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CHAPTER-I 1-5Mandate and Organisational Structure of Ministry of Home Affairs

CHAPTER-II 6-43Internal Security

CHAPTER-III 44-77Border Management

CHAPTER-IV 78-81Centre-State Relations

CHAPTER-V 82-98Crime Scenario in the Country

CHAPTER-VI 99-116Human Rights and National Integration

CHAPTER-VII 117-158Union Territories

CHAPTER-VIII 159-200Police Forces

CHAPTER- IX 201-226Other Police Organisations and Institutions

CHAPTER- X 227-250Disaster Management

CHAPTER-XI 251-266International Cooperation

CHAPTER-XII 267-284Major Initiatives and Schemes

CHAPTER-XIII 285-302Foreigners, Freedom Fighters’ Pension and Rehabilitation

CHAPTER-XIV 303-321Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India

CHAPTER-XV 322-341Miscellaneous Issues

ANNEXURES 343-368

CONTENTS

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HOME AFFAIRS

1.1 The Ministry of Home Affairs(MHA) has a wide spectrum ofresponsibilities, the principal beinginternal security of the country, themanagement of Central Armed PoliceForces, border management, Centre-Staterelations, administration of UnionTerritories, disaster management, theadministration of the Foreigners Act andallied matters, Census and Human Rights.Though in terms of Entries 1 and 2 ofList II – ‘State List’ – in the SeventhSchedule to the Constitution of India,‘public order’ and ‘police’ are theresponsibilities of States, Article 355 ofthe Constitution enjoins the Union toprotect every State against externalaggression and internal disturbance andto ensure that the Government of everyState is carried on in accordance with theprovisions of the Constitution. Inpursuance of these obligations, theMinistry of Home Affairs continuouslymonitors the situation, issues appropriateadvisories, extends manpower andfinancial support, guidance and expertiseto the State Governments for maintenanceof security, peace and harmony withoutencroaching upon the constitutional rightsof the States.

1.2 Under the Government of India(Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961, theMinistry of Home Affairs has thefollowing constituent Departments:-

• Department of Internal Security,dealing with the Indian PoliceService, Central Armed PoliceForces, internal security and law &order, insurgency, terrorism, LeftWing Extremism, activities ofinimical foreign agencies, terroristfinancing, rehabilitation, grant ofvisa and other immigration matters,security clearances, etc.;

• Department of States, dealing withCentre-State relations, Inter-Staterelations, administration of UnionTerritories, Freedom Fighters’pension, Human rights, PrisonReforms, Police Reforms, etc. ;

• Department of Home, dealing withthe notification of assumption ofoffice by the President and theVice-President, notification ofappointment/resignation of thePrime Minister, Ministers,Governors, nomination to Rajya

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Sabha/Lok Sabha, Census ofpopulation, registration of birthsand deaths, etc.;

• Department of Jammu and

Kashmir (J&K) Affairs, dealingwith the constitutional provisionsin respect of the State of Jammuand Kashmir and all other mattersrelating to the State, excludingthose with which the Ministry ofExternal Affairs is concerned;

• Department of Border

Management, dealing withmanagement of internationalborders, including coastal borders,strengthening of border guardingforces and mechanism and creationof related infrastructure, borderareas development, etc.; and

• Department of Official Language,dealing with the implementation ofthe provisions of the Constitutionrelating to official languages andthe provisions of the OfficialLanguages Act, 1963.

1.3 The Department of InternalSecurity, the Department of States, theDepartment of Home, the Department ofJammu and Kashmir Affairs and theDepartment of Border Management donot function in watertight compartments.They all function under the Union Home

Secretary and are inter-linked. There is adesignated Secretary for the Departmentof Border Management also. TheDepartment of Official Language has aseparate Secretary and functionsindependently. The Annual Report of theMinistry of Home Affairs does not,therefore, cover the activities of thatDepartment.

1.4 The information relating toMinisters, Home Secretary, Secretaries,Special Secretaries, Additional Secretariesand Joint Secretaries who held/areholding position in the Ministry of HomeAffairs during the year (excluding theDepartment of Official Language andDepartment of Justice) is at Annexure-I.

The Organisational Chart has also beengiven at Annexure-II.

1.5 The different Divisions of theMinistry of Home Affairs and major areasof their responsibility are as below:

Administration Division

1.6 The Division is responsible forhandling all administrative and vigilancematters, allocation of work among variousDivisions of the Ministry and mattersrelating to the Table of Precedence,Padma Awards, Gallantry Awards, JeevanRaksha Padak, National Flag, NationalAnthem, State Emblem of India and theSecretariat Security Organisation. The



Division also handles matters relating toRight to Information Act, 2005.

Border Management Division

1.7 The Division deals with mattersrelating to coordination and concertedaction by administrative, diplomatic,security, intelligence, legal, regulatory andeconomic agencies of the country for themanagement of international borders,including coastal borders, creation of thenecessary infrastructure for bordermanagement like Integrated Check Posts,Border Out Posts (BOPs), roads/fencingand floodlighting of borders and theBorder Areas Development Programme.

Coordination Division

1.8 The Division deals with intra-Ministry coordination work,Parliamentary matters, public grievances(PGs), record retention schedule, custodyof classified and non-classified records ofthe Ministry, Internal Work Study,furnishing of various reports relating toemployment of SCs/STs/OBCs andPersons with Disabilities to Departmentof Personnel and Training, etc.

Centre-State Division

1.9 The Division deals with Centre–State relations, including working of theconstitutional provisions governing such

relations, appointment of Governors,creation of new States, nominations toRajya Sabha/Lok Sabha, Inter-Stateboundary disputes, over-seeing the crimesituation in States, imposition ofPresident’s Rule, etc.

Disaster Management Division

1.10 The Division is responsible forlegislation, policy and administrativemeasures for capacity building,prevention, mitigation and preparednessto deal with natural and man-madedisasters (except drought and epidemics)and for coordinating response, relief andrehabilitation after a disaster strike.

Finance Division

1.11 The Division is responsible forformulating, operating and controlling thebudget of the Ministry and other matterspertaining to expenditure control &monitoring and financial advice, etc.,under the Integrated Finance Scheme.

Foreigners Division

1.12 The Division deals with all mattersrelating to Visa, Protected Area Permit(PAP)/Restricted Area Permit (RAP)regimes, immigration, citizenship,overseas citizenship of India, policy andregulations relating to acceptance offoreign contribution and hospitality.


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Freedom Fighters’ and RehabilitationDivision

1.13 The Division frames andimplements the Freedom Fighters’Pension Scheme and the schemes forrehabilitation of migrants from formerWest Pakistan/East Pakistan andprovision of relief to Sri Lankan andTibetan refugees.

Human Rights Division

1.14 The Division deals with mattersrelating to the administration of theProtection of Human Rights Act and alsomatters relating to national integration,communal harmony and Ayodhya.

Internal Security Divisions

1.15 Internal Security-I Division dealswith matters relating to internal securityand law & order, including anti-nationaland subversive activities of variousgroups/extremist organisations, terroristfinancing, policy and operational issuesrelating to terrorism, security clearances,monitoring of ISI activities, counterterrorism policy and structures etc.

1.16 Internal Security-II Division dealswith matters relating to arms andexplosives, extradition, narcotics andNarcotics Control Bureau, the NationalSecurity Act, mutual legal assistance

agreements with different countries andtheir implementation, Interpol etc.

Jammu & Kashmir Division

1.17 The Division deals withconstitutional matters including Article 370of the Constitution of India and generalpolicy matters in respect of the State ofJammu & Kashmir and terrorism/militancy in that State. It is also responsiblefor implementation of the Prime Minister’sPackage for Jammu and Kashmir.

Judicial Division

1.18 The Division deals with all mattersrelating to the legislative aspects of theIndian Penal Code (IPC), Code ofCriminal Procedure (Cr.P.C.), theCommissions of Inquiry Act, mattersrelating to the State legislations whichrequire the assent of the President ofIndia under the Constitution, politicalpension to erstwhile rulers beforeindependence and mercy petitions underArticle 72 of the Constitution.

Naxal Management Division

1.19 The Division was created onOctober 19, 2006 to effectively tackle thenaxalite menace from both security anddevelopment angles. It monitors the naxalsituation and counter-measures beingtaken by the affected States with the



objective of improving ground-levelpolicing and development response as perthe location specific action plansformulated by the affected States. It alsoreviews implementation of variousdevelopmental schemes of Ministries/Departments concerned in the naxalaffected areas as also optimum utilisationof funds released under such schemes.

North East Division

1.20 The Division deals with the internalsecurity and law & order situation inNorth-Eastern States, including mattersrelating to insurgency and talks withvarious extremist groups operating in thatregion.

Police Divisions

1.21 Police-I Division functions as thecadre controlling authority in respect ofIndian Police Service (IPS) and also dealswith all matters relating to training ofpolice personnel, award of Presidents’Police Medals for Meritorious/Distinguished Service and Gallantry, etc.

1.22 Police-II Division deals with allmatters relating to Central Armed PoliceForces, including their deployment.

Police Modernisation Division

1.23 The Division handles work relating

to modernisation of State Police Forces,

provisioning/procurement of various

items for modernisation of Central Armed

Police Forces, police reforms, etc.

Policy Planning Division

1.24 The Division deals with

international and bilateral intervention

between countries with regard to internal

security issues relating to policy

formulation in respect of internal security

issues, international cooperation on

counter-terrorism, international covenants,

bilateral assistance treaties and related

items of work and security of VIPs/vital

installations.

Union Territories Division

1.25 The Division deals with

constitutional legislative and

administrative matters relating to Union

Territories, including National Capital

Territory of Delhi. It also functions as

the cadre controlling authority of the

Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and

Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre of

Indian Administrative Service (IAS)/

Indian Police Service (IPS) as also Delhi-

Andaman and Nicobar Island Civil

Service (DANICS)/Delhi-Andaman

and Nicobar Island Police Service

(DANIPS).

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INTERNAL SECURITY

and the economy is showing signs of

recovery.

2.2 Terrorism in the hinterland has

been by and large under control except

for the serial bomb blasts in Mumbai inJuly, 2011 and the bomb blast in Delhi

High Court in September, 2011. A total

of 60 terrorist modules were neutralizedduring 2009 to 2011. A major module of

Indian Mujahidin was neutralized in

January, 2012.

2.3 The operations against the LeftWing Extremists continued. The security

forces achieved some notable successes

in arresting/neutralizing elements of thetop leadership. However, this is a long

drawn out battle and needs to be

persevered with both in terms ofoperations against the armed elements as

well as the all round development of

LWE affected areas.

2.4 The communal situation remainedby and large under control despite

some isolated incidents in two or three

places.

OVERVIEW

2.1 The Internal Security situation inthe country in 2011 showed distinct signsof improvement over the previous years.The level of infiltration from across theborders and the resultant terroristactivities in the valley of Kashmir showeda significant decline. The incidents ofterrorist violence declined from 708 in2008, 499 in 2009 and 488 in 2010 to 340in 2011. The number of security forceskilled declined from 75 in 2008, 79 in2009 and 69 in 2010 to 33 in 2011. Thenumber of civilians killed also declinedfrom 91 in 2008, 71 in 2009 and 47 in2010 to 31 in 2011. The number ofterrorists killed declined from 239 in 2009and 232 in 2010 to 100 in 2011; showingthe effects of better domination of theLine of Control and the resultantly lowerinfiltration. In the North-Eastern States aswell, the number of incidents of terroristviolence has come down from 1297 in2009 to 627 in 2011. The number ofcivilians killed has also come down from264 in 2009 to only 70 in 2011. In boththese areas, the civil society is emerging


almost two decades. The levels of terroristviolence and encounters in the hinterlandof J&K are inextricably linked to the levelsof successful infiltration from across theborder. Since inception of militancy inJ&K, 13,846 Civilians and 4,807 SecurityForce (SF) personnel have lost their lives(upto 31.12.2011). The statistical detailsfrom the year 2005 are shown in the tablebelow:

2.5 In 2011-2012, the Ministryconsolidated the initiatives taken in theprevious years to strengthen the nationalsecurity apparatus and also initiated newmeasures to meet the grave challengesposed by the global terrorism.

2.6 The situation in different areas ofthe country mentioned above, and thevarious measures that are being taken by

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TRENDS OF TERRORIST VIOLENCE IN J&K

Year Incidents SFs killed Civilians killed Terrorists killed

2005 1990 189 557 917

2006 1667 151 389 591

2007 1092 110 158 472

2008 708 75 91 339

2009 499 79 71 239

2010 488 69 47 232

2011 340 33 31 100

the Government to counter the challengesto internal security from terrorists, arebriefly brought out in the subsequentparagraphs.

JAMMU AND KASHMIR

Security Situation

2.7.1 The State of Jammu & Kashmir(J&K) has been affected by terrorist andsecessionist violence, sponsored andsupported from across the border, for

2.7.2 In 2011, there was a perceptibledecline in the number of terrorist incidentsand civilian & SFs casualties compared tolast year. The year 2011 witnessed a 30%decrease in the number of terroristincidents and 34% and 52% decrease incivilian and SFs fatalities respectivelycompared to the year 2010. One hundredterrorists were also neutralised during theyear 2011. During the year, the KashmirValley was comparatively free of majorlaw and order/civil disturbances of thenature seen in summer of 2010.



2.7.3 During the period from January toDecember, 2011, infiltration attempts haveshown a downward trend compared tothe corresponding period in 2010. As perreports, the number of infiltrationattempts for the period upto December,2011 is 247 compared to 489 during thesame period in 2010, which is a declineof 49.5%. The reported infiltrationattempts in J&K since 2004 is indicatedin the Table below:

2.7.4 The Government in tandem with

the State Government, have adopted a

multi-pronged approach to contain cross

border infiltration, which, inter-alia,

includes strengthening of border

management and multi-tiered and multi-

modal deployment along international

border/Line of Control, and

near the ever changing

infiltration routes,

construction of border

fencing, improved

technology, weapons and

equipments for SFs,

improved intelligence and

operational coordination;

and synergizing intelligence

flow to check infiltration and

pro-active action against

terrorists within the State.

2.7.5 Government have adopted variouscounter terrorism strategies to neutralisethe efforts and capabilities of militants todisturb peace in the State. TheGovernment has also encouraged policiesto mainstream the youth and discouragethe local youth from joining militancy.

2.7.6 The security situation in J & K ismonitored and reviewed by the ChiefMinister of J&K in the Unified

Headquarters/Command with senior

representatives of the State Government,

Army, Central Armed Police Forces and

other security agencies. The MHA also

closely and continuously monitors the

security situation in tandem with the State

Government and the Ministry of Defence.

CRPF jawans on patrol in Jammu and Kashmir

Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Total 537 597 573 535 342 485 489 247



2.7.7 The endeavour of the Governmenthas been to:

(i) Proactively take suitable measuresby all the SFs to reduce infiltrationof terrorists from across the border;and to identify, locate andapprehend the terrorists who mayhave crossed over; as also theirlocal associates;

(ii) To ensure that the democraticprocess is sustained and primacyof civil administration is restoredto effectively tackle the socio-economic problem facing thepeople on account of the effects ofthe militancy in the State; and

(iii) To ensure sustained peace and toprovide adequate opportunities toall sections of the people in theState who eschew violence toeffectively represent their viewpoints and to redress their genuinegrievances.

2.7.8 To support the State Governmentin its initiatives, the Central Governmenthas been making available Central ArmedPolice Forces as necessary, and helpingto strengthen the State Police andreimbursing expenditure being incurredon a variety of security related measures.These include inter-alia, expenditure oncarriage of Constabulary, material

supplies, rent of accommodation,honorarium to Special Police Officers,Civic Action Programme, air-lift charges,raising cost of India Reserve Battalions,transport, boarding and lodging, alternateaccommodation for Security Forces, etc.The total amount reimbursed (from 1989till 31.3.2011) under Security relatedExpenditure (Police) [SRE (P)] isR3,583.305 crore. During the currentfinancial year a sum of R200 crore hasbeen reimbursed to J&K Governmentunder SRE (P) till December, 2011.

Action taken on the Eight Point Plan

2.7.9 An All Party Delegation (APD)comprising 34 members of variouspolitical parties accompanied by theUnion Home Minister and theParliamentary Affairs Minister visitedJ&K on 20.09.2010 and 21.09.2010 andheld discussions with representatives ofpolitical parties and various interestgroups from the civil society at Srinagarand Jammu. Based on the inputs of theAll Party Delegation, the Government inOctober, 2010 approved an eight pointplan to bring peace in the State. Thisincludes appointment of interlocutors forsustained dialogue; release of studentsand youth detained for stone pelting;review the cases of all Public Safety Act(PSA) detenues; review the deploymentof Security Forces in the Kashmir valley;ex-gratia relief to the families of the



deceased persons at R5 lakh per personkilled in the civil disturbances since11.06.2010; appointment of Special TaskForces to examine developmental needsof Jammu and Ladakh regions; reopeningof all schools, colleges and provision ofAdditional Central Assistance of R100crore to the State Government to restorethe damaged infrastructure of schoolsand colleges. The eight point plan hasbeen implemented. The followingmeasures have been taken during thecurrent year:-

(i) Special Task Forces for Jammu

and Ladakh Regions : In order toexamine the development needs ofthe Jammu and Ladakh regionswith particular reference todeficiencies in infrastructure andmake suitable recommendations,two Special Task Forces (STFs) forJammu and Ladakh regions hadbeen constituted under theChairmanship of Dr. Abhijit Sen,Member, Planning Commission andDr. Narendra Jadhav, Member,Planning Commission respectively.The two STFs visited J&K and hadmeetings with Chief Minister andother concerned and submittedtheir reports. Short-term projects forimmediate implementation withina time horizon of 24 months havebeen recommended at a total costof R497 crore and R416 crore for

Jammu and Ladakh regionsrespectively. A provision of R100crore and R150 crore has beenmade by the Ministry of Financeas Special Plan Assistance duringthe current financial year forimplementation of therecommended projects in Jammuand Ladakh regions respectively.

(ii) Considering the importance ofthese projects, State Governmenttook the advance action andreleased R150 crore for JammuProjects and R50 crore each forLeh and Kargil projects on29.06.2011. Based on the details ofthe projects submitted by the StateGovernment, Planning Commissionrecommended release of funds andthe Ministry of Finance sanctionedR250 crore to the State Governmenton 06.09.2011.

RELIEF MEASURES FORVICTIMS OF MILITANCYUNDER PM’S PACKAGE

One-time Cash Compensation ofR5 lakh to the Next-of-kin ofCivilians Killed in Militancy RelatedIncidents in Lieu of CompassionateAppointment Under SRO-43

2.7.10 A sum of R100 crore wasreleased by the Government of India to



the State Government from the budgethead, Security Related Expenditure(Relief & Rehabilitation) [SRE(R&R)] inthree instalments vide orders dated17.10.2008, 23.03.2009 and 15.10.2009 tosettle 2,000 militancy related pendingcompassionate appointment cases byway of providing cash compensation ofR5 lakh to the next-of-kins (NoKs) ofthe civilians killed in militancy relatedviolence. It was a one-time dispensationto cover the backlog of pending casesand all future cases were to be financedfrom the State budget. The StateGovernment has indicated that anamount of R100 crore has been utilizedfor settling 2,643 cases.

2.7.11 On request of the Governmentof J&K, Government of India vide orderdated 11.03.2011 approved the extensionof the scheme for payment of cashcompensation @ R4 lakh per person(excluding ex-gratia of R1 lakh) to NoKof ‘civilians’ as well ‘surrenderedmilitants’, killed in militancy relatedincidents, in lieu of compassionateappointment, under SRE(R&R) to coveranother backlog of 681 cases (391 casesof NoKs of civilians and 290 cases ofNoKs of surrendered militants) at anestimated expenditure of R27.24 crore.The State Government was to settlethese backlog cases and forward theclaims for reimbursement underSRE(R&R).

Implementation of PM’s package-(i) enhanced pension to the widowsof civilians, and (ii) scholarship toall orphans without discriminationand (iii) enhanced pension to oldpersons and handicapped

2.7.12 As per the inputs received fromState Government, 3,481 widows, 1,740orphans, 2,272 old persons and 968handicapped have been covered underthe above J&K Rehabilitation CouncilSchemes during 2011-12.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Central Assistance to Jammu andKashmir

2.7.13 The Central Government has beencontinuously supporting and assisting theState Government in their efforts to bringabout all-round economic development,and to provide avenues for gainfulemployment to the people, with focus onplanned and balanced regionaldevelopment. Priority has been accordedto building physical, economic and socialinfrastructure, thereby improving theproductive potential of the State besidesimproving the quality of life of the people.

Prime Minister’s Reconstruction Planfor J&K

2.7.14 As a special initiative in the abovedirection, the Prime Minister during his



visit to J&K on 17.11.2004 and 18.11.2004,had announced a Reconstruction Plan forJ&K involving an outlay of approximatelyR24,000 crore, which broadly includesprojects/schemes aimed at expandingeconomic infrastructure and provision ofbasic services, imparting a thrust toemployment and income generationactivities and providing relief andrehabilitation for different groups affectedby militancy in J&K. The current estimatedcost of all the schemes included in thePrime Minister’s Reconstruction Plan isR28,004 crore. Expenditure incurred isR8,731.63 crore on Central Sector projectsand R3,967 crore on State Sector projectstotalling to R12,698.63 crore.

NIMOO BAZOG DAM

2.7.15 The projects/schemes envisagedin the Reconstruction Plan-2004 areimplemented by the respectiveAdministrative Ministries in consultationwith the State Government. The progressof implementation of the Plan, whichincludes 67 projects/schemes covering11 sectors of economy, is beingmonitored by the Ministry of HomeAffairs and the Planning Commissionregularly. Out of the aforesaid 67projects/schemes, action in respect of the31 projects/schemes has been completed.Out of the remaining 36 projects/schemes, 33 projects are at various stagesof implementation and 03 are in thepreparatory stages.



2.7.16 Some of the major projects andtheir present state of progress is asfollows:

Chutak Barrage

(a) Two Power projects namelyChutak and Uri-2 are nearingcompletion. Under the project‘Electrification of all villages acrossthe State’, National HydroelectricPower Corporation (NHPC) haselectrified 2,290 villages andelectricity connections have beenprovided to 42,133 Below PovertyLine households. Out of 73schemes under the project ‘Power

Transmission & DistributionNetwork Strengthening Works inJammu & Kashmir Region’, 14grid stations and 16 transmissionlines have been completed. Otherprojects viz. Pakal Dal, Bursar andKishanganga are at their initialstages of implementation.

(b) Two road projects namely Domel-Katra and Narbal-Tangmarg roadsare almost completed. Mughalroad is likely to be completed byMarch, 2013. Work in respect ofother important road projects viztwo-laning of Batote-KishtwarRoad (NH 1B), two-laning ofSrinagar-Leh Road via Kargil(NH-ID) and upgrading ofSrinagar-Uri-LOC road, is underprogress.

(c) The project ‘Two Room Tenementsfor Kashmiri Migrants’ is at itsfinishing stage.

Special Industry Initiative for J&K(SIIJ&K)

2.7.17 On the recommendation of theExpert Group constituted by PrimeMinister’s Office under the Chairmanshipof Dr. C. Rangaragan, the Scheme ‘SpecialIndustry Initiative for J&K’ was approvedby the Cabinet Committee on EconomicAffairs on 07.07.2011. The SII J&K SchemeUri - 2 Power House



is to provide skills and enhanceemployability to 8,000 youth from J&Kper annum over a five year period inkey high growth sectors. The programmeis targeted at providing well-paying jobsto the trained manpower. The Scheme isbeing implemented by National SkillDevelopment Council (NSDC) and theCorporate Sector in PPP mode. TheScheme will cover graduates, postgraduates and professional degreeholders.

2.7.18 So far following proposals havebeen approved by the ApprovalCommittee:-

(i) Proposal of Future HumanDevelopment Limited to train1,150 candidates in retail/supplychain management

(ii) Proposal of CII to train 1,000candidates in Managerial andEntrepreneurship skills

(iii) Proposal of TCS to train 850candidates in IT and BPO Sectorover a period of five years.

2.7.19 Apart from it, proposals of YesBank, HCL, etc. are in pipeline. UnionHome Secretary wrote to FICCI,ASSOCHAM and CII and 30 companies/corporates informing about the mainaspects of the Scheme, seeking their

cooperation and requesting to meet anddiscuss the Scheme. To motivate thePublic Sector Undertakings to participatein the Scheme, the Union Home Ministeraddressed CMDs/Chairman of 26 PSUson 02.12.2011.

Relief and Rehabilitation of KashmiriMigrants

2.7.20 Terrorist violence/militancy inJ&K, particularly in its early phase, hadled to large scale forced migration ofmembers of Kashmiri Pundit communityfrom Kashmir Valley. A variety ofmeasures have been taken over the yearsby way of financial assistance/relief andother initiatives to provide succour andsupport to the affected families, within abroad policy framework that those whohave migrated will eventually return tothe Valley.

2.7.21 There are 58,697 Kashmirimigrant families of which 38,119 familiesare in Jammu, 19,338 families in Delhiand 1,240 families in other States/UTs.Government of J&K is giving dry rationand cash relief of R1,250 per head subjectto a maximum of R5,000 per family permonth to 16,686 eligible families stayingin Jammu region. Government of NCTof Delhi is also giving cash relief ofR1,250 per head subject to a maximumof R5,000 per family per month to 3,624eligible families. Other State



Governments/UT Administrations havealso been providing relief to migrants inaccordance with the scales fixed by themfor the Kashmiri migrants staying intheir States/UTs.

2.7.22 In accordance with PrimeMinister’s announcement andrecommendations of Inter-MinisterialTeam (IMT), construction of 5,242 tworoomed tenements with expenditure ofR385 crore was started to accommodateall the migrant families presently livingin the camps in one roomed tenementsat Jammu. In the 1st Phase, constructionof 1,024 tenements at Nagrota, Purkhooand Muthi have been completed andallotted. In the 2nd Phase, as on November

2011, out of 4,218 flats, 3,654 flats havebeen allotted and occupied. The PrimeMinister inaugurated the newlyconstructed 2,112 flats on 04.03.2011. Theconstruction of remaining flats is expectedto be completed shortly.

2.7.23 Further, in order to facilitate thereturn of Kashmiri migrants, the CentralGovernment approved construction of 200flats at Sheikhpora in Budgam Districton an experimental basis at anexpenditure of R22.90 crore. Constructionof 180 flats has been completed.Construction of 20 flats is in progress andexpected to be completed shortly.Construction of 18 flats at Mattan hasalso been completed and allotted.

Township of Two roomed tenements for Kashmiri migrants at Jagati, Jammu



2.7.24 In addition to the above measures,the Prime Minister during his visit to J&Kon 25.04.2008 announced, inter-alia, apackage of R1,618.40 crore for return andrehabilitation of Kashmiri migrants to theValley. The package includes provisionof assistance towards housing, transitaccommodation, continuation of cashrelief, students scholarships, employment,assistance to agriculturists/horticulturistsand waiver of interest on loans.

Transit accommodation for Kashmiri Migrants inKashmir Valley

2.7.25 State Government has constitutedan Apex Advisory Committee inSeptember, 2009 under the Chairmanshipof the Revenue Minister, J&K to overseethe effective implementation of thePackage. Government of J&K has alreadycreated 3,000 supernumerary posts forKashmiri migrant unemployed youth.Recruitment Rules have also beennotified. The Recruiting Agency hasfinalized the selection and so far 1,441candidates have joined the posts in theValley. Out of 495 transit accommodation

units at Kulgam, Baramulla, Pulwamaand Kupwara, as on December 2011construction of 335 units has beencompleted and construction of theremaining units is in progress.

People to People Contact AcrossLoC

2.7.26 Government of India has initiatedvarious measures to enhance people topeople contact across LoC which includesCross LoC Travel and Cross LoC Tradebetween Jammu & Kashmir and PakistanOccupied Kashmir. The salient featuresof these two initiatives are given asunder:-

Cross LoC Travel

2.7.27 To promote people to peoplecontact, fortnightly bus services onSrinagar - Muzaffarabad route was startedfrom 07.04.2005 and thereafter on Poonch- Rawalakot route from 20.06.2006. Takinginto account the good response of thisConfidence Building Measure, from bothsides of LoC, the fortnightly bus serviceon Srinagar - Muzaffarabad and Poonch- Rawalakot routes was converted intoweekly with effect from 11.09.2008 and08.09.2008 respectively. The number ofpassengers who made use of theseservices till 31.12.2011 on Srinagar-Muzaffarabad and Poonch - Rawalakotroutes is 7,194 and 9,811 respectively.



2.7.28 During the meeting of theMinister of External Affairs of India andthe Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistanheld on 27.07.2011, a number of decisionshave been taken to further smoothen thetravel across LoC, including change ofday of bus service from Thursdays toMondays, expansion of Cross-LoC travelon both sides of the LoC to include visitsfor tourism and religious pilgrimage,allowing six month multiple entry cross-LoC travel permits by the DesignatedAuthorities, etc. As decided in thismeeting, the day of Cross LoC bus servicebetween Srinagar and Muzaffarabad hasbeen changed from Thursdays toMondays with effect from 31.10.2011.Further, the modalities are being workedout in respect of other agreed measures.

Cross LoC Trade between J&K

2.7.29 During the meeting of the PrimeMinister of India with the President ofPakistan on the sidelines of 63rd UNGeneral Assembly Session on 23.09.2008,it was agreed by both the leaders tocommence cross LoC trade from21.10.2008. Accordingly, trade started onSrinagar - Muzaffarabad and Poonch -Rawalakot routes on 21 approved itemson zero duty basis with effect from21.10.2008. Till 31.12.2011, 8,037 truckshave crossed over to PoK and 7,241 truckshave crossed over to our side. Cross LoCtrade on Poonch - Rawalakot axis has CRPF jawans on duty during Amar Nath Yatra

also commenced on 21.10.2008. Till31.12.2011, 4,216 trucks have crossed overto PoK and 4,273 trucks have crossed overto our side.

2.7.30 As decided in the meeting of theMinister of External Affairs of India andthe Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistanheld on 27.07.2011, number of tradingdays on both the trade routes has beenincreased from two to four per week witheffect from 15.11.2011. The other decisionstaken during the meeting on Cross LoCTrade are at various stages ofimplementation.

Amarnath Yatra

2.7.31 Amarnath Yatra - 2011 whichcommenced on 29.06.2011 concludedpeacefully on 13.08.2011. A recordnumber of 6.35 lakh yatris had Darshanthis year compared to 4.58 lakh in 2010and 3.92 lakh in the year 2009.



Jammu & Kashmir Update

2.7.32 Jammu and Kashmir Update, amonthly newsmagazine, started fromOctober 2009, is a unique initiative ofMinistry of Home Affairs to showcasethe developments taking place in theState. The ambit of the magazine coversall the three regions of the State withfocus on the achievements of people.The soft version of the magazine isavailable on the Website of the Ministryof Home Affairs (http://mha.gov.in)and is also accessible throughwww.jammuandkashmirupdate.com

2.7.33 To make it participatory, themagazine is now inviting success stories/unique achievements, along withphotographs in the field of sports,adventure sports, studies, business, art,culture, positive welfare initiatives, socialchange, religious harmony, education, etc.The selected articles/stories would bepublished in the web version of themagazine and the best among themwould be suitably rewarded.

2.7.34 The Jammu & Kashmir Academyof Art, Culture and Languages, Srinagarwith the financial support from the Ministryof Home Affairs has been organizingvarious art and culture programme onJammu and Kashmir since 2008-09. Theobjective of the programme are :-

(a) to promote art, culture andlanguages in the State;

(b) to develop the skill ofschool/college going childrenin theatre, dance, music andvisual arts; and

(c) to showcase the art andculture of J&K to the world.

2.7.35 In order to showcase the richcultural traditions of J&K and to help indeveloping emotional bond between thepeople of J&K with other part of Indiaand to help in reducing the aloofness,which was created due to militancy/terrorism, the Ministry of Home Affairshas extended financial assistance to thetune of R49.32 lakh to the Academy fortaking composite troupe of J&K to holdthe folk festivals in seven cities acrossthe country 2010-11.

Election to Local Bodies and itsImpact

2.7.36 The seventeen phase PanchayatElection started on 13.04.2011 andculminated on 27.06.2011. Overall theelections were peaceful. The averagevoting reported was 76.87%. The phasewise position of voting is annexed asAnnexure-III. These elections werelandmark elections as they were conductedafter nearly two decades. The Rural



Development Department, Government ofJ&K issued an order on 28.08.2011 onentrustment/execution of powers andfunctions of Halqa Panchayats.

of civilians and security forces. Theprofile of violence in North EasternRegion as a whole during the last fiveyears is given below :-

SECURITY SITUATION IN NORTH EASTERN STATES

DURING THE PERIOD 2007 TO 2011

Year Incidents Extremists arrested/ SFs killed Civilians

killed/surrendered killed

2007 1489 2875 79 498

2008 1561 4318 46 466

2009 1297 3842 42 264

2010 773 3306 20 94

2011 627 3377 32 70

NORTH EAST

2.8.1 The North Eastern Region, whichcomprises eight States, viz. Assam,Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur,Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland,Tripura and Sikkim, presents anintricate cultural and ethnic mosaic withover 200 ethnic groups with distinctlanguages, dialects and socio-culturalidentity. The security situation in someof the North Eastern States which hasremained complex for quite some timebecause of diverse demands advocatedby various militant outfits, has shownimprovement in 2011 as compared tothe previous year in terms of numberof incidents of violence and causalities

2.8.2 Mizoram and Sikkim have continuedto remain peaceful. The security situationin Tripura, Assam, Nagaland and Manipurhas improved with noticeable decline inincidents of violence and casualties ofCivilians and personnel of Security Forcesin 2011 as compared to the previous year.Arunachal Pradesh has largely remainedpeaceful although there is increase inincidents of violence in some parts of theState in 2011. The States of Assam andManipur, however, continue to account forthe bulk of incidents of violence in theNorth Eastern Region. Meghalaya haswitnessed an upswing in the incidents ofviolence in the year 2011. State-wise detailsof violence profile during the last five years(from 2007 to 2011) in North Eastern Regionare at Annexure-IV.



2.8.3 The entire State of ArunachalPradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagalandand parts of Sikkim were “ProtectedAreas” under Foreigners (Protected Area)Order, 1958 issued under Section 3 of theForeigners Act, 1946 by the Ministry ofHome Affairs. Some areas of Sikkim havealso been declared ‘Restricted Area’ underthe Foreigners (Restricted Areas) Order,1963. In terms of Foreigners (ProtectedArea) Order, 1958 and Foreigners(Restricted Areas) Order, 1963, noforeigner shall enter into or remain inany protected area/restricted area exceptunder and in accordance with the permitissued by Central Government or anyofficer authorized by the CentralGovernment in this behalf. For promotingtourism in North Eastern States,guidelines regarding relaxation of PAP/RAP regime have been issued from timeto time by the Ministry.

2.8.4 The Protected Area Regime in theStates of Manipur, Mizoram andNagaland has since been reviewed andthe entire area of the States of Manipur,Mizoram and Nagaland have beenexcluded from the Protected AreaRegime notified under Foreigners(Protected Area) Order, 1958 subject tocertain conditions. The State ofArunachal Pradesh continues to beProtected Area under Foreigners(Protected Area) Order, 1958. In addition,some parts of Sikkim continue to be

under the provision of Foreigners(Protected Area) Order, 1958 andForeigners (Restricted Areas) Order,1963.

Assam

2.8.5 The security situation in Assamhas improved since early 2010 coincidingwith falling level of violence orchestratedby insurgent groups. A total of 31persons, including 14 SF personnel, werekilled in 145 incidents of violenceperpetrated by United Liberation Frontof Assam (ULFA) (anti-talk), NationalDemocratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB)(anti-talk), KPLT and other UGs in theyear 2011, as compared to the killing of65 persons, including 12 SF personnel,in 251 incidents in the previous year.Although United People’s DemocraticSolidarity (UPDS), Dima Halam Daogah(DHD), DHD/J, Karbi Longri NationalLiberation Front (KLNLF), NDFB/P andULFA (pro-talk) have shown positiveovertures towards the peace process, asplinter group of ULFA, known asULFA/AT led by Paresh Baruah remainsrecalcitrant towards peace talks. Duringthe year, a Memorandum of Settlementwas signed with the United People’sDemocratic Solidarity (UPDS) of Karbiin Assam and the organization hasdissolved itself. On 24.01.2012 in DistrictKamrup of Assam, 681 cadres belongingto nine different outfits active in Assam



including their Commanders/importantcadres surrendered along with 203weapons in the presence of the UnionHome Minister and the Chief Ministerof Assam. Details of the cadressurrendered are as under:

i. Kuki Revolutionary Army(KRA)- 62 cadres,

ii. Hmar People Convention(HPC) (D)- 56 cadres,

iii. Adivasi People’s Army(APA)- 55 cadres

iv. Santhal Tiger Force (STF)- 70cadres

v. Adivasi Cobra Military ofAssam (ACMA)- 120 cadres

vi. Birsa Commando Force (BCF)-73 cadres

vii. Kuki Liberation Army (KLA)-70 cadres

viii. All Adivasi National LiberationArmy (AANLA)- 60 cadres

ix. United Kukigam DefenceArmy (UKDA)- 115 cadres

2.8.6 Suspension of Operations (SoO)Agreements have been entered into withvarious groups, which have shownwillingness to give up violence and seeksolutions for their problems peacefullywithin the Indian Constitution. The

Union Home Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram and the Chief Minister of Assam, Shri Tarun Gogoi witnessingthe signing of the Memorandum of Settlement with UPDS



groups which haveentered into Suspensionof Operations Agreementare Dima Halam Daogah(DHD)/J (DHD)/N,National DemocraticFront Bodoland (NDFB)/P, United LiberationFront of Assam (ULFA),Karbi Longri NationalLiberation Front(KLNLF), Achik NationalVolunteer Council(ANVC), Kuki NationalOrganisation (KNO) andUnited People’s Front(UPF). Cease fire with all factions ofNational Socialist Council of Nagaland(NSCN) continues.

2.8.7 The Government is ready to talkwith any group/outfit which is willingto abjure violence and lay down arms.Peace talks with DHD, DHD(J), NDFB/P, KNLF/ULFA in Assam and ANVC inMeghalaya are going on. Tripartite talkswith KLNLF, DHD/J and DHD/N areconcluded. Memorandum of Settlementwith these outfits will be signed shortly.Talks with NDFB/PT is continuing. ULFAsubmitted its broad charter of theirdemands to the Union Home Minister on05.08.2011 and the Government of India’sRepresentative (Shri P.C.Haldar) has beenauthorized to initiate talks with ULFA

ULFA Leader, Shri Arabinda Rajkhowa meeting the Union HomeSecretary, Shri R.K. Singh

on their demands. Union Home Secretarytook a meeting on 25.10.2011 with ULFAleaders at New Delhi on their demands.

Manipur

2.8.8. Manipur continues to be affectedby the activities of a large number ofmilitant/insurgent outfits. These groupsare divided on ethnic lines withcompeting demands. The Meitei groupsare mainly responsible for the violence.The number of incidents of violence andcasualties of civilian/SFs have declinedto 334 in the year 2011 as compared to406 in the previous year. Sustainedcounter-insurgency operations have ledto arrest, killing and surrender of 1,677insurgents in the year 2011.



2.8.9 The elections to six AutonomousDistrict Councils (ADC) of Manipurwhich had not been held for about 20years were held in two phases in May/June 2010.

Nagaland

2.8.10 The violence in Nagaland has beenmainly in the form of inter-factionalclashes between different groups. Theincidents of inter-factional violencebetween major insurgent groups viz.National Socialist Council of Nagaland(Isak Muivah) (NSCN/IM) and NationalSocialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang)

(NSCN/K) have marginally declinedduring the year 2011. The number ofinsurgents arrested, killed and surrenderedduring 2011 has been almost same ascompared to previous year. This has beenon account of better coordination ofoperation by Security Forces and increasedefforts of various sections of Naga Societyto persuade insurgent groups to shunviolence and come forward for peace. Themonth of December, 2011 witnessed aseries of clashes between NSCN(Khaplang) and NSCN (Khole-Kitovi)factions resulting in 3 deaths. The situationwas brought under control by the SecurityForces and the State Police.

Union Home Minister, Shri P.Chidambaram inaugurating Office complex at Ukhrul, Manipur



2.8.11 The Eastern Naga PeoplesOrganization (ENPO), an apex body ofsix Naga tribes has raised the demandfor creation of a separate State comprisingthe four eastern districts of Nagaland(Mon, Tuensang, Kiphire and Longleng)with a special status within the IndianUnion.

2.8.12 Shri R.S. Pandey, the Governmentof India Representative for Naga peacetalks has been holding talks with NSCN(I/M).

2.8.13 The major militant /insurgentgroups active in the North Eastern Statesare indicated at Annexure-V.

Steps taken by Government to dealwith the situation

2.8.14 Keeping in view the multiplicityof diverse ethnic groups, and the resultantcomplex situation in the region,Government has been open to talks withsuch groups which categorically abjureviolence and lay down arms. As a result,Suspension of Operations agreementshave been entered into with a number ofgroups, who have shown willingness togive up violence and seek solutions fortheir problems peacefully within theframework of the Constitution of India.

2.8.15 Dima Halam Daogah (DHD),Nunisa Group a militant outfit in Assam

had come forward and expressed itswillingness to give up violence and toseek solutions of its problems peacefullywithin the framework of the IndianConstitution. Suspension of Operation(SoO) between the security forces andDHD (Nunisa Group) had been agreedto and is in force since 01.01.2003. AgreedGround Rules of SoO Agreement signedwith DHD has been revised with stringentconditions and is valid up to 30.06.2012.

2.8.16 An agreement of Suspension ofOperation (SoO) had been signed betweenGovernment of India and Government ofAssam and NDFB on 24.05.2005 and is inoperation since 01.06.2005. The SoOagreement has been extended from timeto time. Agreed Ground Rules of SoOAgreement signed with NDFB has beenrevised with stringent conditions and isvalid up to 30.06.2012.

2.8.17 Government has signedSuspension of Operations (SoO)Agreement with Achik NationalVolunteer Council (ANVC) in Meghalayaw.e.f. 23.07.2004. The SoO agreement withthe outfit is valid up to 30.09.2012.

2.8.18 Shri P.C. Halder, who wasappointed as Government of IndiaRepresentative to negotiate with DHD(Jowel), DHD (Nuinsa) NDFB and ANVC,continues to hold peace talks with theseoutfits.



2.8.19 SoO Agreements with Kuki outfitsin Manipur have been signed w.e.f.23.08.2008 and is valid up 21.08.2012.

2.8.20 The implementation of the agreedGround Rules in respect of these outfitsis periodically reviewed by JointMonitoring Groups comprisingrepresentatives of the Government ofIndia, State Government, Security Forcesand the outfit concerned.

