Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM)

IN NEWS:

• Responding to Nagaland governor RN Ravi's letter on deteriorating law and order in the state, the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) said it did not extort the public of Nagaland but levied "legitimate taxes on them."

ABOUT NSCN:

• The National Socialist Council of Nagaland (abbreviated NSCN) is a Naga nationalist separatist group operating mainly in Northeast India.
• The main goal of the organization is to establish a sovereign Naga state, "Nagalim",which would consist of all the areas inhabited by the Naga people in Northeast India and Northwest Myanmar.
• Two major factions of NSCN include
  • NSCN (K), led by S. S. Khaplang
  • NSCN (I-M), led by late Isak Chishi Swu and Thuingaleng Muivah
• The Government of India signed a ceasefire agreement with NSCN (IM) on July 25, 1997, which came into effect on August 1, 1997.
• Over 80 rounds of talks between the two sides were held subsequently to solve the issue and reach an amicable settlement regarding the demands of NSCN(IM).

ABOUT NSCN(K):

• The NSCN (K) a terrorist organization under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act as they unlike NSCN(IM) have refused to come to peace talks with the government.
• The organization had signed a ceasefire with the Government of India in 2001. In March 2015, however, the NSCN (K) unilaterally called off the ceasefire.

PRELIMS QUESTION:

Q. NSCN(IM), an organization recently seen in news, is:

1. An NGO that works for reducing economic inequality
2. A Militant group operating in Nort East India
3. A thinktank on international relations
4. None of the above

Answer to Prelims question