Assam- Meghalaya Boundary Dispute 

Assam and Meghalaya partially resolved their 50 year old border dispute along their 884.9 km boundary.

What is the Assam Meghalaya border dispute ?

Meghalaya carved out of Assam by passing of an act known as Assam Reorganisation ( Meghalaya ) Act , 1969 and became a full- fledge state in 1972. 

Meghalaya questioned the reorganisation and claimed that the area of present day East Jaintia Hills , Ri-Bhoi and West Khasi Hills districts of meghalaya who got transferred to Assam by the Act, belongs to their tribal chieftains . After claims and counter -claims , the dispute was narrowed down to 12 sectors as claimed by Meghalaya in 2011. 

How the Assam Meghalaya dispute resolved?

The first serious attempt to solve the border dispute began in 1983 by forming a joint official committee , which sought the intervention of Survey of India to re-delineate their boundaries . After 1983 , there were various steps taken to solve the dispute but none proved fruitful . In 2019 , the Meghalaya government petitioned Supreme Court to direct centre to settle the dispute. 

In January 2021, Home Minister Amit Shah urged all north- eastern states to settle their disputes by August 15, 2022 .  As a result , in June 2021 , the two states decided to resume talks at CM level and adopt a 'give and take ' policy .

Of the 12 disputed regions , the less complicated six regions- Tarabari, Hahim , Gizang , Ratacherra , Boklapara and Khanapara- Pilingkata were chosen for the first phase . Both the states formed three regional committees on whose recommendation , the two state governments prepared a draft resolution on January 29 which paved the way for closure of six disputed regions.