2.8.21 The entire State of Manipur (exceptImphal Municipal area), State of Nagalandand State of Assam, Tirap and Changlangdistricts of Arunachal Pradesh and 20kmbelt in the States of Arunachal Pradeshand Meghalaya having common borderwith Assam have been declared ‘DisturbedAreas’ under the Armed Forces (SpecialPowers) Act, 1958 as amended in 1972.The Government of Tripura has declaredthe areas under 34 Police Stations in fulland part of the areas under 6 PoliceStations as ‘Disturbed Area’.

2.8.22 Central Government has deployedCentral Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) toaid the State authorities for carrying outcounter insurgency operations andproviding security for vulnerableinstitutions and installations. The CentralGovernment also shared intelligence oncontinuous basis, gave financial assistancefor strengthening of the local PoliceForces and Intelligence agencies under the

Police Modernization Scheme andprovided assistance for strengtheningvarious aspects of the security apparatusand Counter-Insurgency Operations, byway of reimbursement of Security RelatedExpenditure (SRE). The States are alsogiven assistance for raising of additionalForces in the form of India ReserveBattalions.

Raising of India Reserve Battalions(IR Battalions)

2.8.23 The Government of India isassisting the State Governments foraugmenting and upgrading their PoliceForces to deal with insurgency/militancy.Towards this end, 51 India ReserveBattalions (IR Bns) have been sanctionedfor the NE States, including Sikkim. Theseinclude 9 for Assam, 9 for Tripura, 9 forManipur, 7 for Nagaland, 5 each forArunachal Pradesh and Mizoram, 4 forMeghalaya and 3 for Sikkim. Out of 51sanctioned, 48 India Reserve Battalionshave been raised so far in NE Statesincluding Sikkim.

Reimbursement of Security RelatedExpenditure (SRE)

2.8.24 The Central Government isimplementing a scheme forreimbursement of Security RelatedExpenditure (SRE) for the States seriouslyaffected by militancy/insurgency. The



scheme is being implemented in all Statesof the region except Mizoram and Sikkim.Under it, the expenditure incurred bythem on various items, including raisingof India Reserve Battalions, logisticsprovided to the CAPFs deployed in theState, ex-gratia grant and gratuitous reliefto the victims of extremist violence, 75%of the expenditure incurred on POL(petrol, oil and lubricants) in operationsand honorarium paid to village guards/village defence committees/home guards,deployed for security purposes,expenditure incurred on maintenance ofdesignated camps set up for groups withwhom the Central Government/StateGovernments have entered intoagreement for Suspension of Operations,is being reimbursed.

2.8.25 State-wise details of assistancereleased to NE States under the SREscheme during the last ten years are atAnnexure-VI.

2.8.26 Under the scheme ofreimbursement of Security RelatedExpenditure (SRE), expenditure incurredon the Village Defence Parties (VDPs)/Village Guards (VGs)/ Special PoliceOfficers (SPOs) is also being reimbursedto State Governments concerned. Thenumber of VDPs/VGs/SPOs eligible forreimbursement under SRE scheme ineach State affected by insurgency has tobe approved by the Ministry of Home

Affairs beforehand. VDPS/VGs/SPOshave been deployed in Assam, Manipur,Nagaland, and Tripura. Duties of VDPs/VGs/SPOs include assistance to StatePolice in providing security to projectsas also for intelligence gathering. StateGovernments have been payinghonoraria to VDPs/VGs/SPOs at variousrates. However, for the purpose ofreimbursement under SRE Scheme, thehonorarium per VDP/VG/SPO whichwas restricted to R500 per month hasbeen increased to R1,500 per month witheffect from the 08.12.2010.

Amendment in Scheme for Surren-der-cum Rehabilitation of militants inNorth East

2.8.27 The Ministry of Home Affairs isimplementing a scheme for Surrendercum-Rehabilitation of militants in NorthEast w.e.f. 01.04.1998. The scheme hassince been revised. As per revisedguidelines:

(i) An immediate grant of R1.5 lakhis to be given to each surrendereewhich is to be kept in a bank inthe name of the surrenderee asFixed Deposit for a period of 3years. This money can be utilizedas collateral security/MarginMoney against loan to be availedby the surrenderee from the bankfor self-employment;



(ii) Stipend per month to eachsurrenderee for a period of oneyear has been increased fromR2,000 to R3,500 w.e.f 01.12.2009.State Governments may consultMinistry of Home Affairs, in casesupport to beneficiaries is requiredbeyond one year; and

(iii) Provisions for vocational trainingto the surrenderee for self-employment.

2.8.28 The number of militants who havesurrendered in the years 2005 to 2011 isas under:

Year No. of Militants

2005 555

2006 1430

2007 524

2008 1112

2009 1109

2010 846

2011 1122

procurement of modern equipment forsurveillance, communications, forensicscience laboratories, etc., weaponry,vehicles, computerization, traininginfrastructure and for construction ofPolice infrastructure viz., Housing/PoliceStations/out posts/barracks etc. Underthe scheme of MPF, all the North EasternStates are eligible to receive 100% centralassistance for their approved annual planfor modernization of Police Force. TheState-wise statement of funds released incash/kind under the scheme forModernization of State Police Forces since2000-01 onwards is given at Annexure-

VII.

Repatriation of Bru Migrants fromTripura to Mizoram

2.8.30 Due to ethnic violence in theWestern part of Mizoram in October, 1997,more than 30,000 minority Bru (Reang)tribals, mostly from Western Mizorammigrated to North Tripura in 1997-98.They are sheltered in six relief camps ofTripura, viz. Naisingpara, Asopara,Khakchangpara, Hazacherra, Koiskau andHamsapara. In the years 2005 and 2006,195 cadres of BNLF and 857 cadres ofBLFM surrendered to the Government ofMizoram. They have since beenrehabilitated in Mizoram with grants-in-aid provided to the Government ofMizoram by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Modernisation of State Police Forces(MPF)

2.8.29 As mentioned earlier, the Ministryof Home Affairs is also assisting the StateGovernments for modernization of StatePolice Forces. Under this scheme,assistance is being provided, inter-alia, for



2.8.31 As a result of continued efforts/persuasion through various meetings, theState Government of Mizoram agreed thatin the first phase, those Bru migrantswhose names are in the electoral rolls ofMizoram would be repatriated toMizoram. The first phase of repatriationof Bru Migrants from Tripura to Mizoramwas to commence in November, 2009 butcould not take place in 2009 because ofkilling of a Mizo youth by suspected BruMilitants on the 13.11.2009 followed byburning of some Bru hutments in Westernbelt of Mizoram by miscreants. As a resultof this incident, 462 Brus fled to Tripurain November, 2009. Because of efforts ofthe Ministry of Home Affairs and the StateGovernments of Mizoram and Tripura,Brus who had fled to Tripura inNovember, 2009 are since being returnedto Mizoram. As of now approx. 785 Brufamilies (about 4,000 Nos.) have since beenrepatriated to Mizoram. This is in additionto repatriation of approx.462 Bru familiesdisplaced from Mizoram and Tripura dueto fresh incidence of violence inNovember, 2009. Government of Mizoramis preparing road-map for next phase ofBru repatriation.

2.8.32 MHA has been extending grants-in-aid to the Government of Tripura for

maintenance of the migrants. In 2011-12,

R12.50 crore has been released in August,

2011 for maintenance of Brus lodged in

various relief camps of Tripura. Besides,

R9.97 crore was released to the

Government of Mizoram during 2010-11

for rehabilitation of Bru families in

Mizoram.

Helicopter Service in the North East-ern States

2.8.33 In order to provide connectivity

to remote areas as also for providing air

connectivity to these areas with rest of

India, helicopter services are in operation

in the States of Arunachal Pradesh,

Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim and

Tripura under non-plan scheme with

subsidy from the Ministry of Home

Affairs. The subsidy portion is limited to

75% of operational cost after adjusting

recovery from passengers. For the

purpose of restricting subsidy, annual

ceiling of flying hours for each helicopter

has been fixed

2.8.34 The competent authority has given

sanction for operation of helicopter

services in the five States as per details

given below:



2.8.35 For the purpose of restrictingsubsidy, annual ceiling of flying hourshave been fixed for the helicopter serviceoperating in various States as detailedabove. However, the State Governmentsare permitted to operate helicopter servicesin excess of the ceiling of flying hours.But, the subsidy is limited to flying hoursceiling fixed for each type of helicopterbeing operated in these States. Afteradjusting subsidy from the Ministry ofHome Affairs, the balance cost of operatinghelicopter services is met by concernedState Governments. For the year 2011-12,as against the budget provision of R40crore, R33 crore have been released andan additional amount of R20 crore havebeen demanded in RE 2011-12.

2.8.36 In addition to above helicopterservices, the Ministry of Home Affairsoperates one twin engine helicopter basedat Guwahati for use by VIPs and senior

Helicopter on wet Type of Helicopter No. of flying hourslease by State sanctioned perGovernments annum

Tripura Bell -406 Single engine 480

Arunachal Pradesh 1st MI-172 960

2nd MI-172 1200

Bell-412 Double engine 1300

Sikkim Bell-405 Single engine/ Double 1200engine

Meghalaya Dauphin Double engine 720

Nagaland Dauphin/Bell Double engine 480

officers of Central Government forvisiting North Eastern States

LEFT WING EXTREMISM (LWE)

Overview

2.9.1 Several Left Wing Extremist groupshave been operating in certain parts ofthe country for a few decades now. In asignificant development in 2004, thePeoples War group (PW) then operatingin Andhra Pradesh and the MaoistCommunist Centre of India (MCCI) thenoperating in Bihar and adjoining areasmerged to form the CPI (Maoist). TheCPI (Maoist) continue to remain the mostdominant and violent outfit among thevarious Left Wing Extremists groups,accounting for more than 90% of totalLeft Wing Extremist incidents and 95%of resultant killings. The State-wise break-up of Left Wing Extremist violence isgiven in the following table:



Ban on CPI Maoist

2.9.2 The CPI (Maoist), which is themajor Left Wing Extremist organisationresponsible for most incidents ofviolence/casualties, has been included inthe schedule of Terrorist Organisations,along with all its formations and frontorganisations under the existing UnlawfulActivities (Prevention) Act, 1967.

Government’s Approach

2.9.3 The Government’s approach is todeal with Left Wing Extremism activitiesin a holistic manner, in the areas ofsecurity, development, rights of localcommunities, improvement in governanceand public perception. In dealing with this

decades-old problem, it has been feltappropriate, after various high-leveldeliberations and interactions with theState Governments concerned that anintegrated approach aimed at the relativelymore affected areas would deliver results.With this in view, a detailed analysis ofthe spread and trends in respect of LeftWing Extremism violence has been madeand 83 affected Districts in nine States havebeen taken up for special attention onplanning, implementation and monitoringof the security situation and developmentschemes.

2.9.4 The view and the policy of theGovernment is that to deal effectivelywith the Left Wing Extremism problem,a purely police and security oriented

STATE-WISE LEFT WING EXTREMIST VIOLENCE FROM 2008 TO 2011

State 2008 2009 2010 2011

Incidents Deaths Incidents Deaths Incidents Deaths Incidents Deaths

Andhra Pradesh 92 46 66 18 100 24 54 09

Bihar 164 73 232 72 307 97 314 62

Chhattisgarh 620 242 529 290 625 343 465 204

Jharkhand 484 207 742 208 501 157 517 182

Madhya Pradesh 07 0 1 - 7 1 08 00

Maharashtra 68 22 154 93 94 45 109 54

Odisha 103 101 266 67 218 79 192 53

Uttar Pradesh 4 - 8 2 6 1 01 00

West Bengal 35 26 255 158 350 258 90 41

Others 14 4 5 - 5 0 05 01

Total 1591 721 2258 908 2213 1005 1755 606



approach is not sufficient. While it isnecessary for the State Governments toconduct proactive and sustainedoperations against the extremists, and putin place all measures required for this, itis also necessary to simultaneously givefocussed attention to development andgovernance issues, particularly at thecutting edge level. In this context, thefunds made available to the States undervarious Central Schemes like theBackward Regions Grant Fund, MahatmaGandhi National Rural EmploymentGuarantee Scheme, Prime Minister’s GramSadak Yojana, National Rural HealthMission, Ashram Schools, Rajiv GandhiGrameen Vidhyutikaran Yojana and SarvaSiksha Abhiyan acquire specialsignificance. The implementations of theseschemes are closely monitored by theGovernment. Special attention is also givento monitor implementation of IntegratedAction Plan in 78 selected Districts.

Review and Monitoring Mechanism

2.9.5 A number of review andmonitoring mechanisms have beenestablished in the context of the differentaspects of Left Wing Extremism situationand the measures needed to deal with it.These include:

(i) A Standing Committee of ChiefMinisters of States concerned, underthe chairmanship of the Union

Home Minister, to work out acoordinated policy and specificmeasures to deal with the Left WingExtremism problem on political,security and development fronts.

(ii) A Review Group (earlier calledTask Force) under the CabinetSecretary to review efforts across arange of development and securitymeasures.

(iii) A Coordination Centre chaired bythe Union Home Secretary toreview and coordinate the effortsof the State Governments, wherethe State Governments arerepresented by Chief Secretariesand Director Generals of Police.

(iv) A Task Force under the SpecialSecretary (Internal Security),Ministry of Home Affairs, withsenior officers from IntelligenceAgencies, Central Armed PoliceForces and State Police Forces, tomonitor and coordinate anti-LWEefforts.

(v) An Empowered Group of Officershas been set up by the Governmentto over-ride or modify existinginstructions on implementation ofvarious development programmesand flagship schemes, havingregard to the local needs and



conditions in Left Wing Extremistaffected areas for accelerateddevelopment. The affected Stateshave been asked to constitute anEmpowered Group in the Statealso.

Capacity Building by State Govern-ments

2.9.6 The primary responsibility fortackling the Left Wing Extremism situationrests with the State Governments, and theyhave to take coordinated measures for thispurpose. In various reviews anddiscussions mentioned earlier, the StateGovernments have been advised to takethe following measures:-

(i) Time-bound action for augmentingthe police force in the State (withreference to police-populationratio), and for filling up existingvacancies, particularly in the PoliceStations/areas affected by LeftWing Extremism violence.

(ii) Develop suitable incentives forofficials posted in these areas anda rotation policy for such officials.

(iii) Action to ensure that the PoliceStations and Police Out-Posts in theareas affected by Left WingExtremism activities are providedthe necessary infrastructure in

terms of secure Police Stationbuildings with perimeter security,barracks, armoury, messarrangements, etc.

(iv) Urgently earmark a reasonablecomponent of the State Police forspecial commando/jungle warfarerelated training, for whichestablishment of training facilitieswithin the State and, in the interim,tie up with the Army, CentralArmed Police Forces and other Statesusing such facilities as are available.

(v) Strengthening the capabilities ofintelligence gathering in the Statewith special thrust on strengtheningthese arrangements in the LeftWing Extremism affected areas.

(vi) Adherence to the standard operatingprocedures for various types ofpolice and security force operationsso as to pre-empt possible attacksand minimize casualties.

(vii) Focused measures to ensure that thefield and intermediate levelfunctionaries of key departmentssuch as health, education, drinkingwater, electricity, revenue and otherdevelopment departments areavailable and accessible to thepeople. This would not only includefilling up of posts/vacancies, but



also arrangements for their stay inthe area of their posting.

(viii) Identify critical infrastructure anddevelopment projects in the affectedareas, as also critical infrastructuregaps, particularly in the sphere ofconnectivity, and formulate actionplans to ensure the timelyimplementation of such projects.

(ix) Create mechanisms for publicgrievance redressal, mass contactand public awareness, for creatingan overall positive environmentand confidence of the people in thelocal administrative machinery.

(x) Under a well conceived strategy, apublicity and counter propagandacampaign should be mounted.

Measures taken by the CentralGovernment

2.9.7 ‘Police’ and ‘public order’ beingState subjects, action with respect tomaintenance of law and order liesprimarily in the domain of the concernedState Governments, who deal directlywith the various issues related to LeftWing Extremism activities in the States.The Central Government closely monitorsthe situation and coordinates andsupplements their efforts in several ways.These include providing Central Armed

Police Forces (CAPFs) and CommandoBattalions for Resolute Action (CoBRA);sanction of India Reserve (IR) battalions,setting up of Counter Insurgency andAnti Terrorism (CIAT) schools;modernization and upgradation of theState Police and their Intelligenceapparatus under the Scheme forModernization of State Police Forces(MPF scheme); re-imbursement of securityrelated expenditure under the SecurityRelated Expenditure (SRE) Scheme; fillingup critical infrastructure gaps under thescheme for Special Infrastructure inLeftwing Extremism affected States;assistance in training of State Policethrough Ministry of Defence, CentralPolice Organisations and Bureau of PoliceResearch and Development; sharing ofintelligence; facilitating inter-Statecoordination; assisting special intra-Stateand inter-State coordinated jointoperations, assistance in communitypolicing and civic actions and assistancein development works through a rangeof schemes of different Central Ministries.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA’SINTERVENTIONS

A) Security Related

(i) Modernization of State Police

2.9.8 Funds are given to the States underthe Police Modernization Scheme to



modernize their police forces in terms ofmodern weaponry, latest communicationequipment, mobility and otherinfrastructure. The Left Wing Extremismaffected States have also been asked toidentify vulnerable Police Stations andoutposts in the Left Wing Extremismaffected areas and take up theirfortification under the Scheme. However,some of the States need to improve thelevel of utilization of funds under theScheme.

(ii) Security Related Expenditure

(SRE) Scheme

2.9.9 Under the Security RelatedExpenditure (SRE) scheme, assistance isprovided for recurring expenditurerelating to insurance, training andoperational needs of security forces, asalso for Left Wing Extremist cadres whosurrender in accordance with thesurrender and rehabilitation policy of theconcerned State Government, communitypolicing, security related infrastructure byvillage defence committees and publicitymaterial. R315.17 crore was releasedduring 2010-11 under the scheme. Abudget estimate of R250 crore isprovisioned in 2011-12 under the scheme.

(iii) Deployment of Central Armed

Police Forces (CAPFs)

2.9.10 74 battalions of CAPFs andCoBRA teams are currently deployed for

assisting the State Police in the States ofAndhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh,Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh,Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh andWest Bengal.

(iv) India Reserve Battalions

2.9.11 The Left Wing Extremism affectedStates have been sanctioned India Reserve(IR) battalions to strengthen the securityapparatus of the State. 37 India Reserve(IR) battalions were sanctioned to 9 naxalaffected States, of which 34 have beenraised. The IR Battalion which have notbeen raised, one each in Andhra Pradesh,Jharkhand and Maharashtra has beenconverted into Specialized India ReserveBattalion (SIRB). Besides, Government hasapproved raising of 10 new SIRBs in theLWE States of Bihar (2), Chhattisgarh (2),Jharkhand (1), Madhya Pradesh (1),Odisha (3) and West Bengal (1) to beraised during 2011-12 to 2013-14.

(v) CoBRA Battalions

2.9.12 Ten Battalions of Specialized Forcetrained and equipped for counter-insurgency and jungle-warfare operations,named as Commando Battalions forResolute Action (CoBRA) have beenraised as a part of the Central ReservePolice Force (CRPF) during the periodfrom 2008-09 to 2010-11. These CoBRABns. have been deployed in the LWEaffected States.



(vii) Scheme for Special Infrastructure

2.9.15 The Scheme for SpecialInfrastructure in Leftwing Extremismaffected States was approved in theEleventh Plan, with an allocation of R500crore, to cater to critical infrastructuregaps, which cannot be covered under theexisting schemes. These could relate torequirements of mobility for the police/security forces by upgrading existingroads/tracks in inaccessible areas, providesecure camping grounds and helipads atstrategic locations in remote and interiorareas, measures to enhance security inrespect of police stations/outposts locatedin vulnerable areas, etc. So far, R374.52crore has been released to the Statesunder the scheme (R100 crore in 2008-09,R30 crore in 2009-10, R130 crore in 2010-11 and R114.52 crore in 2011-12).

(viii) Recruitment in Central Armed

Police Forces (CAPFs)

2.9.16 In order to wean away thepotential youth from the path of militancyor Left Wing Extremism, recruitmentguidelines have been revised to permit40% recruitment in CAPFs from theborder areas and areas affected bymilitancy or Left Wing Extremism.

(ix) Fortified Police Stations

2.9.17 The Central Government hasstarted a new scheme to assist the State

(vi) CIAT Schools

2.9.13 During the 11th Plan period, ascheme was approved to set up 20Counter Insurgency and Anti Terrorist(CIAT) Schools in LWE affected States, 04each in the States of Bihar, Chhattisgarh,Jharkhand, Odisha and Assam. In theseSchools police personnel will be trainedfor combating terrorism/ naxalism. TheMinistry of Home Affairs is providing anamount of R1.5 crore to each school fordevelopment of temporary infrastructure,the Ministry is also bearing recurringexpenditure towards honorarium to bepaid to the trainers; and would alsoprovide administrative support forrunning the CIAT Schools and necessarytraining equipments like weapons,ammunition, supporting manpower, etc.

2.9.14 The present positions on numberof CIAT Schools sanctioned to the statesare as below:

Name of Original Revisedthe State Allocation Allocation

Assam 4 3Bihar 4 3Chhattisgarh 4 4Jharkhand 4 4Odisha 4 3West Bengal - 1Manipur - 1Tripura - 1Nagaland - 1

Total 20 21



Governments in construction/strengthening of 400 Fortified PoliceStations @ R2 crore each in Left WingExtremist affected Districts on 80:20 basisover and above the existing allocations.Under this scheme, R10 crore was releasedduring 2010-11 and R110 crore has beenreleased in the current year so far.

B) Development Related

2.9.18(i) Monitoring of Implementation

of Flagship Programmes: ThePlanning Commission through aManagement InformationSystem (MIS) (http://pcserver.nic.in/lwe) has beenmonitoring implementation ofFlagship Programmes in focusdistricts affected by LWE andalso reviewing the progress ofimplementation through VideoConferencing of the followingschemes:-

(a) Pradhan Mantri GramSadak Yojana (PMGSY);

(b) National Rural HealthMission (NRHM);

(c) Ashram Schools;

(d) Mahatma Gandhi NationalRural Employment GuaranteeAct (MGNREGA);

(e) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan(SSA);

(f) National Rural DrinkingWater Programme(NRDWP);

(g) Rajiv Gandhi GrameenVidyutikaran Yojana(RGGVY);

(h) Integrated ChildDevelopment Services(ICDS);

(i) Indira Awaas Yojana(IAY);

(j) Scheduled Tribes andOther Traditional ForestDwellers (Recognition ofForest Rights) Act, 2006.

(ii) The Planning Commission isimplementing the Integrated ActionPlan (IAP) in 60 selected Districtsfor accelerated development. Theaim of this initiative is to providepublic infrastructure and servicesin 60 LWE affected/contiguousDistricts. This Scheme has beenextended to 18 more LWE affectedDistricts, taking the total coverageto 78 Districts. A sum of R1,500crore was released to the concerneddistricts during the year 2010-11.A sum of R1,090 crore has beenreleased so far during the year2011-12.

(iii) The Ministry of Road Transport &Highways has been implementing



Road Requirement Plan of R7,300crore for LWE areas, under whichmajor roads critical for connectivityin these areas have been taken up.Phase II of Road Requirement Planat a cost of R10,700 crore has beenrecommended by the Ministry ofHome Affairs.

(iv) Under the Prime Minister GramSadak Yojana (PMGSY), the normsfor maximum length of bridges hasbeen relaxed from 50 mts to 75 mtsand the population norm of 500 forhabitations coverage under PMGSYhas been relaxed to 250 for LWEaffected areas. Also the minimumtender package amount underPMGSY has been reduced to R50lakh.

(v) Provision of funds on a 100% grantbasis (against a 50:50 ratio has beenapproved for LWE affectedDistricts) for establishment ofhostels for Scheduled Tribe girlsand boys as well as AshramSchools in Tribals sub-plan areas.

(vi) The Ministry of Environment andForests has given general approvalunder section 2 of the Forest(Conservation) Act, 1980 fordiversion of forest land in LWEaffected areas from 1.00 ha to 5.00ha for activities like schools,dispensaries/hospitals, electrical

and telecommunication lines,drinking water, water/rain waterharvesting structures, minorirrigation canal, non-conventionalsources of energy, skill up-gradation/vocational trainingcenter, power sub-stations, ruralroads, communication posts; andpolice establishments like policestations/outposts/border outposts/watch towers in sensitive areas andlaying of optical fiber cables,telephone lines & drinking watersupply lines.

(vii) The Ministry of Environment andForests have also decided that nocompensatory afforestation in lieuof the forest land diverted inaccordance with the above saidgeneral approval shall be insistedupon for 60 IAP Districts.

(viii) Under the Indira Awaas Yojana –as part of the Economic StimulusPackage – an amount of R412.91crore was released in 2008-09 toLWE affected districts, in additionto the normal allocation, Further, asecond tranche of R412.90 crorewas released in 2009-10. During thecurrent year, R462.04 crore has beenreleased so far.

(ix) Under the Indira Awaas Yojana(IAY), the ceiling of per unit costof IAY house has been increased



from R45,000 to R48,500 for LWEaffected districts.

(x) Effective Implementation of theProvisions of the Panchayats(Extension to the Scheduled Areas)Act, 1996 (PESA) and theScheduled Tribes and OtherTraditional Forest Dwellers(Recognition of Forest Rights) Act,2006 has been emphasized timeand again with the StateGovernments concerned. theMinistry of Panchayati Raj hasconstituted a Committee under theChairmanship of Member,Planning Commission to look intothe aspects of Minimum SupportPrice (MSP), value addition andmarketing of Minor Forest Produce(MFP) in Fifth Schedule Areas.

(xi) The stipulation of 80% utilizationof funds for further release offunds under Backward RegionsGrant Fund (BRGF) has beenrevised to 60% utilization of funds.Changes have been made toensure quick release of funds fromState to the local bodies underBRGF. Also District PlanningCommittee have been given powerto approve the District Plans underBRGF and the High poweredCommittee (HPC) will act asoversight Committee and issuebroad guidelines.

Civic Action Programme

2.9.19 Under this scheme financial grantsare sanctioned to Central Armed PoliceForces (CAPFs) to undertake Civic ActionProgramme in the LWE affected States.This is a successful scheme which aimsto build bridges between the localpopulation and security forces. During theFinancial year 2011-12 an amount ofR20 crore has been provided under CivicAction Programme, out of which R14.20crore has been released to CAPFs so far.

Surrender and Rehabilitation Policy

2.9.20 The Guidelines for surrender-cumrehabilitation of Left Wing Extremists hasbeen put in place. The rehabilitationpackage, inter alia, includes a stipend ofR2,000 for three years, vocational training,immediate grant of R1.5 lakh andincentives for surrender of weapons.

Central Scheme for Assistance to Vic-tims/Family of Victims of Terroristand Communal violence

2.9.21 The broad aim of the Scheme isto assist families of victims of Terrorist,Communal and Naxal violence. Anamount of R3 lakh is given to the affectedfamily under the scheme, irrespective ofthe number of deaths in a family in aparticular incident. However, if the bread-winner and the householder of a family



die/are permanently incapacitated inseparate incidents/occasions the familywould be entitled to get assistance oneach occasion. The assistance given to thebeneficiaries of naxal violence under thisscheme is in addition to ex-gratiapayment of R1 lakh paid under SecurityRelated Expenditure (SRE) scheme.

Conclusion

2.9.22 It is the belief of Government ofIndia that through a combination ofdevelopment, security and Forest Rightsrelated interventions, the LWE problemcan be successfully tackled. However, itis clear that the Maoists do not want rootcauses like underdevelopment addressedin a meaningful manner since they resortto targeting school buildings, roads,railways, bridges, health infrastructure,communication facilities etc in a majorway. They wish to keep the populationin their areas of influence marginalizedto perpetuate their outdated ideology.Consequently, the process of developmenthas been set back by decades in manyparts of the country under LWE influence.This needs to be recognised by the civilsociety and the media to build pressureon the Maoists to eschew violence, jointhe mainstream and recognise the factthat the socio-economic and politicaldynamics and aspirations of 21st CenturyIndia are far removed from the Maoistworld-view.

MEASURES TAKEN TOSTRENGTHEN THE INTERNALSECURITY APPARATUS

2.10.1 As part of an ongoing exerciseseveral steps have been taken tostrengthen and upgrade the capabilitiesof intelligence and security agencies bothat the Central level and the State level,as well as to enhance information sharingand operational coordination between theCentral agencies and the StateGovernments. These measures includeexpansion of security connectivitybetween the Multi-Agency Centre andState Special Branches. [223 locationsconnected].

Establishment of NATGRID (Na-tional Intelligence Grid)

2.10.2 The NATGRID (NationalIntelligence Grid) has been set up as anattached office of the Ministry of HomeAffairs in April, 2010. NATGRID will linkdata bases for actionable intelligence tocombat terrorism and internal securitythreats. As such, NATGRID will be afacility that improves India’s capabilityto counter internal security threats.Government accorded its “in principle”approval for the Detailed Project Reporton 06.06.2011. Planning Commission hasapproved the operationalisation ofNATGRID as a ‘Central Plan Scheme’.



Work on operationalising Horizon I ofNATGRID is expected to take 24 months.

Conference of Chief Ministers ofStates and Union Territories

2.10.3 A Conference of the Chief Ministerson Internal Security was held on01.02.2011. Action points that emerged inthe earlier Chief Ministers Conferenceswere reviewed and action points werefurther identified for strengthening theinternal security situation in the country.

Union Home Minister, Shri P. Chidambaramdelivering the opening address at the Conference ofChief Ministers of States/UTs on Internal Security

National Investigation Agency (NIA)

2.10.4 The National Investigation AgencyAct was enacted and notified on31.12.2008. National Investigation Agency

(NIA) was constituted on 31.12.2008. NIAtoday is functioning under a DirectorGeneral with total 388 posts created atvarious levels. Out of these 388 posts,278 posts are for NIA Headquarters atDelhi and 110 posts for branch office ofNIA at Hyderabad. A new branch officehas been operationalised at Guwahati bytransferring 17 posts from Hqrs. 35Special Courts have been notified in theStates/UTs. 35 cases have been assignedto NIA for investigation. Out of thesecases, charge-sheets have been filed in 21cases. Out of 21 charge sheeted cases, thecourt has pronounced judgments in twocases convicting two accused. 18 accountshave been frozen in connection withterror funding.

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

2.10.5 Financial Action Task Force (FATF)an Inter Governmental Organization todevelop policies to combat moneylaundering and terrorist financing hadmade certain recommendations. Theserecommendations set out the principle foraction and implementation of theseprinciples according to the particularcircumstances and constitutionalframework of different countries. Theserecommendations are intended to beimplemented at the national level throughlegislation and other legally bindingmeasures. The legislative frameworkdealing with terrorists activities and



money laundering for all countries isbeing continuously reviewed by theFATF.

2.10.6 In order to fulfill the commitmentsof the FATF and recommendations of theInter-Ministerial Group (IMG) to accountfor implementation challenges, courtinterpretation, etc., it has been decidedto amend the Unlawful Activities(Prevention) Act, 1967 and the AmendedBill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on29-12-2011. It has been referred to theCommittee.

SECURITY

Security of Very Important Persons(VIPs)

2.11.1 The threat to VIPs on account oftheir public status in social and publiclife continues to exist which generatesserious concern for its likely impact onnational governance. The threat fromterrorist/militant groups has continued toincrease overtime making it imperativeto provide adequate security to VIPs andother high dignitaries. As the threat tosecurity to VIPs is an ever-increasingphenomenon the security review is madeby the Ministry of Home Affairs fromtime to time. The security arrangementsare assessed by a High Level Committeeto effectively neutralize the designs ofterrorists and militants and thereby

ensure maintenance of public order andpeace in the country.

2.11.2 The State Governments are alsoconstantly sensitized by the Ministry ofHome Affairs about security issuesconcerning VIP Security and theirmovements. In this regard, advisories arecommunicated to them periodically, asrequired. The Crisis Management Plansfor meeting any eventuality arising outof VIP security issues are also preparedto suitably handle any contingency ofemergency, which may arise. Specialtraining courses for Police Commandosare being conducted in traininginstitutions of National Security Guard(NSG), Border Security Force (BSF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and theCentral Industrial Security Force (CISF)in VIP security duties.

2.11.3 Group of Ministers (GoM) inMay, 2001 had recommended that aSpecial Duty Group (SDG) should becreated in the Central Industrial SecurityForce (CISF) for VIP security. The CISFis accordingly training its personnel forthe purposes of physical protection ofthe highly threatened dignitaries/individuals, evacuation of the protectedpersons and for providing static as wellas mobile security to the protectedpersons. A Special Duty Group (SDG)has been already created in CISF in thisregard.



Airport Security/Metro Security

2.11.4 The security of aviation sector hasbeen particularly emphasized in recenttimes after the 11.09.2001 attack in UnitedStates of America. Therefore, acquisitionof modern security gadgets and enhanceddeployment of security personnel of CISFat airports has been given due attention,to prevent any untoward incident.

2.11.5 Contingency measures have alsobeen devised to deal with any emergentsituation in consultation with the Ministryof Civil Aviation, IB, CISF etc. In additionto these, advisories are also being issued

to further strengthen the security at allcivil airports in the country as per theprevailing threat perception for themfrom time to time.

2.11.6 The Railway Protection Forceprovides security to Kolkata Metro, alongwith Kolkata Police. Security for DelhiMetro is provided by CISF which isreviewed from time to time.

Security of Vital Installations

2.11.7 The security of vital installationsin the country is basically the concernand responsibility of the concerned

CISF jawan on duty at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi



Ministry/Department/State Government.However, the Ministry of Home Affairsadvises them on security requirement ofvarious Installations from time to timeon the basis of periodic review of existingarrangements by the Central SecurityAgencies. Threat inputs received fromCentral Security Agencies about the vitalinstallations are also promptly sharedwith the concerned State Governments/Union Territories Administrations andrequisite advisories are issued to them inorder to further strengthen their securityarrangements.

2.11.8 Based on the threat perceptionand sensitivity, the Central IntelligenceAgencies categorize such plants/installations into A, B and C category

of vital installations for adequatesecurity measures. Periodical securityreview of these installations is alsocarried out to further strengthen thesecurity aspects.

Security of Religious Shrines/Places

2.11.9 The security of religious shrines /places in the country is primarily theresponsibility of the concerned StateGovernment/Union Territory Adminis-tration. However, the Ministry of HomeAffairs issues necessary advisories forstrengthening the security of suchreligious shrines/places to the concernedState Governments/Union Territories asand when any specific threat inputs arereceived in respect of them.

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BORDER MANAGEMENT

Name of the Length of thecountry border (in km.)

Bangladesh 4096.7China 3488.0Pakistan 3323 .0Nepal 1751 .0Myanmar 1643 .0Bhutan 699.0Afghanistan 106.0

Total 15106.7

BACKGROUND

3.1 India has 15,106.7 km. of landborder and a coastline of 7,516.6 km.including island territories. The length ofour land borders with neighbouringcountries is as under :


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3.2 Securing the country’s bordersagainst interests hostile to the country andputting in place systems that are able tointerdict such elements while facilitatinglegitimate trade and commerce are amongthe principal objectives of bordermanagement. The proper managementof borders, which is vitally important fornational security, presents manychallenges and includes coordination andconcerted action by administrative,diplomatic, security, intelligence, legal,regulatory and economic agencies of thecountry to secure the frontiers and subserve its best interests.

3.3 The Department of BorderManagement was created in the Ministryof Home Affairs in January, 2004 to payfocused attention to the issues relating tomanagement of international land andcoastal borders, strengthening of borderpolicing & guarding, creation ofinfrastructure like roads, fencing & floodlighting of borders and implementationof Border Area Development Programme(BADP).

3.4 As a part of the strategy to securethe borders as also to create infrastructurein the border areas of the country, severalinitiatives have been undertaken by theDepartment of Border Management.These include expeditious construction offencing, floodlighting & roads along Indo-Pakistan and Indo-Bangladesh borders,

development of Integrated Check Posts(ICPs) at various locations on theinternational borders of the country,construction of strategic roads along Indo-China border. In addition, variousdevelopmental works in the border areashave been undertaken by the Departmentunder the BADP as a part of thecomprehensive approach to bordermanagement.

VIGIL ALONG THE INTER-NATIONAL BORDERS

Fencing and Floodlighting of Borders

3.5 Fencing and flood lighting of theborder are important constituents ofmaintaining vigilance along the borders.In order to curb infiltration, smugglingand other anti-national activities fromacross the Indo-Pakistan and the Indo-Bangladesh borders, the Government hasundertaken the work of construction offencing, flood lighting and roads alongthese borders.

Indo-Bangladesh Border

3.6 The Indian side of the Indo-Bangladesh border passes through WestBengal (2,216.7 km.), Assam (263 km.),Meghalaya (443 km.), Tripura (856 km.)and Mizoram (318 km.). The entire stretchconsists of plains, riverine belts, hills andjungles. The area is heavily populated andcultivated right upto the border.



Border Fencing at Indo-Bangladesh Border in Shillong Ftr.

3.7 The Indo-Bangladesh border ismarked by a high degree of porosity andchecking illegal cross border activities hasbeen a major challenge. The mainproblem is of illegal migration fromBangladesh into India. In order to preventillegal immigration and other anti-nationalactivities from across the border, theGovernment of India had sanctioned theconstruction of border roads and fencingin two phases. The total length of theIndo-Bangladesh border sanctioned to befenced is 3,436.59 km.; out of which about2,760.12 km. of fencing has so far been

completed. There have been someproblems in construction of fencing incertain stretches on this border due toriverine/low lying areas, populationwithin 150 yards of the border, pendingland acquisition cases and protests byborder population, which has led to delayin completion of the project.

3.8 In addition, 3,605.20 km. of borderpatrol roads have also been constructedout of sanctioned length of about 4,426.11km. The phase-wise progress of fencingand roads is as under:



Fencing(Length in km.)

Name of PHASE I PHASE II TOTAL (PH.I + PH.II)State

Sanctioned Completed Sanctioned Completed Sanctioned Completed

West Bengal 507.00 507.00 1021 715.00 1528.00 1222.00

Assam 152.31 149.29 77.72 72.27 230.03 221.56

Meghalaya 198.06 198.06 272.17 182.00 470.23 380.06

Tripura - - 856.00 730.50 856.00 730.50

Mizoram - - 352.33 206.00 352.33 206.00

Total 857.37 854.35 2579.22 1905.77 3436.59 2760.12

Border Roads(Length in km.)

Name of PHASE I PHASE II TOTAL (PH.I + PH.II)State

Sanctioned Completed Sanctioned Completed Sanctioned Completed

West Bengal 1770.00 1616.57 0.00 0.00 1770.00 1616.57

Assam 186.33 176.50 102.42 85.42 288.75 261.92

Meghalaya 211.29 211.29 328.00 210.85 539.29 422.14

Tripura 545.37 480.51 645.00 466.00 1190.37 946.51

Mizoram 153.40 153.06 484.30 205.00 637.70 358.06

Total 2866.39 2637.93 1559.72 967.27 4426.11 3605.20

Flood Lighting done at riverine area where no fencing exists (Mahananda River at Hoptiagach)

Floodlighting



3.9 277 km. of floodlighting has beencompleted in West Bengal as a pilotproject. The Government has decided toundertake floodlighting in the states ofWest Bengal, Meghalaya, Assam,Mizoram and Tripura in 2,840 km. alongIndo-Bangladesh border at an estimatedcost of R1,327 crore. The work has beenassigned to CPWD, Engineering ProjectIndia Limited (EPIL) and National ProjectConstruction Corporation (NPCC).

3.10 The work of floodlighting in newborder areas for a length of 775 km. (WestBengal – 345 km. and Tripura – 430 km.)has been completed, of which 750 km.has been energized. Additionally, in about600 km. work of erection of poles, layingof cables and fitting of fixtures is underprogress.

Flood Lighting along the Indo-Bangladesh Border in West Bengal

Phase-III - Replacement of FencingConstructed under Phase-I

3.11 Much of the fencing constructed

under Phase-I in the States of West

Bengal, Assam and Meghalaya has been

damaged due to adverse climatic

conditions, repeated submergence etc.

The Government of India has sanctioned

a project (Phase-III) for erection of 861

km. of fencing replacing the entire fencing

constructed under Phase-I at an estimated

cost of R884 crore.

3.12 The work has been assigned to

CPWD, National Buildings Construction

Corporation (NBCC) and NPCC. So far,

790 km. of fencing has been replaced.



Indo-Pakistan Border

3.13 India shares 3,323 km. [includingLine of Control (LoC) in Jammu &Kashmir (J&K) sector] of its land borderwith Pakistan. This border runs along theStates of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab andJ&K. The Indo-Pakistan border has variedterrain and distinct geographical features.

This border is characterized by attemptsat infiltration by terrorists and smugglingof arms, ammunition and contraband, theLoC being the most active and liveportion of the border.

3.14 The status of progress of fencingand floodlighting on this border as on31.12.2011 is indicated below:

Fencing(Length in km.)

Name of the Total length Total length of Length of the RemainingState of border border to be border fenced length of the

fenced so far border proposedto be fenced

Punjab 553.00 461.00 462.45* —

Rajasthan 1037.00 1056.63 1048.27* —

Jammu Inter- 210.00 186.00 186.00 —national Border

Gujarat 508.00 340.00 244.00 96.00

Total 2308.00 2043.63 1940.72 96.00

*Length is more due to topographical factors/alignment of fencing

Fencing constructed along the Indo-Pakistan border



Floodlighting(Length in km.)

Name of the Total length Total length of Length of the RemainingState of border border to be border floodlit length of the

floodlit so far border proposedto be floodlit

Punjab 553.00 460.72 460.72 —

Rajasthan 1037.00 1022.80 1022.80 —

Jammu Inter- 210.00 186.00 176.40 9.60national Border

Gujarat 508.00 340.00 219.00 121.00

Total 2308 2009.52 1878.92 130.60

3.15 Border fencing and floodlightingworks along the entire Indo-Pakistanborder have been completed except someworks mainly in Gujarat sector of Indo-Pak border.

3.16 There has been a time overrun incompleting the project due to unforeseencircumstances andnatural calamities,including thedevastating earth-quake in 2001,unprecedented rainsand consequentialfloods in 2003 and2006. The cost of theproject has alsoincreased consi-derably due to priceescalation, increase inthe scope of work,upgradation ofspecifications for

roads, electrical works etc. In addition,an expenditure of R224 crore is estimatedfor upgradation works as per the CentralRoad Research Institute (CRRI)recommendations after the floods in 2006.

