India, July 8 -- The Nagaland Cabinet decided to convene a special session of the Assembly to enact a law for the proposed Frontier Nagaland Territorial Authority (FNTA), while seeking the Centre's approval for conferring legislative powers on the body.

The Cabinet, which held an emergency meeting with members of the Eastern Nagaland Legislators' Union (ENLU) and senior officials on Monday, also resolved to urge the Centre to enhance the proposed development package for the region from Rs 5,000 crore to Rs 10,000 crore. The decisions were announced in a statement issued by the Home Department amid concern over delays in implementing the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) signed on February 5 among the Centre, the Nagaland Government and the E...