Bowing to demands from tribal groups, the Manipur Assembly has resolved to implement the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and establish a State Population Commission (SPC). The corresponding population growth rates of the hill districts of Manipur were 153.30% and 250.90%, while the valley (Imphal and Jiribam) districts saw a growth rate of 94.80% and 125.40% during these periods, he pointed out. If Bangladeshi and Myanmar Muslims “occupied” the Assembly constituency of Jiribam and spread to other valleys in Manipur, Kuki people from Myanmar now own large swathes of the hills while the “Nepali population has raised tremendous number”, they said.