The center has instituted a high-level committee to examine the possibility of withdrawing the AFSPA in Nagaland. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India Vivek Joshi will head the 5-member committee and Additional Secretary in the Home Ministry Piyush Goyal will be its Member-Secretary. The Chief Secretary and DGP of Nagaland and the DGP of Assam Rifles will be the other members of the committee.
The committee will submit its report within 45 days.