Permanent Resident Status Problem in Arunachal Pradesh

The Arunachal Pradesh Government has decided not to act on the recommendations of a Joint High Power Committee granting permanent resident certificates (PRCs) to non-Arunachal Pradesh Scheduled Tribes of Namsai and Changlang districts. This decision follows violence in Itanagar, which included arson attacks on the residence of the Deputy Chief Minister.

PRC Explained

• The PRC issue has been triggering isolated protests across the state by some community-based organisations ever since Arunachal Pradesh Government announced in December, 2018 that members of the six communities who or whose parents were residents of the state before 1968 would be granted PRCs.
• But some ....