3.17 The Government has approved theextension of time for completion of the

Floodlighting along the Indo-Pakistan border



fencing and floodlighting project and therevised cost amounting to R1,201 croreagainst the original sanction of R380 crore.

Construction of Additional BorderOut Posts (BOPs) along the Indo-Bangladesh and the Indo-PakistanBorders

3.18 There already exist 802 BOPs onthe Indo-Bangladesh border and 609 BOPson the Indo-Pakistan border for effectivedomination of these borders. In order toreduce the inter-BOP distance for effectiveborder management, a proposal forconstruction of additional 509 BOPs (383along the Indo-Bangladesh border and126 along the Indo-Pakistan border) atan estimated cost of R1,832.50 crore has

been approved by the Government on16.02.2009. Construction of theseadditional BOPs will provide all necessaryinfrastructures for the accommodation,logistic support and the combat functionsof the BSF troops deployed on the Indo-Bangladesh and the Indo-Pakistanborders. The project is targetted to becompleted by 2013-14.

3.19 The work of construction of all 509BOPs has been awarded to threeconstruction agencies viz. EngineeringProject India Limited (66), NationalProject Construction Corporation (188)and Central Public Works Department(255). Construction activity in respect of14 BOPs has been completed and inanother 107 BOPs is in progress. Land

BOP Mohan in Rajasthan



acquisition for 230 BOPs is in progressand work will commence soon after theland acquisition is completed.

3.20 In addition, 70 BOPs weresanctioned under the composite schemefor Gujarat sector of Indo-Pak border.CPWD and NBCC have been entrustedwith the task of constructing 46 nos. and24 nos. of BOPs respectively. 41 nos. ofBOPs have already been constructed.Work is in progress in another 19 BOPs.

Development of Integrated CheckPosts (ICPs)

3.21 Good border management ismandated by India’s security concerns and,therefore, it is necessary to install systems

which address these concerns while alsofacilitating trade and commerce. Thereare several designated entry and exitpoints on the international border of thecountry through which cross bordermovement of persons, goods and traffictakes place. Existing infrastructure fordischarge of various sovereign functionsat these points are neither adequate norintegrated nor coordinated. No singleagency is responsible for coordination ofvarious Government functions and servicesat these points. These functions includethose of security, immigration, customs,human, plant and animal quarantine etc.,as also the provision of support facilitiesfor both the Government personnel andthe immigrants such as warehousing,parking, etc.

Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Attari, Wagah Indo-Pak Border



3.22 Existing infrastructure availablewith Customs, Immigration and otherregulatory agencies at these points on ourland borders is generally inadequate.Support facilities like warehouses, parkinglots, banks, hotels, etc. are also eitherinadequate or absent. All regulatory andsupport functions are generallyinadequate and generally not available inone complex. Even when located in closeproximity, there is no single agencyresponsible for coordinated functioning ofvarious government authorities/serviceproviders.

3.23 The need to redress this situationis recognized by all agencies concerned.One of the measures that was agreed

upon is to set-up ICPs at major entrypoints on our land borders. These ICPswould house all regulatory agencies likeImmigration, Customs, border security,etc. together with support facilities likeparking, warehousing, banking, hotels,etc. in a single complex equipped withall modern facilities.

3.24 Accordingly, the approval of theGovernment was obtained to set-up ICPsat 13 locations on Indo-Pakistan, Indo-Nepal, Indo-Bangladesh and Indo-Myanmar borders as a plan scheme underthe 11th Five year plan at an estimatedcost of R635 crore. A list of the 13 ICPsalong with their estimated project costproposed to be set-up is as under:

Phase - I

(R in crore)

Sl. Location State Border Estimated ApprovedNo. cost cost

1. Petrapole West Bengal India-B’desh 172 172

2. Moreh Manipur India-Myanmar 136 Yet to be firmed up

3. Raxaul Bihar India-Nepal 120 120

4. Attari (Wagah) Punjab India-Pakistan 150 150

5. Dawki Meghalaya India-B’desh 50 Yet to be firmed up

6. Akhaura Tripura India-B’desh 60 73.50

7. Jogbani Bihar India-Nepal 34 82.49

Phase – II

8. Hili West Bengal India-B’desh 78 Yet to be firmed up

9. Chandrabangha West Bengal India-B’desh 64 Yet to be firmed up

10. Sutarkhandi Assam India-B’desh 16 Yet to be firmed up

11. Kawarpuchiah Mizoram India-B’desh 27 Yet to be firmed up

12. Sunauli Uttar Pradesh India-Nepal 34 Yet to be firmed up

13. Rupaidiha Uttar Pradesh India-Nepal 29 Yet to be firmed up



3.25 To oversee and regulate theconstruction, management andmaintenance of the ICPs, the setting upof a Statutory Authority called ‘LandPorts Authority of India’ (LPAI) was alsoapproved. The LPAI is envisaged tofunction as an autonomous agency underthe Department of Border Management,Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) withrepresentation from the Ministry ofExternal Affairs, Ministry of Commerce,Department of Revenue and otherstakeholders. It would also associate withthe State Governments and BorderGuarding Forces concerned in its work.The LPAI is envisaged as a lean oversightbody aimed at providing betteradministration and cohesive managementof cross-border movement of people andgoods. It would be vested with powerson the lines of similar bodies like theAirports Authority of India.

3.26 Meanwhile, an Empowered SteeringCommittee (ESC) has been constituted, inthe Department of Border Management,MHA, as mandated by the Government,as an interim arrangement, till the LPAIcomes into being. The powers and

functions of the ESC, inter-alia, areengaging technical and commercialconsultants/project developers, identifyingbuilders/developers for execution/runningof various ICPs, arranging funds,finalization of Draft Project Reports (DPR)/Detailed Engineering Reports (DER),monitoring of projects, coordination withvarious Government agencies, takingadministrative and financial decisions onproposals involving expenditure upto R100crore, etc. So far, 28 meetings of the ESChave been held. All the importantdecisions on matters relating to the ICPs,are taken by the ESC.

Facilities Provided by the ICPs

3.27 The ICPs are envisaged to provideall the facilities required for discharge ofsovereign and non-sovereign functions toenable smooth cross-border movement ofindividuals, vehicles and goods under anintegrated complex. These wouldfacilitate the processes of immigration,customs, security, quarantine, etc. Toenable this, the infrastructural facilitiesprovided by the ICPs are :

Passenger terminal building Currency exchangeInternet facility Cargo process buildingCargo inspection sheds Warehouse/Cold storageQuarantine laboratory Clearing agentsBanks ScannersDFMD/HHMD CCTV/PA SystemIsolation Bay ParkingCafeteria Other public utilities



Progress of Development of ICPs

3.28 The Status of development insetting up of various ICPs is given below:

a) Construction of ICPs at Attari,Raxaul and Jogbani is in progress.In case of Attari, 97% of theconstruction work has beencompleted. Critical elements suchas passenger terminal building,warehouses, substation and roadsare complete, minor works in nomans land and buildings are beingdone and are expected to beoperationalised by the end ofFebruary, 2012. On 19.10.2011, the

ESC also cleared the other packageswhich are critical for Operation-alization.

b) At Raxaul, building structures androad base layers are complete. Thefoundations of prefab structures areready. Though, the present financialprogress is 40%, it is expected thatthere would be a quantum jumpin progress in the next few monthsas the finishing of buildings, finallayers in road and erection ofprefab structures would beprogressing in this period. Thedelay is mainly due to local unrestleading to stoppage of work.

Union Home Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram unveiled the Foundation Stone for theconstruction of ICP at Agartala



Physical infrastructure is expectedto be completed by June, 2012.

c) At Jogbani, the work was initiallyheld up due to frequent flooding.The issue of flooding now standsresolved and the progress of workis 25%. The work will gainmomentum in this working season.The physical infrastructure isexpected to be completed by June,2012.

d) At Agartala and Petrapole, work isat the start up stage; mobilizationof men, material and machinery isin progress. Physical infrastructureis expected to be completed byJuly, 2012 and January, 2013respectively.

e) Detailed Engineering Report (DER)of Moreh ICP has been cleared byESC and construction process isexpected to commence shortly. DERof Dawki ICP is under finalization.

f) Land has been acquired in the caseof Rupaidiha ICP in Uttar Pradesh,scheduled for Phase II of thescheme. Further, the selection ofland is under process for finalizationin the case of Chandrabangha inWest Bengal and Kwarpuchhaiah inMizoram in Phase-II.

g) The process of land identification/acquisition is being undertaken inthe case of other ICPs in Phase IIof the scheme.

h) Fourth and Fifth Technical LevelMeetings between India andPakistan were held on 30.11.2011and 22.12.2011 respectively atAttari/Wagah to discuss issuesrelating to border infrastructurefor facilitation of cross bordertravel and trade, construction ofan Integrated Check Post (ICP) byIndia at Attari/Wagah BorderTerminal on Pakistan side, theexact location of the second gateand proposed alignment of theroad on both sides. Both sidesnoted with satisfaction theprogress of work on theirrespective sides and hopedthat the facilities would beoperationalised by February, 2012.

Land Ports Authority of India (LPAI)

3.29 The Land Ports Authority of India(LPAI) has been envisaged as astatutory body which will function as abody corporate under the administrativecontrol of the Department of BorderManagement, Ministry of Home Affairs.The LPAI is expected to providebetter administration and cohesive



management of entry points/land portson the land borders and would bevested with the powers on the lines ofsimilar bodies like the AirportsAuthority of India.

3.30 The Land Ports Authority of IndiaBill has received the assent of thePresident after its passage in both Housesof Parliament. The Land Ports Authorityof India Act, 2010 has been notified inthe Official Gazette on 01.09.2010. TheRules under the Act have been framed.Selection for the higher level posts isbeing done.

COASTAL SECURITY

India’s Coastline

3.31 India has a coastline of 7,516.6km. bordering the mainland and theislands with the Bay of Bengal in theEast, the Indian Ocean on the South andthe Arabian Sea on the West. Thereare nine States viz. Gujarat,Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala,Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odishaand West Bengal and four UnionTerritories (UTs) viz. Daman & Diu,Lakshadweep, Puducherry andAndaman & Nicobar Islands situated onthe coast. The length of the coastline,including islands, in these States andUTs is given in the following table :

Sl. State/UT LengthNo. (in km.)

1. Gujarat 1214.70

2. Maharashtra 652.60

3. Goa 101.00

4. Karnataka 208.00

5. Kerala 569.70

6. Tamil Nadu 906.90

7. Andhra Pradesh 973.70

8. Odisha 476.70

9. West Bengal 157.50

10. Daman & Diu 42.50

11. Lakshadweep 132.00

12. Puducherry 47.60

13. Andaman &Nicobar Islands 1962.00

Total 7516.60

Security Concerns of the Coast

3.32 India’s long coast line presents avariety of security concerns that includelanding of arms and explosives at isolatedspots on the coast, infiltration/exfiltrationof anti-national elements, use of the seaand off shore islands for criminalactivities, smuggling of consumer andintermediate goods through sea routesetc. Absence of physical barriers on thecoast and presence of vital industrial anddefence installations near the coast alsoenhance the vulnerability of the coasts toillegal cross border activities.



Present Coastal Security System

3.33 There is a multi-tier arrangementfor protection and maritime security ofthe country involving the Indian Navy,Coast Guard and marine police of thecoastal States and UTs. The surveillanceon the high seas is carried out along thelimits of exclusive economic zone (EEZ)by the Navy and the Coast Guard. In theterritorial waters, the Coast Guardsprotect the Indian interests with CoastGuard vessels and aerial surveillance byCoast Guard aircrafts. Close coastalpatrolling is done by the State MarinePolice. The State’s jurisdiction extendsupto 12 nautical miles in the shallowterritorial waters.

Coastal Security Scheme Phase-I

3.34 Keeping in view the vulnerabilityof the coasts to the activities of criminalsand anti-national elements, a CoastalSecurity Scheme Phase-I was formulated.The Scheme was approved in January,2005 for implementation in 5 years fromthe year 2005-06. The Scheme wasextended for one year till 31.03.2011.Coastal Security Scheme Phase-I standscompleted on 31.03.2011.

Objectives of the Scheme

3.35 The objectives of the CoastalSecurity Scheme Phase-I were to

strengthen the infrastructure for patrollingand surveillance of coastal areas,particularly shallow areas close to thecoast, to check and counter any illegalcross border activities and criminalactivities using the coast or sea.

Main Features of the Scheme

3.36 The scheme provided assistance inthe form of grant to all the coastal Statesand UTs –

a) To set up coastal police stations,check posts, out posts,

b) To equip the coastal police stationswith manpower trained in maritimeactivities,

c) To procure vehicles and boats formobility on the coast and closecoastal waters,

d) A lump sum assistance of R10 lakhper coastal police station forequipment, computer system,furniture, etc.,

e) For meeting recurring expenditurefor a period of 6 years on repairsand maintenance for the patrolboats,

f) For meeting the trainingrequirements of the marine policepersonnel,

g) States and UTs to provide themanpower,



h) To make institutional arrangementsat State and district level forcoordination and sharing ofinformation among various

3.38 The details of the componentsprovisioned under Phase I of the CoastalSecurity Scheme are given in thestatement below:

Sl. Name of State/ Coastal Vessels Jeeps Motor Check Out- Barracks RubberNo. UT Police Cycles post post Inflated

Stations Boats

1. Gujarat 10 30 20 101 25 46 - -

2. Maharashtra 12 28 25 57 32 - 24 -

3. Goa 3 9 6 9 - - - 10

4. Karnataka 5 15 9 4 - - - -

5. Kerala 8 24 16 24 - - - -

6. Tamil Nadu 12 24 12 36 40 12 - -

7. Andhra Pradesh 6 18 12 18 - - - -

8. Odisha 5 15 10 15 - - - -

9. West Bengal 6 18 12 12 - - 6 -

10. Puducherry 1 3 2 3 - - - -

11. Lakshadweep 4 6 8 8 - - - -

12. Daman & Diu 1 4 3 5 - - - -

13. A&N Islands - 10 18 20 - - - -

Total 73 204 153 312 97 58 30 10

agencies including the Coast Guardand the Navy.

Financial Outlays

3.37 The Scheme had an outlay of R646crore out of which R495 crore wasearmarked for meeting non-recurringExpenditure and R151 crore wasearmarked for meeting recurringexpenditure for 6 years on fuel, repairsand maintenance of the boats and trainingof Marine police personnel.

3.39 A lump sum assistance of R10 lakhper police station has also been approvedfor computers and equipments, etc.

3.40 Boats/Vessels have beenprocured centrally from Public SectorUnder-takings under the Ministry ofDefence i.e. Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL),Goa, and M/s Garden ReachShipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE)Ltd., Kolkata, on nomination basis. A



contract was signed in March 2008 bythese vendors with the Government forsupply of 110 (12 Ton) and 84 (5 Ton)boats. State-wise details of delivery ofboats are as under:

3.41 Expenditure on fuel consumption ofCoastal Security Scheme boats reimbursedto Coastal States/UTs (maximum @R5 lakh per month per 12 Ton boats andR4 lakh per month for 5 Ton boats).

Sl. Name of Total approved boats under Boats delivered ShipyardNo. the State Coastal Security Scheme

12 Ton 5 Ton Total 12 Ton 5 Ton Total

1. Gujarat 20 10 30 20 10 30

2. Maharashtra 6 22 28 6 22 28

3. Goa 6 3 9 6 3 9

4. Karnataka 10 5 15 10 5 15 GSL

5. Kerala 16 8 24 16 8 24

6. Lakshadweep 2 4 6 2 4 6

7. Daman & Diu 2 2 4 2 2 4

Total 62 54 116 62 54 116

8. Tamil Nadu 12 12 24 12 12 24

9. Andhra Pradesh 12 6 18 12 6 18

10. Orissa 10 5 15 10 5 15

11. West Bengal 12 6 18 12 6 18 GRSE

12. Puducherry 2 1 3 2 1 3

13. A&N 10 0 10 10 0 10

Total 58 30 88 58 30 88

Grand Total 120 84 204 120 84 204



3.42 Under the scheme, manpower forthe marine police personnel includingtechnical crew for the boats is providedby the States and UTs. The process offilling up the posts is underway. CoastGuard is meeting the training requirementsof the marine police personnel in the CoastGuard District Headquarters. So far, morethan 2,346 police personnel have beenimparted training by the Coast Guard.

3.43 Annual Maintenance Contract(AMC) has been signed by MHA, onbehalf of coastal States/UTs, with theGovernment of India Undertakingshipbuilders (GSL and GRSE) initiallyfor a period of four years for maintenance

of boats supplied under Coastal SecurityScheme Phase–I. Regional maintenanceunits have been set up by GSL and GRSEby deploying local personnel formaintenance of boats.

Strengthening of Joint Coastal Patrol-ling of Gujarat and MaharashtraCoast under Operation SWAN

3.44 A scheme was formulated forimplementation in 6 years with effectfrom 2005-06 for creating additionalinfrastructure for Coast Guard to ensureintensive patrolling and surveillance ofthe close coastal areas of Gujarat andMaharashtra. Under the scheme, Coast

Coastal Police Station in Kerala



Guard is to procure 15 Interceptor Boatsand set up 3 Coast Guard Stations inDhanu and Murud Janjira in Maharashtraand Veraval in Gujarat. These assets arein addition to the infrastructure availablewith the Coast Guard in this area ofoperations.

3.45 Approved outlay of scheme isR342.56 crore for non-recurringexpenditure, which is being met byMHA. Recurring expenditure includingmanpower is being met by the Ministryof Defence (MoD).

3.46 Land for the Coast Guard Stationsat Dhanu, Murud Janjira and Veraval hasbeen acquired, except for a part ofrequired land for Murud Janjira station.Veraval and Murud Janjira have beenactivated in hired buildings.

3.47 Ministry of Defence is processingprocurement of Interceptor Boats underthe scheme. As per the DefenceProcurement Procedures, the MoD hasobtained CCS approval for incurring totalexpenditure of R28,123.20 lakh forprocurement of 15 interceptor boats forCoast Guard from M/s Bharati ShipyardLtd. The supply of these interceptor boatswill be completed in March 2014.

3.48 The implementation of the schemehas been extended upto 31.03.2014 by theGovernment. The scheme has been

transferred in totality in March 2011 tothe Ministry of Defence for furtherimplementation.

INITIATIVES AFTER 26/11MUMBAI INCIDENTS

3.49 Subsequent to the terrorists attackin Mumbai on 26/11, the entire coastalsecurity scenario of the country has beenthoroughly reviewed by the Governmentof India. Several high-level meetings wereheld in Cabinet Secretariat, Ministries ofHome Affairs, Defence, Shipping andFisheries, etc. to review the costal securityarrangements of the country and toaddress various related issues. Duringthese meetings several importantdecisions were taken, which are givenbelow:-

(I) Formulation of Coastal Security

Scheme (Phase-II)

a. The coastal States/UTs wereasked to carry outvulnerability/gap analysis inconsultation with Coast Guardto firm up their additionalrequirements for formulation ofPhase-II Scheme of the CoastalSecurity. After getting detailedproposals from the coastalStates/UTs, Coastal SecurityScheme (Phase-II) has beenapproved.



b. The scheme is beingimplemented over a period of5 (five) years starting from01.04.2011 with a total financialoutlay of R1,579.91 crore,(R1,154.91 crore for non-recurring expenditure and R425crore for recurring expenditure)through 9 coastal States and 4UTs.

c. The details of approvedcomponents under the Schemeare given below:

d. A lump sum assistance ofR15 lakh per costal PoliceStation is also being givenfor surveillance equipment,computer systems andfurniture.

Implementation status of Phase-II ofthe Coastal Security Scheme

3.50 All the coastal States/UTs haveinitiated the process of land identificationand land acquisition, for operation-alization and construction of coastal police

*LV- large vessels **RIB- Rigid Inflatable Boats ***MOCs- Marine Operational Centres# Existing 20 Coastal Police Stations will be upgraded.

Sl. Name of State/ Costal Boats/Vessels Number of Four- MotorNo. UT Police jetties wheelers Cycles

Stations 12 Ton Others

1 Gujarat 12 31 5 12 24

2 Maharashtra 7 14 3 7 14

3 Goa 4 4 2 4 8

4 Karnataka 4 12 2 4 8

5 Kerala 10 20 4 10 20

6 Tamil Nadu 30 20 12 30 60

7 Andhra Pradesh 15 30 7 15 30

8 Odisha 13 26 5 13 26

9 West Bengal 8 7 4 8 16

10 Daman & Diu 2 4 2 2 4

11 Lakshadweep 3 6 12** 2 3 6

12 Puducherry 3 6 2 3 6

13 A&N Islands 20# 10* 10 20 20***10 23**

MOCs

Total 131 180 60 131 242



stations & jetties. State/UT-wise details are given below:

Jetties

State/UT Number of Identification of Land acquisition Whether landSanctioned land/Site process started acquired

jetties

Gujarat 5 - - -Maharashtra 3 - - -Goa 2 1 - -Karnataka 2 2 2 -Kerala 4 4 2 -Tamil Nadu 12 10 - -AP 7 7 - -Odisha 5 - - -West Bengal 4 - - -Daman & Diu 2 2 2 -Puducherry 2 - - -Lakshadweep 2 - - -A&N Islands 10 1 - -

Total 60 27 6 -

Coastal Police Stations

State/UT Nos. of Operationalization of Identification Land WhetherSanctioned nos of coastal PSs in of land/Site acquisition landcoastal PSs current year 2011-12 process acquired

started

Gujarat 12 - 10 10 10Maharashtra 7 - 3 3 -Goa 4 4 3 3 -Karnataka 4 4 4 4 -Kerala 10 10 7 5 2Tamil Nadu 30 - 29 29 -AP 15 - 13 12 1Odisha 13 8 8 - -West Bengal 8 - 4 3 -Daman & Diu 2 - 2 2 1Puducherry 3 3 3 3 -Lakshadweep 3 3 3 - -A&N Islands 20* 20 20 N.A. 20

Total 131 52 109 74 34*Existing PSs to be upgraded to coastal PSs



3.51 R15.76 crores have been releasedto coastal States/UTs for starting ofconstruction work, purchase of vehiclesetc.

Procurement of Phase-II boats

3.52 Procurement of approved 180 (12Ton) boats and 10 large vessels for A&NIslands in Phase-II of Coastal SecurityScheme is being done centrally by MHA.Out of total 180 (12 Ton) boats under thescheme, specifications for 150 modified12 Ton boats have been finalized. Theprocess of procurement of these 150 (12Ton) boats has been initiated by Ministryof Home Affairs.

3.53 The specifications for remaining 20boats of 19 meter length for Tamil Nadu,10 modified 5 ton boats for Gujarat and10 large vessels of A&N Islands have alsobeen finalized.

Comprehensive Security Plan forA&N Islands

3.54 A&N Administration has submitteda comprehensive security plan of A&NIslands after consulting Coast Guard,Navy and other stake holders, forimplementation for a period of 8 years,in three phases 2012-2015, 2015-2017 and2017-2020. A&N has divided thecomprehensive security plan in two parts.Under Part A, they have placed the itemswhich are already approved under PhaseII of coastal security scheme. Under PartB, they have included the items whichwill be taken up in the state plan of A&NIslands separately, with other concernedministries or UT division of MHA. Thecomprehensive security plan for A&N hasbeen approved.

Registration of Boats

3.55 All the fishing/non-fishing boatsplying in Indian waters will be registeredunder a uniform system. The Departmentof Shipping is the nodal department inthis regard. Two notifications, one foramending the Merchant Shipping(Registration of Fishing Vessels) rulesalongwith revised format for registration,and another, for notifying the list ofregistrars, have been issued by Ministryof Shipping in June 2009. States/UTs aretaking follow-up actions in this regard.The NIC has developed an online uniform



registration system in the country. Anamount of R120 lakh has been releasedto NIC and R581.86 lakh to the CoastalStates and UTs for implementation of theprogramme. The process of registrationof boats above 20 mtr. under the newformat is being carried out by all States/UTs, with progress monitored by DG(Shipping).

Installation of Transponders on theBoats

3.56 All type of boats are being fitted/provided with navigational andcommunication equipments to facilitatevessel identification and tracking. TheDepartment of Shipping is the nodalDepartment for this matter too. TheDirector General (Shipping) has issuedtwo circulars to ensure that all types ofvessels including fishing vessels, otherthan fishing vessels of less than 20 mtr.categories, are installed with AIS type Btransponders for the purposes ofidentification and tracking. The coastalStates/UTs are taking necessary steps forcompliance of these circulars.

3.57 For vessels of less than 20 meterslength, a committee under the DG, CoastGuard has carried out ‘No Cost NoCommitment( NCNC)’ trials of suitabletracking systems; which are – (a) Satellitebased, (b) Automatic IdentificationSystem/Very High Frequency (AIS/VHF)

based, and (c) Very High Frequency/Global Positioning System (VHF/GPS)based. While the final deliberations forthe most suitable technology or a mix oftechnologies are in progress, it has beenrecommended that Radio FrequencyIdentification Devices (RFID) should beinstalled on all the boats. It has beendecided to conduct two ‘pilot projects’ atMumbai and Porbander to test thesuitability of the three technologies underthe supervision of Ministry of Defence.

Issuance of ID Cards to Fishermen

3.58 All the fishermen are being issuedID cards which are relatable to a singlecentralized data-base. Department ofAnimal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries(DAHD &F), as nodal agency, is takingnecessary actions in this regard, inconsultation with all concerned. Ministryof Agriculture has, on 11.12.2009,launched a Central Sector Scheme on‘Issuance of Biometric Identity cards tocoastal fishermen’ at a total cost of R72crore. A Consortium of three Public SectorUndertakings (PSUs) led by BharatElectronics Limited (BEL) has beenidentified for the work of digitization ofdata, card production and issuance.

3.59 DAHD&F has released a sum ofR8 crore to the coastal States/UTs forimplementation of the project. An amountof R25 crore has also been released to



the three PSUs of the aforesaidconsortium.

3.60 Out of 18,11,697 coastal fishermenidentified for issuance of biometric IDcard, data collection in respect of 16,14,848(89.13%) have been completed and for theremaining the process of data collectionis in progress.

3.61 The consortium of PSUs havestarted the digitization of data andcompleted digitization of data in respectof 16,04,492 fishermen. The consortiumhas also commenced biometric enrolmentand completed enrolment in respect of11,52,184 fishermen upto December, 2011.

Multipurpose National Identity Cards(MNICs) to the Coastal Population

3.62 Registrar General of India (RGI),MHA, is working on a project for issuanceof Multipurpose National Identity cards(MNICs) to the population in the coastalvillages, as a part of its project of creationof National Population Register (NPR) inthe coastal States/UTs and issuance ofidentity (smart) cards to the usual residentsof these villages who are above the age of18 years. It has been decided to implementthis project in two phases.

Phase I – 3,331 villages on thecoastline (In A& N Islands, all thevillages and towns to be coveredin Phase –I)

Phase II – Towns/cities and othervillages on the coastline along with2011 census.

3.63 The Cabinet approval for thescheme at an estimated cost of R216.31crore has been obtained. For the first time,direct data collection methodology hasbeen proposed to be undertaken for theproject. This is being done with theassistance of central PSUs namely BEL,ECIL and ITI jointly through the State,District and village level functionaries.Biographic details of more than 120 lakhpersons have so far been collected whilebiometric capture has been completed formore than 70 lakh persons.

3.64 For production, personalization anddelivery of identity cards, the approvalof the Cabinet has been obtained at anestimated cost of R135.53 crore. Printingof Local Register of Usual Residents(LRUR) has been completed for coastalvillages in all the coastal States/UTs. TheLRUR has been displayed for objections.After incorporating the objections, thedata will be digitally signed. Theproduction and personalization of IDcards has started in the 1st week ofAugust, 2011 by the consortium of threePSUs (BEL, ECIL & ITI). 50,000 cards havebeen produced upto 31.12.2011.

Port Security

3.65 The security of 12 major ports of



the country is being looked after by theCISF. These major ports are also subjectto periodical security audit by theIntelligence Bureau. However, no securitynorms for the 187 minor ports of thecountry have so far been evolved.Ministry of Shipping has constituted aworking group in July, 2009 forstandardization of ports security. Theworking group was mandated to draftthe broad guidelines and prescribeuniform security standards for the ports.The working group has submitted itsreport which is under consideration inthe Ministry of Shipping.

National Committee for Strengthen-ing Maritime and Coastal SecurityAgainst Threats from the Sea

3.66 A ‘National Committee forstrengthening maritime and coastalsecurity against threats from the sea’ hasbeen constituted by the CabinetSecretariat in the month of August, 2009,under the chairmanship of CabinetSecretary. The committee consists ofrepresentatives of all the concernedMinistries/Departments/Organisations inthe Government of India as well as ChiefSecretaries/Administrators of the coastalStates/UTs.

3.67 Five meetings of the NationalCommittee were held on 04.09.2009,22.01.2010, 14.05.2010, 23.11.2010 and

29.07.2011 wherein, the progress ofimplementation of all the major decisionsin respect of the coastal security werereviewed.

3.68 The various decisions taken inthese meetings are being followed up bythe concerned agencies.

Setting up of Joint Operation Cen-tres for Sharing Intelligence

3.69 Ministry of Defence (MOD) hascreated Joint Operation Centres (JOCs) forsharing of intelligence among variousagencies. These Centres have been setup at Mumbai, Visakhapatnam, Kochi andPort Blair under the charge of existingNaval Commander-in-Chief as theCommander-in-Chief Coastal Defence.The JOCs are jointly manned andoperated by the Navy and Coast Guardwith inputs from the concerned Centraland State agencies.

Raising of Sagar Prahari Bal

3.70 A special force named as SagarPrahari Bal (SPB) comprising of 1,000personnel has been raised by the Navyfor force protection, security of navalbases and co-located Vulnerable Areas(VAs) and Vulnerable Points (VPs). MoDhas accorded sanction of manpower forthe SPB. The SPB will cover allCommands. Personnel have been



positioned and patrolling has commencedusing hired boats. Procurement of 80 FastInterceptor Crafts (FICs) is in process inMoD. 15 FICs will be delivered to Navyby December 2011.

Finalization of SOPs for all CoastalStates and UTs

3.71 The Standard Operating Procedures(SOPs) for all coastal States and UTs havebeen finalized and issued by Indian CoastGuard.

Joint Coastal Security Exercise

3.72 Joint Coastal security exercises like‘Sagar Kavach’ have been very useful andhave ushered in an era of synergy in jointoperations. Modalities have been workedout to disseminate the lessons learnt ineach exercise for the benefit of all othercoastal States/UTs. The joint coastalsecurity exercises are conducted bi-annually. The lessons learnt are beingcommunicated to all stake-holders to fillthe gaps.

Coordination among VariousAgencies

3.73 As regards coordinated approachto Maritime Security, the CabinetCommittee on Security, in its meeting on16.02.2009, considered a proposal of MoDfor strengthening the maritime security

of the country, which was formulatedafter due consultation with all theconcerned Ministries including Ministryof Home Affairs. It was decided thereinthat the Indian Navy would bedesignated as the authority responsiblefor overall maritime security whichincludes coastal security and offshoresecurity. The Indian Navy assisted byCoast Guard, State Marine Police andother Central and State Agencies forcoastal defence of the nation. The IndianCoast Guard has been additionallydesignated as the authority responsiblefor coastal security in territorial watersincluding areas to be patrolled by CoastalPolice. The Director General, CoastGuard is designated as CommanderCoastal Command and is responsible foroverall coordination between Central andState Agencies in all matters relating tocoastal security. These decisions arebeing implemented by the MoD.

CONSTRUCTION OF ROADSOF OPERATIONALSIGNIFICANCE IN BORDERAREAS ALONG INDIA-CHINABORDER

3.74 To redress the situation arising outof poor road connectivity which hashampered the operational capability ofthe border guarding forces deployedalong the India-China border, theGovernment had decided to undertake



phase-wise construction of 27 roadstotaling 804 km. in the border areas alongthe India-China border in the States ofJammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh,Uttarakhand, Sikkim and ArunachalPradesh at an estimated cost of R1,937crore to be constructed by Ministry ofHome Affairs for operational use by Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).

Preparation of Detailed ProjectReports

3.75 The work of construction of 27ITBP roads has been assigned to BorderRoads Organization (15 roads), CentralPublic Works Department (8 roads),National Projects ConstructionCorporation (2 roads) and HimachalPradesh Public Works Department (2roads). Detailed Project Reports (DPRs)/cost estimates in respect of all the 27roads, submitted by the executingagencies, have been approved by theHigh Level Empowered Committee(HLEC) of MHA.

Status of Forest/Wildlife Clearance

3.76 Since large parts of the approvedroads would pass through forest areas, itis mandatory to obtain the forestclearance under the Forest ConservationAct, 1980 before commencement of theconstruction activities. In addition,statutory environment clearance under

Wildlife Act for roads, whose alignmentpasses through Wildlife Sanctuaries/National Parks, is also required to beobtained from National Board for Wildlife(NBWL) as well as the Supreme Courtbefore seeking forest clearance.

3.77 Until now, final forest andenvironmental clearance in respect of 26roads have been obtained. In the case ofthe Chitkul-Dumpti road in HimachalPradesh, environment clearance has beenobtained from the Hon’ble Supreme Courtand the forest clearance is awaited.

3.78 The construction work on 22 roadshas commenced. Construction of 2 roadsi.e. Sugar Point – Lapcha and Chappan –Shipki La roads in Himachal Pradeshhave been completed by BRO. Besides,Sugar Point – Pong – Point 4840(Himachal Pradesh) and Ghatsoli –Rattakona (Uttarakhand) roads have alsobeen connected for movement of lightvehicles.

3.79 Till date, 462 km. of formation and158 km. of surfacing work has beencompleted.

MANAGEMENT OF INDO-NEPAL BORDER

3.80 In order to check anti-nationalactivities and to improve the security onthe India-Nepal border, which is open &



porous border, 25 battalions of SashastraSeema Bal (SSB) have been deployed asthe Border Guarding Force (BGF). 450Border Out Posts (BOPs) have beenestablished on Indo-Nepal border.

3.81 Bilateral mechanisms in the formof Home Secretary-level talks and JointWorking Group at the level of JointSecretaries exist between the twocountries. In addition, there is amechanism of Border DistrictCoordination Committee at the level ofdistrict officials of the two countries.These mechanisms serve as platforms fordiscussing issues of mutual concernlike containing cross-border crimes,smuggling, situation arising out ofterrorist activities, etc. at national andregional/local levels.

3.82 In order to meet the operationalrequirements of the Border GuardingForce on this border, the Government hasapproved a plan for construction of roadsof 1,377 km. of strategic roads along Indo-Nepal border in the States of Uttarakhand(173 km.), Uttar Pradesh (640 km.) andBihar (564 km.) at an estimated cost ofR3,853 crore.

3.83 The High Level EmpoweredCommittee on 24.05.2011 has approved,in principle, the upgradation of 24.05 km.of the road Phulbaria Ghat at LalbakiyaRiver – Bahar Village along Indo-Nepal

border in Sitamarhi District of Bihar atan estimated cost of R70.56 crore. As thecosts were high, as directed the StateGovernment of Bihar has submittedrevised DPRs to the Technical Committee.The same has now been approved by theHLEC Chairman.

3.84 Further, the HLEC has givenapproval for the proposal of Governmentof Uttarakhand for upgradation of KakraliGate – Thulighat road in the State ofUttarakhand to two lanes over a lengthof 12 km. at an estimated cost of R12.30crore.

3.85 In case of Uttar Pradesh, the areashave been surveyed.

MANAGEMENT OF INDO-BHUTAN BORDER

3.86 To improve the securityenvironment along this border, 13battalions of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)have been deployed as the BorderGuarding Force. Out of a total 132 BOPssanctioned, 131 BOPs have beenestablished on Indo-Bhutan border so far.

3.87 A Secretary level bilateralmechanism in the shape of an India-Bhutan Group on Border Managementand Security is in existence. Thismechanism has proved to be very usefulin assessing threat perception of the two



countries from groups attempting to takeadvantage of this open border and indiscussing ways of improving the securityenvironment in border areas.

3.88 The Government of India hasapproved construction of 313 km. roadsat a cost of R1,259 crore in Assam alongIndo-Bhutan border for a period offive years starting from 01.04.2011.Government of Assam has constituted aState Level Coordination Committeeunder the chairmanship of Addl. ChiefSecretary to sort out all issues pertainingto land acquisition, statutory clearances,etc. Assam PWD has submitted a DPRfor 61 km. road, which is underexamination in CPWD.

MANAGEMENT OF INDO-MYANMAR BORDER

3.89 India shares 1,643 km. long borderwith Myanmar. Arunachal Pradesh,Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram are theStates, which share the border withMyanmar.

3.90 Assam Rifles has been deployed forcounter-insurgency and border guardingrole on this border. Out of sanctionedstrength of 46 battalions, 31 battalions arefor counter-insurgency and 15 battalionsare for border guarding role. Presently,all 15 border guarding battalions aredeployed along Indo-Myanmar border on

Company Operating Base (COB) approach.The companies are deployed on all routesof ingress/egress and are checkinginfiltration, smuggling of arms, ammu-nition, drugs, fake currency notes, etc.

Border Fencing Between BP No.79 &81 in Moreh (Manipur)

3.91 India and Myanmar share unfencedborder of 1,643 km. adjoining the North-Eastern States of Arunachal Pradesh (520km.), Nagaland (215 km.), Manipur (398km.) and Mizoram (510 km.) and permita Free Movement Regime upto 16 km.across the border. This makes theInternational Border extremely porous.The border runs along hilly andinhospitable terrain which grossly lacksbasic infrastructure and providesadequate cover to the activities of variousIndian Insurgent Groups (IIGs). Theunfenced Indo-Myanmar border with freemovement regime is being exploited byvarious Indian Insurgent Groups (IIGs).

3.92 In order to check the problem ofincreased militant activities in the Indo-Myanmar border area, Govt. of India hasinitiated action to fence the area betweenBP No. 79 to 81 on the Indo-MyanmarBorder (approx. 10 km.). MHA has givenadministrative approval of R30.96 crorefor fencing work. Clearance fromSupreme Court and the Ministry ofEnvironment & Forests has been obtained.



A compensation of R503.68 lakh has beenpaid to the Government of Manipur foracquisition of the land. Zero line survey,i.e. Reconnaissance Survey and Trace Cut(RSTC) in the area proposed to be fencedhas been completed. During financial year2010-11 an amount of R11.08 crore hasbeen released to BRO for fencing work.In financial year 2011-12 an amount of R4crore has been released to BRO. As perthe information received from BRO, about1.5 km. fencing work has been completed.

BORDER AREA DEVELOP-MENT PROGRAMME (BADP)

3.93 The Department of BorderManagement, Ministry of Home Affairs

has been implementing a Border AreaDevelopment Programme (BADP)through the State Governments as a partof a comprehensive approach to BorderManagement with the aim to meet thespecial developmental needs of the peopleliving in remote and inaccessible areassituated near the international border andto saturate the border areas with theentire essential infrastructure throughconvergence of Central/State/BADP/Local schemes and participatory approachand to promote a sense of security andwell being among the border population.The programme covers 358 border blocksof 96 border districts of 17 States locatedalong the international land border. Theprogramme is a 100% centrally sponsored

Bridge constructed under BADP over river at Khazlang, Nafra Block of DistrictWest Kameng , Arunachal Pradesh



scheme. Funds are provided to the Statesas a non-lapsable Special CentralAssistance (SCA) for execution of projectsrelating to infrastructure, livelihood,education, health, agriculture and alliedsectors.

Guidelines of BADP

3.94 The BADP is being implementedunder the guidelines framed by thePlanning Commission. The funds, whichare allocated by the Planning Commissionannually, are re-allocated to the BorderStates taking into consideration (i) lengthof International Border (km.); (ii)Population of the border block and (iii)Area of the border block (sq. km.).Weightage of 15% over and above thetotal allocation is also given to States

Foot suspension bridge constructed at Bomdila,District West Kameng, Block Nafra, under the BADP over river

having hilly/desert/Kutchh areas. Thefunds are additive to normal Centralassistance and are allocated for addressingthe special problems faced by the peopleof the border areas. Funds are releasedto the States in two installments i.e. 1st

installment of 90% amount of totalallocation of the State and 2nd installmentof the remaining 10% amount of theallocation.

3.95 The Schemes under thisprogramme are prepared by StateGovernment and approved by the StateLevel Screening Committee headed by theChief Secretary of the State and executedby the agencies of the State Government.Security related schemes can also be takenup under BADP but the expenditure onsuch schemes should not exceed 10% of



the total allocation in a particular year.The funds under BADP are to be usedfor schemes in the identified borderblocks only.

Empowered Committee

3.96 The policy matters relating to thescope of the programme, prescription ofgeographical limits of areas in the Stateswithin which schemes will be taken up,allocation of funds to the States andmodalities for proper execution of theprogramme is being laid down by anEmpowered Committee constituted underthe Chairmanship of the Secretary (Border

Installation of Solar Lights under BADP at ITBP posts at higher altitudeat India-China Border in Uttarakhand

Management) in the Ministry of HomeAffairs.

Optimal Utilization of Waters of East-ern Rivers of Indus River System

3.97 Given the importance of OptimalUtilization of Waters of the Eastern Riversof Indus River System has been taken upunder the BADP in States of Punjab (03projects) and J&K (06 projects) as a specialinitiative. An amount of R5,023.50 lakh[Punjab (R1,994 lakh) and J&K (R3029.50lakh)] has been released during the years2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09.Work on two projects (Madhopur and



Hussainiwala headwork) in Punjab hasbeen completed and work on third project(Harike headwork) is under progresswhereas work on the projects in J&K isgoing on.

Fund Flow under BADP

3.98 An allocation of R635 crore was

Installation of Hand pump under BADP in the High School Khatima, Uttarakhand

made during financial year 2009-10 andR691 crore during financial year 2010-11,which was entirely released. During2011-12, budget allocation of R900 crorehas been made for BADP. The details offunds allocated and released to the Statesunder BADP during the year 2009-10,2010-11 and 2011-12 are as under:



(R in lakh)

Name of 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12States (As on 31.12.2011)

Allocation Release Allocation Release Allocation Release

Arunachal 6647.45 6647.45 5850.00 5850.00 8573.00 7579.08Pradesh

Assam 2395.62 2395.62 4000.00 4000.00 3161.00 1661.79

Bihar 3660.00 3660.00 3715.00 3715.00 5577.00 4675.30

Gujarat 3269.00 3269.00 2800.00 2800.00 4164.00 2375.95

Himachal 1276.00 1276.00 1280.00 1280.00 2000.00 2000.00Pradesh

Jammu & 9877.74 9877.74 10000.00 10000.00 12500.00 12223.81Kashmir

Manipur 2086.00 2086.00 1343.00 1343.00 2000.00 2000.00

Meghalaya 1647.19 1647.19 1247.00 1247.00 2000.00 2000.00

Mizoram 2494.42 2494.42 2506.00 2506.00 3702.00 3702.00

Nagaland 1950.00 1950.00 2500.00 2500.00 1800.00 1620.00

Punjab 2978.00 2978.00 2225.00 2225.00 3292.00 2517.00

Rajasthan 9296.00 9296.00 8696.00 8696.00 11409.00 8552.80

Sikkim 1520.50 1520.50 2000.00 2000.00 1800.00 1126.17

Tripura 3005.89 3005.89 3579.00 3579.00 4126.00 4126.00

Uttar Pradesh 2995.23 2995.23 2905.00 2905.00 4546.00 4586.00

Uttarakhand 2178.80 2178.80 2261.00 2261.00 3298.00 3296.87

West Bengal 6222.16 6222.16 10961.00 10961.00 14291.00 11818.27

Total 63500.00 63500.00 67868.00 67868.00 88239.00 75821.27

Kept reserve for contingencies etc. 1761.00

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of State (Independent Charge) nominatedby the Chairman of the Council arepermanent invitees to the Council. ISCwas last reconstituted on 27.09.2011.

