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                                                               India Moving Towards Permanent Solution


                                                                               UPPER CASTES GRANTED
                  TRIPLE TALAQ                                               RESERVATION FOR THE FIRST

                                                                                   TIME IN HISTORY
            Muslim women are no longer
              subject to the unjust triple                                        On an economic basis, a
             talaq. Since the passage of                                        historic decision was made
             this law in 2019, the number                                       to grant the general category
              of cases of triple talaq has                                      a 10% reservation. Paved the
                 decreased by 80%.                                              way for a brighter future for
                                                                                 candidates with an annual
                                                                               income of less than Rs 8 lakh.


                                             PUTTING AN END TO THE
                                           BRU-REANG REFUGEE CRISIS

                                                The Bru-Reang Refugee
                                             Agreement, along with bilateral
                                               agreements with Mizoram
                                                and Tripura, provided a
                                               permanent solution to the
                                              refugee problem. In Tripura,
                                             approximately 37,000 internally
                                                 displaced people were
                                                      resettled.

              PADMA AWARDS TO                                                      NLFT AGREEMENT
                UNSUNG HEROES


            For the first time, a permanent                                     88 cadres surrendered after a
            way of honouring the country's                                       tripartite agreement between
           true heroes has been created by                                         the Central Government,
           altering the entire Padma award                                        Tripura Government, and
            process. With this, the Padma                                         the National Tripura Mukti
             award, which was previously                                              Morcha (NLFT).
            considered only for the upper
            class, became available to the
                   general public.

                                               THE BODO ACCORD FOR
                                             PEACE IN THE NORTHEAST


                                              The long wait of five decades
                                             ended with the Bodo Accord for
                                              peace in the Northeast. More
                                              than 1,600 cadres returned to
                                             the mainstream after surrender.
                                                 A special package of Rs
                                               1500 crore was given for the
                                             development of the Bodo areas.



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