Union Cabinet on December 24 gave its approval to amend the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulations (BEFR), 1873, reports East Mojo. The move is to make Inner Line Permit applicable to entire Manipur.This would protect the indigenous people of the state from provisions of Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA). In a Gazette notification dated December 11 it was stated that "In the Third Schedule to the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950, for the directions relating to the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation, 1873, the following shall be substituted, namely: - 'Preamble.-- In the opening paragraph, for "Districts of Kamrup, Darrang, Nowgong, Sibsagar, Lakhimpur, Naga Hills, Cachar" substitute "States of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram and area of districts of State of Nagaland as notified from time to time,"