4.4 The ISC is a recommendatory bodyand has been assigned the duties ofinvestigating and discussing such subjects,in which some or all of the States or theUnion and one or more of the States havea common interest, and makingrecommendations for better coordinationof policy and action with respect to thatsubject. It also deliberates upon such othermatters of general interest to the Statesas may be referred by the Chairman tothe Council.

4.5 The meetings of the Council areheld in camera and all issues, which comeup for consideration of the Council in ameeting, are decided by consensus andthe decision of the Chairman as to theconsensus is final. The Council has notbeen assigned the duty envisaged inclause (a) of Article 263 of theConstitution namely, inquiring into andadvising upon disputes, which may havearisen between States.

4.1 In a federal polity, in view of largeareas of common interest and sharedaction between the constituent units,coordination of policies and theirimplementation becomes extremelyimportant. Article 263 of the Constitutionenvisages establishment of an institutionalmechanism to facilitate coordination ofpolicies and their implementation.

INTER-STATE COUNCIL (ISC)

4.2 In pursuance of the recommen-dation made by the Sarkaria Commissionon Centre-State Relations, the Inter-StateCouncil (ISC) was set up in 1990 througha Presidential Order dated 28.05.1990.

4.3 The Prime Minister is the Chairmanof the Council. Chief Ministers of all theStates and Union Territories havingLegislative Assemblies; Administrators ofUnion Territories not having LegislativeAssemblies; Governors of States underPresident’s rule and six Ministers ofCabinet rank in the Union Council ofMinisters, nominated by the Chairman ofthe Council are members of the Council.Five Ministers of Cabinet rank/Minister


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4.6 The Standing Committee of the ISCwas constituted in the year 1996 forcontinuous consultation and processing ofmatters for the consideration of theCouncil. The Union Home Minister is theChairman of the Standing Committee,which has five Union Cabinet Ministersand nine Chief Ministers as members.The Standing Committee was lastreconstituted on 27.09.2011. So far 10meetings of the Standing Committee ofthe Inter-State Council have taken place.

4.7 The Council has so far held 10meetings. In its first 8 meetings, theCouncil had focussed its attention on the247 recommendations made by theSarkaria Commission on Centre-Staterelations, and had taken a view on allthe recommendations. Out of 247recommendations, 180 have beenimplemented, 65 have not been acceptedby the Inter-State Council/AdministrativeMinistries/Departments concerned, andonly 02 recommendations are still atdifferent stages of implementation inconsultation with stakeholders.

4.8 The Council has also consideredother public policy and governance issues;namely:

(a) Contract Labour and ContractAppointments;

(b) Blue Print of an Action Plan onGood Governance;

(c) Disaster Management – Pre-paredness of States to cope withdisasters;

(d) Atrocities on Scheduled Castes andScheduled Tribes and the Status ofImplementation of the ScheduledCastes/Scheduled Tribes (Pre-vention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.

4.9 The Council Secretariat closelymonitors the implementation of therecommendations made by the Inter-StateCouncil, and places the Action TakenReport before the Standing Committee/Council for consideration.

4.10 The Council Secretariat has alsotaken steps in consultation with the UnionMinistries/Departments and the StateGovernments to identify issues forconsideration of the Council. Some issueshave also been received from the UnionMinistries/Departments viz the Depart-ment of Posts, the Ministry of Railwaysand the Department of Personnel &Administrative Reforms and these areunder examination by the CouncilSecretariat.

4.11 Inter-State Council Secretariat onbehalf of the Government of India hadentered into a Framework Agreementwith Forum of Federations, Ottawa,Canada in 2005 with a membership feeof $50,000 per annum for a period ofthree years and subsequently renewed for


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further period of three years in 2008. TheFramework Agreement has been renewedfor a period of 3 years beyond September,2011. The objective of this agreement isto create an international partnership thatwould support the Forum and the partnergovernments in improving governanceand strengthening democracy bypromoting dialogue on the practices,principles and possibilities of federalism.

COMMISSION ON CENTRE-STATE RELATIONS (CCSR)

4.12 The Commission on Centre-StateRelations under the chairmanship ofJustice (retd.) Madan Mohan Punchhi,former Chief Justice of the Supreme Courtof India, has submitted its Report to theGovernment on 31.03.2010. The Report ofthe Commission has been circulatedamongst stakeholders, including StateGovernments/UT Administrations andUnion Ministries/Departments concernedfor their considered views on therecommendations of the Commission andis under examination in consultation withstakeholders.

ZONAL COUNCILSECRETARIAT

Role and Functions of Zonal Councils

4.13 The Zonal Councils, five in number,are statutory bodies set up under the States

Re-organisation Act, 1956 to provide acommon meeting ground to the States andUTs in each Zone for resolution of inter-State and Zonal problems, fosteringbalanced socio-economic regionaldevelopment and building harmoniousCentre-State relations. These Councils arehigh level bodies having Chief Ministersand other Ministers of the respective Statesas their members. The Union HomeMinister is the chairman of each of theseCouncils. The office of the Vice Chairmanis held by the Chief Ministers of themember States of the respective ZonalCouncils by annual rotation. Each ZonalCouncil has set up a Standing Committeeconsisting of Chief Secretaries of themember States of their respective ZonalCouncils. These Standing Committees meetfrom time to time to resolve the issues orto do necessary ground work for furthermeetings of the Zonal Councils. SeniorOfficers of the Planning Commission andother Central Ministries are also associatedwith the meetings depending uponnecessity.

4.14 The Zonal Councils have, so far,met 107 times since their inception. 41meetings of Standing Committees havealso been held.

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policing, sharing of information on crimeand criminals by the concerned States,prison reforms, communal harmony,introduction of metro in NCR, conversionof public transport vehicles in NCR toCNG, signing of reciprocal transportagreement by concerned States for freemovement of vehicles across NCR, andresolution of the socio-economic problemslike trafficking in women and children,strengthening the preparedness for disastermanagement, implementation of Right toInformation Act, implementation ofNational Employment Guarantee Bill,Good Governance, etc.

4.16 A meeting of the StandingCommittee of Northern Zonal Councilwas held on 20.06.2011 at Srinagar underthe chairmanship of Chief Secretary,Jammu & Kashmir. The meeting wasattended by Chief Secretaries of Haryana,Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan andrepresentatives from Delhi, Chandigarhand concerned Central Ministries.

4.17 Efforts are also being made toconvene the meetings of StandingCommittees of Southern, Western, CentralZonal Councils and meeting of EasternZonal Council at the earliest.

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5.1 Under the Seventh Schedule to theConstitution of India, ‘Police’ and ‘PublicOrder’ are State subjects and, therefore,the State Governments are primarilyresponsible for prevention, registration,detection and investigation of crime andprosecution of the perpetrators of crimewithin their jurisdiction. However, theMinistry of Home Affairs supplements theefforts of the State Governments byproviding them financial assistance formodernization of the State Police Forces

in terms of weaponry, communication,equipment, mobility, training and otherinfrastructure under the Scheme ofModernization of State Police Forces.

5.2 All cognizable crimes reported andinvestigated by the police are broadlycategorized as those falling under theIndian Penal Code (IPC) or the Specialand Local Laws (SLL). A comparativestatement of crimes registered during thelast five years is given below:-

Crime Incidence under Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Special and LocalLaws (SLL) during 2006-2010

YEAR Number Of Offences Ratio Rate Per(IPC: SLL) (1,00,000

IPC SLL Total Population)

2006 18,78,293 32,24,167 51,02,460 1:1.72 455.7

2007 19,89,673 37,43,734 57,33,407 1:1.88 504.5

2008 20,93,379 38,44,725 59,38,104 1:1.84 515.0

2009 21,21,345 45,53,872 66,75,217 1:2.15 570.8

2010 22,24,831 45,25,917 67,50,748 1:2.03 569.3

Trend Analysis

5.3 A total of 22,24,831 IPC crimeswere reported in the country during theyear 2010 against 21,21,345 in 2009

recording an increase of 4.9% in 2010.

The share of IPC crimes to total

cognizable crimes in percentage terms

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2007. It again increased to 35.3% in 2008and decreased to 31.8% in 2009, and againincreased to 33.0% in 2010 thus showinga mixed trend during the five-year period2006-2010. Madhya Pradesh andMaharashtra have accounted for 9.6% and9.4% respectively of total IPC crimesreported in the country during the year2010.

Crime Rate

5.4 The crime rate, defined as thenumber of crime per 1,00,000 population,is generally taken as a realistic indicatorof crime since it takes into account thesize of population of the place. The rateof total cognizable crimes (IPC+SLL) inthe country showed an increasing trendduring 2006-2009 (increased to 570.8 in2009 from 455.7 in 2006). The crime ratehas marginally decreased by 0.3% in 2010as compared to 2009. Kerala (424.1) hasreported the highest rate of IPC crimesduring the year 2010 as compared to theNational average of 187.6.

CRIME AGAINST WOMEN

5.5 Women may be victims of any ofthe general crimes such as murder,robbery, cheating etc. Only the crimeswhich are directed specifically againstwomen are characterized as ‘crimes againstwomen’. Crime against women arebroadly classified under two categories:-

(A) The Crimes under the Indian

Penal Code (IPC)

(i) Rape (Sec. 376 IPC)

(ii) Kidnapping & Abduction forspecified purposes (Sec. 363 -369 and 371 - 373 IPC)

(iii) Homicide for Dowry, DowryDeaths or their attempts(Sec.302/304-B IPC)

(iv) Torture - both mental andphysical (Sec. 498-A IPC)

(v) Molestation (Sec. 354 IPC)

(vi) Sexual harassment (Sec. 509IPC)

(vii)Importation of girls (up to 21years of age) (Sec. 366-B IPC)

(B) The crimes under the Special &

Local Laws (SLL) - The genderspecific laws for which crimestatistics are recorded throughoutthe country are:

(i) Immoral Traffic (Prevention)Act, 1956

(ii) Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961

(iii) Indecent Representation ofWomen (Prohibition) Act, 1986

(iv) Commission of Sati (Prevention)Act, 1987



Incidence of Crime Against Women during 2006-2010

Sl. Crime Head Year PercentageNo. variation in

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2010 over2009

1. Rape (Sec. 376 IPC) 19,348 20,737 21,467 21,397 22,172 3.6

2. Kidnapping & Abduction 17,414 20,416 22,939 25,741 29,795 15.7(Sec. 363 to 373 IPC)

3. Dowry Death 7,618 8,093 8,172 8,383 8,391 0.1(Sec. 302/304 IPC)

4. Torture (Sec. 498-A IPC) 63,128 75,930 81,344 89,546 94,041 5.0

5. Molestation (Sec. 354 IPC) 36,617 38,734 40,413 38,711 40,613 4.9

6. Sexual Harassment 9,966 10,950 12,214 11,009 9,961 -9.5(Sec. 509 IPC)

7. Importation of Girls 67 61 67 48 36 -25.0(Sec. 366-B IPC)

8. Sati Prevention Act, 1987 0 0 1 0 0 -

9. Immoral Traffic 4,541 3,568 2,659 2,474 2,499 1.0(Prevention) Act, 1956

10. Indecent Representation of 1,562 1,200 1,025 845 895 5.9Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986

11. Dowry Prohibition 4,504 5,623 5,555 5,650 5,182 -8.3Act, 1961

Total 1,64,765 1,85,312 1,95,856 2,03,804 2,13,585 4.8

Trend Analysis

5.6 A total of 2,13,585 incidents ofcrime against women (both under IPCand SLL ) were reported in the countryduring 2010 as compared to 2,03,804during 2009 recording an increase of4.8% during 2010. These crimes havecontinuously increased during 2006-2010with 1,64,765 cases in 2006, 1,85,312 casesin 2007, 1,95,856 cases in 2008, 2,03,804

cases in 2009 and 2,13,585 cases in 2010.Andhra Pradesh, accounting for nearly7.1% of the country’s population, hasaccounted for 12.8% of total incidents ofcrime against women in the country byreporting 27,244 cases. West Bengal withnearly 7.6% share of the country’spopulation has occupied for 12.2% oftotal crime against women underreference by reporting 26,125 cases in2010.



Crime Rate

5.7 The rate of crime has increasedmarginally from 17.4 during the year 2009to 18.0 during 2010. Tripura reported thehighest rate of crime against women at46.5 during 2010.

Administrative measures taken byMinistry of Home Affairs for com-bating Crime against Women

5.8 A detailed advisory dated04.09.2009 was sent to all StateGovernments/UT Administrationswherein States/UTs have been advisedto take comprehensive review of theeffectiveness of the machinery forensuring safety and security of womenand control of crimes committed againstthem in the country. The Advisory is alsoavailable on Ministry of Home Affair’swebsite, www.mha.nic.in. Some of thespecific steps suggested in the advisoryare as under:-

(i) Vigorously enforce the existinglegislations and ensure properenforcement of law and convictionsin crimes related to women.

(ii) The administration and policeshould play a more proactive rolein detection and investigation ofcrime against women and ensuringthat there is no under reporting.

(iii) Increasing the overallrepresentation of women in policeforces.

(iv) Sensitizing the law enforcementmachinery towards crime againstwomen by way of well structuredtraining and awarenessprogrammes, meetings andseminars etc., for police personnelat all levels as well as otherfunctionaries administering thecriminal justice systems.

(v) There should be no delaywhatsoever in registration of FIRin all cases of crime against women.

(vi) Help-line numbers of the crimeagainst women cells - should beexhibited prominently in hospitals/schools/colleges premises, and inother suitable places.

(vii) Set up exclusive ‘Crime AgainstWomen and Children’ Desk in eachpolice station and the SpecialWomen Police Cells in the policestations and all women police thanaas needed.

(viii) For improving the safety conditionson road, the concernedDepartments of the StateGovernment must take suitablesteps to:



a) Increase the number of policehelp booth/kiosks, especially inremote and lonely stretches;

b) Increase police patrolling,especially during the night;

c) Increase the number of womenpolice officers in the mobilepolice vans;

d) Set-up telephone booths foreasy access to police;

e) Install people friendly streetlights on all roads, lonelystretches and alleys; and

f) Ensure street lights areproperly and efficientlyworking on all roads, lonelystretches and alleys.

(ix) Special steps to be taken forsecurity of women working innight shifts of call centers.

(x) All police stations may be advisedto display the name and otherdetails of Protection Officers of thearea appointed under the DomesticViolence Act, 2005.

5.9 The Bureau of Police Research andDevelopment (BPR&D) under theMinistry of Home Affairs has beenorganizing various programmes andworkshops to sensitize police officers atvarious levels in the States towardsprevention of crime against all vulnerablesections of the society, including womenand children.

Honour Killings

5.10 Ministry of Home Affairs hasissued a detailed advisory dated04.09.2009, to all the State/UnionTerritory Governments. Para 33 of thesaid Advisory urges the StateGovernments/UT Administrations to takespecial steps to curb the violation ofwomen’s rights in cases of honourkillings.

5.11 A Group of Ministers (GoM) hasalso been constituted under thechairmanship of the Union FinanceMinister to consider the issue ofamendments in the Indian Penal Code orenact a separate legislation to address theissue of honour killings and relatedviolence.



CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN

Incidents of Crime against Children during 2006-2010


2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2010 over2009

1. Murder 1,324 1,377 1,296 1,488 1,408 -5.4

2. Infanticide 126 134 140 63 100 58.7

3. Rape 4,721 5,045 5,446 5,368 5,484 2.2

4. Kidnapping & Abduction 5,102 6,377 7,650 8,945 10,670 19.3

5. Foeticide 125 96 73 123 111 -9.8

6. Abetment to Suicide 45 26 29 46 56 21.7

7. Exposure & Abandonment 909 923 864 857 725 -15.4

8. Procuration of Minor Girls 231 253 224 237 679 186.5

9. Buying of Girls for Prostitution 35 40 30 32 78 143.8

10. Selling of Girls for Prostitution 123 69 49 57 130 128.1

11. Prohibition of Child Marriage 99 96 104 3 - -Act 2006

12. Other Crimes 6,127 5,974 6,595 6,982 7,253@ 3.8

Total 18,517 20,410 22,500 24,201 26,694 10.3

@ including Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006)

Trend Analysis

5.12 A total of 26,694 cases of crimesagainst children were reported in thecountry during 2010 as compared to24,201 cases during 2009, showing anincrease of 10.3%. Among IPC crimes,number of Procuration of minor girlscases increased from 237 in 2009 to 679in 2010, registering an increase of 186.5%over 2009. Cases of Exposure andAbandonment decreased by 15.4% duringthe year 2010 (725 cases) as compared to

2009 (857 cases). Madhya Pradesh, withthe highest 4,912 cases, reported 18.4%incidence of crime against children in thecountry during the year 2010.

Crime Rate

5.13 The rate of crime against childrenhas marginally increased from 2.1 in 2009to 2.3 in 2010.

Administrative measures taken byMinistry of Home Affairs forcombating crime against Children



5.14 A detailed advisory, dated14.07.2010 was sent to all StateGovernments/UT Administrationswherein States/UTs have been advisedto make comprehensive review of theeffectiveness of the machinery forensuring safety and security of childrenand control of crimes committed againstthem in the country. The Advisory is alsoavailable on the Ministry of HomeAffair’s website, www.mha.nic.in. Someof the specific steps suggested in theadvisory are as under:-

i. Vigorously enforce all the existinglegislations relating to crime againstchildren i.e., Prohibition of ChildLabour (Prohibition and Regulation)Act 1986, Juvenile Justice (Care andProtection of Children) Act 2000 (asamended in 2006), Prohibition ofChild Marriage Act, 2006, ImmoralTraffic (Prevention) Act, 1956,Information Technology Act, 2000(as amended in 2008) and relevantsections of IPC.

ii. Sensitize the law enforcementmachinery, i.e. the police as wellas other functionaries of thecriminal justice system, towardscrime against children by way ofwell- structured trainingprogrammes. Such trainingprogrammes, including inputs onJuvenile Justice and Human Rights,

may also be incorporated in thesyllabi of various Police TrainingAcademies at all levels includingthose for Constables, Sub-Inspectorsand Deputy Superintendents ofPolice. Assistance of BPR&D aswell as National Institute ofPublic Cooperation and ChildDevelopment (NIPCCD) could betaken for this purpose.

iii. Set up exclusive ‘Crime againstWomen/Children’ Desks in eachpolice station. There should be nodelay, whatsoever, in registrationof FIRs in all cases of crime againstchildren. All out efforts should bemade to apprehend all the accusednamed in the FIR immediately soas to generate confidence in thevictims and their family members.The administration and policeshould play a more proactive rolein detection and investigation ofcrime against children and alsoensuring that there is no underreporting.

iv) Cases of crime against childrenshould be thoroughly investigatedand charge sheets against theaccused persons should be filedwithin three months from thedate of occurrence withoutcompromising on the quality ofinvestigation. Proper supervision of



such cases should be ensured fromrecording of FIR to the disposal ofthe case. Speedy investigationshould be conducted in heinouscrimes like rape, murder etc. Themedical examination of rapevictims should be conductedwithout delay.

v. Steps may be taken not only totackle such crimes but also to dealsensitively with the trauma ensuingthe crime. Counselling to the victimas well as to the family maybe provided by empanellingprofessional counsellors.

vi. Ensure all steps for improving thesafety conditions in schools/institutions, public transport used bystudents, children’s parks/playgrounds, residential localities/roads etc. Crime prone areas shouldbe identified and a mechanism beput in place to monitor infractionsin such areas for ensuring the safetyand security of students, especiallygirls. For this purpose the followingsteps should be taken:

a. Increase the number of beatconstables;

b. Increase the number of policehelp booths/kiosks, especiallyin remote and lonely stretches;

c. increase police patrolling,especially during nights;

vii. For improving general awarenessabout legislations relating to crimeagainst children and mechanisms inplace for safety and protection ofthe children, the following stepsmay be considered:

a. Creating awareness throughprint and electronic media;

b. Involving the community atlarge in creating and spreadingsuch awareness.

c. Exploring the possibility ofassociating NGOs working inthe area of combating crimeagainst children and othervulnerable sections of thesociety.

d. Developing a communitymonitoring system to checkcases of violence, abuse andexploitation against childrenand take necessary steps tocurb the same;

viii. The local police must be advisedto collaborate with the ‘Childline-1098 Service’ (which is anemergency service being operatedby the Childline India Foundation



(CIF) all over the country cateringto the needs of children inemergency situations) and NGOsfor mutual help and assistancewherever and whenever required.

ix. The juvenile offenders should bedealt with only in accordance withlaw through proper implementationof the Rules under the JuvenileJustice (Care and Protection ofChildren) Act 2000 (as amended in2006), as these contain theprocedures and requirements indetail for dealing with children inconflict with law as well as childrenin need of care and protection.

x. All efforts must be made to stopchild labour and exploitation of

children in all its forms andmanifestations. Law enforcementagencies must extend all necessarycooperation to the State LabourDepartment in the cases ofviolation of Prohibition of ChildLabour (Prohibition andRegulation) Act, 1986.

xi. To save the children from theabuse/crime of child marriage theState Government must appointChild Marriage Prohibition Officersas required under the Prohibitionof Child Marriages Act, 2006. Theyshould also set up StateCommissions for Protection ofChild Rights in accordance with theCommissions for Protection ofChild Rights Act 2005.

TRAFFICKING OF HUMAN BEINGS

Incidents of Human Trafficking during 2006-2010


2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2010 over2009

1. Procuration of Minor 231 253 224 237 679 186.5Girls

2. Importation of Girls 67 61 67 48 36 -25.0

3. Selling of Girls for 123 69 49 57 130 128.1Prostitution

4. Buying of Girls for 35 40 30 32 78 143.8Prostitution

5. Immoral Traffic (Prev.) Act 4,541 3,568 2,659 2,474 2,499 1.0

Total 4,997 3,991 3,029 2,848 3,422 20.2



5.15 The total number of casesregistered under these heads of humantrafficking has shown a mixed trendduring the last 5 years. Details may beseen at Table below.

IPC crimes, SLL crimes and crimes under Human Trafficking during 2006-2010

Sl. Year Total IPC Total SLL Cases under Rate of CrimeNo. Crimes Crimes Human under Human

Trafficking Trafficking

1. 2006 18,78,293 32,24,167 4,997 0.4

2. 2007 19,89,673 37,43,734 3,991 0.4

3. 2008 20,93,379 38,44,725 3,029 0.3

4. 2009 21,21,345 45,53,872 2,848 0.2

5. 2010 22,24,831 45,25,917 3,422 0.3

Trend Analysis

5.16 Except for the year 2010, theincidents of human trafficking registeredunder various heads have shown aconsistent declining trend from 2006 to2009. A total of 3,422 cases underdifferent heads of human traffickingwere reported during the year 2010 ascompared to 2,848 during the year 2009,suggesting an increase of 20.2% in 2010as compared to 2009. The casesregistered under Importation of girlsshowed a decline of 25.0% in 2010 ascompared to the year 2009. Incidence ofProcuration of Minor Girls showed anincrease of 186.5% during the sameperiod. Andhra Pradesh reported 633,

out of 3,422 cases of human traffickingduring 2010. Tamil Nadu, West Bengal,Maharashtra and Kerala reported 580,427, 360 and 315 respectively of suchcases during the year 2010.

Crime Rate

5.17 The rate of crime under humantrafficking was 0.4 in 2006 and 2007, 0.3in 2008, 0.2 in 2009 and 0.3 in 2010 .Thus, a mixed trend in rate of crime isobserved during 2006-2010.

Anti Trafficking Cell

5.18 A Nodal Cell has been set-up fordealing with matters relating to traffickingin human beings. The Cell is, inter alia,

responsible for collecting and analyzingthe data related to trafficking from theState Governments/UT Administrations,identifying problem areas and analyzingcauses for their being source/transit/



destination areas, monitoring action takenby the State Governments/UTAdministrations for combating the crimeand organizing coordination meetingswith the nodal police officers of States/UTs. Since 2007, ten coordinationmeetings have been held on 05.07.2007,02.04.2008, 30.01.2009, 28.08.2009,12.07.2010, 03.11.2010, 18.01.2011,17.03.2011, 27.06.2011 and 30.09.2011 withNodal Officers of States/UTs. Thesereview meetings have been veryinstrumental in according priority to thecrime of human trafficking at the groundlevel and for effective Inter-Statecoordination.

Comprehensive Scheme on strength-ening the law enforcement responseto trafficking through “Training ofTrainers” (TOT) programmes and byestablishing Anti-Human TraffickingUnits (AHTU)

5.19 The Ministry of Home Affairs hassanctioned a comprehensive scheme“Strengthening law enforcement responsein India against Trafficking in Persons”through Training and Capacity Building,wherein it is proposed to establish 330Anti Human Trafficking Units (AHTUs)throughout the country and imparttraining to 10,000 police officers throughTraining of Trainers ( TOTs) componentin three years. The Ministry of HomeAffairs has released funds as first

installment amounting to R8.72 crore toall the State Governments forestablishment of 115 AHTUs. 101 AHTUshave been established in the States. 93additional AHTUs have been set up byvarious States/UTs with their own funds.A sum of R8.38 crore has been releasedfor the year 2011-12 for establishment of110 more AHTUs

Workshop for nodal officers of allStates/UTs

5.20 A workshop/TOT for nodal officersof all States/UTs was held in IndiraGandhi National Open University(IGNOU), New Delhi from 12.05.2011 to14.05.2011.

Advisory to the State Governmentson Human Trafficking

5.21 Government of India has issued anexhaustive and consolidated advisorydated 09.09.2009, enumerating varioussteps for improving effectiveness intackling the crime of human traffickingand increasing responsiveness of the lawenforcement machinery. The advisory isalso available on the Ministry of HomeAffair’s website, www.mha.nic.in.

Fourth Meeting of Regional TaskForce

5.22 Fourth Meeting of Regional TaskForce to implement the SAARC



Conventions relating to Trafficking inWomen and Children and Promotion ofChild Welfare in South Asia was held atKabul, Afghanistan on 25.11.2011 and26.11.2011.

CRIME AGAINST SCHEDULED CASTES

Incidents of Crime Against Scheduled Castes during 2006-2010


2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2010 over2009

1. Murder 673 674 626 624 570 -8.7

2. Rape 1,217 1,349 1,457 1,346 1,349 0.2

3. Kidnapping & Abduction 280 332 482 512 511 -0.2

4. Dacoity 30 23 51 44 42 -4.5

5. Robbery 90 86 85 70 75 7.1

6. Arson 226 238 225 195 150 -23.1

7. Hurt 3,760 3,814 4,216 4,410 4,376 -0.8

8. Protection of Civil 405 206 248 168 143 -14.9Rights Act, 1955

9. SC/ST (Prevention of 8,581 9,819 11,602 11,143 10,513 -5.7Atrocities) Act, 1989

10. Others 11,808 13,490 14,623 15,082 14,983 -0.7

Total 27,070 30,031 33,615 33,594 32,712 -2.6

* Protection of Civil Rights Act is applicable in all the above cases except those at Sl. No. 9,along with IPC and other Acts.

Trend Analysis

5.23 The year 2010 has witnessed adecrease of 2.6% in crime againstScheduled Castes as 33,594 cases reportedin 2009 have decreased to 32,712 cases in2010. This decrease was observed in allheads except Rape and Robbery. Cases

of rape in 2010 marginally increased by0.2% over 2009. Kidnapping andAbduction, Dacoity, Arson, Hurt andOther Crimes against SCs showed adecline of 0.2%, 4.5%, 23.1%, 0.8% and

0.7% respectively in 2010 over 2009. Casesregistered under Protection of Civil RightsAct showed a decrease of 14.9% in 2010over 2009. Cases registered under SC/ST(Prevention of Atrocities) Act showed adecrease of 5.7% in 2010 over 2009. UttarPradesh, with the highest 6,272 cases,reported 19.2% of incidence of crime



against Scheduled Castes in the countryduring the year 2010.

Crime rate

5.24 The rate of crime against ScheduledCastes was 2.8 in 2010 which wasmarginally lower (2.9) than 2009.

CRIME AGAINST SCHEDULED TRIBES

Incidents of Crime Against Scheduled Tribes during 2006-2010


2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2010 over2009

1 Murder 195 140 128 118 142 20.3

2 Rape 699 627 585 583 654 12.2

3 Kidnapping & Abduction 88 89 93 82 84 2.4

4 Dacoity 12 9 14 3 7 133.3

5 Robbery 29 21 18 24 5 -79.2

6 Arson 46 54 49 29 39 34.5

7 Hurt 838 855 873 787 941 19.6

8 Protection of Civil 49 5 6 2 5 150Rights Act, 1955

9 SC/ST (Prevention of 1,232 1,104 1,022 944 1,169 23.8Atrocities) Act, 1989

10 Others 2,603 2,628 2,794 2,853 2,839 -0.5

Total 5,791 5,532 5,582 5,425 5,885 8.5

* Protection of Civil Rights Act is applicable in all the above cases except those at Sl. No. 9,along with IPC and other Acts.

Trend Analysis

5.25 A total of 5,885 cases againstScheduled Tribes were reported in thecountry during 2010 as compared to

5,425 cases in 2009 showing an increaseof 8.5% in 2010 over 2009. ExceptRobbery and Other crimes against STswhich showed a decrease, the increasewas observed in the remaining offences.Madhya Pradesh has reported 23.5%(1,384) followed by Rajasthan 22.4%(1,319) of the total cases in the country.

Madhya Pradesh (1,384) reported thehighest incidence of crime againstScheduled Tribes, reporting 23.5% of theNational total of 5,885 during the year2010.



Crime Rate

5.26 The rate of crime against ScheduledTribes remained static at 0.5 in 2010 ascompared to 2009.

Measures taken for combating crimeagainst SCs/STs

5.27 A detailed advisory, dated01.04.2010 was sent to all StateGovernments/UT Administrations whereinStates/UTs have been advised to makecomprehensive review of the eff ectivenessof the machinery for ensuring safety andsecurity of Scheduled Castes andScheduled Tribes and control of crimescommitted against them in the country.The advisory is also available on theMinistry of Home Affair’s website,www.mha.nic.in. Some of the specific stepssuggested in the advisory are as under:-

i. Vigorous and conscientiousprovisions and the existinglegislations relating to crimesagainst Scheduled Castes andScheduled Tribes including theProtection of Civil Rights (PCR)Act, 1955 and the Scheduled Castesand Scheduled Tribes (Preventionof Atrocities) Act, 1989.

ii. Government must ensure properenforcement of law and convictionsin crimes committed against SCs/STs. Enforcement agencies shouldbe instructed in unambiguous

terms that enforcement of the rightsof the weaker and vulnerablesections should not be downplayedfor fear of further disturbances orretribution and adequatepreparation should be made to faceany such eventuality.

iii. The administration and policeshould play a more proactive rolein detection and investigation ofcrimes against SCs/STs and ensurethat there is no under reporting.

iv. Sensitizing the law enforcementmachinery towards crimes againstSCs/STs by way of well-structuredtraining programmes, meetings,conferences, workshops, seminarsetc. for police personnel and otherlaw enforcement agencies at alllevels as well as other functionariesof the criminal justice system. Suchprogrammes should be incorporatedin the syllabi of various PoliceTraining Centers/ Academies at alllevels. Special training to policepersonnel in effective imple-mentation of Scheduled Castes andScheduled Tribes (Prevention ofAtrocities) Act, 1989 and Protectionof Civil Rights Act, 1955 should beimparted.

v. The Police officials should bedirected to apply the appropriatesections of law as per state of thevictims under the above mentioned



Acts and no dilution should betolerated to help the perpetratorsof crimes against SCs/STs.

vi. Government must take concretesteps to increase the awareness inthe administration in general andamongst the police personnel inparticular, regarding crimes againstSCs/STs and take steps not onlyto tackle such crimes but also dealwith them sensitivity.

vii. For improving general awarenessabout legislations on crimes againstSCs/STs the Department concernedof the State Government must,inter-alia, take the following steps:

a. Create awareness through printand electronic media;

b. Develop a communitymonitoring system to checkcases of violence, abuse andexploitation and take necessarysteps to curb the same;

c. Involve the community at largein creating and spreading suchawareness; and

d. Organize legal literacy andlegal awareness camps.

viii Proper mechanisms must be put inplace for safety of SCs/STs.

ix Explore the possibility ofassociating NGOs working in thearea of combating crimes against

SCs/STs. Citizens groups andNGOs should be encouraged toraise awareness about these issuesin society and help bring to lightthe cases of atrocities against SCs/STs and also assist the police inthe investigation of crimes againstthem.

x There should be no delay in theregistration of FIR in cases ofcrimes against SCs/STs.

xi. Ensure proper supervisions atappropriate level of cases of crimesagainst SCs/STs from the recordingof FIR to the disposal of the caseby the competent court.

xii A separate review involvingcriminal cases filed by SCs/STsunder investigation be conductedby the District Magistrate and theDistrict Superintendent of Police inthe monthly meeting with I.Os toexpedite investigation and guidetimely collection of evidence.

xiii The authorities concerned in theState Governments must ensureproper follow up of reports of casesof atrocities against SCs/STsreceived from various sources,including the National Commissionfor SCs/STs.

xiv Atrocity-prone areas may beidentified for taking preventivemeasures to save life and property



of the members of the SC/STcommunities. Adequate number ofpolice personnel fully equippedwith policing infrastructure shouldbe posted in the police stations insuch vulnerable areas.

xv In police stations located in areaswith substantial population of SCs/STs proper representation must begiven to SC/ST police personnelin postings to such police stationsto gain the confidence of the SC/ST communities.

xvi Delay in trial of cases of crimesagainst SCs/STs may be discussedon regular basis in the MonitoringCommittee/ Monthly meetingschaired by the District andthe Sessions Judge attended bythe District Magistrate, theSuperintendent of Police and thePublic Prosecutor of the district.

xvii The District SPs must ensure timelyattendance and protection of allprosecution witnesses includingpolice officers and official witnessesfor speedy trial of such cases inthe trial courts.

xviii The State Government must ensureadequate measures for theeconomic and social rehabilitationof the victims of atrocities. Thescale of relief to the family of aSC/ST person killed in a case of

atrocity needs to be revised,particularly in cases where thedeceased was an earning memberof the family or physically fit toearn. The States which have notprescribed any scale of monetaryrelief and rehabilitation facilities toSC/ST victims of atrocities may doso without further delay.

xix For ensuring properimplementation of the Protection ofCivil Rights (PCR) Act, 1955 andthe Scheduled Castes andScheduled Tribes (Prevention ofAtrocities) Act, 1989, the StateGovernments and UTAdministrations may conductsample surveys/ studies toevaluate the working of the theseActs with reference to the problemsbeing faced by the police and thejudiciary in prompt disposal ofcases and take appropriatemeasures to resolve such problems.

xx In case of extreme violation ofhuman dignity the police must takeprompt and stringent action. Insuch incidents of extreme violationof human rights, exemplarypunishment should be awarded tothe accused after summary trial.

5.28 In compliance, several StateGovernments have taken, inter-alia, thefollowing steps for combating crimesagainst the SCs and STs :



i) Special Cells have been established;

ii) Atrocity prone/sensitive areas havebeen identified;

iii) Special Courts and ExclusiveSpecial Courts have beendesignated for the purpose ofproviding speedy trial of offencesunder the Act;

iv) Nodal Officers have beennominated for coordinating thefunctioning of the DistrictMagistrates and Superintendents ofPolice or other authorized officers;and

v) State Level Vigilance andMonitoring Committee under thechairmanship of the Chief Ministerand District Level Vigilance andMonitoring Committees have beenset up.

CRIMES AGAINST BODY

5.29 Crimes against body comprisingmurder, attempt to commit murder,culpable homicide not amounting tomurder, kidnapping and abduction, hurtand causing death due to negligence inthe year 2010 stood at 5,00,343 accountingfor 22.5 percent of total IPC crimes during

the year. Crimes against body showedan increase of 4.9 percent during 2010over 2009.

CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY

5.30 A total of 4,50,857 crimes againstproperty comprising dacoity, preparationand assembly for dacoity, robbery,burglary and theft were recorded duringthe year 2010 as compared to 4,46,110crimes during 2009, showing an increaseof 1.1 percent. The share of these crimesto total IPC crimes at the national levelwas 20.3 percent during the year.

CRIMES AGAINST PUBLICORDER

5.31 A total of 76,079 crimes againstpublic order comprising riots and arsonwere reported during the year 2010 ascompared to 71,678 crimes in 2009,showing an increase of 6.1 percent.

CRIMES UNDER SPECIALAND LOCAL LAWS (SLL)

5.32 A total of 45,25,917 crimes undervarious Special and Local Laws werereported during the year 2010 as against45,53,872 crimes during 2009, showing amarginal decrease of 0.6 percent in 2010.

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HUMAN RIGHTS ANDNATIONAL INTEGRATION

HUMAN RIGHTS

6.1 The Constitution of India hasprovisions and guarantees forsafeguarding almost the entire gamut ofcivil and political rights. DirectivePrinciples of State Policy further requirethe States to ensure the promotion andprotection of social, cultural and economicrights, particularly of the weaker sectionsof the society, so as to bring about a justand equitable social order, leading to anoverall improvement in the quality of lifefor all sections of the society. The civiland criminal laws of our country alsohave in-built mechanism to safeguard therights of the individuals and providespecial protection to the most vulnerablesections of the society.

6.2 In this backdrop, the Governmentof India have set up a forum for redressalof human rights violations by constitutingthe National Human Rights Commission(NHRC) and provided for the setting upof State Human Rights commissions(SHRC) under the Protection of HumanRights Act, 1993.

NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTSCOMMISSION (NHRC)

6.3 The National Human RightsCommission was set up under theProtection of Human Rights Act, 1993. Itis headed by a former Chief Justice ofSupreme Court of India. One of theprimary functions of NHRC is to receivecomplaints and initiate investigations intoviolations of human rights by publicservants by acts of commission/omissionor through negligence on their part, whenbrought to its notice within one year ofthe commission of such violation. Duringthe year 2011-12 (period from 01.4.2011to 31.12.2011), 74,918 cases were registeredfor consideration and the Commissiondisposed of 45,571 cases including casesbrought forward from the previous years.The Commission also transferred 19,355cases to the State Human RightsCommissions for disposal as per theProtection of Human Rights Act, 1993 [asamended by the Protection of HumanRights (Amendment) Act, 2006]. Duringthe said period, the Commissionrecommended payment of interim reliefin 420 cases amounting to R1,029.09 Lakh.


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48 cases of alleged violations of Civil &Political Rights, and Social & CulturalRights. Enquiries have been completedin 46 cases and investigations in 02 casesare in progress. These cases were mainlyfocused on the complaints relating tocustodial deaths, encounter deaths,custodial rape and sexual harassment bypolicemen, custodial torture, falseimplication, illegal detention, bondedlabour, child labour, atrocities onScheduled Castes (SCs)/Scheduled Tribes(STs) and other disadvantaged groups,medical negligence and lack of propermedical facilities in Government hospitals,death due to alleged negligence of variousState authorities, manual scavenging,environmental pollution and otherenvironment related issues such asendosulphan, silicosis and loktak case,honour killing, student ragging, inhumanconditions in Jails, Hospital, Schools andChildren Homes.

6.7 During the year 2011-12 (01.04.2011to 31.12.2011), the Investigation Divisionof NHRC has dealt with a total of 1,481cases of custodial deaths, including 1,331cases of deaths in judicial custody and150 cases of deaths in police custody. TheDivision has also dealt with 39 cases ofpolice encounter deaths.

Human Rights Awareness Programme

6.8 The Commission has selected 28districts in the country, one in each State,for direct interaction with their field level

Statutory Full Commission

6.4 As per Section 3(3) of the Protectionof Human Rights Act, 1993, theChairperson of the National Commissionfor Minorities (NCMs), NationalCommission for Scheduled Castes(NCSCs), National Commission forScheduled Tribes (NCSTs) and NationalCommission for Women (NCW) aredeemed to be Members of theCommission for the discharge of functionspecified in clauses (b) to (j) of Section 12of the Protection of Human Rights Act,1993 and the programmes and projectstaken up in the discharge of thesefunctions. These functions were assignedto the Statutory Full Commission whichincludes Chairpersons of the NCMs,NCSCs, NCSTs and NCW.

6.5 The Statutory Full Commissionincludes (i) Chairperson of the NCM, (ii)Chairperson of NCSC, (iii) Chairpersonof NCST and (iv) Chairperson of NCW.The Chairperson, National Commissionfor Protection of Child Rights is a specialinvitee in the Statutory Full Commissionmeetings. The last Statutory FullCommission meeting was held on14.06.2011.

Investigation of Cases

6.6 During the period 1.04.2011 to30.12.2011, the Investigation Division wasdirected to conduct spot investigations in



functionaries with a view to spreadhuman rights awareness at cutting edgelevel and also to facilitate betterassessment of enforcement of variousmeasures related to human rights. In thiseffort, special attention is being paid to(i) food security, (ii) right to education(iii) right to health, hygiene andsanitation, (iv) custodial justice, (v) humanrights issues of SCs/STs, (vi) right toculture and protection of communityassets, and (vii) right to life, livingconditions and nature of responsibility ofGovernment and Panchayats. It gives anopportunity to the Commission to havea first hand idea of situation on theground level and also help it in planningits future strategies for better protectionand promotion of human rights. TheCommission has so far conductedawareness programme in 16 districts.

