WHAT JUST HAPPENED ?
The central government has written to foreign journalists stationed in India advising them to obtain prior permission for visiting Jammu and Kashmir
The Ministry of External Affairs has ‘reminded’ the journalists of a rule that states that foreign national require permission to travel to areas protected under the Foreigners (Protected Area) order , 1958
FOREGINERS (PROTECTED AREAS) ORDER 1958
Under Foreigners (Protected Areas) Order, 1958 ,all areas falling between Inner line and International Border of some states have been declared as protected areas.
The protected areas currently include whole of
ArunachalPradesh, Mizoram,Mainpur, Nagaland and Sikkim,besides parts of Himachal Pradesh ,Uttarakhand ,Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir.
GUIDELINES
Under Protected areas Regime, foreign nationals are not normally allowed to visit protected or restricted areas unless Government is satisfied that there are extra-ordinary reasons to justify their visit .
Every foreign ,except citizen of Bhutan ,who desires to enter and stay in protected or restricted area,is required to obtain special permit (PAP) from competent authority having power to issue such permits to foreigner ,seeking it.
Citizens of Afghanistan, China and Pakistan and froeign nationals of Pakistan origin are exception and are not allowed to enter such areas.
OFFICIAL DOCUMENT CUT OUT
Under the Foreigners (PROTECTED AREAS) Order ,1958 ,all areas falling between the ‘Inner line’ ,as defined in the said order ,and the International Border of the State have been declared as Protected Area. Protected Area are located in the following states:-
1)Whole of Arunachal Pradesh
2)Parts of Himachal Pradesh
3)Parts of Jammu and Kashmir
4)Whole of Manipur
5)Whole of Mizoram
6)Whole of Nagaland
7)Parts of Rajasthan
8)Whole of Sikkim (Partly in Protected Area and partly in Restricted Area)
9)Parts of Uttrakhand
IPS OFFICER WHO LED TO VEERAPPAN’S END TO ADVISE GOVERNOR
K Vijay Kumar ,a former IPS officers and an antimaoist expert ,has been named advisor to Governor Vohra kumar’s experience ranges from jungle warfare and security detail to counter -insurgency.
Also , Chhattisgarh cadre IAS officer B V R Subrahmanyam has been appointed the chief secretary of the state in place of B B Vyas.
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