with which country has India exchange land enclaves in August 2015 ? how did it helps people across the boundaries.
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The prime ministers of India and Bangladesh signed the Land Boundary Agreement in 1974 to exchange enclaves and simplify their international border. A revised version of the agreement was adopted by the two countries on 7 May 2015, when the Parliament of India passed the 100th Amendment to the Indian Constitution.
After 68 years of struggle, thousands of people in India and Bangladesh, who were stuck in land enclaves, finally got a chance to call one country their home.
An enclave is a patch of land encircled by other country’s territory. India has 111 such enclaves in Bangladesh, while Bangladesh has about 51 such enclaves in India.
As part of the deal, India and Bangladesh exchanged their respective enclaves and about 16,000 people became Indian citizens. The exchange is being considered as the largest exchange of enclaves in the world.
A 10 day joint survey was held by both the countries to determine the choice of citizenship of the people in these enclaves. Bangladesh will have about 40,000 new citizens from 51 Indian enclaves and India will get about 16,000 new citizens after the exchange.
None of the 14,215 people who live in the 51 Bangladeshi enclaves in India, want to go to Bangladesh. On the other hand, 979 people out of 37,369 people living in the 111 Indian enclaves desire to relocate to India.
The 51 Bangladeshi enclaves will be part of Indian mainland while Bangladesh will get 111 Indian enclaves in its mainland.
Both governments are working closely to make sure such the exchange of people is done smoothly before a stipulated date of November 30, 2015.
After the exchange, other formalities like identity cards, aadhaar cards, ration cards etc. will be provided in the next couple of months. Central government has also announced a fund of Rs. 3,008 crore for running development projects in these areas. These funds will be dispensed by state governments in phases.
As the historical exchange takes place, thousands of people can now finally avail benefits of one country and call it their home. Some of them might have to leave their old houses, but they are looking forward to a new and settled life.
Explanation:
Bangladesh and India formally exchanged 162 land enclaves on 1st August 2015, ending centuries-old territorial incongruity and completing the process of population and land exchange which began in the 1950s
EXPLANATION:
Following decolonisation from the British in 1947, both India and East Pakistan held enclaves totalling to 119 square kilometres approximately.
In fact, this resulted in small populations of Indian citizens residing in territory entirely surrounded by Bangladesh, and vice versa. Ensnared in a malicious catch, enclave residents required visa for crossing the host nation to reach their own mainland.
Thus residents were not able to enter host country as well as their mainland legally. Without identification documents, or the ways to obtain them, enclave inhabitants have lived for years in virtual statelessness, sans basic administrative, postal services, educational health, or security.
Over the years, several proposals to exchange the enclaves were suggested; however remained ineffective owing to domestic opposition and problematic bilateral relations. Later with BJP coming to power in India in the year 2014 and the initiation of a policy of closer co-operation with Bangladesh, efforts at resolving the enclave conundrum hastened.
The Prime Ministers of Bangladesh and India signed the "Land Boundary Agreement" in 1974 to exchange enclaves and streamline their international border. As part of this deal, Bangladesh and India agreed to surrender their territory and permit residents to select their country of citizenship.