Bonded Labour and Child Labour

6.9 Commission has decided thatduring the current year 2011, theCommission will focus on issue of‘bonded labour and child labour’. Thefollowing charter of activities areproposed to be taken up by theCommission on the issue of bondedlabour during the year :-

a) To constitute a Core Group onBonded labour. (In November,2011, the NHRC has constituted aCore Group on Bonded Labourhaving 09 members.)

b) To organize a National levelSeminar on elimination of bondedlabour system. (On 30.09.2011, aNational Level Seminar on BondedLabour was organised by NHRCat New Delhi.)

c) To organize workshops in the eachbonded labour prone Statesfollowed by meetings with the Statelevel functionaries. (Bonded LabourWorkshops were held atAhmedabad and Bangaluru inNovember, 2011 and December,2011, respectively.)

d) To constitute a NHRC team whichcan carry out surprise visits tobonded labour prone areas.

e) To develop an Instruction Manualfor the States detailing acomprehensive check list onbonded labour.

f) To design a simple format onbonded labour for monitoringfactual position in the districts. (InNovember, 2011, the Commissionafter finalising the format had sentit to all the States/UTs for sendingrequisite information.)

g) To review existing schemes of theCentral and State Governments onbonded labour

h) To recommend to the States toorganise orientation trainingprogramme in each bonded labour



prone district for sensitization of allmembers of Vigilance Committees(sub-divisions and districts) and alsofor the field functionaries of labourlaw enforcement.

i) To recommend to the States toconstitute a State Level Monitoringand Coordination Committee underthe chairmanship of Chief Secretarywith Secretaries to Government ofvarious departments as members.

6.10 In pursuance to the commitmentmade to the Hon’ble Supreme Court forholding sensitisation workshops in anappropriate district in States involving theDistrict Magistrate (DM) and otherstatutory authorities regarding BondedLabour Act, 1976, the NHRC organised 24such sensitization workshops for DMs andother officers of the State Governments inassociation with Union Ministry of Labour.

6.11 During the period, the Commissionin co-ordination with the respective StateGovernment has conducted the followingtwo Zonal workshops on MinimumWages Act:-

6.12 The Workshops are organised forsensitization of officers at the State,District, Taluk and Panchayat levels onbonded labour and child labour relatedissues. The Workshops are attended bysenior officers of Government of Indiaand State Government concerned, DMs,SPs, SDMs, NGOs and representativesfrom Institute of Social Science Research.The deliberations are conducted in ahighly participative and communicativemanner and are meant primarily toremove doubts, misgivings, reservationsabout definitional and conceptual issues;interpretation of the provisions of thelaw by the Supreme Court, modalitiesof identification, release andrehabilitation of bonded labourers,special problems of migrant bondedlabourers working in brick kilns andstone quarries, etc.

6.13 In addition to above, a Nationallevel seminar on Bonded Labour was heldon 30.09.2011. The seminar was attendedby representatives from concerned Union

Venue of Date of States participatedthe Workshop Workshop

Chandigarh (UT) 08.04.2011 J&K, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal(for Northern States) Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal

and Delhi

Shillong (Meghalaya) 14.10.2011 Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Sikkim,(for North-Eastern States) Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland,

Mizoram and Manipur



Ministries, National Commissions, StateHuman Rights Commissions, States/UTs,NGOs, etc.

CUSTODIAL JUSTICE

Seminar/Conference

6.14 Custodial Justice has been a majorconcern of the Commission since itsinception. The Commission is deeplyconcerned about the pathetic condition ofprisons and other detention facilitieswhich are plagued with numerousproblems like severe overcrowding,understaffing, lack of adequate medicalcare, physical maltreatment of prisonersincluding custodial deaths, lack ofinfrastructure, poor administration andinadequate inter-agency communication,long detention of those awaiting trial, andinadequate opportunities for prisoners tocommunicate with counsel, authoritiesand family etc.

6.15 A National Seminar on PrisonReforms was organized by NHRC on15.04.2011 in New Delhi. The Seminarwas attended by senior representativesfrom National Commissions, SHRCs,Ministry of Home Affairs, DG/IG(Prisons) of States/UTs, Bureau of PoliceResearch and Development (BPR&D),Institutes of Correctional Administration,National Institute of Social Defence,Senior Advocates from Core Group of

Lawyers, Special Rapporteurs of NHRCand some NGOs working in this field.

6.16 Several important issues likedecongestion in jails, provision of healthand sanitation facilities, right to fair trial,visits of family members of prisoners,transparency, strengthening the industrialactivity in jails, private public partnershipetc. were discussed in the Seminar. Anumber of recommendations have beenmade in the Seminar to improve thecondition of prisons in the country.

Prison Visits

6.17 Under Section 12(c) of the Protectionof Human Rights Act, 1993, theCommission may visit any jail or any otherinstitution under the control of the StateGovernment, where persons are detainedor lodged for purpose of treatment,reformation or protection to study theliving conditions of the inmates and makerecommendation thereon. The issue ofCustodial Justice has been continuousconcern to the Commission ever since itsinception. Through the reports of theSpecial Rapporteurs, who visit jails, healthissues of inmates etc. are brought to thenotice of the Commission.

6.18 The reports of the SpecialRapporteurs on the jail visits by Memberor Special Rapporteur are being placedbefore the Commission from time to time



and forwarded to the authoritiesconcerned with appropriate recommen-dations. During the period, the SpecialRapporteur NHRC had visited to DumDum Central Correctional Home, Kolkatafrom 19.06.2011 to 22.06.2011.

Elderly People

6.19 The Commission is having a deepconcern for the protection and promotionof human rights of the older people. Toachieve a better understanding of thebasic human rights and to realize thoserights by the older people, theCommission had first time constituted aCore Group on Elderly People consisting13 members in all. The first meeting ofthis group was held on 09.06.2011.

Panchayati Raj

6.20 The Commission has consistentlyaffirmed faith in preamble commitmentof the Constitution of India to maintainsocio-economic and political justicecantered to a democratic society for theprotection of the dignity of its citizenry.

6.21 The functionaries of the PanchayatiRaj Institutions were an important targetgroup for which awareness programmeswere organized. There are problemswhich lie at the implementation level asmany of the representative of thePanchayati Raj Institutions are lacking

expertise and knowledge of implementingprogrammes.

6.22 The Commission has organizedsuch an awareness programme with thePresidents of Gram Panchayats at SolanDistrict of Himachal Pradesh on21.10.2011 in co-ordination with the StateGovernment. In this series, the nextprogramme is proposed to be held inBihar and Kerala.

Mental Health

6.23 As part of the mandate given to itby the Supreme Court, the NHRC ismonitoring the functioning of threeMental Health Hospitals in Agra, Gwaliorand Ranchi. In this context, theChairperson, Members, Special Rap-porteurs and senior officers of the NHRChave been also visiting mental hospitalsall over the country to find out about thestate of condition of treatment and carefor mentally-ill people lodged there.

6.24 The Commission has beenadvocating the harmonization of disabilitylaws in the country ever since the UnitedNations Convention on the Rights ofPersons with Disabilities was ratified inIndia in 2007. The Commission hasreviewed the draft Mental Health CareBill, 2011 to replace the existing MentalHealth Act, 1987, from the perspective ofHuman Rights and given its



recommendations to the Ministry ofHealth & Family Welfare.

6.25 With a view to highlighting thechallenges relating to mental health issuesand to sensitize people on the issue, theCommission organized a Seminar on‘Human Rights and Mental Health Care’on 10.10.2011 (which is celebrated as theWorld Mental Health Day) at IndiaInternational Centre, New Delhi. Theseminar was attended by Directors ofMental Health Institutions, experts,medical and social work students andrepresentatives of NGOs working in thearea of mental health care.

Seminar on Human Rights and Mental Health Care conducted by NHRC on 10.10.2011

6.26 The Commission has also beendeeply concerned about the persons withmental illness found wandering on streetswithout any kind of proper care andtreatment. The Commission is of the viewthat this is largely due to the poorimplementation and limited knowledge ofthe existence and provisions of the MentalHealth Act, 1987 by the law-enforcingauthorities. The Commission has askedthe Director Generals of Police and ChiefSecretaries of all States/UTs to takeappropriate steps to ensureimplementation of the Mental Health Act,1987. The Commission, in particular, hasrecommended the implementation of



Section 23 of the Mental Health Act, 1987,which lays down powers and duties ofpolice officers in respect of certainmentally-ill persons. Under this Section,the police has an obligation to take intoprotective custody a wandering orneglected mentally ill person, inform his/her relative and also produce such personbefore the local magistrate for issue ofreception orders within a stipulatedperiod of time.

Silicosis

6.27 The Commission is deeplyconcerned about the health hazardsposed by silicosis and has continued itsefforts to protect the rights of workersemployed in silicosis prone industries.Silicosis is both a health issue and ahuman rights issue as it impacts on theright to life and the right to live withdignity. The disease is caused due toinhaling of dust containing freecrystalline silica. Crystalline silica orsilicon dioxide is found in quartz,sandstone, flint, slate, a number ofmineral ores and many common buildingmaterials including clay bricks, concrete,mortar and tiles.

6.28 In order to assess the action takenby the State Governments/UTAdministrations with regard to thepreventive, rehabilitative and remedialmeasures recommended by the NHRC in

December 2010, a one-day NationalConference on Silicosis was organized inNew Delhi on 01.03.2011. In thisConference, it was decided to hold reviewmeetings with concerned officials of fewStates where the problem of silicosisexisted. Toward this end, a reviewmeeting of 5 States namely, Haryana,Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi andRajasthan was organized on 10.06.2011 inthe Commission. In this meeting, theofficers from respective StateGovernments made a presentation of theaction taken by them. The Commissionproposes to organize such reviewmeetings for other regions also.

6.29 In order to draw the attention ofthe Government and the Parliamentarianstowards the inhuman conditions faced byall those ailing from silicosis includingtheir immediate family members, theCommission has prepared a SpecialReport on Silicosis and forwarded it tothe Ministry of Home Affairs for placingit in the Parliament of India. The Ministryhas sought comments on the above reportfrom the concerned Ministries and theseare still awaited.

Training Programmes

6.30 NHRC is mandated to protect andpromote human rights. Section 12(h) alsoenvisages that NHRC shall spread humanrights literacy among various sections of



society and promote awareness of thesafeguards available for the protection ofthese rights through publications, themedia, seminars and other availablemeans by sensitising various functionariesin the Government/local bodies, etc.

6.31 In view of the above, the TrainingDivision of NHRC is spreading HumanRights literacy through trainingprogrammes in human rights in thesociety through Administrative TrainingInstitutes, State Human RightsCommissions, Universities and Collegesand through credible Non-GovernmentalOrganisations (NGOs). Apart from these,an Internship Programme is beingorganised for the University/Collegestudents of different States of the countrytwice a year. 86 training programmes onHuman Rights were conducted and oneinternship programme was conductedduring the period from 01.04.2011 to31.12.2011.

Online Training Programme on Hu-man Rights for Police Personnel

6.32 In order to extend its horizon oftraining, the NHRC collaborated withIndira Gandhi National Open University(IGNOU) to utilize their technicalexpertise for conducting online trainingon human rights issues to be imparted topublic servants, especially the policepersonnel.

6.33 Accordingly, an MoU was signed

between NHRC and IGNOU for

conducting the three online courses for

police personnel, i.e., Basic Course for

Constables/Sub Inspectors, Advance

Course for middle level police officers

and Trainer’s Training Course.

6.34 The pilot project was launched on

01.02.2011 in Police Training Institutes of

Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi, which

received wide appreciation. NHRC has

decided to extend the same to all the

States of the country but before doing

that, it was also thought expedient to

prepare a team of master trainers, who

could be helpful in imparting further

training. As such, 02 Courses of Training

of Trainers were organized, after calling

for nominations from the police officers

from all the States and UTs. Police officers

from 19 States/UTs attended these

training programmes which were held

from 13.07.2011 to 15.07.2011 and

16.07.2011 to 18.07.2011. During the

training, the trainees were provided with

all the required technical and operational

skills. DGs (Police) and DGs (Trg) of all

the States have been apprised of the

commitment of the NHRC and have been

requested to extend their full cooperation

in implementation of this online training

programme of the Commission, which

is intended to enhance the human rights

sensitivity of the Police Forces.



Training Programme for IndianForeign Service Probationers

6.35 Since 2006, the NHRC incollaboration with Foreign ServiceInstitute (FSI) of the Ministry of ExternalAffairs, New Delhi has been organising a‘Two Day Attachment Programme’ for theprobationers of Indian Foreign Service tosensitize them on various human rightsissues, so that when they are handlingvarious international assignments, theygive due priority to human rights. Duringthe attachment, they are apprised of thefunctioning of the Commission, itsconstitution and its overall mandate. Theyare also apprised of the issues being takenup by the Commission at national andinternational levels. The probationers alsointeract with the Chairperson andMembers of the Commission and expertson various thematic issues having humanrights relevance during the attachment.

6.36 This year approximately 13probationers were part of suchattachment, which was held from22.11.2011 to 23.11.2011.

Interaction with Visiting Students/Trainees from various Colleges/ Uni-versities of India

6.37 As per the Protection of HumanRights Act, the Commission is mandatedto spread human rights literacy among

various sections of the society and promoteawareness of the safeguards available forthe protection of these rights throughpublications, the media, seminars andother available means. The NHRC is beingapproached regularly by variouseducational institutions, i.e., colleges,universities, etc., for allowing theirstudents to visit the NHRC for getting anunderstanding of its organizationalstructure and functioning. The Commissionhas always considered the students, i.e.,the youth as a prime focus for sensitisationon human rights issues. Therefore, mostof these requests were allowed. Studentswere also given opportunity to haveinteraction with Chairperson, Membersand senior officers of the Commissionduring the visits. Generally over 1,000students from various Institutes, Colleges,Universities from all over India visit theCommission annually to have an insightof the functioning of the Commission andits various Divisions.

6.38 So far, during the current financialyear (upto 31.12.2011), approximately 769students from various parts of the countryhave visited NHRC, who, it is hoped,will be carrying the message of NHRC tothe various corners of the country.

Short Term Internship

6.39 NHRC also allows internships ofupto one month to the students from



various streams, especially from Law.During the attachment, students are notonly exposed to the functioning of thevarious divisions of the Commission butare also attached to various Divisions toget a practical experience of thefunctioning. Once these interns have beenthoroughly explained the functioning andcomplaint handling mechanism, they arealso placed in the Facilitation Centre,where they get the first hand experienceof interacting with the victims of thehuman rights violations across the country.

6.40 The interns are also required toprepare a project on any of the issuesrelated to human rights. If possible, andthe number is sufficient, these interns arealso taken to field visits, such as DistrictJails, NGOs, etc., where they get exposedto the factual position inside thoseinstitutions and also the conditions andtreatment being given to the inmates. Theseinterns also help indirectly to spread themessage and mandate of NHRC to partsof the country where they come from.

Complaint Handling ManagementSystem(CHMS) in SHRCs

6.41 The implementation of ComplaintHandling Management System (CHMS)in the State Human Right Commissions(SHRCs) is mainly to streamline thecomplaint handling system and alsoproviding the mechanism for faster

disposal and effective tracking. Startingwith this aim, the NHRC, covered theSHRCs of Assam, West Bengal, MadhyaPradesh and Uttar Pradesh followed byRajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra andOdisha. After making due assessment ofthe infrastructure available in theseSHRCs, the required financial assistancehas been provided to them forprocurement of the required hardwareand software. The required training andother assistance is being provided to theseSHRCs by NHRC/NIC.

Interaction with foreign Delegates inthe Commission

6.42 A delegation from AfghanistanIndependent Human Rights Commission(AIHRC) visited the Commission on06.05.2011 for signing a Memorandum ofUnderstanding (MoU) by NHRC of India,AIHRC and United Nations DevelopmentProgramme (UNDP) for capacity buildingand technical assistance on specific areasof interest to Afghanistan. The MoU wassigned between NHRC, India; the AIHRCand UNDP, Afghanistan.

6.43 A delegation of National HumanRights Commission, Bangladeshcomprising of the Chairperson, one fulltime Member and 5 Honorary Membersvisited the Commission from 25.05.2011to 27.05.2011 and exchanged ideas ofcommon areas of concern especially issues



relating to human rights and informationon the function, role and activities of theNHRC, India.

6.44 A delegation of Burmesedemocracy and human rights activistsvisited the National Human RightsCommission, India on 30.08.2011, as partof their visit to the NHRCs in the AsiaPacific countries to get support for theformation of the UN CommissionedCommission of Inquiry on human rightsviolations in Burma.

6.45 A five member delegation fromEthiopian Human Rights Commissionvisited the NHRC, India on 22.09.2011and 23.09.2011 to learn the investigationskills, monitoring and research issues.

6.46 A foreign delegation from Chinaconsisting of lawyers, legal researchers ofChinese law firms and academicinstitution, Universities along with twosenior programme functionaries fromDanish Institute of Human Rights,Copenhagen visited NHRC on 22.10.2011.The delegation was headed by Justice ShriD.K. Basu, Chairman, National Committeefor Legal Services-India.

Sub-regional Workshop on National In-quiries for the National Human RightsInstitutions (NHRIs) in South Asia

6.47 The NHRC has hosted a “Sub-

regional Workshop on National Inquiriesfor the NHRIs in South Asia” atThiruvananthapuram, Kerala from14.11.2011 to 18.11.2011 which was jointlyorganized by the Asia Pacific Forum ofNHRIs (APF) and Raoul WallenbergInstitute for Human Rights andHumanitarian Law (RWI). The workshopwas part of a blended-learning coursejointly organized by the APF and RWI.Some of the officers/staff of theCommission also attended the workshop.

Core Group of NGOs.

6.48 In line with Section 12 (i) of theProtection of Human Rights Act, 1993,the Commission, has been encouragingthe efforts of non-governmentalorganizations (NGOs) and institutionsworking in the field of human rights. Inthis regard, the Commission has set up aCore Group with selected NGOrepresentatives as members to serve as amonitoring mechanism. The Core Groupof NGOs in the Commission has beenreconstituted on 16.09.2011 with 11members.

Publications of NHRC

6.49 In order to create awarenessamongst the people about their humanrights, the Commission has brought outthe following publications during theyear:



a) Manual on Human Rights forPolice Officers in English.

b) Annual Reports 2009-10 and 2010-11 in English and Hindi.

c) Five booklets of Know Your Rightsseries: Bonded Labour, Rights ofPersons with Disabilities, Right toWork, Human Rights and HIV/AIDS and Right to AdequateShelter in English and Hindi.

d) Important Instructions/Guidelinesof the NHRC (2nd Revised) (pricedpublication) in English.

e) Reprinting of book titled : HumanRights Education for Beginners inEnglish.

f) Reprinting of book titled: Reporton Prevention of Atrocities againstScheduled Castes in English and inHindi.

g) English journal of the NHRC forthe year 2011

h) ‘Manavadhikar – Nai Dishayen’ forthe year 2011 – in Hindi.

Manavdhikar Bhawan

6.50 Manavadhikar Bhavan in Block-Cof the office complex premises in INAarea is being constructed by CPWD forhousing the National Human RightsCommission. While the construction work

is almost complete, interior worksincluding space planning, furniture, etc.are in progress. The shifting is likely totake place by the end of 2012.

COMMUNAL SITUATIONIN THE COUNTRY

6.51 During the year 2011 (tillDecember), 580 communal incidents tookplace in the country in which 91 personslost their lives and 1,899 persons wereinjured. During the corresponding periodin 2010, there were 701 communalincidents in the country, in which 116persons were killed and 2,138 personswere injured.

Relief and rehabilitation to the vic-tims of communal riots of 2002 inGujarat

6.52 Following Cabinet approvals in2007 and 2008, the Ministry of HomeAffairs has released a sum of R10.72 crore

on 03.06.2011 to the Government ofGujarat for grant of ex-gratia relief to thevictims of Gujarat riots of 2002 in 1,381additional cases of damage to residentialproperty. Thus the amount so far releasedfor the victims of Gujarat riots stands atR429.46 crore.

Enactment of legislation titled the

Communal Violence (Prevention, Control

and Rehabilitation of Victims) Bill, 2005



6.53 Notice for consideration andpassing of the Bill titled the CommunalViolence (Prevention, Control andRehabilitation of Victims) Bill, 2005, whichwas introduced in the Rajya Sabha on5.12.2005, was given on several occasions,the last being in February 2010, but theBill could not be taken up forconsideration on those occasions.

6.54 The National Advisory Council(NAC) had informed in July 2010 that aWorking Group in NAC would preparea fresh draft Bill on the subject. On25.07.2011, NAC has sent to this Ministrya draft Bill titled ‘Prevention ofCommunal and Targeted Violence (Accessto Justice & Reparations) Bill, 2011’. Thedraft Bill is under examination.

NATIONAL FOUNDATIONFOR COMMUNAL HARMONY(NFCH)

6.55 The National Foundation forCommunal Harmony (NFCH), anautonomous body under the administrativecontrol of this Ministry, promotescommunal harmony, fraternity and nationalintegration. The major activity of theFoundation is to implement programmesand projects for assisting in therehabilitation of children affected bycommunal, caste, ethnic, terrorist and anyother form of violence which fracture socialharmony. The emphasis remains on

providing assistance to such children fortheir education and/or vocational trainingand promoting communal harmony andnational integration through various kindsof activities under its different projects.Since its inception, NFCH has extendedfinancial assistance of R42.09 crore forrehabilitation of 10,949 children up-to29.02.2012 who are victims of communal,caste, ethnic or terrorist violence. NFCHhas also been extending financial assistanceto educational institutions, non/governmental organizations and StateGovernments/UT Administrations forholding programmes to promote communalharmony and national integration.

6.56 NFCH organises CommunalHarmony Campaign Week from 19th to25th November every year to coincidewith the Quami Ekta Week. On thisoccasion, an appeal is made to the generalpublic, State Governments/UTAdministrations, Ministries/ Departments,Central Para-military Forces, Public SectorUndertakings, Embassies/Missionsabroad, educational institutions, etc. toeffectively promote the values ofcommunal harmony and nationalintegration amongst the people and alsoto organize a determined and sustaineddrive to bring about mass awakeningagainst violence which impinges on socialharmony by making appropriateprojection through the media and todonate funds on voluntary basis to



augment the financial resources of theFoundation. In all, publicity material wassent to about 75,000 units during the year2010-11 and during current financial year2011-12, the publicity material has beendispatched to about 95,000 units for theCommunal Harmony Campaign Week.

National Communal HarmonyAwards

6.57 The National Communal HarmonyAwards are presented in ‘individual’ and‘organization’ categories for outstandingcontribution in the field of communal

harmony and national integration. Inaddition to a citation, the Award consistsof an amount of R2 lakh in the individualand R5 lakh in the organization categories.

6.58 The Awards for the years 2009 and2010 were presented by the Vice-Presidentof India to the recipients on 29.07.2011 atNew Delhi. The Award for the year 2011has been announced on 26.01.2012.Shri Khamliana of Mizoram and Shri Md.Abdual Bari of Odisha have been jointlyselected in individual category forNational Communal Harmony Awardsfor the year 2011.

Dr. Md. Hanif Khan Shastri (New Delhi) receiving the National CommunalHarmony Award 2009 in the Individual Category



National Integration Council

6.59 The 15th meeting of the NationalIntegration Council (NIC) was held on10.09.2011 at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhiunder the Chairmanship of the PrimeMinister. The deliberations focused onCommunal Harmony – Measures to CurbCommunalism and Radicalization ofYouth. The follow-up action on therecommendations made by the Membershave been circulated to Ministries/Departments concerned for necessary action.

Sankalp Divas and Qaumi Ekta Week

6.60 Instructions were issued to all

15th National Integration Council Meeting held on 10.09.2011 at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi

Ministries/State Governments and UTAdministrtions for observance of SankalpDiwas on 31.10.2011 and Qaumi EktaWeek during 19.11.2011 to 25.11. 2011.

Activities of Religious FundamentalOrganizations

6.61 The activities of all religiousfundamental organizations or groups,having a bearing on peace, communalharmony and security of the country areunder constant watch of Law EnforcementAgencies and requisite action is takenincluding imposition of ban on unlawfulassociations.



6.62 The Students Islamic Movement ofIndia (SIMI) was declared as UnlawfulAssociation for a period of 2 years videnotification number SO 224(E) dated03.02.2012 under section 3(1) of theUnlawful Activities (Prevention) Act,1967.

Ram Janam Bhoomi-Babri Masjid issue

6.63 The Special Full Bench ofAllahabad High Court, Lucknow Benchhave pronounced its judgment on titlesuits of Ram Janam Bhoomi-Babri Masjidon 30.09.2010. As per Court judgment,all the three sets of parties i.e. Muslims,Hindus and Nirmohi Akhara have beendeclared joint holders of the property/

premises in dispute. Accordingly, theproperty/premises in dispute has to bedivided in three parts, but the share ofthe Muslims should not be less than1/3rd of the total property/premises indispute.

6.64 Shri M. Siddiq of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind & some other parties have filedCivil Appeals in the Supreme Courtagainst the Impugned Judgment, Orderand Decree dated 30.09.2010 of the HighCourt of Judicature at Allahabad,Lucknow Bench in the matter concerningownership of disputed property/premisescommonly known Ram Janam Bhoomi-Babri Masjid at Ayodhya. The SupremeCourt heard the said appeals on

Union Home Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram administering the Pledge of National Integration



09.05.2011 and directed that during thependency of the appeals, the operationof the judgment and decree passed bythe Special Full Bench of Allahabad HighCourt, Lucknow Bench, Lucknow shallremain stayed and the parties shallmaintain status quo in regard to the suitland, as directed by the earlier orderdated 24.10.1994 of the Supreme Court ofIndia in Transferred Case (C) Nos. 41, 43and 45 of 1993 : Dr. M. Ismail Faruquietc. V/s. Union of India & Others. Unionof India was not a party in any of the

Title Suits and is not a party in any ofthe Civil Appeals filed in Supreme Courtagainst the judgment dated 30.09.2011 ofSpecial Full Bench of Allahabad HighCourt, Lucknow Bench, Lucknow.However, being the custodian of acquiredland at Ayodhya, the Central Governmenthas been maintaining the maintainedstatus quo on the disputed land incoordination with the State Governmentof Uttar Pradesh and the AuthorisedPerson-cum-Commissioner, FaizabadDivision, Faizabad.

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UNION TERRITORIES

INTRODUCTION

7.1.1 There are seven Union Territories(UTs), namely; Andaman and NicobarIslands, Chandigarh, Dadra and NagarHaveli, Daman and Diu, Lakshadweep,National Capital Territory of Delhi andPuducherry. Out of the seven UTs,National Capital Territory of Delhi andPuducherry have legislatures, Council ofMinisters and Consolidated Funds. Therest of the UTs are without legislature.

7.1.2 The total area covered by the sevenUTs is 10,960 sq. km. and theirpopulation, as per the provisional figuresof 2011 census, is 2,00,82,522. The UT-wise population and area is at Annexure-

VIII. The Plan and Non-Plan budgetprovisions and their utilization in the year2010-11 and the provision for the year2011-12 are at Annexure-IX.

CONSTITUTIONAL STATUS

7.2 The Union Territories are specifiedin Schedule I Part II of the Constitutionof India. These territories are

administered in accordance with theprovisions of Article 239 to 241 of theConstitution of India. Under theGovernment of India (Allocation ofBusiness) Rules 1961, Ministry of HomeAffairs is the nodal Ministry for allmatters of UTs relating to legislation,finance & budget, services andappointment of Lt. Governors andAdministrators. Every UT is administeredby an Administrator appointed by thePresident under Article 239 of theConstitution of India. In Delhi,Puducherry and Andaman & NicobarIslands, the Lt. Governors are designatedas Administrators. The Governor ofPunjab has been designated as theAdministrator of Chandigarh. In the otherUnion Territories, senior IAS officers ofthe Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoramand Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre areappointed as Administrators.

ADMINISTRATIVE INTERFACE

7.3 All the five UTs without legislature– Andaman and Nicobar Islands,Chandigarh, Daman and Diu, Dadra and


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7.4.2 Government of NCT of Delhi is

committed to providing preventive and

curative health care services to the

citizens of Delhi and is also committed

to the expansion of health infrastructure

in Delhi. At present, 194 Allopathic, 39

Primary Urban Health Centers (PUHC),

32 Ayurvedic, 92 Homeopathic, 15 Unani

dispensaries are functioning under the

Government of NCT of Delhi. In addition

to this 9 mobile van dispensaries are

providing health care facilities to the

citizens of Delhi.

7.4.3 Delhi Government has launched a

diabetic counseling and screening project

in which people living in resettlement

colonies and JJ Clusters are being

provided awareness about the diabeties.

As a complementary to the existing

Janani Suraksha Yojana, a new scheme

namely “Matru Shishu Suraksha Yojana”

has been launched under which pregnant

women will be provided cash assistance

of R600 and free medicines and

transportation charges at the time of the

delivery. The Government of NCT of

Delhi has proposed a new scheme

namely “Chacha Nehru Sehat Yojana”

which will provide health screening to

about 14 lakh students studying in

Government schools in Delhi. The sex-

ratio at birth in major hospitals of Delhi

has increased from 873 in 2002 to 901 in

May 2011.

Nagar Haveli, and Lakshadweep - havethe forum of Home Minister’s AdvisoryCommittee (HMAC), on which, besidesthe Administrator and the Member ofParliament from the respective UT,members from the local elected bodiese.g. District Panchayats and MunicipalCouncil/Committees are nominated asmembers. Meetings of the HMAC arechaired by the Union Home Minister, or,in his absence, by the Minister of State inthe Ministry of Home Affairs. TheCommittee discusses the general issuesrelating to social and economicdevelopment of the UTs.

NATIONAL CAPITALTERRITORY (NCT) OF DELHI

7.4.1 Delhi being both a city-State andthe national capital, attracts people fromall parts of the country and from all walksof life, who come to work and makeDelhi their home. The economy of NCTof Delhi is very sound as its GrossDomestic Product increased to R2,58,808crore in 2011-12 from R2,17,851 crore in2009-10, registering an increase of 18.8%.The Government of NCT of Delhi seeksto fulfill the aspirations of the people ofDelhi through dedicated efforts. It hastaken several initiatives to accelerate theprocess of development, enhancing theareas of health, education, infrastructureand industrial development.



7.4.4 Government of NCT of Delhi hasset-up the Delhi State Cancer Institute forproviding state of the art facilities forcancer patients, specially the poor in theregion. The Health Department hasinitiated Public Private Partnership (PPP)projects for providing AdvancedRadiology Diagnostic Services andDialysis Services for all hospitals on huband spoke model. The Government ofNCT of Delhi is also developing a HealthInsurance Scheme for vulnerable andmost vulnerable population. It isproposed to set up hospitals at Dwarka,Burari, Siraspur, Baprola, Chhattarpur,Molarband, Madipur, Jwalapuri,Ambedkar Nagar and Vikaspuri.

7.4.5 A state of the art AdvancedVirology Lab has been established atMaulana Azad Medical college. This Labhas been providing specialized Servicesfor monitoring the viral loads inHepatitis patients on therapy. The Labis well-equipped and is playing an vitalrole in undertaking surveillance and thedetection of newer outbreaks likeDengue and Chikungunya epidemics.Under Delhi Health State Mission, ASHAscheme have been launched. 3,298ASHAs have been selected andoperationalised covering all the districtsof Delhi.

7.4.6 Government of NCT of Delhi iscommitted to providing access to the

education to every child at his/her doorstep. 947 schools are run by theDirectorate of Education at various levelsincluding 377 Sarvodya Vidyalayas.Assistance is provided to 215 aidedSchools. About 14 lakh students areenrolled in Government Schools whereasabout 1.70 lakh are enrolled in the aidedSchools. To facilitate education to thosewho can’t attend the School, learningcenters, mobile Schools and residentialbridge centers are run through NGOsunder “Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan”. Five newschools have been opened and 8 schoolshave been bifurcated during the year2011-12. Six Middle Schools have beenupgraded to Secondary Schools and 18Secondary Schools have been upgradedto Senior Secondary Schools. PrimaryClasses have been introduced in anadditional 4 Sarvodya Vidyalayas.

7.4.7 CBSE results for the standard XBoard exams have improved significantlyfrom 48% in 2005 to 99% in 2011.Similarly, the result of class XII Boardexams has improved from 76.4% to 87.5%during the same period.

7.4.8 From 2011-12, Government of Delhihas enhanced the rates of uniform subsidyfrom R700 to R900 per child per annumfor the students of classes IX-XII enrolledin Government Schools, aided schools andstudents admitted in private schoolsunder freeship quota.



7.4.9 A set of books is given to allstudents of classes I-VIII of GovernmentSchools, girl students of aided schools andthose who are admitted to private schoolsunder freeship quota. Under this schemeR600 cash is paid in lieu of text books tothe students from classes IX-X and R800to the student of classes XI-XII.

7.4.10 From 2011-12, the rates ofscholarship to the students covered underthe Lal Bahadur Shastri Scholarship toMeritorious Students Scheme has beenenhanced from R400, R600 and R1,550 toR1,000, R1,500, and R2,000 respectively.

7.4.11 Government of NCT of Delhi hassuccessfully been running a veryambitious Programme titled “TechnicalEducation Community Outreach Scheme(TECOS)”. The TECOS is a pioneeringscheme aimed at upgrading the livelihoodskills of the under privileged people whoare residing in the slums/relocatedcolonies and people from otherunorganized sectors i.e. school drop-outsetc. The main objective of the Scheme isto provide meaningful and qualitativeformal training in consultation withtechnically qualified faculty/staff of thePolytechnics and ITIs.

7.4.12 With a view to providing aplatform for both the Industries and thefinal year Diploma students of variousGovernment and Private Polytechnics to

interact with each other, Government ofNCT of Delhi organize an annual Job Fair.The job fair called as AWASAR – 2011was held from 06.06.2011 to 10.06.2011 atfour Polytechnics. This was the 5th Job-Fair in a row, organized by theNCT Delhi. A total 32 IndustrialOrganizations/Companies participated inthe Fair. The companies conductedpresentations and interviews forrecruitment; and short-listed/recruitedapproximately 206 students.

7.4.13 Metro Rail Transport System(MRTS) Phase I and II have beencompleted and approximately 190 km. ofMetro Line has been made operationalwith the increased connectivity to theUttar Pradesh and Haryana. The ISBT,Kashmere Gate is being renovated withbasic tourist facilities. Government ofNCT of Delhi has set up a new companycalled the Delhi Transport InfrastructureDevelopment Corporation (DTTDC) formanagement of ISBT assets. 3,768 Low-Floor Buses, which include 1,262 ACbuses, have been introduced in DTC forsmooth and comfortable transit ofcommuters in Delhi. As a part oftechnology upgradation, Delhi TransportCorporation (DTC) has installed GPS in3,000 Low-Floor Buses for closemonitoring of operations to minimisemissed trips, non-completion of assignedkilometers by the crew, adherence to theschedules, etc. To cater to the transport



needs of different segments of commuters,‘Express Service’ during the peak hourswas introduced on selected routes andalso the special trips for womencommuters during the peak hours. DTCintroduced Airport Express Service withAir-conditioned Bus Services operatinground-the-clock connecting theInternational Airport to various points inDelhi and NCR to meet the transportrequirement of the air passengers. Thecrisis arising out of the phasing out ofBlue Line Buses from the roads of Delhiwas handled by rationally scheduling theDTC operations on those routes wheresuch buses were phased out. Thetransport related needs of commutersusing Blue Line Buses were properlyaddressed and attended to, so that thecommuters did not feel the withdrawalof Blue Line Buses adversely.

7.4.14 The Legislative Assembly of Delhihas enacted the Delhi IndustrialDevelopment, Operation and MaintenanceAct, 2010, which empowers the DelhiState Industrial and InfrastructureDevelopment Corporation (DSIIDC) Ltd.to make special provision for securingthe orderly establishment of industrialareas/estates and their management,operation and maintenance in the NCTof Delhi.

7.4.15 Under PPP initiatives, 4 estates vizOkhla, Patparganj, Bawana and Narela

were selected as pilot projects. In this

model, the concessionaires will redevelop

the estates within two years and maintain

it during the entire concession period at

their own cost. The concessionaire will

be entitled to collect maintenance charges

from the individual industry at the rate

of R10 per sq.m. per month and also the

Annuity from DSIIDC after completion

of development work (2 years). Work

has been awarded for Narela and

Bawana. Development work on the

ground has already started in the month

of December, 2011. Patparganj and Okhla

are to be developed on the same model

as soon as Okhla Industrial Estate is

transferred from Municipal Corporation

of Delhi (MCD). To ensure minimum

dislocation of cluster of industries

operating in residential/ non-conforming

areas, 22 non-conforming industrial

clusters having 70% industrial

concentration have been notified by the

Government for redevelopment in

accordance with the Master Plan of Delhi

– 2021 (MPD-2021). The Corporation has

initiated dialogue with the respective

Industries Associations for redevelopment

of the industrial clusters. A preliminary

and preparatory MoU has been signed

with one such Association. As per the

proposed guidelines, redevelopment of

industrial clusters shall be completed

within three years from the date of

approval of the plans.



7.4.16 DSIIDC has constructed 13,820 lowcost houses under Jawaharlal NehruNational Urban Renewable forms Mission(JNNURM) during the 11th Five Year Plan.The Corporation has been given themandate to construct 27,180 more houseswhich are expected to be completedduring the next two years.

7.4.17 The DSIIDC is committed toproviding developed, organised and high-tech work space to clean, green andknowledge-based industries in Delhi asper the Industrial Policy.

7.4.18 The project is expected to providedirect employment to 1,00,000 persons andindirect employment to 1,70,000 persons.The project will cater to the specific needsof Information Technology, Industry,Media, Research and Development, Gems& Jewellery and Business Services.

7.4.19 DSIIDC has acquired about 1,000acres of land to develop ModernIndustrial Area. This industrial area isbeing developed on land-parcel carvedout of villages Kanjhawala, SultanpurDabas, Karala and Pooth Khurd inDistrict North West. This industrial areawill accommodate new green, hi-tech andknowledge-based industries as envisagedin MPD-2021 and the Industrial Policyfor Delhi 2010-21.

7.4.20 To meet the ever-growing demandof power in the capital city, various

initiatives have been taken by theGovernment of NCT of Delhi to increasethe power generation capacity of Delhi. Tokeep pace with the growing demand, thePower Department has initiated projects forpower generation of about 4,900 MW. It isaimed to bring core generation to a levelof 70% of the total requirement. Newconnections are now available on demand.

7.4.21 Delhi has planned to haveadditional generation of power byestablishment of new generating stationsviz. Pragati–III Power Project at Bawana(1,500 MW), Indira Gandhi Super PowerThermal Project at Jhajjar (1,500 MW),Rithala Power Project (180 MW) andDadri Power Project at Bawana (2 X490MW) which are expected to be startedcommercially by end of this year.Aggregate Technical and Commercial(AT&C) losses have now come down toabout 20% from 50% at the time ofprivatization in July 2002.

7.4.22 Delhi remains a major tourist-destination. Above 40% of the touristscoming to India, visit this city. About 20million tourists travel to Delhi every year.The Government of NCT of Delhi hastaken various initiatives for developmentof tourist infrastructure, conservation ofmonuments, heritage and the provisionof facilities to the tourists by setting upinternational level Tourist InformationCenters.



7.4.23 Government of NCT of Delhi hasrecently taken up the following projectsfor further boosting of this sector:-

a) Signature Bridge with TourismDestination at Wazirabad

b) “Dilli Haat” at Janak Puri

c) Neighborhood Cultural Centre(NCC) under Raja Garden Flyover

d) Guru Teg Bahadur Memorial atSinghu Border

7.4.24 Government of NCT of Delhi hasestablished a special fund fordevelopment of unauthorized colonieswith an outlay of R2,800 crore for the11th Five Year Plan (2007-2012) to meetthe expenditure on provision of watersupply, sewerage, roads and drains,sanitation, street lighting andelectrification etc. In the financial year2011-12, a provision of R697.50 crore(approx) has been made for providing thecivic amenities in these colonies.Development works of construction ofroads and drains are already beingcarried out in 1,033 unauthorized coloniesby DSIIDC, I&FC and MCD. The DelhiJal Board has already laid water pipelinesin 726 unauthorized colonies and sewerlines have already been laid in 98unauthorized colonies. DISCOMS haveprovided street lights in 1,250unauthorized colonies.

7.4.25 Under Samajik Suvidha SangamMission Convergence, an integratedapproach has been adopted to addressurban poverty and to improve the socialand environmental living standards of thepoor and vulnerable. The Mission isrunning four Homeless Resource Centresfor social protection to homeless withNGO partners. The Mission has beenrunning a Winter Rescue Programme and84 Night Shelters were set-up for them.Mission Convergence lays specialemphasis on women empowerment andruns various programmes like literacy,skill development, livelihood, legalawareness, health & nutrition etc. forpoor and vulnerable women. MissionConvergence has been holding megacamps in each district which link poorand needy people to the Governmentsponsored welfare schemes by providingon-the-spot information regarding welfareschemes. 27 such camps have been held(9 during 2010-11 and 18 in 2011-12). TheMission Convergence is also theimplementing Agency for RashtriyaSwasthya Bima Yojana, which is a healthinsurance scheme where the beneficiariesare entitled to hospitalization coverage ofupto R30,000 per annum.

PUDUCHERRY

7.5.1 The Union Territory of Puducherryhas a Legislative Assembly andConsolidated Fund of its own. It



comprises of four regions, namely,Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanamlying geographically separated from oneanother.

7.5.2 The major developmental initiativesundertaken in different sectors by theGovernment of Puducherry during thecurrent year are as follows:

Public Works

(i) Construction of one 4-lane bridgeat Ariankuppam, Puducherry wouldbe completed by March, 2012.

(ii) The Government MaternityHospital has been shifted to RajivGandhi Government Women andChildren Hospital which is a newlyconstructed premises at a cost ofR50 crore with total area of 3 lakhsq. ft.

(iii) Construction of Indoor Stadium atKaraikal will be completed at a costof R6.56 crore.

(iv) The establishment of a FishingHarbour at Karaikal has been takenup with Central Assistance ofR34.065 crore and R13.70 crore asloan assistance from National Bankfor Agriculture and RuralDevelopment (NABARD). Thisproject will be completed by theend of the current financial year ata total cost of R47.76 crore.

Tourism

(v) All civil works in respect of bothriverside and beach developmentwork at Mahe and water frontdevelopment at Yanam have beencompleted.

(vi) Airports Authority of India havetaken up the work of relaying thedamaged runway and the Airportwill be operationalised forcommercial flights thereafter.

(vii) The beach promenade inPuducherry has been beautified ata cost of R6.28 crore.

(viii) The recreational park at BuddhaLake in Yanam and walkway alongthe Mahe River has been completedand inaugurated.

(ix) Ministry of Tourism has sanctioned13 projects under “Mega TourismCircuit Development” for R45.11crore and released R22.55 crore asfirst instalment.

(x) Land at Chunnambar fordeveloping oceanarium andwalkway is being acquired.

(xi) Land for developing multi-purposecultural complex and Science Cityis being acquired.

