Inter-state boundary points between the Northeastern states will quickly be solved, Union Home Minister Amit Shah mentioned in Shillong on Saturday. At one other occasion in Assam’s Guwahati, Shah launched the Ayushman CAPF scheme for practically 28 lakh safety personnel.
The minister’s feedback come months after clashes in border villages of Assam and Mizoram escalated, highlighting the longstanding boundary disputes within the Northeast.
“The whole country is one, so we have to aim to find complete solutions to the issues,” Shah mentioned whereas delivering the inaugural handle of the 69th assembly of the North East Council (NEC) in Shillong. “There should also be an effort to eliminate the entire challenges like border disputes and smuggling of drugs from abroad. The Central government has changed its perspective of the Northeast, so the Northeast will also have to change its perception of how it looks up to the Centre,” Shah mentioned.
The Home Minister mentioned the Northeast was beforehand notorious for insurgency however now “with peace, good news flows out of the Northeast”. The state governments have achieved this by reaching out to small teams, he mentioned.
Later, at an occasion in Guwahati to increase the good thing about the Centre’s healthcare programme to the central armed police forces, Shah hit out at these criticising the efficacy of Covid vaccines. “There are some people who are spreading misinformation on the vaccines. Come to another platform and let’s have a duel. But why are you creating doubt over people’s health and doing politics,” he requested.
Shah mentioned that after assuming workplace because the Home Minister he had held interactive classes with the CAPF personnel. He mentioned that he realised that amongst main considerations for the personnel had been high quality medical therapy for themselves and their households, housing services and lengthy intervals of obligation away from dwelling.
Under the Ayushman CAPF scheme, round 28 lakh personnel of CAPF, Assam Rifles and National Security Guard and their households will probably be coated below the ‘Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana’.
