myanmar barrier is a border barrier that India is constructing to seal its 1, 624-kilometre (1, 009 mi)-long border with Myanmar. India hopes to curtail cross-border crime, including goods, arms and counterfeit currency smuggling, drug trafficking, and insurgency.

Detailed explanation-3: -Boundary modifications In 1834, when the boundary of Manipur was redrawn to gift the disputed Kabaw valley to Burma, Chassad-Kuki settlements were left neither in Manipur nor Burma. This 1834 line came to be known as the Pemberton Line, after Capt.

Detailed explanation-4: -Free Movement Regime (FMR) The Free Movement Regime is a unique travel arrangement between India and Myanmar. FMR permits the tribes residing along the border to travel 16-km across the boundary without visa restrictions. The FMR helps tribes across the border to maintain their age-old ties.

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