Town and Country Planning

7.5.3 Under Jawaharlal Nehru NationalUrban Renewable Mission (JNNURM) , 8



projects have been got approved, 4 eachfrom the Ministry of Urban Developmentand the Ministry of Housing and UrbanPoverty Alleviation at a cost of R461.3965crore. During the current year, theGovernment of Puducherry expects to: -

(i) complete the :

(a) handing over of 168 dwellingunits at Kuruchikuppam to thebeneficiaries;

(b) infrastructure works of watersupply, sewerage and roads;and

(c) structural works for 192dwelling units at Lambert

Saravanan Nagar and 72dwelling units at Karaikal.

(ii) Commence the construction of 474dwelling units at TN Palayam andAbisegapakkam; construction ofadditional 144 dwelling units atKaraikal; and the infras-tructure works at Ariyur andPitchaveeranpet.

(iii) Complete the sewer pipe lines of60 km. with appurtenances in fourzones out of 7 zones in Puducherryurban area and foundation worksfor two out of three seweragetreatment plants.

Sewerage Treatment Plant at Lawspet (Under Construction)



(iv) Laying 40 km. of pipe line out of65 km. of pipe line fromDowlaiswaram to Yanam under theproject “Augmentation of WaterSupply Scheme for Yanam”.

(v) Complete the KuruchikuppamHousing Project with allinfrafstructure works.

(vi) Hand over completed houses atAriyur and Pitchaveeranpet to thebeneficiaries after completion ofinfrastructure facilities.

(vii) Complete the construction of 304dwelling units at Lambert

Yanam Pipe Line Laying

Saravanan Nagar and 72 dwellingunits at Karaikal.

(viii) Construction of 826 dwelling unitsis in progress (Lambert SaravananNagar - 208, TN Palayam &Abisegapakkam - 474 and Karaikal- 144).

(ix) 365 mechanised boats, 93 FRP boats,806 FRP cattamaran, 1,147 woodencattamaran with OBM and 5,483cattamaran without OBM have beenrepaired and restored to tsunamiaffected fishermen with financialassistance from Government.



(x) National Horticultural Mission iscovered under Prime Minister’sFlagship programmes since 2009-10.A total of 503 nos. of farmers in anarea of 219.91 ha. have beencovered upto 2010-11 underdifferent components of the schemesince inception. Another 350 ha. areexpected to be covered in 2011-12.Five green houses were set upunder the scheme during 2010-11,which will enable the farmers tocultivate vegetables throughout theyear. Another five green houses areproposed to be established during2011-12. Action to construct coldstorage-cum-fruit ripening unitthrough the Puducherry MarketCommittee has been initiated toimprove the horticulture cropscultivation and storage facility tofarmers. Under precision farming,which is one of the pioneeringschemes implemented in the U.T.since 2008-09, an area of 285.07 ha.has been covered benefiting 276farmers. It has been planned todistribute farm machineries/implements to 195 farmers and setup micro irrigation system to 46farmers during 2011-12.

(xi) Chief Minister inaugurated thenutritional supplement scheme forchildren in the age group of 1-3 atthe Primary Health Centre,

Mettupalayam on 14.11.2011. Atotal of 500 children received 250grams packets containing 40%wheat, 5% ragi, 25% roasted gramand 30% jaggery. The mixtureconforms to the Integrated ChildDevelopment Scheme requirementsfor nourishment. A total of 40,000beneficiaries have been identifiedunder this Scheme in Puducherry,Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam whichis being implemented through thegrant of R12 lakh from the UnionGovernment under the NationalRural Health Mission at the rate ofR30 per child.

(xii) Blood Bank facilities for the newlyconstructed Rajiv GandhiGovernment Women and ChildrenHospital, Puducherry have beenstrengthened through procurementof various equipment including“Blood Bank Refrigerator”.

(xiii) As a part of the welfare measurefor the BPL (Below Poverty Line)families, the Government hassigned a Memorandum ofUnderstanding with the New IndiaAssurance Company and hassuccessfully been providingspecified Secondary and TertiaryHealth Care to the 29,000 BPLfamilies of Karaikal.

(xiv) Civil Supplies and ConsumerAffairs Department is in the process



of issuing biometric based SmartCards to all ration card holders forthe delivery of Public DistributionSystem (PDS) commodities throughFair Price Shops (FPS) bymodernizing the activities of thePDS. The delivery of commoditiesto the ration card holders will beupdated through the Point of Sale(PoS) devices operational at FPSwhich will prevent malpractices inPDS. The process of Smart Cardsystem i.e. the printing and issuingof Smart Cards to the ration cardholders, has been started and Pointof Sale (PoS) devices to be installedin the fair price shops are undertesting. On completion of theprocess, Aadhaar based BiometricSmart Cards will be issued andGeneral Packet Radio Service(GPRS) based PoS devices will beinstalled in all FPS. Enrolment ofaround eight lakh members has sofar been completed and the processis expected to be completed byMarch 2012. The issue of smartcards to the beneficiaries hascommenced on 19.12.2011 and islikely to be completed by end ofMarch, 2012.

(xv) As per guidelines of NationalCommission for Empowerment ofWomen, Puducherry State MissionAuthority, Puducherry State

Monitoring Committee and Inter-department Co-ordinationCommittee for Empowerment ofWomen have been constituted.

(xvi) Rajiv Gandhi Scheme forEmpowerment of Adolescent Girls– named SABLA was launched onpilot basis in Karaikal region inSeptember 2011 as per theguidelines of the Government ofIndia. The Scheme provides twocomponents, viz., ‘NutritionComponent and Non-nutritionComponent’. Under NutritionComponent, adolescent girls in theage group of 11-18 years will begiven fine grain and in the Non-nutrition Component the adolescentgirls in the age group of 16-18years, will be enlightened onhealth education, skill education,adolescent reproductive sexualhealth and counselling for girls.Under this scheme, 4,449 adolescentgirls for Nutrition Component and8,827 adolescent girls for Non-nutrition Component have beenidentified.

(xvii) Setting up of Training Centre forEmpowerment of Women in theUnion Territory of Puducherry toimpart training to women toempower them in five majorimportant aspects viz., economicparticipation, economic opportunity,



political empowerment, educationalattainment and health & well beingis under process.

ANDAMAN & NICOBARISLANDS

7.6.1 The UT of Andaman & NicobarIslands consists of nearly 592 islands,rocks and islets out of which only 36islands are inhabited. The UTAdministration has taken severaldevelopment and post-tsunamirehabilitation initiatives, some of whichare highlighted below:

(i) The Tsunami RehabilitationProgramme (TRP) has beencompleted successfully. Under thisprogramme 9,797 permanent

shelters have been constructed at70 different locations by CPWD/APWD/NGOs. In addition, 247units of common facilities likeCommunity Hall, Birth House,Recreation Hall, etc., have beencompletely reconstructed andsupplemented by additionalfacilities. These include 85 Schoolbuildings and 34 Health Centers.Rehabilitation of damagedinfrastructure has been completedand considerable additionalcapacities have been added e.g., 52jetties and other port facilitiesconstructed/re-constructed, 51.48MW of electricity generationcapacity has been restored/added,7,108 electric connections energizedand 347 km. of roads built.

Hut bay Shelters



(ii) Tenders for two 500-passengervessels have been finalised; MVCampbell Bay, a 500 passenger vesselhas been constructed and has arrivedat Port Blair. Full term ‘A’ certificatefor the vessel is under process. Thechartering of one 400 passengervessel (MV Samsun) is underprocess. In addition, an EmpoweredCommittee constituted by theMinistry of Shipping has identifiedfive vessels in the foreshore andharbour sectors for chartering. Withthe induction of the above vessels inthe fleet, inter-island connectivity willimprove substantially.

(iii) Construction of marine hards atKamorta, Champin, Long Island

and Havelock has providedalternative landing facilities in theseislands. With the Installation of 16CCTV cameras at Haddo Wharf,port security has been considerablyenhanced. Reconstruction of PortControl Tower at Campbell Bayhas provided a permanentcommunication station at thesouthernmost island of GreatNicobar.

(iv) Ten new mini buses have beenpurchased and pressed into service.Another nine mini buses are likelyto join the fleet shortly. A new BusTerminus has been constructed atRangat in the North and MiddleAndaman District.

MV Campbell Bay



New Bus Terminal, Rangat

(v) 3 Pawan Hans helicopters charteredby the administration are operatingin the inter-island sector and areproviding connectivity even to theremote islands of Nicobar district.Sea plane services are providingconnectivity amongst islands inNorth, Middle and South

Andaman. The wet lease of onetwin-engine, fixed wing aircraft forthe inter-island route is also inpipeline. Upgradation of facilitiesis in progress at the helipads inChowra, Katchal, Rangat, and atthe inter-islands terminal complexin Port Blair.

Pawan Hans Halicopter



(vi) In the power sector, new DG sets(12.75 MW) have been installed andcommissioned at four locationsunder Tsunami RehabilitationProgramme (TRP). About 765 km ofT&D line has been reconstructed byPower Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(PGCIL). Various non-conventionaland renewable energy initiativeshave been taken up. These includean MOU with NTPC (March 2011)for the establishment of 3 MW DGpower house at Havelock,establishment of a 5 MW Biomass-based power plant at Garacharmaand two 2–MW Solar PV powerplants with a “must-run” priority.

(vii) Under police housing, 84 quartersof various types have beenconstructed and 280 are underconstruction. During 2011,buildings for Police Stations atNeil Islands, PS Nancowry, Teresa,Pahargaon, Kalighat and Out Post(OP) Radha Nagar have beenconstructed. Under the CoastalSecurity Scheme, 10 FastInterceptor Boats have been addedand deployed by the Police MarineForce for patrolling and anti-poaching duties. In addition, fourlarge dinghies and 7 rigidinflatable boats have also beenprocured.

Interceptor Boats



(viii) After the successful launch of theCoconut Mission at Car Nicobar,the Agriculture Department is nowconcentrating on organic farming.So far, 487 hectares of landhave been brought under organicfarming up to 31.10.2011.32 vermiculture hatcheries havebeen established at differentislands. R165.7 lakh have beenprovided to 2,790 farmers assubsidy under the NationalHorticulture Mission.

(ix) Construction of 2 Fish LandingCentres have been completed upto31.10.2011.

(x) Under MGNREGA, 17,094households have been providedjobs and 1,665 job cards issued andunder IAY, 343 houses have beenconstructed.

(xi) Integrated Housing and SlumDevelopment Project underJNNURM for planned developmentof 18 identified slum pocketslaunched in October, 2009, is nownearing completion.

(xii) Though the Islands have welldeveloped health infrastructure, thefacilities are being further upgradedand new initiatives taken. G.B.PantHospital, Port Blair has beenprovided with new facilities like

fully automatic chemical analyzer,arterial gas blood analyzer,renovated and fully equippedcasualty ward, Optical Tomographyalong with Leisa Microscope andPhoto Slit Lamp, a new ten-beddedpsychiatric ward and a 100 kg/hour capacity fully automatic Bio-Medical Waste Incinerator. A newPrimary Health Centre (PHC) atKishorinagar has beencommissioned in Public PrivatePartnership (PPP) mode and thePHC at Chouldari is beingcommissioned in the same modeshortly. A new OPD block atCommunity Health Centre,Diglipur has been opened and thenew OPD block at BJR Hospital,Car Nicobar will becomeoperational by January, 2012.

(xiii) Four new Primary Schools havealready started functioning in thecurrent academic session. TheGovernment Secondary School,Gandhi Nagar and Govt. SeniorSecondary School, Vijay Nagarhave been shifted to the newlyconstructed school buildings atGandhi Nagar village and JoginderNagar village respectively. Thescheme of cooked mid-day meal isalso functioning successfully in theislands with a total of 31,590students being provided with such



meals through Self-Help Groups.540 students have also been paidscholarships for pursuing higherstudies in various technical andnon-technical courses at mainlandInstitutions.

(xiv) The Administration is takingaggressive steps towards deliveryof e-services throughimplementation of National e-Governance Plan (NeGP). As animportant step to transparency indecision making, Common ServiceCentres (CSCs) have beenlaunched on 12.12.2011 to makegovernment services accessible tothe public in their locality withefficiency and reliability. 41services spread over eightdepartments have been rolled out

Government Middle School, Chowra Islands

with a specified timelines fordelivery of each service. SeventeenGovernment Departments havebeen identified for computerisationas Mission Mode Projects underNational e-Governance Plan.

(xv) Under the tourism sector, Sea Planeservice has been introduced underthe Tsunami RehabilitationProgramme. This connects PortBlair to Havelock, Diglipur andLittle Andamans. The UTAdministration is also developinga 50 Unit ‘Yacht Marina’ and a‘Canopy Walkway’. Agreementshave also been signed withrenowned groups to develop worldclass beach resorts at Lalaji Bay,Havelock and Neil Islands. Watersports equipments of international



standards have been commissionedat Rajiv Gandhi Water SportsComplex.

LAKSHADWEEP

7.7 Lakshadweep Islands are a groupof 36 Islands out of which only 10 areinhabited The entire indigenouspopulation is Scheduled Tribe. Theprimary occupation of the people isfishing and coconut cultivation. The UTAdministration has achieved thefollowing milestones:

(i) The first food grain godown hasbeen constructed for storage of2,500 MT at Androth Island byFood Corporation of India (FCI).This is the beginning of storageinfrastructure in the Islands andwill facilitate distribution of foodgrains to different islands.

(ii) Drinking water availability in theIslands is a perpetual problem. Inorder to overcome this problem oneLow Thermal TemperatureDesalination Plant each has beenestablished at Minicoy and AgattiIslands with a capacity to produceone lakh litres per day of goodquality drinking water.

(iii) For the first time, on PPP basisRajiv Gandhi Speciality Hospital

has been made functional at AgathiIsland which will fulfil therequirement of all essentialspecialist treatment therebyreducing the need of evacuation ofpatients to mainland which will, inturn, lead to reduction in the costfor treatment of the poor residentsof Lakshadweep.

(iv) The Administration has beenmaking efforts to augment theshipping services and order hasbeen placed for 2 X 400 passengervessels which are underconstruction at Colombo Dockyard,Sri Lanka.

(v) Orders have already been placedfor construction of one LPG carriervessel with the capacity of 2,000cylinders. This will help in regularsupply of cooking gas as fuelrequirement of the islands.

(vi) For tourism development, touristcottages have been constructed inKavaratti Island. Additionalcottages are under construction atMinicoy and Kadmath Island. Aprivate ship cruise operator hasstarted regular journeys toKadmath Island from Kochi.

CHANDIGARH

7.8.1 Chandigarh city has the unique



distinction of being a UT and the CapitalCity of two States - Punjab and Haryana.Spread over an area of 114 sq. km., itcomprises of the city of Chandigarh and13 villages and is located between theStates of Punjab and Haryana.

7.8.2 The major developmental initiativesundertaken in different sectors by the UTAdministration during the current yearare as follows:-

(i) Three new integrated schoolbuildings have been completed in2011-12. A new InformationTechnology block has beencompleted in Government Collegefor Girls in Sector 42. Work on anew building for College ofCommerce and BusinessAdministration has started during2011-12 in Sector 50.

(ii) Revamping of Mid-day MealScheme was undertaken byimproving the menu andcontinuous quality monitoring.Toilets and drinking water facilitieshave been provided at a cost ofR90 lakh in 24 different schools.Under the Innovative AlternateEducation Scheme for slumchildren, 6,000 slum children weremainstreamed during the year asagainst 4,000 last year. Fifteencomputer labs have been

established in differentGovernment/Government AidedSchools during the current financialyear. E-learning smart class roomshave been introduced in all theGovernment Colleges andInstitutions.

(iii) The work of upgradation of theManimajra Hospital from 50bedded to 100 bedded has beentaken up at a cost of R6.87 crore.The work on Block E of theGovernment Medical College andHospital (GMCH) is being executedand work on Block J of GMCH hasbeen completed.

(iv) Road connectivity withneighbouring townships ofPanchkula and Mohali is beingimproved by construction of 2Railway Under Bridges and 4bridges on major rivulets. A fleetof 134 new buses has beenintroduced under the JNNURMraising the fleet of the ChandigarhTransport Undertaking (CTU) inthe city from 160 to 294 andreducing the frequency time from30 to 15 minutes on major routes.Global Positioning System (GPS)/Public Information System (PIS) hasbeen installed on 100 buses and 50bus queue shelters in the city localoperation. The bus terminus in



Sector 43 has been upgraded byadding 8 more bays. In addition tothe existing 192 bus queue sheltersin the city, 60 more are beingconstructed with all modernfacilities for convenience of thecommuters. Due to better routeplanning and optimum use ofhuman resources, the earnings ofthe CTU have increased from R8.86lakh per day during the last yearto R9.44 lakh approximately perday this year.

(v) About 3,000 diesel driven autoswere replaced by LPG driven autosby systematic mobilization andfinancial assistance by theAdministration to reduce pollutionlevels. More LPG Gas stations havebeen set up in Sector 21 and Sector38 (West).

“Tourism Walk organized on 27.09.2011 during World Tourism Week”

(vi) Work on the desiltation of SukhnaLake which is a major touristattraction has been continued. 1.08crore cubic feet of silt has beenremoved from the bed of SukhnaLake with the help of draglinemachines, JCBs, dumpers andtractors. A two kilometer longpavement for pedestrians,beautification of Sukhna Plaza,Sukhna Island and the Bandstandat a cost of R6 crore approx. hasbeen undertaken. A new TouristInformation Centre and LeCorbusier Souvenir Shop has alsobeen opened at Sukhna Lake.

(vii) Illumination, beautification andlandscaping of Rose Garden hasbeen completed with financialsupport of R2.69 crore granted bythe Ministry of Tourism. The work



on the “Valley of Animals”, aunique topiary park havingdifferent topiary animals related todifferent biosphere zones has beentaken up. Illumination andconstruction of medication huts,tree top huts and natureinterpretation centre have beenundertaken at a cost of R3.13 crore.

(viii) The 3rd Chandigarh National CraftsMela was organized successfully atKala Gram from 08.10.2011 to17.10.2011.

(ix) The Chandigarh Police has beenmodernized with latest equipment,arms & ammunitions, effectivecommunication system andmobility. A high tech Police ControlRoom has been set up to ensurethat the police reaction time to calls

from public is minimized. Autodialler facility has been set up incollaboration with banks andjewellers shops. The shooting rangeat Sector 25 is being upgraded toworld class facilities. Two MobilePolice Stations have been pressedinto service in order to providequick service to the citizens livingin Chandigarh.

(x) The beat system has beenrevamped by providing a mobiletelephone to each Constable. Policepatrolling has been intensifiedthrough additional deployment ofGPS equipped Gypsys and newfleet of motor cycles.

(xi) The prestigious e-Sampark andGram Sampark service has beenstrengthened. Presently, 22

High-Tech Police Control Room, Chandigarh



Government to Citizen and 5Business to Citizen services arebeing provided at the doorsteps ofCitizens through 12 e-Sampark and13 Gram Sampark Centres.

(xii) SPIC is executing e-Governance inMunicipal Corporation, Chandigarhwhich is a “Mission Mode Project”under the National e-GovernancePlan (NeGP) of the Government ofIndia. The aim of the project is toprovide all the services to thecitizens online. IT exports fromRajiv Gandhi ChandigarhTechnology Park has risen toR1,000 crore.

(xiii) Smart Card Project has beenlaunched. During the current year5,500 Smart Cards have beendistributed to the beneficiaries. Toensure effective implementation ofEssential Commodities Act, 66inspections were conducted againsthoarders and cases were registeredagainst Fair Price Shops forviolation of PDS Control Order andagainst persons having excess sugarstock.

(xiv) The construction work on 16 newcourt rooms in the High Court isbeing undertaken at a fast pace. AMulti Level Parking (3 floorsunderground and 1 above) which

can accommodate over 600 cars hasbeen completed and put to use inHigh Court Complex at the cost ofR20 crore. New Judicial Complexat Sector 43 is also nearingcompletion.

(xv) Under the Micro, Small andMedium Enterprises DevelopmentAct, 2006, 772 additional units ofsmall and medium entrepreneurshave been set up. These units aremainly ancillary in nature andoffering employment to about26,400 persons.

(xvi) Under the Slum RehabilitationScheme of JNNURM, 2,112 smallflats have been constructed byChandigarh Housing Board (CHB)and possession has been handedover to 1,505 slum dwellers. Drawof lots for various categories of3,900 flats to be constructed under“Self Financing Housing Scheme –2008” on leasehold basis foremployees of ChandigarhAdministration has beenconducted. Construction of 2,108flats of different categories inSector 63 under ‘General HousingScheme’ has been taken up.Construction work on 160Category-II Flats in Sector 51-Aunder ‘General Housing Scheme’has also started.



(xvii) In order to ensure betterdevolution and delegation, someimportant functions, hitherto withthe Administration, such asPrimary Health Care, PrimaryEducation, all V-3 roads andmajor gardens have beentransferred to the MunicipalCorporation alongwith staff andfunds. To augment the watersupply in the city, 42 tube wells/boosters have been re-bored invarious Sectors/wards of the City.The water lines of Manimajra,Kajheri, Dadu Majra and Maloyahave been augmented. A separateline for supplying canal water toManimajra has also beencommissioned. A 30 MGD SewageTreatment Plant on Moving BedBiological Reactor (MBBR)technology has been installed andcommissioned at Diggian.

(xviii) A Scheme of Free Education formeritorious students belongingto Scheduled Castes (SCs) andother backward classes hasbeen introduced. Persons withdisabilities with a maximumincome limit of R2,500 per monthwho own motorized vehicles, arebeing provided 50% subsidy onactual expenditure incurred onpurchase of petrol/diesel. The SCchildren living below the poverty

line are being imparted training inDress Designing, Cutting, Tailoring,Computer Course, BeauticianCourse etc. under the SkillDevelopment Scheme.

(xix) Financial assistance is beingprovided to physically challengedpersons for purchase of Aids/Appliances to increase theirmobility in their day to dayfunctioning.

DAMAN & DIU

7.9.1 The UT of Daman & Diucomprises two land blocks of Daman andDiu, each forming a separate District, aswell as a Community DevelopmentBlock. Daman District is located on thesouthern border of Gujarat State and DiuDistrict is an island off the coast ofJunagarh and is about 763 km. fromDaman. The UT Administration hastaken several developmental initiatives,some of which are highlighted asunder : -

(i) The Daman Municipal Council hasconstructed a vegetable market atNani Daman “ Maganlal DamodarRana DMC Vegetable Market”dedicated to the public at the handsof Shri Mullappally Ramchandran,Union Minister of State for HomeAffairs on 25.07.2011.



Inauguration of State-of-the-Art Vegetable Market at Nani Daman by Shri Mullappally Ramachandran,Union Minister of State for Home on 25.07.2011

(ii) Daman Municipal Council has

constructed a Modern School

adjacent to Dayanand Bandodkar

Playground, Nani Daman.

(iii) The flagship programme, National

Rural Health Mission (NRHM) is

being implemented in UT of

Daman and Diu for providing

quality health care services at all

levels. All the Government

Hospitals and Community Health

Centres have been strengthened

with Pediatrician, Gynaecologists,

Surgeon, Ortho Surgeon,

Radiologists etc. All the Primary

Health Centres have beenstrengthened with Ayurvedic andHomeopathic doctors as per thechoice of the community. All Sub-Centres are providing health careservices.

(iv) Online Mother and Child TrackingSystem is being implemented inDaman & Diu. This system willprovide quality data on Mother &Child Health in respect of time &place of the mother & new bornchild.

(v) Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakramin UT of Daman & Diu is being



implemented. All pregnant womenaccessing public health institutionsare entitled for complete freedeliveries including caesariansection. All drugs, consumables,investigations, provision of blood,wherever necessary, wouldbe made available by theAdministration.

(vi) Matru Samruddhi Yojana (MSY)and Dikri Development Scheme(DDS) reduced the maternalmortalities and increased the childsex-ratio in UT. Total 1,236 mothersand 703 new born girl childrenwere benefitted under the schemeup to December, 2011.

(vii) All the students upto middle levelwere examined for their generalhealth and refractive errors underSchool Health Programme. Thestudents of class X to XII werecounselled by trained Counsellorson the issue of stress managementand concentration.

(viii) The Ophthalmic Unit ofGovernment Hospital, Marwad hasbeen strengthened with modernOphthalmic Equipment. A scanmachine, X-Ray Machine, FlashAutoclaves, Surgical instruments areavailable in the Hospital.Construction of Boundary wall andModern OPD Block in Government

Hospital, Marwad has beencompleted which is ready fordedication to the public.

Ophthalmic Unit at Government Hospital,Marwad, Daman

New OPD Block at Government Hospital, Marwad

(ix) The Government Hospital Daman,has procured fully automaticBiochemical Analyser and all typesof biochemical investigations can becarried out at Government Hospital,Daman. Portable USG Machine andOxymeters procured for the hospitalare providing quality investigations.



Portable USG Machine and Oxymeters installedat Government Hospital, Marwad, Daman

(x) The pulse polio dose programmewas organized in both the Districtsof Daman and Diu. Total 49,208children upto the age of 5 yearswere administered polio doses.

(xi) The Government Hospital, Diu hasbeen strengthened with modernoperation theatre equipment,diagnostic equipments like dentalchair, Physiotherapy instruments,etc. at the cost of R83.50 lakh.,

(xii) The laboratory unit of CommunityHealth Centre (CHC), Ghogla, Diuhas been upgraded with installationof Semi Automatic Analyser.

(xiii) Mamata Abhiyan – Village Health& Nutrition Day is being observedon every Wednesday with the helpof Integrated Child DevelopmentScheme (ICDS). The Mamata cardintegrates with pre & post natalvisit, referral services, MaternalChild Health (MCH) records,Immunization schedule etc. areprovided to pregnant women andlactating mothers. The beneficiariesare provided all the benefits at theirrespective Anganwadi centre.

(xiv) Distribution of Long LastingInsecticides-treated Nets (LLIN):During the month of November 2011,258 nets were distributed among theBPL families and remaining BPLfamilies and the pregnant women willbe provided the nets by the end ofFebruary, 2012.

7.9.2 The following projects are likelyto be completed by end of the currentfinancial year 2011-12 :

(i) Establishment of 66/11 KV Substation at Bhimpore with capacityof 30 MVA.

(ii) Establishment of 66/11, Sub stationat Zari with capacity of 30 MVA.

(iii) Augmentation of 66/11 KV sub-station at Magarwada from 20MVA to 30 MVA by adding oneNo. 10 MVA power transformeralongwith the bay.

Fully Automatic Bio-Chemistry Unit at Govt.Hospital, Marwad



(iv) Augmentation of 66/11 KV sub-station at Ringanwada from 20MVA to 20 MVA plus 20 MVA byadding one No.20 MVA powertransformer along with the bay.

(v) Construction of Girls Room atGovernment College, Daman at thecost of R13.40 lakh.

(vi) Construction of InformationTechnology building at Govern-ment Polytechnic, Daman at thecost of R1.72 crore.

Information Technology Building at GovernmentPolytechnic, Daman

7.9.3 Activities carried out under SarvaShiksha Abhiyan (SSA) Scheme and Midday Meal Scheme: All the SC/ST andminority BPL students were provided twopairs of uniforms, shoes/socks, schoolbags and stationery free of cost underSSA. Other than SC/ST and minoritystudents were also provided uniforms,shoes/socks, school bags and stationeryfree of cost under SSA. One day Teachers’

Training for about 170 GovernmentPrimary teachers was organized inDaman District. School level EducationCompetition was conducted in all 54Government Schools of Daman District.03 days Teachers’ Training was conductedfor 285 primary teachers in DamanDistrict in the month of September, 2011for Advancement of EducationalPerformance through Teachers Support(ADEPTS) and Right to TeachersEducation (RTE) with the help of SSAGujarat.

Teachers' Training being conducted in DamanDistrict

7.9.4 Mid Day Meal Scheme: Under MidDay Meal scheme 15,640 students ofstandard I to VIII of Daman and Diuwere benefited from cooked meal withappropriate nutritive and calorific value.

7.9.5 Secondary Education: In order topromote the girl education, NationalScheme of Incentive to girls for SecondaryEducation is provided to all eligible girls.



Inclusive Education for the Disabled atthe Secondary Stage (IEDSS), Means-Cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme, Post Matricscholarship to Scheduled Caste students& Scheduled Tribe students and supplyof text books, uniforms, stationery toScheduled Tribe students and ScheduledCaste students are also beingimplemented in the UT.

7.9.6 Water Supply Sector: Constructionof composite R.C.C. over head tank of1,50,000 lit. capacity and 3,00,000 lit.capacity at Moti Vankad was completed.

Coastal Security Scheme (Phase-I)

7.9.7 Police Stations: Phase I : TheCoastal Police Station, Moti Daman isalready operational from newlyconstructed building at Damanwada, MotiDaman. Two Out Posts, namely Kachigamand Moti Daman are also functioningunder the jurisdiction of Coastal PoliceStation, Moti Daman. One CoastalDetachment at Ghoghla, Diu has beenmade operational

7.9.8 Interceptor Boats :Phase-I : Two 12ton Boats and two 5 ton Boats have beenreceived from Goa Shipyard Limited.These boats are performing patrollingduty at Daman & Diu.

7.9.9 Vehicles : 3 jeeps and 5motorcycles have been procured underthe Coastal Security Scheme Phase – I.

7.9.10 Other equipment : Furniture, digitalcamera, copier machine and search lightsetc. have already been procured under theCoastal Security Scheme Phase – I.

7.9.11 Construction works : Worksundertaken under the Police Moderniz-ation Scheme include a state of the artPolice Headquarter building constructedat Airport Road, Dalwada, Daman at acost of R3.92 crore. The building wasinaugurated by the Union Minister ofState for Home Affairs Shri MullappallyRamachandran on 13.12.2010.

Interceptor Boat for Daman and Diu District State-of-the-Art Police Headquarter Building, Daman



7.9.12 Office of Superintendent of Police,Diu (Project cost R2,76,69,718) wasconstructed and completed.

Office of Superintendent of Police, Diu

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Projects of OIDC

7.9.13 The Corporation has been able toutilize its development reserve, createdout of its profits, for fulfilling its socialresponsibilities towards the people ofDaman & Diu and Dadra & NagarHaveli. Omnibus Industrial DevelopmentCorporation (OIDC) Ltd along withApparel Training and Design Centre(ATDC) sponsored by Apparel ExportPromotion Council (AEPC), Ministry ofTextile, Government of India inauguratedSMART (Skills for Manufacturing ofApparel through Research and Training)vocational training programmes at Damanunder the Rajeev Gandhi Scheme forEmpowerment of Adolescents Girls(SABLA) implemented by Social WelfareDepartment.

DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI

7.10.1 The Union territory of Dadra andNagar Haveli comprises of one Districtand one Taluka with 72 villages and twotowns, namely Silvassa and Amli. The UTAdministration has undertaken severaldevelopment initiatives, some of whichare highlighted in the succeedingparagraphs.

Power System

7.10.2 To enhance transmission anddistribution capacity and strengthen thepower system network of the UT,following projects has been taken up:

(i) Installation of 4th 100 MVAtransformer at 220 KV Kharadpadasub-station is completed and willbe put to commercial operationshortly.

Vocational Training Programme started by OIDCunder SABLA Scheme of Social Welfare Department

at ATDC Centre, Daman



(ii) Establishment of 220/66 KV Sub-station at Waghchhipa and 66/11KV sub-staion at Kala andVelugam are being taken up forwhich land has been allotted.

(iii) The work of establishment of 66/11 KV sub-stations at Waghdhara,Dadra and Athal are in progressand will be completed by the endof the current financial year.

(iv) The work of establishment of 400KV sub-station under regionalscheme of Western Region Power

Committee (WRPC) is also underprogress by Power GridCorporation of India Ltd. (PGCIL).On completion of this sub-station,the UT will be fully connectedwith Central Transmission Utilityand thus PGCIL and the powersystem network will bestrengthened to absorb the futurerequirement of the territory.

(v) One 220/66 KV Sub-Station atKhadoli with 160 MVATransformer has already beenmade operational on 01.10.2010.

220/66 KV Sub-Station at Khadoli



Health

7.10.3 Public health services are providedthrough the following net-work:-

1 District Hospital (231 01bedded situated atSilvassa)

2 Community Health Centre 01(CHC) (50 bedded situatedat Khanvel)

3 Primary Health Centre 06(PHC) All 6 PHC are24x7 with 1 MO, 1 AYUSHdoctor, 3 Staff Nurses)

4 Rural Dispensary 03

5 Sub Centre 50

6 Mobile Medical Unit 01

Telemedicine

7.10.4 Telemedicine is a first of its kindin this area and is connected with StaticIP connection and tie up with Dr. B.Nanavati Hospital, Mumbai. Indian SpaceResearch Organization has also providedV-SAT connection. Super specialitytreatment is being given to patients fromSilvassa itself. The UT has upgraded thetelemedicine center with latest technologyand has also commenced giving tele-consultation to CHC, Khanvel. The UTplans to connect 3 PHCs in the currentfinancial year through Telemedicineservices.

School Health Programme

7.10.5 Through School HealthProgramme, the health status of thestudents has improved and drop out ratereduced. During the current year (2011-12), 74 schools have been covered underthis programme and 29,608 students havebeen checked upto September, 2011.

Students being checked under School HealthProgramme

Save the Girl Child

7.10.6 Under Save the Girl Child Scheme,an amount of R40,000 is deposited in thename of the Girl child under Profit PlusProfit of Life Insurance Corporation for18 years. On attaining the age of 18 years,an amount more than R03.18 lakh will bepaid to the girl child. During current year(2011-12), 185 beneficiaries have beencovered under this Scheme uptoDecember, 2011. So far more than 931girls have been covered under thisscheme.



Ambulance and Hearse Van Services

7.10.7 Janani Sishu Suraksha Karyakramhas been implemented in the UT underwhich all the pregnant women areentitled to complete free deliveries in thepublic health institutions, including freediet and transportation upto home. Sofar 1,077 beneficiaries have been coveredunder this scheme.

7.10.8 Matru Samrudhi Yojana has beenstarted under which every pregnantwomen of this UT upto two livebirths will be provided an assistance ofR5,000 for institutional delivery at Govt.Institutions.

7.10.9 Construction of new hospitalbuilding by upgradation of CHC,Khanvel into 100 bedded capacity for thebenefit of rural tribal people is alreadyin progress.

Road and Bridges

7.10.10 During the year 2010-11,asphalting and widening of Kilvani roadfrom Kilvani Chowk to Dairy Farmcauseway has been taken up, of which50% work is already completed. Theremaining work will be completed duringcurrent year. The work of improvingriding surface of Khanvel road fromMasat to Khanvel about 15 km. has beencompleted at the cost of R6.70 crore. The

construction of minor bridges at Kilvani,Umerkui and Athal has been completed.

7.10.11 The consultancy work forconstruction of Athal Bridge on SilvassaNaroli Road and Rakholi bridge onSilvassa-Khanvel road across riverDamanganga costing R52 lakh has beeninitiated by the UT. These bridges areentrusted to OIDC/CPWD as a depositwork. The drainage work at Naroli roadand Rakholi road costing R1 crore hasbeen completed.

7.10.12 Among important projects,construction of high level bridge atDokmardi near Agriculture Farm, Ringroad is already in active progress.

Irrigation

7.10.13 The construction/repair work inrespect of Canal at Surangi village underthe Command Area Development underDamanganga Project has been started. It isproposed to carry out the repair works/de-silting work for a canal length of 35 km.during the current financial year 2011-12.

7.10.14 Under Minor Irrigation, 32 newcheck dams are proposed to be initiatedduring the year 2011-12, out of which 06are the major check dams. Altogether theconstruction of these check dams wouldbring about 237 ha. of additional landunder Irrigation.



Tourism

7.10.15 The UT Administration hasdeveloped several tourist attractionswhich include gardens, resorts, lion safari,adventure sport activities and waysidecafeteria etc. for the benefit of tourists;

7.10.16 As a boost to the hotel industry,the UT Administration has developed anInstitute of Hotel Management andCatering Technology with the support ofthe Ministry of Tourism. The Instituteimparts training in hospitalityadministration and provides a three yeardegree course along with other certificateand diploma courses.

7.10.17 The UT Administration hasinitiated the following major projects forfurther promotion of tourism,:

(i) An 18 Hole Golf Course at Talavlivillage with an area ofapproximately 125 acres; and

(ii) A composite Tourism Develop-ment Project for Dudhani area.

Education

7.10.18 Education is imparted through270 Government Primary, 12 Governmentaided Private Primary Schools and 20Government Secondary/HSC Schools.Education is free up to class XII for allthe students. Uniform, shoes & socks, &all learning materials viz text books, note

books, drawing materials, compass box,etc. are provided to all the studentsbelonging to SC, ST & LIG group free ofcost.

7.10.19 Schemes of Mid-day Meals andfree uniforms, note books and otherliterature have been continued to achievehigher target of enrolment in Schools.Considerable progress has been madeunder Sarva Sikhsa Abhiyan (SSA).

7.10.20 To strengthen the infrastructurefacilities, construction of four newPrimary School buildings at Amboli,Kherdi, Mandoni and Samarvarni hasbeen taken up. One new school buildinghas been constructed, 73 school buildingshave been renovated and another 28school buildings will be renovated duringthe current year. Apart from this, 06 ofnew Primary School buildings, one eachat Rakholi, Kudacha, Silli-Haldunpada,Dapada, Tinoda and Karachgam will beconstructed.

7.10.21 Under Secondary and HigherSecondary Education, incentives includingscholarship, education tour, free uniforms,textbooks etc. are continued to beprovided to poor and SC/ST students.High school at Sindoni has been startedduring 2011-12. Another new High-schoolbuilding at Dapada was inaugurated bythe Union Minister of State for HomeAffairs. The Model School at Tokarkhadais likely to be completed soon.



7.10.22 The literacy rate has increasedfrom 57.63% in 2001 to 77.65% in 2011.U.T. of Dadra and Nagar Haveli has beenawarded with President’s Award forhighest increase in decennial literacy ratebetween 2001-2011.

7.10.23 The first ever GovernmentCollege was opened in the UT after 57

Inauguration of Government High School Building, Dapada byShri Mullappalli Ramachandran, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs

years of liberation as the Department ofHigher Education opened a GovernmentArts and Commerce College and itsacademic session has started from18.07.2011. The recruitment of lecturersand other staff has been completed.Presently, 230 students mostly tribal, areundergoing first year of theirundergraduate studies.

Inauguration of Government College at Naroli on 25.07.2011 byShri Mullappally Ramachandran, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs



Health and Education Sector

7.10.24 Existing Government Polytechnicis being converted into Silvassa Institutefor Technology and Engineering.

Making Administration Public Friendlyand Transparent

7.10.25 Dadra and Nagar HaveliAdministration has taken the followingsteps to make administration publicfriendly and transparent:

(i) All developmental works carriedout in the last three financialyears by the three MunicipalCouncils and two DistrictPanchayats of the UT have beenhosted on the official website ofNIC, so that the people can knowwhat developmental works havebeen carried out in their wards/villages and how much amounthas been spent.

(ii) To address complaints ofcorruption in Governmentprocurement, E-Tendering hasbeen made mandatory for allpurchases and construction works.

(iii) To ensure that utmost quality ismaintained in developmentalworks, third party inspection andmonitoring involving all workscosting R2 crore and above, hasbeen made mandatory.

Police Modernistion Scheme forUnion Territories

7.11 The Government of India hasimplemented a Police ModernisationScheme for the UTs w.e.f. 2006-07. Thescheme was introduced on the basis ofthe recommendations of the ParliamentaryStanding Committee for Ministry of HomeAffairs. The Scheme focuses on theupgradation of infrastructural facilities,housing, buildings for police stations,mobility and equipments. The scheme hada total outlay of R884 crore to beimplemented initially over a period of fiveyears starting from 2006-07. However, thescheme has now been extended for twomore years from 2011-12. During thefinancial year 2011-12, an amount ofR143.06 crore has been sanctioned to theUTs/Delhi Police under the scheme (ason 31.12.2011). The details of fundsreleased to the UTs (including Delhi Police)during 2011-12 are at Annexure-X.

DELHI POLICE

7.12.1 The total strength of the DelhiPolice in 1951 stood at about 8,000 withone Inspector General of Police and eightSuperintendents of Police. A post ofDeputy Inspector General of Police wasadded in 1956. Delhi was divided intothree Police Districts namely New Delhi,Central and North. Today there are three



Ranges, 11 Districts, 54 Sub Divisions and184 Police Stations. The total strength is83,762.

7.12.2 The priorities of Delhi Police aremaintenance of law and order, preventionof crimes, instilling a sense of securityamongst common people includingwomen, children and senior citizens,improving traffic management andcontrolling corruption.

7.12.3 Top most priority is given tomaintenance of law and order and crimecontrol. The emphasis is on control ofcrime through proactive policing withpeople’s participation.

7.12.4 The total IPC Crime per lakh ofpopulation has seen a steady declineduring the last 12 years, being 505.71 in1998 and coming down to 320.52 in 2011,as the following chart indicates: -

7.12.5 Similarly, total heinous crimeregistered in Delhi in 1998 was 2807

which came down to 2085 in 2010, asshown below:-

Total IPC Crimes (Per lakh of population)

Total Heinous Crimes

* Projected



7.12.6 Heinous crime per lakh ofpopulation declined from 21.88 in 1998

to 13.41 in 2011, as indicated in thefollowing chart:-

Total Heinous Crimes(Per lakh of population)

7.12.7 This year 475 rape cases have beenreported as compared to 443 cases of thecrime for the corresponding period of lastyear. Further, the incident of rape per lakhof population, has shown a steady declinein Delhi under this head with the incidentof rape per lakh of population comingdown from 3.41 in 1998 to 3.40 in 2011.

7.12.8 In cases of Molestation of Women,577 cases have been reported against 517cases of the corresponding period of lastyear. Out of these, 91% cases have alreadybeen solved. Again this crime, per lakhof population, has shown an overalldecline and came down from 5.09 in 1998to 4.13 in 2011.

Commitment of Delhi Police to Make

the City Safer for Women

7.12.9 In order to enhance the confidence

of the public, including women all over

the city, special measures have been

introduced. These include creating of

predominantly women staffed Police

Stations at North Campus, South

Campus and Delhi University,

revamping of foot patrols, deployment

of PCR vans near girls colleges and

Emergency Response Vehicles (ERV).

DCP level nodal officers have been

appointed for handling the problems of

North Eastern women.



7.12.10 Delhi Police is taking thefollowing measures to prevent crimeagainst women:-

(a) Orders for BPOs etc. for safety ofwomen

(b) Creation of Women Help-Desk

(c) Directions to PCR Vans to helpstranded women

(d) Deployment in beats and in PCRvans in the areas prone to crimeagainst women.

