Firstpost: New Delhi: Wednesday, November 29, 2017.
The
government has said the expenditure incurred on the entire negotiation process
under the ambitious Naga Framework Agreement cannot be made public as it will
be prejudicial to national security interests.
"It is
intimated that the information sought on the expenditure of Naga Framework
Agreement are highly sensitive in nature and sharing the details will be
prejudicial to the national security interests," the Home Ministry said in
an RTI reply to IANS.
The
information was exempted from disclosure under Section 8(1)(a) of the RTI Act,
2005, the reply added.
Clause
8(1)(a) bars making public information, the disclosure of which would
prejudicially affect the sovereignty and integrity of India, security,
strategic, scientific or economic interests of the state, relation with foreign
state or lead to incitement of an offence.
The Home
Ministry also declined to give information on the cost incurred on keeping the
National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Issak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) leaders in Delhi
ever since the signing of the Naga Framework Agreement on 3 August, 2015.
The Agreement
was signed between the Centre and the NSCN-IM after nearly two decades of
negotiations.
Many expect a
final solution to the six decades of Naga conflict by the end of this year.
Nagaland may
get some political autonomy as part of the overall solution.
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