Inner Line Permit System

✅ The Adaptation of Laws (Amendment) Order, 2019 extended the ILP regime to Manipur – it is the fourth state after Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, and Mizoram where the ILP regime is applicable. 

✅ Connection with the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019: The CAA, which relaxes eligibility criteria for certain categories of migrants from three countries seeking Indian citizenship, exempts 

certain categories of areas, including those protected by the Inner Line system. 

✅ About ILP

 

✅ Inner Line Permit (ILP) is an official travel document issued by the Government of India to allow inward travel of an Indian citizen into a protected/restricted area for a limited period. The document  

is an effort by the Government to regulate movement to certain areas located near the international border of India.  

✅ ILP system is currently in operation in Mizoram, AP and Nagaland. Manipur had the system of ILP but it was abolished in 1950. 

✅ Section 2 of Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation, 1873 empowers a State government to prescribe ‘Inner Line’ to prohibit citizens of India or any class of such citizens going beyond the prescribed line without a pass.