(e) Surprise checks in buses, markets,cinema, road junctions,

universities/colleges/schools,etc.

(f) Gender Sensitization of policepersonnel

(g) Self–defence training

(h) Liaison with Rape CrisisIntervention Centres

(i) Establishment of women policestation

(j) Speedy trial of gang rape cases

(k) Women Helpline

(l) Steps for North-Eastern students

(m) Safety of Senior Citizens

Police Post, predominantly manned by women officers, South Campus premises

Women Help Desk in a Police Station



Self–defence training by Delhi Police to girls

Steps for Safety of Senior Citizens

7.12.11 A Senior Citizen Cell has beenfunctioning in PHQ under the CrimeBranch. Senior Citizens, who are livingalone or with spouse and are willing toregister themselves with Delhi Police, areidentified by Beat / Division staff ofPolice Stations and their names areforwarded to Senior Citizens SecurityCell, PHQ for registration. The localpolice keep a record of such seniorcitizens and the Beat/Division staffregularly visits them. A special drive toidentify and register such senior citizenshas been launched and 4,431 new seniorcitizens have been registered this year,to make a total number of registeredsenior citizens in Delhi as 12,788 (till31.12.2011).

7.12.12 In 2011 (upto 31st December), asmany as 152 distress calls and 778complaints were received from seniorcitizens and instant help was provided

or arranged in all the cases. In addition,the Senior Citizen Security Cell at PHQcontacted 6,326 elderly people in personand 22,683 elderly persons on telephone

Steps for Safety of North-Eastern Stu-dents

7.12.13 In order to specifically address theproblems faced by the students and otherresidents of North-Eastern States in Delhi,3 officers i.e. Deputy Commissioners ofPolice, North, South and East Districtshave been designated as Nodal Officers.These Nodal Officers hold periodicmeetings with the students and residentsof the North-Eastern States staying in theirrespective areas and address the issuesraised in such meetings.

7.12.14 Delhi Police has issuedinstructions for the safety and security ofpeople from North-Eastern States residingin Delhi, some of which are highlightedbelow:



a) There is zero-tolerance policy as faras crime against women in generaland residents of North-EasternStates in particular are concerned.

b) Wherever necessary action underlaw or preventive action underCr.P.C. shall be initiated.

c) Whenever cases are made out,these should be immediatelyregistered and investigated on aday-to-day basis and finalized.

d) Quick action by the police wouldrestore confidence not only of thevictim but also of the communityand send a clear message to theaccused that such behaviourwould not be tolerated.

e) Intensify regular patrolling in Northand North-West Districts at andaround Delhi University, coveringnot only hostels but also the pocketsin normal residential colonies inwhich students of North-EasternStates live in large numbers.

f) The Beat Officers in such areaswould be sensitized to establishclose interaction with thecommunity leaders so that they areaware of the problems faced byresidents of North-Eastern States.

g) The Station House Officers wouldhave quarterly meetings with thecommunity leaders.

h) The Area Security Committeewhich has been formed in theNorth District would meetregularly and interact withvarious stake-holders includingthe students.

Model Police Station

7.12.15 It has been decided to have aModel Police Station in each Districtwhich will deliver highest standard ofservice to the people and will have acongenial atmosphere for the police forceto work. Such police stations will serveas role-model.

Model Police Station



7.12.16 The Special Police Unit forWomen and Children which initiallystarted as the Crime Against Women(CAW) Cell was set up to preventviolence against women including dowrydeaths, complaints of domestic violence,etc. It was also felt that the womenneeded judicial support also and over theyears, the CAW Cell has become a centrefor women empowerment through itsvarious activities – counseling and

*–*–*

reconciliation; mediation in the complaintsof marital disputes; domestic violence anddowry related issues. A 24-hour WomenHelpline is also functional. Apart fromthis, help to rape victims through theCrime Intervention Centres; providing selfdefense training to girl students andpublic training to police officers in thedistrict is also ensured through NGOs andSpecial Police Unit for Women andChildren (SPUWC).

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IPOLICE FORCES

INDIAN POLICE SERVICE

8.1.1 The Indian Police Service (IPS) isone of the three All India Servicesconstituted under Article 312 of theConstitution of India. The IPS officersprovide senior level leadership to PoliceForces both in the States and at the Centre.The all India character of the Service givesits members a unique advantage ofhandling specific problems in the Stateswithin the overall perspective of nationalunity and integrity. The Ministry of HomeAffairs (MHA) is the cadre controllingauthority in respect of IPS officers. It isresponsible for all policy decisions relatedto the Service, including cadre structure,recruitment, training, cadre allocation,confirmation, empanelment, deputation,pay and allowances, disciplinary matters,etc.

8.1.2 The Service is organized into 24

State cadres/Joint cadres. There is no

separate cadre for Union Government.

In every cadre a ‘Central Deputation

Reserve’ is built-in for sending the

officers on deputation. The structure of

each cadre is jointly reviewed by

Government of India in consultation

with the concerned State Government

after every 5 years. In the year 2011-12,

the strength and composition of

Nagaland Cadre of IPS has been

reviewed. This Ministry had reviewed

the cadre strength of 23 Cadres in the

year 2010 and remaining one was

reviewed in 2011.

8.1.3 The authorized strength of the

Indian Police Service Officers as on

31.12.2011 is tabulated below:-


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State/Cadre Authorized strength of Authorized strength ofofficers as on 01.01.2011 officers as on 31.12.2011

Andhra Pradesh 258 258

AGMU 295 295

Assam-Meghalaya 188 188

Bihar 231 231

Chhattisgarh 103 103

Gujarat 195 195

Haryana 137 137

Himachal Pradesh 89 89

Jammu & Kashmir 147 147

Jharkhand 135 135

Karnataka 205 205

Kerala 163 163

Madhya Pradesh 291 291

Maharashtra 302 302

Manipur-Tripura 156 156

Nagaland 60 70

Odisha 188 188

Punjab 172 172

Rajasthan 205 205

Sikkim 32 32

Tamil Nadu 263 263

Uttar Pradesh 489 489

Uttarakhand 69 69

West Bengal 347 347

Total 4720 4730

SARDAR VALLABHBHAIPATEL NATIONAL POLICEACADEMY (SVP NPA),HYDERABAD

8.2.1 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel NationalPolice Academy is the premier police

training institution of the country. It has

world class police training facilities. It is

mandated with the task of preparing

leaders for the Indian Police through

training of newly recruited IPS officers

and senior officers and to be a Centre of

research for studies on police subjects.



Shri P. Chidambaram, Union Home Minister addressing the 63rd RR IPS (OTs) on the occasion of DikshantParade held on 05.11.2011

8.2.2 During 2011, the Academy trained123 newly recruited IPS Probationers,including 21 lady trainee officers, and 4officers from Maldives Police, 3 NepalPolice Officers and 4 officers from RoyalBhutan Police, (134 officer trainees,including foreign officers). The trainingprogramme includes both indoor andoutdoor components. The indoorprogramme includes subjects such asLaw, Forensic Science, Forensic Medicine,Criminology, Maintenance of Public Peace& Order, Police in Modern India, etc. Theoutdoor training includes subjects suchas physical fitness, Weapon Training,Drill, strategy and tactics, UnarmedCombat, etc. The courses are delivered

using modern teaching methodologies likeseminars, experience sharing, groupactivities, syndicate groups, case studies,lectures and computer based teaching. Inaddition to these, officers are givenexposure to important challenges throughModule on LWE, Module on North-East,Modules on Crime against Women andChildren, Crime against Weaker Sections,Media, etc., field attachments like theElection Attachment; District PracticalTraining during Phase-I as a window forcadre familiarization; attachment to megaevents like Rath Yatra in Gujarat, KumbhMela, Common Wealth Games, andattachments with Central ParamilitaryOrganizations like Army, Central Reserve



Police Force (CRPF), Bureau ofParliamentary Studies and Training(BPST), National Security Guard (NSG),Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)/Special Protection Group (SPG),Intelligence Bureau (IB), NationalInvestigation Agency (NIA), RailwayProtection Force (RPF). The training for63rd RR (2010 batch) in 2011 wasadministered as per revised rules of IPS(Probationers) Final Examination Rules asapproved by MHA.

8.2.3 In view of the challenges tosecurity faced by the Nation and on thedirections of the Union Home Minister,the Academy started the Special TacticsWing in the year 2009. The Special TacticsWing imparts training to officers fromthe State Police and Central Armed PoliceForces on Counter Terrorism and CounterInsurgency Tactics. So far 1,278 officershave been trained in 33 courses conducted

63 RR of IPS (OTs) in Jungle Training

both at the Academy and in locationsoutside the Academy.

Special Tactics Wing giving a Demonstrationon Explosives

8.2.4 The Academy is also conducting in-service courses for senior civil servants.During the year 2011, important courseson ‘Anti Corruption Strategies’, ‘CyberCrimes’, ‘Right to Information Act’,National Security’, ‘Community Policing’,‘Incident Management’, ‘Investigation ofImportant Cases involving Forensic



Science’, ‘Inter-segment Criminal JusticeSystem’ and ‘Training of Trainers’ wereconducted in which 500 senior officerswere trained. The NPA organized fourMid-Career Training Programmes(MCTPs) viz. one Phase III MCTP forofficers of 07-09 years service, two PhaseIV MCTPs for officers of 14-16 yearsservice and one Phase V MCTP for 24-26years service, in which 382 IPS officersparticipated. The Academy takes specialefforts for sensitizing newly recruitedofficers as well as senior officers onmatters relating to gender, weaker sectionand religious minorities.

8.2.5 Keeping in view the increasingchallenges and demands on policetraining in the country, the NationalPolice Academy has embarked on

expansion of existing facilities. It has beensanctioned additional infrastructuralfacilities and personnel. The Governmenthas sanctioned 274 additional personnelfor the Academy in the year 2011 andapproved infrastructural projects worthR200.67 crore. The Academy is alsoacquiring additional land for a satellitecampus on the outskirts of Hyderabad.

Mandatory Mid Term Career Train-ing Programme for IPSOfficers

8.2.6 In view of the amendment to theIPS (Pay) Rules, Mid Career Training ismandatory for IPS Officers for theirpromotion. The Government had enteredinto contract with reputed Indian andforeign institutions to conduct Mid Career

The Faculty of Cambridge University, London and MCTP Phase –IV Participants in a combined session



Training Programmes – Phase III, PhaseIV and Phase V. The Mid Career TrainingProgramme – Phase III, covered practicalpolicing subjects such as crimeinvestigation, Maintenance of Public Peaceand Order, Cyber Security, etc., whereasin Phase IV the focus is on subjectsrelevant to middle management such asstrategies on Counter Terrorism,Increasing Legitimacy of Police, Anti-

Corruption Strategies, etc. The Phase Vcourse focuses on issues of highermanagement such as Leading Innovationsand Growth, Managing MultiplePerspectives, Change Management,Negotiation Process, Leadership Change,New Dimensions of Legal Environment,etc. The details of number of coursesconducted and officers trained is givenbelow:

Year Name of the organization MCTP Total No.Phase of officers

attended

April-May, Charles Sturt University, Australia Phase III 1162010 in partnership of Indian School

of Business, Hyderabad.

Nov’ 2010- University of Cambridge, UK in Phase IV 97Jan’ 2011 partnership with Jindal Global School

of OP Jindal University, New Delhi

July, 2010 Indian Institute of Management in Phase V 121association with London BusinessSchool, UK

February- Charles Sturt University, Australia in Phase III 114April, 2011 partnership of Indian School of

Business, Hyderabad.

May-July, University of Cambridge, UK in Phase IV 1152011 partnership with Jindal Global School

of OP Jindal University, New DelhiSeptember- Phase IV 77October,2011

November- Indian Institute of Management in Phase V 76December, association with London Business2011 School, UK

Total 716



NORTH EASTERN POLICEACADEMY, UMSAW,SHILLONG

8.3.1 The North Eastern Police Academy(NEPA) was established in 1978 atBarapani near Shillong, to cater to thePolice Training requirements of theNorth-Eastern States. NEPA wastransferred to the Ministry of HomeAffairs from the Ministry of Developmentof North East Region (DONER) in April,2007 to have professional inputs. NEPAconducts both induction and in-servicecourses for the Police Personnel of NEStates at various levels. It also conductsseveral workshops/seminars, etc. onpolice related topics.

Unarmed Combat Training

8.3.2 Since transfer to this Ministry inApril, 2007, their infrastructure is beingupgraded to meet the requirements of NEStates in Police Training. To meet theirman-power requirements, outdoorTrainers from Central Armed PoliceForces have been provided to NEPA onattachment/deputation basis. In addition17 Posts were created in NEPA to meettheir man-power requirements. Powerswere delegated to Director, NEPA toengage personnel on contract basis.

8.3.3 A revised plan scheme with anoutlay of R82.13 crore was approved inJanuary, 2011. Major activities completedinclude setting up of electronic firingsystem, DG Set, Water treatment plantand purchase of laptop computers. The



works which are going on areconstruction of 120 bedded SI mess,new training block with classroom,auditorium, swimming pool, constablemess, boundary wall, shopping complex,new building for hospital, footballground, quarters etc. An amount of R32crore is likely to be spent on these works.

8.3.4 With consistent efforts of theMinistry of Home Affairs, NEPA nowcaters to the training needs of not onlythe North East States but also the rest ofIndia. NEPA now invites nominationsfrom all the States for the in-servicetraining courses on policing subjects.A number of in-service Courses andWorkshops were conducted by theAcademy during the period from01.01.2011 to 31.12.2011, likeComputer Application and CIPASoftware; Appreciation Course onDisaster Management, Armour

Cadets’ Mess under construction

Course, Collection of Intelligence andInterrogation Techniques, Explosives andBomb Disposal Course, HumanTrafficking, Seminar on HIVAIDS,Management of Terrorist Incidence andInvestigations, Economic Offences withrespect to Bank Fraud, Valuable Securityand Questioned Document, course ontactics, training of trainers, etc. Besidesthe Basic Course for Police Officers ofNorth East, Induction course of threemonths duration for 72 Sub-Inspectors ofUttarakhand was also conducted.

Course on Bomb disposal



CENTRAL ARMED POLICEFORCES

8.4 There are six Central Armed PoliceForces (CAPFs) namely Border SecurityForce (BSF), Central Industrial SecurityForce (CISF), Central Reserve Police Force(CRPF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police(ITBP), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) andNational Security Guards (NSG) and oneCentral Paramilitary Force (CPMF) i.e.Assam Rifles (AR) under the Ministry ofHome Affairs. AR, BSF, ITBP and SSBare the ‘Border Guarding Forces’ whileCRPF assists the State Governments/UTAdministrations in matters related tomaintenance of Public Order and is alsotrained and equipped for assisting themin internal security/counter insurgencyduties. The Rapid Action Force (RAF) andCommando Battalion for Resolute Action(CoBRA) are specialized wings of theCRPF to deal with riots and left wingextremism respectively. CISF providessecurity and protection to vitalinstallations, Public Sector Undertakings(PSUs), airports, industrial buildings,museums, Government buildings, etc.NSG is a specialized force for counter-terrorism and anti-hijacking operations. Itis also entrusted with the task of securinghigh risk VIPs.

ASSAM RIFLES (AR)

8.5.1 “Guardians of the Dawn” also

known as ‘Friends of the North EastPeople’, Assam Rifles, raised initially as‘Cachar Levy’ in 1835, is the oldest CentralPara Military Force in the country with itsDirectorates General (DG) headquarters atShillong. The Force is completely deployedin the North East and functions under theoperational control of the Ministry ofDefence. The Force has the dual role ofmaintaining internal security in the NorthEastern Region and guarding the Indo-Myanmar Border. It has two InspectorateGeneral Headquarters, nine SectorHeadquarters, forty six Battalions (Bns.), oneTraining Centre and School, threeMaintenance Groups, three Workshops, oneConstruction and Maintenance Companyand a few Ancillary Units with a totalstrength of 66,411.

8.5.2 In its fight against militancy from01.04.2011 to 31.12.2011, Assam Rifleskilled five insurgents in variousencounters, apprehended 729 militantsand induced surrender of 305 militantsapart from effecting recovery of 657 arms.In its sustained efforts to prevent trans-border crimes, Assam Rifles seizedcontraband Ganja 8,611 kg., Heroin 7 kg.,Opium 35 kg. and Banned Drugs53,04,629 (Nos).

8.5.3 Assam Rifles is growing in its sizeand role. One Inspectorate GeneralHeadquarter and three SectorHeadquarters are in the process of being



raised. The Assam Rifles have also sent aFormed Police Unit consisting of 160personnel to UN Stabilisation Mission inHaiti since 2010.

BORDER SECURITY FORCE(BSF)

8.6.1 Border Security Force (BSF) wasraised in 1965 as a specialized border

guarding force to guard the internationalborders with the erstwhile Pakistan (Eastand West Pakistan) in place of multipleState Police Forces. Its peacetime role isto instil a sense of security among borderpopulation and prevent transnationalcrimes. During wartime, it acts as the firstline of defence and assists Army infighting the war.

Assam Rifles jawans with seized arms and ammunition

Border Patrol in Punjab Frontier



8.6.2 Starting with the strength of 25Battalions, the Force has grown in size.As on date, it has 165 Bns, 03 NationalDisaster Response Force (NDRF) Bns, 05Major Training Institutions, 11 SubsidiaryTraining Centres and 03 Minor TrainingInstitutions. Headquartered in Delhi, itsfield formations include 2 SpecialDirectors General (SDsG) Headquarters,13 Frontiers and 43 Sector Headquarters,Water Wing and Air Wing. ItsOperational responsibility is spread over6,386.36 km. of International Border withPakistan and Bangladesh. BSF is alsodeployed on the Line of Control (LoC) inJ&K under the operational control of theIndian Army.

8.6.3 BSF, over a period of time, hasdeveloped the skills for undertakingdiverse tasks of Border Management,Counter Insurgency Operations, InternalSecurity and Anti Naxal Operations. BSFhas been deployed in many UN Missionsin the past, and its current foreignengagements are deployment in UNMissions at Haiti and Congo.

8.6.4 The total strength of the Force is2,40,532, out of which 1,478 are women.In its fight against militancy duringcalendar year 2011, BSF killed 03 militantsand apprehended 207 militants. Further,21 militants surrendered before BSF andthe Force could effect the seizure of 754

Boat Patrolling in Riverine area of Bengal



arms, 6,439 of assorted ammunition, 28Grenades, 434.83 kg explosives and 54IEDs. On the trans-border crime front,BSF seized contraband goods worth ofR383.60 crore, apprehended 2,701intruders/extruders and killed 30offenders along the international border.

Modernization of BSF

8.6.5 To address the changing securityscenario, the MHA plans to modernize theforce to make it capable of effectivelydischarging assigned duties and toimprove there combat capabilites. To thiseffect, sanctions have been given forprocuring State-of-the-Art Weapons,Special Equipments, Surveillance Devices,Fuel Efficient Vehicles, improvised versionof Water Crafts, various Bomb Detectionand Disposal Equipments, Communicationand Information Technology gadgets. Thefirst Modernization Plan (w.e.f. 2002 to31.03.2011) was approved by theGovernment with financial outlay ofR2,330.85 crore out of which R1,692.40crore have been spent upto 31.03.2011.

During the current financial year R148.13crore have been spent in procurementof the above equipments. As such,R1,840.53 crore have been spent undermodernisation plan of BSF upto 31.10.2011.Items procured under various headsagainst this plan are as under:-

(R in crore)

Sr. Item AmountNo.

1 Arms, Ammunition 1135.71and Spl Equipment

2 Motor Transport 230.41

3 Clothing/Tentage/ 39.00Stores

4 Water Crafts 107.77

5 Training Equipment 6.70

6 Communication 144.40Equipment

7 Information 131.83Technology

8 ‘G’ Set up 20.18

9 Medical Equipment 24.53

Total 1840.53

All Terrain Vehicle for Creek area of Gujarat (In SYNC with Mordernization of the Force)



8.6.6 Modernization Plan-II (2011-16),with proposed outlay of R5,667.40 crore,has been prepared and is underconsideration of the Ministry ofHome Affairs. While formulating theModernization Plan-II, an effort has beenmade to keep in perspective the rapidlychanging security scenario and ever-evolving technology to make it userfriendly and ‘Jawan-Centric’.

8.6.7 The Modernization Plan-II has beendivided into six (06) broad heads, i.e.,(i) Arms & Amn, (ii) Motor Transport,(iii) Clothing, Tentage & Stores,

(iv) Machinery & Equipment,(v) Administration & Logistics and(vi) Solar Energy.

8.6.8 BSF Intranet Prahari Project, anERP project, covering 237 geographicallocations and Automating major officefunctionalities i.e. Operations, HumanResource Management, Finance, InventoryManagement and office workflowmanagement was launched by the UnionHome Minister on 05.01.2012. The projectis backed up with a State-of-the-art DataCentre and a separate Disaster RecoveryCentre.

Launching of BSF Intranet Prahari Project by the Union Home Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram



Training

8.6.9 To prepare Border-men towardsmulti-tasking, BSF has done somecapacity augmentation during the last oneyear. BSF training institutions are nowequipped to conduct more than 114 typesof courses with a training capacity of20,148 for in-service personnel and 12,068for basic training of direct entrantsConstables, Sub Inspectors, AssistatCommandents. BSF has five TrainingCenters of Excellence (CoE), wheretrainees from SPOs/CPOs and friendlyforeign countries are imparted trainingon Platoon Weapons, Commando, MotorTransport, Dog Handling, Bomb Disposal,etc.

8.6.10 BSF has adopted modernequipment and gadgets to impart trainingto its personnel. To make the trainingmore meaningful and assimilationfriendly, course specific, training literaturein the form of précis and CBTs have beenprepared for delivering training inputs onpower point. Small Arms TrainingSimulators, Motor Simulators, InfantryWeapons Effect Simulator are beingeffectively amalgamated in trainingregime. Baffle ranges location of Miss andHit Systems and Electronic Ranges arereplacing the conventional firing ranges.

8.6.11 BSF is making full use ofInformation and Communication

Technologies (ICT) for imparting skillsand knowledge during various trainingprogrammes. Two Small Arm TrainingSimulators (SATs) have been installed atCSWT BSF Indore. Kishangarh FieldFiring Range with total area of 9,500 acres(District Jaisalmer) has started functioningfrom the month of November, 2011.

CENTRAL INDUSTRIALSECURITY FORCE (CISF)

8.7.1 Raised in the year 1969, CISF isproviding security cover to 308 unitsincluding 58 domestic and internationalairports and fire protection cover to 83Industrial Undertakings. In a span of fourdecades, the Force has grown manifold andhas a sanctioned strength 1,30,155 personnelas on 31.12.2011. With globalization andliberalization of the economy, CISF is nolonger a PSU centric security providingorganization but has become a premiermulti-skilled security agency of the country,mandated to provide security to majorcritical infrastructure installations of thecountry in diverse regions includingterrorist and naxal affected areas. CISF iscurrently providing security cover to 308units which includes Atomic Power Plants,Space Installations, Defence ProductionUnits, Mines, Oil Fields and Refineries,major Sea Ports, Heavy Engineering SteelPlants, Fertilizer Units, Airports, Hydroelectric/thermal power plants, sensitiveGovernment buildings and heritage



monuments (including the Taj Mahal andRed Fort) and important Private SectorUnits. In the current year, CISF has beeninducted into Infosys Tech Ltd. (PrivateSector), Rajiv Gandhi Ninaivagam,Sriperumbudur (Tamil Nadu), DigboiRefinery Plant, Assam, Delhi Airport MetroExpress Line Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi,Omkareshwar Power Station Khandwa(Madhya Pradesh) and BrahmaputraCracker and Polymer Ltd., Dibrugarh(Assam).

8.7.2 CISF is also one of the largest FireProtection Service providers in thecountry. It provides fire protection coverto 83 Industrial Undertakings.

8.7.3 The specialized task of airportsecurity was assigned to CISF in the wakeof hijacking of Indian Airlines plane to

Kandhar. The Force has taken oversecurity of all major airports in thecountry, which include internationalairports of Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai andKolkata. CISF in the month of October,2009 has started a passenger friendlyutility on its official website(www.cisf.gov.in) for the lost and foundarticles at all Airports where CISF hasbeen deployed. Besides, it has takensecurity of 29 Government buildings,which includes North Block, part of SouthBlock and CGO Complex at Delhi. CISFprovides technical consultancy servicesrelating to security and fire protection toindustries in Public and Private Sectors.The CISF Act was amended to enable theForce to provide security, on paymentbasis, to private/joint venture industrialundertakings, which are vital for thesecurity and economy of the country.

CISF personnel at the entrance of the Reliance Refinery andPetro Chemical Complex, Jamnagar (Gujarat)



8.7.4 CISF was inducted in Delhi MetroRail Corporation (DMRC) in 2007, andwith a strength of 4,619 personnel. CISFis providing security to 141 MetroStations. The daily commuting ofpassengers is approximately 16.8 lakh.The planning for induction in the 3rd

phase is being done in consultation withMinistry of Home Affairs and DMRC.

8.7.5 CISF is a cost Re-imbursementForce i.e. it is not a burden on theNational Exchequer.

CENTRAL RESERVE POLICEFORCE (CRPF)

8.8.1 Initially raised as the ‘CrownRepresentative Police’ in July 1939 atNeemuch, Madhya Pradesh, the Forcewas rechristened as Central ReservePolice Force (CRPF) after Independence.Since then, the Force has achievedremarkable growth in strength andcapabilities. It, presently, has a strengthof 222 Bns. comprising of 191 ExecutiveBns., 02 Disaster Management Bns., 03Mahila Bns., 10 RAF Bns., 05 Signal Bns.,10 Commando Battalions for ResoluteAction (CoBRA) Bns., and 1 Special Duty

CISF jawans on duty at the Shivaji StadiumAirport Express Line

Parade being inspected by Smt.Pratibha Patil, President of India onthe occasion of 25th Anniversary of 88 Mahila Battalion



Group. It has 39 Group Centres (1 underraising), 14 Training Institutions, 04 (100bedded) Composite Hospitals, 17 (50bedded) Composite Hospital, 7 ArmsWorkshops and 3 Central Weapon Stores.The Force also has Senior Command/Supervisory formations, viz 3 Special DGZones, 1 ADG Zone, 18 IG Sectors and49 DIG Ranges besides Force Hqrs/Directorate General. In addition to above,29 Bns. (Including 1 Mahila Bn.), 5 GroupCentres/DIG Ranges and 1 DIG Sectorsanctioned on 01.09.2009 are to be raisedfrom 2012-13 onwards. CRPF has todaybecome the largest CAPF of the Country.The Force is presently handling a widerange of duties covering law and order,counter insurgency, anti-militancy andanti-nexal operations. The Force plays akey role in assisting States in maintaining

public order and countering subversiveactivities of militant groups. The Forcehas ladies contingents organized in threeMahila Bns.

8.8.2 The CRPF personnel are oncontinuous vigil in various sensitiveareas. They are also performing guardduties at some of the vital installationsand buildings, including the shrine ofMata Vaishno Devi and RaghunathTemple in Jammu; Ram Janam Bhoomi/Babri Masjid in Ayodhya; KashiVishwanath Temple/Gyanvapi Mosquein Varanasi; Krishna Janam Bhoomi andShahiIdgah Masjid in Mathura; and theParliament House. The Force playsimportant role in the arrangement forthe annual Amarnath Yatra in Jammuand Kashmir.

CRPF jawans on frisking and security duty at the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine



8.8.3 Major achievement of the Forcestates wise for the current year (01.04.2011to 31.12.2011) are given below:-

(i) Chhattisgarh : Killed 09 Naxalites/Extremists and recovered 08 Arms,07 rounds of ammunition and 03bombs.

(ii) Jharkhand : Killed 14 Naxalites/Extremists and recovered 01 Arms,07 rounds of ammunition, 01Wireless set, 10 detonators and 15Nos IEDs.

Recovery oF IED by CRPF in Jharkhand

(iii) Maharastra : Killed 06 Naxalites/Extremists and recovered 03 Arms,and 44 rounds of ammunition.

(iv) West Bengal : Killed 03 Naxalites/Extremists and recovered 05 Armsand 88 rounds of ammunition.

(v) Assam : Killed 07 Naxalites/Extremists and recovered 07 Arms,158 rounds of ammunition, 01

Wireless set, 04 detonators, 03 handgrenades and 08 Mobile Phones.

(vi) Meghalaya : Killed 03 Naxalites/Extremists and recovered 03 Arms,145 rounds of ammunition , 04Wireless set, 01 IED and 02 handgrenades.

(vii) Jammu & Kashmir : Killed 29Militants and recovered 32 Armsand 1,038 rounds of ammunition.

Recovery of Arms/Ammunitions by CRPFin Jammu and Kashmir

8.8.4 In addition to the above, CRPF haskilled:49 extremists, apprehended: 2,265extremists, seized: Arms-1,207 Nos &Ammunition- 37,635 Nos, and hugemiscellaneous items in various States.

8.8.5 A visionary computerization planwas conceived with the aim ofintroducing Information Technology as e-governance initiative in a comprehensivemanner in the Force. It envisages “online” functioning of the Force from



Directorate General down to executiveunits. An integrated application software“SELO”(Service and Loyalty) has been gotdeveloped for total automation of alloffice functionalities. The softwarecontains following functionalities of theForce and covers all levels of thefunctioning from Directorate Generaldown to executive Battalions:-

(i) Personnel Information Module

(ii) Inventory Module

(iii) Finance Module

(iv) Operations Module

(v) Pay Module

(vi) Mail/Management

(vii) Document Management System

(viii) Work Flow Application

(ix) Recruitment Software

8.8.6 During the current financial year,the up-gradation have been achieved inHardware/Software including help desk,centralized mail/messaging service,enhanced security features, GIS supportfor the field formation and MIS/DSS.

Rapid Action Force (RAF) in CRPF

8.8.7 In 1992, 10 Bns. of CRPF werereorganized and converted into 10 Bns.of 4 Coys. each of Rapid Action Force(RAF). The personnel in RAF are trainedand equipped to be an effective strikeforce in communal riots or similar

situations. These Bns. are located at 10communally sensitive locations across thecountry to facilitate quick response in caseof any such incident. All these Bns. areorganized on unattached pattern (notattached to Group Centre) and areworking independently under thesupervision of an Inspector General.

8.8.8 During the year 2011, RAF hasprovided training on Riot Control/Mobdispersal to 3,526 personnel of variousState Police and 720 personnel of BSF,Assam Police and CISF.

Commando Battalions for ResoluteAction (CoBRA) in CRPF

8.8.9 In 2008, the Government approvedthe raising of 10 Bns. of a specializedForce named CoBRA in the CRPF over aperiod of three years, from 2009-10 to2010-11. The CoBRA Bns. are beingtrained and equipped for commando andguerilla/jungle warfare type of short andintelligence based quick operations, andare to be located mainly in the areasaffected by Left Wing Extremism. LikeRAF, these Bns. have been organized onunattached pattern under the supervisionof an Inspector General. To facilitate theForce to take spot decisions, an officer ofthe rank of Assistant Commandant hasbeen provided at Team level (each Bn.has 18 teams) and an officer of the rank ofDeputy Commandant has been provided



at the Company level. To provide trainingto the personnel of the CoBRA Bns., thereare 02 Counter Insurgency and AntiTerrorism (CIAT) Schools at Silchar(Assam) and Shivpuri (Madhya Pradesh).Proposals for creation of 1 more CIATSchool at Belgaum and 1 CoBRA School

of Jungle Warfare and Tactics (CSJWT) isunder active consideration of theGovernment.

INDO-TIBETAN BORDERPOLICE FORCE (ITBP)

CRPF jawans on jungle duty in Chhattisgarh

The Director General, ITBP presenting a Memento to Shri P. Chidambaram,Union Home Minister on 50th Force Raising Day on 24.10.2011



8.9.1 ITBP was raised with 4 ServiceBns. in the wake of India-China conflictin 1962. At present, it has 45 Service Bns.assisted by 4 Specialized Bns. with a totalstrength of 70,523. It is deployed fromthe north-western extremity of the Indo-China border up to the tri-junction ofIndia, China and Myanmar covering 3,488km. of mountainous terrains. The force is

deployed at altitudes ranging from 9,000ft. to 18,600 ft.

8.9.2 In order to cover the existing gapsalong Indo-China border and to enhancesurveillance capabilities of the Force, theGovernment of India has approved there-structuring proposal of the Force whichis to be implemented in a phased manneras under:-

Phase Year

Phase-I 2011-12 • Conversion of 20 Bns. from 4 Coy. to 6 Coy. pattern,providing support in 23 Bns. of 6 Coy. Patterns

• Augmentation of strength of Intelligence set-up.• Augmentation of strength of FHQ, SHQ, BOPs and

Directorate General.• Creation of Water wing, Sub-Depot and Field Arms

Workshop.

2012-13 • Raising of 4 Bns. alongwith one FHQ, One SHQ• Establishment of Training Institutes.

Phase-II 2013-15 • Raising of the remaining 9 Bns and 2 Sector HQrs

Shri P.Chidambaram, Union Home Minister laid the foundationstone for the Referral Hospital at NOIDA on 06.07.2011



8.9.3 On implementation of 1st phase, all43 service Battalions of the Force havebeen converted in 6 coy pattern. Anindependent Intelligence set-up has beenformed in each service Battalion, SHQ,Frontier Hqrs and Directorate Generalwith suitable augmentation in strength.To provide logistics support to some ofBorder Out Posts (BOPs), independentwater wing has been sanctioned. In orderto ensure timely supply and distributionof arms & ammunitions, Vehicles,clothing, ration, equipment & other stores,a Sub-Depot has been established in North-East region. Besides this, the Governmentof India has sanctioned 03 Recruit TrainingCentres (RTCs) which are functioning atShivganga (Tamil Nadu), Kimin(Arunachal Pradesh), Karera (MadhyaPradesh) and one CIJW School functioningat Mahidanda (Uttarakhand).

Modernization

8.9.4 A five year perspective plan formodernization for the year 2011-16amounting to R786 crore is under processof finalisation.

Training

8.9.5 Due to recent expansion of Force,the training load has increased manyfolds and to cater the immediate trainingrequirement, ITBP has established 20Additional Training Centres apart from

existing 07 regular Training Centres. Inthese Additional Training Centres thebasic training for 11,800 Constable/General Duty (recruits) has been plannedduring the year 2011-12 and 2012-13.Presently Basic Training of 5,200 Ct/GD(recruits) is in progress at variousAdditional Training Centres includingBasic Training Centre at Bhanu (Haryana).The recruits on their joining the Forceare sent for basic training at variousTraining Centres as per capacity andavailability of training Infrastructure.

8.9.6 ITBP is planning to procurefollowing items for various TrainingCenters of ITBP:-

a) Procurement of Modern Equipmentslike 81mm Mortar Simulator.

b) Driving simulators.

c) Digital sand models for Academyand other Formations.

d) Providing GYM for recruits.

e) Ski and Mountaineering TrainingSimulators.

f) Modern Equipments for B.D.D.training.

g) Search kit magnifying.

h) Remote area lighting system.

i) Procurement of Modern firingtargets for specialized training forCommando and CIJW.

j) Modern interactive gadgetry forindoor classes.



k) Endoscope digital cameras.

l) Optical fiberscope.

m) Mobile portable mini theaters, etc.

8.9.7 ITBP is the First Responder ofDisaster in Himalayan Region and wasthe first to establish Regional ResponseCentres in Himachal Pradesh,Uttarakhand, Sikkim and ArunachalPradesh. ITBP troops have carried outnumerous rescue and relief operations inall disaster situations, which took placein the areas of responsibilities as well asother part of the country. ITBP has alsoestablished a National Centre for Trainingin Search, Rescue and Disaster responseat Bhanu, Haryana which is impartingtraining to personnel of ITBP and otherCAPFs/State Police Forces.

ITBP jawans on rescue operation in Sikkim

8.9.8 During the year, 2011-12 (fromApril to October), ITBP troops havecarried out 23 rescue and relief operationsin Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand,Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim States, inwhich 1,246 ITBP personnel wereinvolved. Besides, a search operation inGaumukh area was carried out to searchtrekkers from West Bengal, who weremissing in the area since 2010. ITBPtroops have recovered all 08 dead bodiesof missing trekkers and brought themortal remains. The rescue operationswere carried out during the year inUttarakhand (Gaucher-09, Pithorigarh-02,Mussoorie-03, Almora-01, Auli-01),Himachal Pradesh (Sarahan-03, Kullu-03),Arunachal Pradesh (Dirang-01) and earthquake affected areas of Sikkim.



8.9.9 ITBP’s Engineering wing hasqualified Engineers to execute worksespecially at BOP’s.

8.9.10 Fourteen members of ITBP and 02members of Haryana Police havesuccessfully climbed Mountain Satopanth(Height 7,075 Mtrs) from 14.06.2011 to17.06.2011. This was a Pre-Mountain EverestExpedition which is scheduled in 2012.

8.9.11 ITBP has won 13 Gold, 10 Silverand 10 Bronze Medal in Shooting, Judo,Taekwondo and Equestrian events atNational level during the year 2011besides, 01 Silver Medal in South AsianJudo Championship held at Islamabad,

Dead body taking to area Tong

Pakistan (International level) from09.05.2011 to 13.05.2011.

NATIONAL SECURITYGUARD (NSG)

8.10.1 National Security Guard was setup in 1984 as a Central Contingency Forcefor combating terrorist activities with aview to neutralising serious threats posedby Anti-National Elements. A Bill for thecreation of this Organization wasintroduced in Parliament in August, 1986and after receiving the assent of thePresident of India on 22.09.1986, the NSGwas formally raised as an Armed Forceof the Union of India.

Shri R K Medhekar, IPS DG NSG with GIGN Commando during Metro TRG at Shastri Park



8.10.2 The NSG is a 100% deputationForce and all personnel are posted ondeputation from Army, CAPFs, StatePolice and other such Organizations. NSGCommandos are trained in high-risk taskslike counter-hijacking and counter-terrorist operations. They are alsoassigned the task of providing mobilesecurity protection to designated veryhigh-risk VIPs.

8.10.3 The primary task of the Force isto engage and neutralize terrorist threatsin specific situations and to undertakecounter hijack and hostage rescuemissions. Since its inception, NSG hasconducted numerous operations so farincluding the operation at AkshardhamTemple, Ahmedabad and at Hotel Taj,Hotel Oberai-Trident and NarimanHouse in Mumbai during the terrorist

attack in November 2008. In accordancewith the decision of the Government ofIndia, NSG commandos are alsoperforming duties as Sky Marshals tocover designated domestic andinternational flights. In addition to itsoperational tasks, the Force providestraining on special commando action,bomb disposal (BD) techniques and VIPsecurity to personnel of the ArmedForces, CAPFs/State Police and SecurityForce personnel of friendly neighboringcountries. In Delhi, NSG commandos arekept on alert at fixed locations to meetany contingency. These commandos arealso deployed for special securitycoverage on occasions of nationalimportance like Republic Day andIndependence Day celebrations and alsoduring the visit of foreign dignitaries andHeads of States/Governments.

Anti Terrorist Operational Activities



National Bomb Data Centre (NBDC)under NSG

8.10.4 NSG maintains the National BombData Centre (NBDC) at Manesar andconducts Post Blast Studies in variousparts of the country, mostly on requestsfrom the State authorities. It maintains adata bank on explosives and incidents ofblasts, for use by the Security Forces inthe country. The Centre regularly interactswith other Bomb Data Centres of theworld. The NBDC organizes aninternational seminar every year andpublishes a professional journal“Bombshell” on explosion-related subjects.

8.10.5 NSG also deploys Post Blast Studyteams on requisition by the Stateauthorities for carrying out an in-depthinvestigation and analysis of bomb blastincidents. Anti-sabotage check by NSGteams was conducted during importantoccasions like the Republic Daycelebrations, etc. During the year 2011-12(upto 31.12.2011), 5 RSP and Post BlastStudy and Analysis (PBOA)/teams were

sent to cover the blasts/bomb threats(Operation Black Quarry).

NSG Regional Hubs/Regional Cen-tres

8.10.6 Post Mumbai incident of 26/11,four Regional Hubs of NSG have beenoperationalized at Mumbai, Hyderabad,Chennai and Kolkata to reduce thereaction time. The raising of infrastructureat the Regional Hubs is almost complete,only some residual work to beaccomplished soon. Further, 600 acres ofland has been acquired for establishmentof Regional Centre at Hyderabad andconstruction is underway

SASHASTRA SEEMA BAL(SSB)

8.11.1 The Special Service Bureau (SSB)was set up in early 1963 in the wake ofIndia-China conflict of 1962 to build upthe morale and capability in the borderpopulation against threats of subversion,infiltration and sabotage from across the

SSB women constables deployed at Indo-Bhutan border



border. It became a border guarding forcein 2001 under the Ministry of HomeAffairs and was rechristened ‘SashastraSeema Bal’ with an amended charter. Ithas been given the border guardingresponsibilities along the Indo-Nepal andIndo-Bhutan Borders.

8.11.2 Presently the total posted strengthof the Force is 58,571 against thesanctioned strength of 78,702 Combatisedposts whereas 2,590 Civilians/Non-combatised are posted against thesanctioned strength of 2,765. Therecruitment is under process for raisingof 15 additional Bns in phased manner,which will be completed by 20.06.2012.

8.11.3 Civilians are working in 25 Areasfor Perception Management headed byArea Organisers with their teams of Sub-Area Organisers, Circle Organisers andsupporting staffs. SSB is deployed onIndo-Nepal Border covering a stretch of1,751 km. and on Indo-Bhutan Bordercovering 699 km. having 05 Frontiers and11 Sector Headquarters.

8.11.4 During the period from 01.04.2011to 31.12.2011, SSB has seized Contrabandsworth R14.21crore, Narcotics – R29.10crore, Fake Indian Currency – R3.63 lakh,Silver – R3.77 lakh, Forest products –R3.11crore, Indian Currency – R16.13Lakh, Nepali currency – R76.8 Thousands,Arms-15 Nos, Cartridges 1,411 Nos,Detonator – 77 Nos, Explosive substances–3.05 kg., Safety Fuze – 4.2 mtrs., Gelatine

Sticks – 44 Nos, Magazine – 02 Nos andIED – 12 Nos. Besides this, 930apprehensions were made.

8.11.5 An amount of R35.52 Lakh hasalready been utilized on the Civic Actionprogrammes in Naxal affected areas ofEast & West Champaran and SitamarhiDistricts under FTR Hqrs., Patna in formof solar lights, hand pumps, constructionof community toilets, distribution of Sportsequipments and providing free medical aidto the villagers and their livestock both inthe naxal affected areas. SSB undertookthe task of providing relief to earth quakehit populace of Sikkim by providing themMCA, VCA in the Camp facilities ofAritar, Kyongsa, Chandaney, Dalapchen,Chuachen, Poskey and Nimachen villagesof Sikkim. Food, medicines and blanketswere provided to the people affected bythe earth quake in the make shift camps.An amount of R2.18 crore was spent byGuwahati and Siliguri FTR for CivicAction/pacification works in Sikkim andNorth East Region. Talks were alsodelivered on women emancipation, selfemployment schemes of the Govern-mentand villagers were cautioned to be on theirguard against fissiparous elements activeon both sides of the border.

