GOI’s decision to fence India-Myanmar International Border (IB) won’t be easy to implement. It will mean not just construction through 1,600-km-odd very tough terrain through Arunachal, Nagaland, Mizoram and Manipur, it will also demand deft.
The FMR agreement was implemented in 2018. What was the rationale behind it and why was there some discussion around withdrawing it last year, amid the ongoing ethnic conflict between Meiteis and Kukis in Manipur?
Modi government has cited security concerns, but supporters of the arrangement allowing easy access across border point out how it helps sustain livelihood, ethnic ties
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