What was the Bru deal?

What was the Bru deal?

Details of the agreement include 40*30 sq. ft of residential plots to each displaced Families, a fixed deposit of rupees 4 lakhs, aid of 5,000 cash per month for 2 years, Rupees 1.5 lakhs to build house and free rations for 2 years from the date of resettlement.

Who are Bru migrants?

Due to attack on minority Reang tribes by Mizo villagers, a number of Bru (Reang) families from Western Mizoram migrated to Northern Tripura from October 1997 onwards. The number of such Bru migrants who are sheltered in six relief camps set up in Kanchanpur District of Tripura is about 30,000 ( 5000 families).

What is Bru resettlement?

Twenty-three years after ethnic clashes in Mizoram forced 37,000 people of the Bru (or Reang) community to flee their homes to neighbouring Tripura, an agreement was signed in January, 2020 to allow 32,000 of them remaining in the camps after nine phases of repatriation to permanently settle in Tripura.

What is the agreement to settle Bru refugees in Tripura?

Since 2009, at least 5,000 Brus have returned to Mizoram in the ninth phase of repatriation. In January 16, 2020, a final quadripartite pact was signed by the governments of Tripura and Mizoram, along with the Centre and Bru organisations to settle around 32,000 Brus in Tripura permanently.

How many resettlement spots across six districts with 300 families each the state has planned after the agreement made January 2020?

12 resettlement spots
After the agreement was made in January 2020, the state has planned 12 resettlement spots across six districts with 300 families each. The Centre has announced a special development project with funding of Rs. 600 crore.

Which state has highest tribal population in India?

Madhya Pradesh
Which State has the Highest Tribal Population? Madhya Pradesh has the highest tribal population in India as per 2011 Census.