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- The Union government is all set to scrap the Free Movement Regime (FMR) along the Myanmar border.
- Then, People living in border areas, who could cross over to India, will require visas.
- India and Myanmar share an unfenced border, and people on either side have familial and ethnic ties, which prompted the arrangement in the 1970s.
- It was last revised in 2016.
- Under the FMR, every member of the hill tribes, who is either a citizen of India or a citizen of Myanmar, and who resides within 16 km on either side of the border, can cross the border on production of a border pass.
- This pass usually valid for a year, and they can stay for up to two weeks per visit.
- India shares a 1,643 km-long border with Myanmar, which passes through the States of Arunachal Pradesh (520 km), Nagaland (215 km), Manipur (398 km), and Mizoram (510 km).
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