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Excerpts from the White Paper on Foreigners' Issue published by the Home and Political Department, Government of Assam on 20 October 2012 – Chapter 1, Historical Perspective, .section 1.2 reads: [16] Following Partition and communal riots in the subcontinent, Assam initially saw an influx of refugees and other migrants from East Pakistan.
The first detention centre in Assam came up in 2008, when the Congress was in power in the state, under orders of the court. [33] [45] In 2011, the Congress government built three more camps in the region. [33] The Government of the state of Assam is constructing ten more detention camps besides six already in place.
Guardian minister of Assam is a cabinet-level minister in India appointed by a state government (Government of Assam) to oversee the development of a specific district within the state. In Assam state, the Himanta Biswa Sarma government has 14 guardian ministers, including the Chief Minister.
The head of government is the Chief Minister, currently Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma, [4] who is the leader of the group that commands a majority in the unicameral Assam Legislative Assembly. The Assam Assembly is elected by universal adult suffrage for a period of five years.
Himanta Biswa Sarma (born 1 February 1969) is an Indian politician and lawyer serving as the 15th and current Chief Minister of Assam since 2021. A former member of the Indian National Congress, Sarma joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 23 August 2015 and soon was made convenor of NEDA. [1]
Since 1985, Foreigners' Tribunals have declared over 38,000 persons in Assam as illegal migrants. Nearly 1.5 lakh (150,000) names in Assam's electoral rolls carry the prefix "D" for "Doubtful" citizenship status. [13] The Supreme Court directed the Assam Government to complete the final NRC by 1 March 2016.
The Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) is a state parastatal agency of the Government of Assam created for the Guwahati metropolitan area. It covers an area of 262 km 2 (101 sq mi). [1]
The Act was challenged by Sarbananda Sonowal in courts. In 2005 a three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court of India held that the Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act, 1983 and rules "has created the biggest hurdle and is the main impediment or barrier in the identification and deportation of illegal migrants" and struck down the Act.