India, Dec. 23 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on December 22 assured representatives of indigenous groups from Arunachal Pradesh that steps would be taken to frame rules under the Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 1978, which has remained largely unimplemented for decades.

Shah gave the assurance during a meeting with a delegation of the Indigenous Faith and Cultural Society of Arunachal Pradesh (IFCSAP), led by its president Emi Rumi, at his official residence here. The delegation highlighted that the absence of notified rules had rendered the Act ineffective despite its enactment more than 40 years ago.

The IFCSAP sought the Home Minister's intervention to expedite the process, stating that the delay had weakened legal safe...