New Delhi, Jan 16 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed the agreement to permanently settle the Bru-Reang refugees in Tripura on Thursday, saying it will "greatly help" them.

He also said the Bru-Reang refugees will benefit from numerous welfare schemes of the government.

"A special day indeed," Modi wrote on Twitter.

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