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    ▫ Death of an American citizen who visited North Sentinel Island to establish contact and preach

    Christianity to the Sentinelese people. (Nov 2018)


    - What happened?
    ▫ Removal of Restricted Area Permit Requirement
    ▪ Under the Foreigners (Restricted Areas) Order, 1963, the Andaman & Nicobar Islands are
    a “Restricted Area” in which foreigners with a restricted area permit (RAP) can stay on
    13 islands, and make day visits to another 11
    ▪ In Aug 2018, the GoI (Home Ministry) removed the Restricted Area Permit (RAP) from 29
    islands in Andaman in order to foster tourism in the archipelago of Andaman & Nicobar
    Island. Foreigners will no longer require the RAP till Dec 31, 2022, to explore 29 island of
    the UT.
    ▪ Concerns raised by various activists
    • The policy will negatively affect the local PVTGs surviving independently on the
    islands since time immemorial.
    • The island opened up in the Andaman districts which have PVTGs are: North
    Sentinel Island, Strait Island and Little Andaman Island.
    • Choice of islands itself indicate that the policy change was made to boost tribal
    tourism.
    • Contacts with tribal groups in the past have not benefitted the tribal groups as has
    been seen in case of Onges, Jarawas etc.
    • The NCST has also called for withdrawal of the relaxation from RAP.
    - Tribals in Andaman and Nicobar Island
    ▫ Four Ancient Negrito Tribe in the Andaman Islands: The Great Andamanese, Onge, Jarawa,
    and Sentinelese
    ▫ Two Mongoloid Tribal communities in Nicobar Islands: the Shompen and Nicobarese (not
    PVTGs)
    ▪ Except Nicobarese, the population of other tribal groups in A&N islands have decreased
    drastically over the years.
    - India's Policy towards these tribes
    ▫ After independence, the PM Nehru's tribal Panchsheel were the guiding principles to
    formulate policies for the indigenous communities of A&N Islands. Based on this, the
    Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Protection of Aboriginal Tribes) Regulation (ANPATR), 1956
    was promulgated by the President.
    ▪ The regulation protects the tribals from outside interference, specified the limits of
    reserved areas and said that no land in the reserved areas shall be allotted for
    agricultural purposes or sold or mortgaged to outsiders. Violation of land rights of the
    tribals was punishable with imprisonment of one year and fine or Rs 1,000.
    ▫ In 1999, a petition was filed in the Supreme Court to bring the Jarawas in the mainstream.
    ▪ Expert committee to look into the matter, formed by SC, also recommended the
    continuation of the policy of non-intervention. It further recommended protecting the
    Jarawas from harmful contact with outsiders, preserving their cultural and social
    identity, conserving their land and advocated sensitising settlers about the Jarawas.
    ▫ ANPATR was amended in 2005, to increase the term of imprisonment and fine.
    ▫ However, the construction of Andaman Trunk Road had already led to increased interaction
    of tribals with the outsiders. In case of Jarawas this resulted into increased spread of disease,

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