Government of India Ministry of Home Affairs

Resettlement of Bru Migrants

• Due to ethnic violence in the western part of Mizoram in October 1997, a large number of minority Bru (Reang) families migrated to North Tripura in 1997-1998. Approximately 30,000 (5,000 families) Bru migrants were given shelter in six relief camps set-up in Kanchanpur district of North Tripura.
• Repatriation of Brus to Mizoram was started in 2010 and till 2014, approximately 1622 Bru families (8,573persons) were repatriated in six batches and resettled in Mizoram.
• On 3rd July, 2018, an agreement was signed between Govt. of India, Govt. of Mizoram, Govt. of Tripura and Mizoram Bru Displaced People’s Forum (MBDPF) for repatriation of 5,407 Bru families comprising 32,876 persons residing in temporary camps in Tripura. As a result, 328 families comprising of 1369 persons returned to Mizoram under the agreement upto 30.11.2019. There was a demand of Bru families that they may be settled down in Tripura, considering their apprehensions about their security.
• Considering the demand of Bru families and in order to arrive at a permanent solution to long standing issue of rehabilitating the Bru families, a new agreement was signed by Government of India, Government of Mizoram, Government of Tripura with representatives of Bru migrants on 16.01.2020 for permanent settlement of Bru (Reang) in Tripura. As per Agreement, each resettled Bru family would be given financial assistance of ₹4 lakh in fixed deposit, free ration for 2 years, monthly case assistance of ₹5,000/- for 2 years, house building assistance @ ₹1.50 lakh and plot of land measuring 30x40 sq.ft. Bru agreement is being successfully implemented. All eligible 6,935 Bru families have shifted to the identified 12 resettlement locations. All 6302 houses have been constructed at 11 locations and 599 houses have been constructed at the 12th locations so far and construction for the remaining 34 houses is under progress. All 6935 families have been provided house building assistance installments, FD of ₹4 lakh & monthly cash assistance of ₹5000/- and free ration is also being given to these families. All Bru beneficiaries are paid directly through DBT.

Year-wise details of expenditure/fund released for Rehabilitation Scheme(Grant-in-aid) to Govt. of Tripura for Bru Migrants since FY 2014-15