REVISED RECRUITMENTSCHEME OF CONSTABLES INCENTRAL ARMED POLICEFORCES

8.12.1 The recruitment scheme of



Constables in CAPFs has been revised inorder to make the recruitment processfair, efficient, effective and transparent toreduce the scope of subjectivity bymaximizing the use of technology in therecruitment process. The revisedrecruitment scheme of recruitment ofConstables in CAPFs is as under: -

(a) The Recruitment is being madecentrally by conducting singlecombined examination for allCAPFs through SSC. Necessaryassistance is being provided tocandidates by telephone/website/mobile phone/SMS.

b) The application Forms should bedesigned centrally in OMR (OpticalMagnetic Recognition) sheet sothat it can be scrutinized promptlythrough computer. The written testwill consist of only OMR basedobjective type multiple choicequestions.

c) The question papers are being settrilingual in non-Hindi speakingStates and bilingual (in Hindi &English) in Hindi speaking States.

d) The PET(Physical Efficiency Test)will now be only qualifying innature and it will not carry anymark and also the interview hasbeen discontinued.

e) The recruitment process ispreferably being video graphed.

f) The biometric methods is beingused at all stages of the recruitment(in the absence of computer basedbiometric equipments, thumbimpression, digital photograph andany specific identifying mark in thebody may be used)

8.12.2 With a view to provide more jobopportunities to the youth of the BorderStates and militancy-affected areas,allocation of vacancies is now made inthe following manner:

a) 60% of vacancies are allottedamongst States/UTs on the basisof population ratio.

b) 20% of vacancies in the BorderGuarding Forces (BGFs) viz. AR,BSF, ITBP and SSB are allotted tothe border Districts, which fallwithin the responsibility of theForce.

c) 20% of vacancies in BGFs areallotted to militancy affected areasi.e. J&K, North-Eastern States, andnaxal-affected areas. Governmentfrom time to time notifies theDistricts/areas affected bymilitancy.

d) In Forces other than BGFs, 40%vacancies are allotted to militancy-affected areas i.e. J&K, North-Eastern States and naxal affectedareas, as notified from time to time.



Air Support to CAPFs

8.13 The Air Wing of the Ministry ofHome Affairs came into existence on01.05.1969 to provide air support toCAPFs for casualty evacuations, airmaintenance of Border Out Posts (BOPs)located at high altitude and inaccessibleareas, provide substantive air support tothe troops engaged in Anti-Naxaliteoperations in Left Wing Extremisminfested areas, conveyance of contingentsfor operational purposes , carry out tasksassigned during natural calamity andnational crisis and air courier service ofCAPFs personnel. It consists of two wingsi.e. fixed wing and Rotary wing. Boththese wings have been expanded in thelast few years and further expansion isnow underway. At present the fleetcomprised of Embraer 135BJ Executive Jet,AVRO HS-748, Super King B-200 aircraftand MI-17 1V, ALH/Dhruv and Cheetahhelicopters.

Modernisation of CAPFs

8.14.1 Continuous enhancement of theoperational efficiency of CAPFs is themajor focus of the Government in themodernisation programme of Forces. Inorder to meet the challenges of increasedmilitancy and terrorist activities, a fiveyear perspective plan for modernisationof weaponry, machinery, transport,

communication, surveillance, night visionand training equipment as Forcemultipliers was formulated. TheGovernment had approved 5 year plan(2002-07) for modernisation of 6 CentralPara Military Forces with an outlay ofR3,740.71 crore. Government had alsoapproved a three year plan (2005-08) formodernization of Sahastra Seema Bal(SSB) at an estimated cost of R444.43 crorein April, 2005. Since both the schemescould not be fully implemented duringthe period, the plan was extended upto2010-11. An amount of R 3,453.45 crorehas been spent under the Scheme till31.03.2011 as per details given inAnnexure-XI.

New Modernisation Plan

8.14.2 The strength of CAPFs has seen asubstantial increase since the inception offirst Modernisation Plan. The presentsecurity scenario in the country haschanged and it is necessary to introducenext Modernisation Plan “ModernisationPlan-II” to upgrade the CAPFs to meetthe challenges. While the firstModernisation Plan concentrated onmodern weaponry and equipment, theessence of proposed Modernisation PlanII will address the modernization of thefighting Jawans and also to facilitate themto the high combat skills.



Revision of PET and Formulation ofArming Policy

8.14.3 Considering the technologicaladvancement, operational need andpresent challenges, the existing PET(Peace Time Equipment Table) for theCAPFs are under revision in consultationwith BPR&D. Similarly, for strengtheningthe fighting capacity of the Forces, theArming Policy is also being revised/formulated by the CAPFs in consultationwith BPR&D.

Providing of stores to various coun-tries as a part of GOI assistance

8.14.4 Vehicles, Riot Control Equipment

and other miscellaneous stores have beenprovided to countries like Nepal (R8.64crore), Maldives (R34.25 crore),Mozambique (R3.87 crore) and Seychelles(R3.15 crore) as per the directions of theMinistry of External Affairs.

Expenditure on CAPFs

8.15 In keeping with increasinglyimportant and high risk roles beingperformed by the CAPFs in maintaininginternal security and guarding of theborders of the country, there has beencorresponding increase in budgetprovisions as may be seen from figures ofactual expenditure for the last 10 financialyears given in the following table:

Actual Expenditure on CAPFs during the period from 2000-2001 to 2011-12(upto 31.12.2011)

(R in crore)

YEAR AR BSF CISF CRPF ITBP NSG SSB TOTAL

2000-2001 635.32 2157.78 802.30 1653.25 416.06 90.34 322.28 6077.33

2001-2002 776.25 2399.02 860.55 1894.42 417.08 82.79 327.03 6757.14

2002-2003 711.20 2668.41 936.65 961.13 470.25 95.90 325.77 6169.31

2003-2004 929.15 2970.24 982.19 2087.78 468.32 113.81 315.92 7867.41

2004-2005 1005.64 2635.76 1061.24 2516.96 552.72 128.00 381.84 8282.16

2005-2006 1314.17 3560.45 1134.07 3228.03 576.25 140.28 581.97 10535.22

2006-2007 1478.29 3398.85 1225.59 3642.40 707.99 151.19 779.92 11384.23

2007-2008 1541.81 3879.00 1376.23 3911.69 1000.73 163.90 943.70 12817.06

2008-2009 2016.27 5398.50 2169.28 5557.82 1433.24 210.52 1241.63 18021.86

2009-2010 1599.02 4472.66 1978.88 5262.33 1134.05 231.70 801.31 15479.95

2010-2011 2814.79 7366.87 2780.44 8128.10 1862.35 491.77 1630.36 25074.68

2011-2012 2317.76 6375.04 2589.81 7028.12 1534.58 334.27 1390.32 22199.41(up to

31.12.2011)



CAPFs Housing Project on PPP Basis

8.16.1 To address the issue of housingshortage in CAPFs, a mega housingproject has been launched for creation of64,643 houses and 536 barracks across thecountry for CAPFs personnel under PPPscheme. This will improve the housingsatisfaction level in the forces to theauthorized level of 25%. The project willbe completed in time bound manner andwill improve the existing pace ofconstruction of houses/barracks for forcepersonnel.

8.16.2 It is proposed to construct 64, 643houses and 536 barracks in 5 lots at 262sites across the country. The first two lotsare proposed to be taken up under PublicPrivate Partnership basis. The remaining3 lots are proposed to be taken up eitherunder Public Private Partnership Basis orunder Engineering Procurement andConstruction Basis. For the 1st lot RFQand RFP have been completed and forthe 2nd lot RFQ stage have beencompleted with the approval of PublicPrivate Partnership Appraisal Committee.

Allowances

8.16.3 Following the introduction of theNew Pension Scheme with effect from2004, a variety of benefits, particularlythose relating to extraordinary pension,etc., in the event of death and disability in

action, etc., had become unavailable tothe personnel of the CAPFs. The matterwas placed before the Group of Ministersand after detailed deliberation by thisMinistry, the Department of Pension andPensioners’ Welfare has restored theadditional relief on death/disability to thegovernment servant covered under NewPension Scheme. A decision has also beentaken to provide Risk and HardshipAllowances to personnel of the CAPFsdeployed in the border areas, and oninternal security duties in differenttheatres, in line with the allowancesadmissible to army personnel deployedon similar duties.

Welfare and Rehabilitation Board(WARB)

8.16.4 The CAPFs personnel arerendering valuable services inmaintenance of internal security andguarding of international borders.Sometimes, while being a part of antiterrorist/naxal combats or some otherinternal security operations they eitherlose their limbs or perform supremesacrifice of their lives. Considering thesehard realities, CAPFs have raised theirown contributory welfare schemes. Underthese Schemes, Welfare Fund, Relief Fund,Insurance Fund and Education Fund havebeen created. In addition to this, theGovernment sanctions substantial amountevery year for the welfare of CAPF



personnel and grants ex-gratia and familypension to the next-of-kin (NoK).

8.16.5 A Welfare and Rehabilitation Board(WARB) has also been established toprovide an institutionalized mechanism tolook into the welfare and rehabilitationrequirements of CAPFs personnel. The taskof the WARB initially is to lend animmediate helping hand to the dependentsof the personnel dying in harness andthose disabled by extending help to resolvepersonal problems relating to children’seducation, land/property’s issues, seriousmedical problems, etc. An amount of R700lakh has been released to all CAPFs inthis year upto 31.12.2011 as Special WelfareGrant for the welfare of Jawans.

Central Police Forces Canteen System(CPFCS)

8.16.6 A Central Police Forces CanteenSystem (CPFCS) has been launched bythe Government based on market modeland envisages own regional depots inremote areas, to provide a wide range ofconsumer goods to personnel of the forcesincluding ex-personnel and their familiesat convenient locations on least possiblerates without compromising on quality.As on date, 124 Master Canteens and 829unit canteens are functioning. Efforts arebeing made to persuade the States togrant VAT exemption to the CPFCs ashas been done for the Army Canteens

and at present thirteen States viz.Meghalaya, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand,Bihar, Manipur, Haryana, Uttarakhand,Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Rajasthan, Kerla,Chandigarh and Sikkim have grantedVAT exemption to CPFCs. Total turnoverof CPFC as on 31.12.2011 is R430 crore(from the date of inception).

Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme

8.16.7 The CAPFs personnel, whileperforming their extremely tough duties,stay away from their families for yearsand are not in a position to fulfill theirfamily commitments. Their children getdeprived of the requisite paternal support.Considering this, Prime Minister’s MeritScholarship Scheme has been introducedto encourage higher technical andprofessional education for the wards andwidows of in-service and ex-CAPFpersonnel. Under this Scheme, thescholarships for pursuing education in thefield of Medicine, Engineering,Information Technology, etc. are beingawarded. An amount of R148.77 lakhhave been released to WARB fordistribution of scholarship to 910 (436girls and 474 boys) for the academic year2010-11.

8.16.8 In another scheme, the wards ofCAPFs personnel are nominated foradmissions to the medical/dental collegesin the States against the seats allocated



for the purpose by the Ministry of Healthand Family Welfare.

Medical Facilities and Physical WellBeing of CAPFs

8.16.9 CAPFs personnel generallyperform their duties in a difficultenvironment and exacting circumstances.While guarding the borders, they haveto be posted at the highest altitudes andhave to face hostile conditions whilecombating naxals and terrorists. To meetall these challenges, the CAPFs personnelhave to be mentally alert and physicallyfit. In order to ensure the fitness ofphysical and mental health of the CAPFspersonnel and for prevention of stress,the Government of India, besidesorganising courses of Vyakti VikasKendra, Art of Living and Yoga camps,has made available the following medicalinfrastructure to Central Armed PoliceForces (CAPFs).

(i) In all CAPFs Units, one MedicalInvestigation (MI) Room withindoor facilities is available withstandard authorisation of medical/paramedical staff applicable.

(ii) The authorisation of PeaceEquipment Table (PET) of Unit MIRoom has been revised and anumber of life saving equipmentshave been authorised vide

Ministry of Home Affais Orderdated 09.02.2011.

8.16.10 For improvement of healthcareand extent of medical cover to the Forcepersonnel, the medical cadre of theCentral Armed Police Forces wasrevamped vide MHA Order dated02.09.2004, to:-

(i) Introduce specialty treatmentthrough specific lines ofspecializations by upgradation ofexisting hospitals into 100 beddedComposite Hospitals (6 Nos.) and50 bedded Composite Hospitals(32 Nos.), and 1 No. 200 beddedReferral Hospital.

(ii) Provide medical facilities even inthe remote areas by making thecareer prospects more attractive. Acommon medical cadre with postsright upto the level of AdditionalDirector General (Medical), moreposts at the level of InspectorsGeneral (Medical) and introductionof the grade of Deputy InspectorGeneral (Medical) was thereforecreated with a provision for inter-force mobility.

(iii) Enable pooling of facilitiesavailable, upgradation ofinfrastructure and equipment,provision of staffing patternappropriate to the needs.



Subsequent developments/progressthereafter

(i) CAPFs were authorized, videMHA’s Order dated 12.09.2007, toavail free treatment in any of theCAPFs Composite Hospitals, locatedacross the country, includingdisturbed/violence affected areas,irrespective of force affiliation.

(ii) Seven Specialists in 50 beddedComposite Hospitals and nineSpecialists in 100 beddedComposite Hospitals have beenauthorised and their line ofspecialization has been specified,vide Order dated 29.01.2007.

(iii) Orders have been issued vide OMdated 23.02.2007 for identifyingand training of non-gazettedpersonnel with requisite aptitudefor counseling and closemonitoring of force personnel withdisturbed emotions.

(iv) R120.57 crore has been sanctionedvide order dated 04.03.2011 forconstruction of a 200 beddedReferral Hospital in Greater Noida.

(v) To provide Medical Officers at thelevel of both General Duty andSpecialists, appointment oncontractual basis, against vacantposts, have been approved videOrder dated 31.01.2011 and09.02.2011, respectively, andinstructions relating to contractualperiod of 1 year and upto 60 years

have been revised to allowcontractual appointment for aperiod of 3 years or 65 years ofage whichever is earlier, in respectof Specialists and GDMOs videOrder dated 19.01.2010 and26.02.2010, respectively.

(vi) In order to augment andstandardize the strength ofParamedic staff across all CAPFshospitals, order for authorisation ofstaff for the 50-bed (32 nos) and100-bed composite hospitals (6 Nos)and one 200-bed Referral Hospitaland creation/abolition of posts forthese institutions in CAPFs havebeen issued vide MHA’s Ordersdated 11.02.2010 and 09.03.2011.

(vii) Government has accorded ‘InPrinciple Approval’ forestablishment of a Central ArmedPolice Forces Institute of MedicalSciences (CAPFIMS), a 500-BedGeneral Hospital, a 300-bed SuperSpeciality Hospital, a NursingCollege and a School of Paramedics,along with creation of 1 post ofSpl. DG (M) to supervise theestablishment of this Institute andorder was issued on 22.12.2011.

8.16.11 For prevention of epidemic likeHIV AIDS amongst the Force personnel,several educational and awarenessgenerating steps have been taken. TheState Police is also being involved inimplementation of strategy for containingany such problems within the uniformed



services. The State nodal officers for thepurpose have been appointed and in orderto sensitize them towards AIDS awarenessand control four regional level conferenceshave been organized with the support ofNGOs and the State authorities.

Women in CAPFs

8.16.12 A number of steps like re-orienting the training programmes toinclude topics like gender sensitization,combat training, re-orientation of syllabiand assigning operational duties to moreand more women are being taken to bringthe woman police officers into themainstream of policing. In order to checkcrime against women, a consciousdecision has been taken to increase therepresentation of women police officersinto the mainstream of policing.Following steps have been taken forwelfare of women employees in CAPFs:-

i) Instructions have been issued toCAPFs to bring the percentage ofwomen to 5% within the nextthree years.

ii) All CAPFs are strictly following theguidelines of the Supreme Court ofIndia in this regard and have set upthe Complaints Committees. TheseCommittees are headed by a LadyOfficer of sufficiently senior rank. Inthe event of non-availability of a ladyofficer, Senior to the allegedperpetrator, respective CAPFapproaches Ministry of Home

Affairs for detailment of Chairpersonfrom other organization.

iii. All CAPFs have already includedthe NGOs in the ComplaintCommittees to enquire intocomplaints of sexual harassment.They are associated with theenquiry into any complaints ofsexual harassment. Thedisciplinary cases involving sexualharassment in CAPFs are beingmonitored through periodicreturns and meetings taken bysenior officers of the Ministry withsenior officers of the CAPFs alongwith other disciplinary matters toensure their earliest conclusion.

iv. The programme on GenderSensitization and its implicationsin Govt services has already beenconducted by all the CAPFs toeducate its personnel and it hasbeen made part of the trainingprogramme of Basic Training ofvarious ranks and all In-serviceCourses. In order to have atrained pool of instructors forimparting Training on GenderSensitivity, Training of Trainers isalso conducted

Deployment of Central Armed PoliceForces (CAPFs)

8.16.13 CAPFs are deployed in aid of theCivil Power on the request of the StateGovernments and Union Territories tomaintain public order and assist them inthe total security duties. These Forces



have been playing a key role in theoverall management of the internalsecurity situation in the country. Theyhave also assisted in smooth conduct offree, fair and peaceful Assembly Electionsas well as Bye-Elections in various States.

8.16.14 During the year 2011-12, theCAPFs continued to assist the State ofJ&K, North Eastern States and Naxalaffected States in combating terrorism andmilitancy. A large number of CAPFs/SAPs (State Armed Police)/IR Bns (IndianReserve Battalions)/BWHGs (BorderWing Home Guards) have been orderedto be deployed during AssemblyElections-2012 in Manipur, Punjab, UttarPradesh and Uttarakhand, were mobilizedduring Assembly Elections in Assam,Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu andWest Bengal as well as for Bye Elections/Panchayat Elections in various States.

CAPFs’ jawan on jungle patrolling in Jharkhand

Additional CAPFs have also beenprovided to Government of AndhraPradesh for law and order in the contextof Telangana issue during the publicagitation and violent demonstrations inthe State.

8.16.15 On the recommendation of NaxalManagement Division of Ministry ofHome Affairs, CAPFs Bns are deployedin the LWE affected States for assistingthe State Governments in Anti NaxalOperations. Besides, on the request ofvarious State Governments, CAPFs/RAFwere provided to them from time to timefor law and order duties.

Training

8.17.1 The Government of India attachesgreat importance to police training. Anumber of training institutes have been



set up for the CAPFs, designated asCentres of Excellence, which imparttraining in specialised skills, not only tothe personnel of the CAPFs, but also topersonnel from the State Police Forces.

8.17.2 The Police personnel of States/UTs/CAPFs/CPOs are also sent abroadfor training to acquaint themselves withmodern techniques of crime prevention,detection, investigation, anti-terrorismcombats, etc. These courses have beenorganised in countries like Japan,Singapore, USA, Italy, etc. With the helpof the officers receiving training abroad,courses are being replicated in India tohave a multiplier effect.

8.17.3 The Ministry has approved a PlanScheme named “Training Intervention”for providing training to the Police Forceswith a view to enabling them to dischargeduties more effectively and to developthem as Investigators in policing subjects.The courses conducted under this schemeare ‘Investigation of Cyber Crime Cases’,‘Anti-Human Trafficking Courses ofInvestigators’, ‘Advanced Technology inForensic Science’/ ‘Scene of CrimeInvestigation’, ‘Investigation of TrafficAccident Cases’, ‘Investigation ofMurder’/ ‘Homicide Cases’, ‘Course onWeapon & Tactics’, ‘Course on VIPSecurity’, ‘Course on InterrogationTechniques and Investigation of EconomicCrime Cases’. Till January, 2012, 151

Courses have been organized and 2,702Police officers have been trained.

Counter Insurgency and Anti Terror-ism (CIAT) Schools

8.17.4 With a view to providing trainingto police personnel on tackling themenace of left wing extremism/terrorism,the Government has decided to set upCounter Insurgency and Anti Terrorism(CIAT) Schools under a centrallysponsored scheme during the 11th FiveYear Plan with an outlay of R52.40 crore.The Ministry has released R31.50 crore tothe States of Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand,Chhattisgarh Odisha, West Bengal,Nagaland, Manipur and Tripura forestablishment of 21 CIAT Schools. Inaddition to this, an amount of R5.44 crorehas been released to the States of Odisha,Bihar and Chhattisgarh towardsupgradation and trainers fees for CIATSchools. Seventeen Schools have startedproviding training to the State PolicePersonnel. Training in remaining fourSchools will commence in the comingmonths. 13,398 police personnel havebeen trained in CIAT Schools, during theperiod from 01.12.2009 to 31.12.2011.

Central Detective Training Schools(CDTS)

8.17.5 Presently three Central Detectivetraining Schools (CDTSs) are functioning



under the aegis of BPR&D in Chandigarh,Hyderabad and Kolkata. These CDTSsprovide training to the Police personnelon Advance Scientific Methods in crimeinvestigation. Police Officers from theforeign countries also participate in thecourse. 17 courses were conducted on‘Advanced Scientific Methods in CrimeInvestigation’, in which 444 Police officersof the rank of Deputy Superintendent ofPolice to ASI of the State Police Forcesand Central Police Forces participated.The Ministry approved upgradation offacilities at CDTS, Hyderabad by way ofconstruction of New Training Block,Hostel and Gym at a cost of R15.40 crore.It will enable them to train 100 personnelat a time.

8.17.6 As three schools are not sufficientto meet the requirements of the States,two more CDTS have been approved.One CDTS will be established atGhaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. Landmeasuring 8.37 acre has been allotted bythe Ministry of Urban Development forthis purpose. Possession of officeaccommodation has been taken fromCPWD in Ghaziabad. Principal and 10other officials have been appointed. Firstcourse on ‘Training of Trainers’ wasorganized from 16.01.2012 to 20.01.2012in which 36 Police Officers were trained.Another CDTS will be set up in Jaipur,Rajasthan. The Ministry has sanctioned53 posts for each of these CDTSs.

Central Academy for Police Training,(CAPT) Bhopal

8.17.7 It has been decided to establish a

Central Academy for Police Training at

Bhopal with an outlay of R47.14 crore

for providing training to the trainers of

the State Police, as the State Police is

not having sufficient trainers who can

train in the latest techniques to combat

the newly emerged challenges to internal

security. This Academy would also

provide training to the direct recruit Dy.

SPs and also conduct in-service and

specialized training to Dy. SPs/Addl. SPs

of the States who at present do not have

training facilities of appropriate

standards. 400 acres of land has been

provided by Government of Madhya

Pradesh. The Ministry sanctioned R7.6

crore for pre-fabricated huts. The course

has started from 04.09.2011 from the

temporary location of MP Police

Academy, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh.

Construction of pre-fabricated huts on

the allotted land is going on and course

is likely to start by the end of this

current financial year.

Financial support to the States by the13th Finance Commission for strength-ening Police Training Infrastructure

8.17.8 The 13th Finance Commission has

approved an allocation of R2,266 crore to



the States/UTs for construction/upgradation of police traininginfrastructure. In a Meeting held on19.10.2011, it has been decided that theMinistry and BPR&D would examine theproposal of the State Governments andon the basis of recommendations of thisMinistry, Finance Ministry will release thefunds to the State Governments.

Raising of India Reserve Bns (IRBs)and Specilized India Reserve Bns.(SIRBs) in States.

8.18.1 With a view to strengthening thecapabilities of the States, and reducingtheir dependence upon CAPFs to dealwith various types of law and order andinternal security situations, a scheme ofraising India Reserve Battalions (IRBs) inthe States was introduced in 1971. Theobjective, apart from creating a welltrained Armed Police Force in the Statesand lessening the dependency of Stateson CAPFs is also that, in the event ofrequirements elsewhere in the country,IRBs could be deployed outside the Statealso. Considering the response of theStates in terms of actual raising ofsanctioned battalions, the level of financialassistance has been progressively steppedup. Presently, 75% of the standard raisingcost of R17 crore and assistance forinfrastructure and Capital costs with a

ceiling of R15 crore is being provided tothe State Governments for raising IR Bns.

8.18.2 So far, 145 IR Bns. have beensanctioned; and 137 have been raised. Outof the un-raised 08 Bns., 03 Bns., one eachfrom Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand andMaharashtra have been converted intoSpecialized India Reserve Battalions (SIRB)in September, 2011. The remaining 05 Bns.,one at Andhra Pradesh, two at ArunachalPradesh, one at Assam and one at Goa,are under raising. The progress of raisingof IR/SIR Bns. is being closely monitoredby the Ministry of Home Affairs.

8.18.3 The Government has alsoapproved the provision of additionalAssistance R3 crore per coy. for raising 2coys. in each IRB sanctioned (and yet tobe raised) after 2007-08 as Commandocoys. This is aimed to enable the Statesto raise Forces equipped with specializedskill and equipment to deal with varioustypes of challenges posed by the naxal,extremists and terrorists etc.

8.18.4 In order to help in implementingthe various development projects in thenaxal areas and to ensure development ofbasic infrastructure like roads, school,Primary Health Centres and Anganwadietc. the Cabinet Committee on Securityhas approved raising of 10 Specialized IRBattalions and to convert 03 alreadysanctioned IR Bns. into SIR Bns. The State-wise details of SIR Bns. is given below:-



Sl. Name of the New SIR Bn. Conversion ofNo States already sanctioned

IRBn. into SIRB

1 Andhra Pradesh - 01

2 Bihar 02 -

3 Chhattisgarh 02 -

4 Jharkhand 01 01

5 Madhya Pradesh 01 -

6 Maharashtra - 01

7 Odisha 03 -

8 West Bengal 01 -

Total 10 03

8.18.5 The financing patterns for the 10new SIRBs and 03 converted SIRBs arenot same. The details are given below:-

A – For 03 Converted SIRBs:

The reimbursement pattern is:-

(i) For 5 Security Coys, the rate willbe as per the rate at which these 3IRB were sanctioned. For 2Engineering Coys, the reimburse-ment of recurring cost will bemaximum R4.97 crore per year forthe first 5 years. Maximum R3.73crore (75 %) for 6th year. MaximumR2.49 crore (50 %) for 7th year andmaximum R1.24 crore (25%) for the8th year. Annual recurringexpenditure from the 9th year is tobe borne by the State Government.

(ii) Central Government shall reimbursemaximum R3.5 crore as one timeraising cost for each SIRB as the costof Engineering Equipment.

(iii) Reimbursement to be done for 50%of the Capital Cost (excluding costof land) subject to a maximum ofR15 crore for each SIRB.Reimbursement will be subject toactual expenditure on the pay andallowances and other qualifieditems. Reimbursement for standardcost of raising and capitalinfrastructure as grant-in-aid.

B – For 10 New SIRBs

The reimbursement pattern is:-

(i) The reimbursement of therecurring cost for Bn. Hqrs. staff,5 Security Coys and 2 Engg. Coyswill be maximum R18 crore peryear for first 5 years, maximumR13.5 crore (75%) for 6th year,maximum R9 crore (50%) for 7th

year and maximum R4.5 crore(25%) for 8th year. The annual



recurring expenditure from the 9th

year will be borne by the StateGovernment.

(ii) A maximum of R19 crore shall bereimbursed as one time raising costfor each of the SIRB for training,arms, equipment, etc.

(iii) Reimbursement for 50% of CapitalCost (excluding cost of land)subject to a maximum of R25 crorefor each SIRB.

Sl. Name of State/UT/ President’s Police Medal President’s PoliceNo. Organisation/ Ministry Police for Gallantry Police Medal for

Medal for (PMG) Medal for MeritoriousGallantry Distinguished Service(PPMG) Service (PPDS) (PMMS)

1. Andhra Pradesh 03 02 04 252. Arunachal Pradesh - - - 023. Assam - 02 02 034. Bihar - - 02 125. Chhattisgarh - 04 02 076. Delhi - - 03 177. Goa - - - 018. Gujarat - - 02 119. Haryana - 02 01 0710. Himachal Pradesh - - 01 0411. Jammu & Kashmir - 22 02 1612. Jharkhand - 02 - 0813. Karnataka - 02 04 1914. Kerala - - 03 0815. Madhya Pradesh - 07 04 1716. Maharashtra - - 03 4017. Manipur 02 01 0718. Meghalaya - - - 0119. Mizoram - - 01 0320. Nagaland - - - 0521. Odisha - - 03 1122. Punjab - - 02 1523. Rajasthan - - 02 16

(iv) Reimbursement will be subject toactual expenditure on the pay andallowances. Reimbursement forstandard cost of raising and capitalinfrastructure as grant-in-aid.

Awards and Medals

8.19 During the year 2011-12, inrecognition of services rendered by thePolice Personnel and to boost the moraleof the Forces, following Gallantry/ServiceMedals were awarded.



24. Sikkim - - 01 0125. Tamil Nadu - - 03 2126. Tripura - - 01 0627. Uttar Pradesh - 18 04 7328. Uttarakhand - - 01 0529. West Bengal - - 02 2030 UNION TERRITORIESa) A & N Islands - - 01 -b) Chandigarh - - - -c) Daman & Diu - - 01 -d) Lakshadweep - - - -e) Puducherry - - 01 0231 Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs)/Other Organisationsa) Assam Rifles - 06 - 13b) BSF - 01 06 46c) CBI - - 06 18d) CISF - - 02 24e) CRPF 04 14 06 57f) MHA - - 08 23g) ITBP - 01 01 12h) NSG - - - 04i) SSB - - 01 11j) SPG - - 02 03k) BPR&D - - 01 04l) DFSS - - - -m) DCPW - - - -n) NCB - - - 01o) NCRB - - 01 01p) NEC - - - -q) NEPA - - - 01r) NHRC - - - 01s) NICFS - - - 01t) SVP NPA - - - 02u) M/o Civil Aviation - - - 01v) National Investigation - - - 02

Agencyw) NDRF - - - 04x) MHA Sectt. - - - 02y) M/o Parliamentary - - - 01

Affairs32 Ministry of Railway 02 02 15

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BUREAU OF POLICERESEARCH ANDDEVELOPMENT (BPR&D)

9.1 The BPR&D was set up in 1970 toidentify the needs and problems of Policein the country, undertake appropriateresearch projects and studies and tosuggest modalities to overcome the same.It was also mandated to keep abreast oflatest developments in the fields ofscience and technology, both in India andabroad, with a view to promoting theuse of appropriate technology in policework. Over the years, this organizationhas been entrusted with the responsibilityof monitoring the training needs andquality of training in States and CentralPolice Organisations, assisting States inmodernization of police forces andcorrectional administration.

Major Activities of BPR&D

9.2 The following major activitieswere carried out by BPR&D duringthe year 2011-12: -

9.2.1 Research Studies (undertaken/

completed)

(i) Role of Women in ConflictManagement: A Study of insurgencyin Valley area of Manipur;

(ii) Democratic System, AdministrativeCulture and Police Administration:A Case Study of Western UttarPradesh;

(iii) Influence of Emotional Intelligence,work identification andoccupational stress on adjustment:A study of male and female Policepersonnel of Kashmir Valley;

(iv) Impact of occupation health on theperformance of Chennai CityTraffic Police;

(v) Psychological influences in crime :A comparative study of low andhigh crime profile villages ofdistrict Hissar (Haryana);

(vi) Social impact of Police in theadministration of justice inManipur: A study of Police PublicInterface in Imphal district ofManipur;


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(vii) Impact of psycho-social factors onperformance : An analysis of Policeofficers in Tamil Nadu;

(viii) Filing of First Information Report(FIR), its efficacy and importance:An empirical study of districtSrinagar and Jammu;

(ix) Genesis and spread of Maoistviolence and appropriate statestrategy to handle it;

(x) Social, Economic and PoliticalImpact Dynamics in Extremistaffected areas;

(xi) Follow up Study of releasedOffenders on their Reformation andRehabilitation;

(xii) Development of Key PerformanceIndices for Prison personnel.

9.2.2 MoU with the Universities

The BPR&D has signed MoU with35 Universities in the country toencourage advanced research workin collaboration with them.

9.2.3 Conferences/Courses being

organized

(i) BPR&D organized 41st All IndiaPolice Science Congress inDehradun from 21.06.2011 to23.06.2011.

(ii) BPR&D organized 13 verticalInteraction Courses on the

41st All India Police Science Congress held at Dehradun from 21.06.2011 to 23.06.2011



following themes for IPS and othersenior Police Officers at variousinstitutions in the country in which272 Police officers participated: -

(a) Disaster Management

(b) Image Building – BehaviourPattern of the Police

(c) Advance and latest techniquesin forensic investigation

(d) Strategic and security issuesrelating to the country

(e) Leadership excellence inpolicing

(f) Workshop on investment inexcellence

(g) Creativity, reinvention and selfenhancement of practicingmanagers

(h) Crime and the safety ofRailways

(i) The role of technology in crimeand crime prevention

(j) Tactical preparedness forcounter terrorism

(k) Organised crimes

(l) Corruption and future ofGovernance

(m) National security challengesand police response

(iii) In order to augment trainingcapacity building of the States, the

BPR&D organized 15 courses on“Counter Naxal Training” and‘Counter IED” at Army TrainingInstitutions for LWE affected Statesin which 2,122 Police personnelwere trained.

(iv) It organized 18 Courses on Anti-Terrorists Programmes sponsoredby U.S. Government under ATA/FBI Schemes in which 261personnel from State Police Forcesand Central Armed Police ForcesCAPFs) were trained.

(v) It organized 18 Courses for ForeignPolice Officers including fromSAARC member countries in which146 officers were trained.

(vi) It organized 11 short Leadershipand Management Courses for IPSand other senior Police Officers atvarious reputed ManagementInstitutes of the country in which68 Police officers participated.

(vii) In order to upgrade the skills andknowledge of Police Officers, itorganised 37 Courses at CentralPolice Training Institutions inwhich 1,323 middle level PoliceOfficers (Inspectors to Constables)were trained.

(viii) It organised 03 exclusive Courseson ‘Personal Growth for Effective



Leadership, Investigation andInterrogation Techniques, Forensicwith special reference to EconomicOffences and Cyber Crime forAdditional Superintendents ofPolice and Deputy Superintendentsof Police of the State Police Forcesand CAPFs in which 80 officersparticipated.

(ix) It organized 05 workshops onMedia Relations in Crisis Situations,and 07 workshops on ‘Anti-HumanTrafficking’ in which 160 and 423officers respectively participated.

9.2.4 Reports/Studies Carried out

(i) Prepared Report on Revision of IPS(Uniform) Rules, 1954, inconsultation with States andCentral Armed Police Forces(CAPFs).

(ii) Prepared Compendium ofEquipment and circulated to allconcerned.

(iii) Conducted Study on ImpactAssessment of SpecialInfrastructure Scheme inChhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh andMaharashtra.

(iv) Conducted ‘Impact AssessmentStudy on Security RelatedExpenditure Scheme’ for LWEaffected States.

NATIONAL CRIME RECORDSBUREAU

9.3.1 The National Crime RecordsBureau (NCRB) was set up in 1986 tofunction as a clearing house ofinformation on crime and criminalsincluding those operating at national andinternational levels so as to assist theinvestigators and others by linking crimeto the perpetrators, collection andprocessing of crime statistics and fingerprints, coordinate, guide and assist theState Crime Record Bureaux (SCRB) andprovide training to police officers. NCRBendeavours to empower the Indian Policewith Information Technology andCriminal Intelligence to enable them toeffectively and efficiently enforce the law& improve public service delivery. Thisis achieved through coordination withPolice Forces at National & Internationallevels, upgradation of crime analysistechnology and developing IT capabilityand IT enabled solutions.

NATIONAL PROJECTS

Crime and Criminal Tracking Net-work & System (CCTNS)

9.3.2 The Crime and Criminal TrackingNetwork and Systems (CCTNS) project isa mission mode project under the Nationale-Governance Plan being implemented by



the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). Theproject aims at creating a comprehensiveand integrated system and a nation-widenetworked solution for connecting morethan 15,000 Police Stations and nearly 6,000higher offices in 28 States and 7 UTs ofthe country for sharing of real-time crimeand criminal information. The details ofthis project have been given in paras 12.2.1to 12.2.7 of Chapter XII (Major Initiativesand Schemes).

Colour Portrait Building System(CPBS)

9.3.3 This software has been developedto provide facility for construction ofportraits of criminals and kidnapped/missing persons on the basis of thedescription provided by the victim or thewitness.

9.3.4 NCRB has released the software toall the States/UTs along with 10,000templates for different facial componentsattributes like eyes, ears, lips, hair, etc.with different regional features. Intensivetrainings have also been imparted to therepresentatives of the States/UTs. TheStates/UTs have already started usingthis software.

Counterfeit Currency InformationSystem (CCIMS)

9.3.5 Counterfeit Currency Information

System (CCIMS) maintains data on FakeIndian Currency Notes (FICN). Theinformation regarding fake currenciesrecovered by 19 different branches of RBIthroughout the country and seized byPolice in States/UTs are maintained inCCIMS database. Reports based ondifferent parameters like denomination,series and number can be generated byusing this application. The information onaccused, as reported by the police, is alsomaintained on this System.

9.3.6 Reports generated from this Systemare furnished to CBI (nodal agency forFICN), Central Economic IntelligenceBureau (CEIB), etc. The current databasesize is 6,81,990 (Seized), 3,00,006(Recovered).

Motor Vehicle Co-ordination System(MVCS)

9.3.7 Motor Vehicle Co-ordinationSystem (MVCS) has been designed forco-ordination of stolen and recoveredmotor vehicles. It is also used by generalpublic to ascertain the status of a usedvehicle before entering into anytransaction whether it is stolen orotherwise. 32 counters across the country(including one in NCRB Headquarters)have been opened to provide service tothe general public. Inquiries can also bemade through NCRB website (http://ncrb.gov.in). Around 7,000 queries



received from the Police/GovernmentDepartments/Insurance Companies areprocessed at NCRB counter and repliedby using the system. The current databasesize is 8,50,089 of stolen/recovered motorvehicles.

9.3.8 The present software will besubsumed into Crime and CriminalTracking Network and Systems’ (CCTNS)Core Application Software. This willenable instant availability of details ofstolen/recovered vehicles to policethrough the secured network as well asGovernment Departments, InsuranceCompanies and general public throughthe Citizen Portal Services.

Talash Information System

9.3.9 Talash Information System hasbeen developed for matching of missing,kidnapped, wanted, traced, arrested,unidentified persons and unidentifieddead bodies. The system is operationalin the NCRB Headquarters and queriesreceived from Police are processed. Dataalong with photographs has beenuploaded on the NCRB website for publicviewing. The current database size is4,16,558.

9.3.10 Once CCTNS becomes operational,State/UT police would be able toinstantly match missing/kidnappedpersons with traced, unidentified persons

and unidentified dead bodies. Generalpublic would be able to query on thecitizen portal services and get instantresponse on missing, kidnapped, traced,unidentified persons and unidentifieddead bodies.

Fire Arms Co-ordination System

9.3.11 Fire Arms Co-ordination Systemhelps in coordination of stolen andrecovered fire arms and is used mainlyby Law Enforcement Agencies. Currentdatabase size is 94,916 firearms that havebeen reported Stolen/Recovered by theState/UT Police. This application is alsoproposed to be subsumed into CCTNS

Training of Police

9.3.12 A vital role has been played byNCRB in this field. An intensiveprogramme has been launched fortraining the State Police Officers invarious aspects of crime recordsmanagement including finger prints andtechnical training on computers andcomputer centre management.

9.3.13 NCRB has been conducting courseson Information Technology and FingerPrint Science for Indian Police Officerssince 1986 as well as Foreign PoliceOfficers since 1990. The response of theStates and Central Police Organisationsto these training programmes has been



very encouraging and the annual turnover of trainees has been risingcontinuously every year. On an averageNCRB conducts about 20-22 courses everyyear.

9.3.14 The following courses wereconducted at the NCRB from 01.04.2011to 31.12.2011:-

FOR SUPERVISORY LEVEL OFFICERS

Sl. Name of the Course DurationNo. (Weeks)

1 Training of Trainers on CCTNS Basic 1

2 Network & e-security 1

3 Training of Trainers on Finger print 2

4 Operators Course on Statistical Software Crime in India/ 1Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India

5 Programming in Visual Basic NET 2

6 Operators Course on Prison Statistics 3 days

7 Data Base Management Systems 2

8 Web Designing 1

Courses sponsored by Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)

9 Advanced Programme in IT for Law Enforcement 6

10 Advanced Finger Print Science and Computers for Finger Print 6Experts

11 Advanced Programme in IT Personnel in Police 4

12 Advanced Finger Print Science for Finger Print Experts 4

9.3.15 The Bureau has trained 682Foreign Police Officers from developingcountries under Special CommonwealthAfrican Assistance Plan (SCAAP)/Indian

Technical and Economic Cooperation(ITEC)/Technical Cooperation Scheme ofColombo Plan (TCS).

9.3.16 The training needs of the Statesare much larger than what the NCRB cancope with, given its existing resources.The scheme for decentralisation oftraining at regional level under the

guidance of the NCRB was, therefore,approved by the MHA. These PoliceComputer Training Centres (PCTCs) hadbeen set up at four places (Kolkata,



Lucknow, Gandhinagar and Hyderabad)in the country and are conductingtraining programmes since 1990 as anextension to the NCRB training. TheseCentres are able to cater to the trainingneeds of operational personnel namelySub-Inspector to Deputy Superintendentof Police.

9.3.17 On the advice of the NCRB andas per the periodical guidelines includingtraining materials provided by it, the StateCrime Records Bureaux are running sometraining courses and have introducedcomputer training modules in PoliceTraining Colleges/Schools for the recruits.

9.3.18 The total number of coursesconducted by NCRB and number ofofficers trained up to 31.12.2011 arefurnished below:-

Police and above and Special Programmesof Training of Trainers for trainees onCCTNS-IT Basics from States.

CENTRAL FINGER PRINTBUREAU

9.4.1 The Central Finger Print Bureau(CFPB) came into existence in the year1955 in Kolkata. The CFPB is an apex bodyin the country which co-ordinates, guides,monitors and provides technical supportto the State Finger Print Bureaux, as wellas investigating agencies and internationalorganizations in all matters related to theFinger Print Science. The Bureau maintainsFinger Print records of National &International criminals. It undertakesExamination of Questioned Documentsinvolving disputed Finger Prints receivedfrom various agencies for furnishing expert

At NCRB At Regional Total

Police Training

Indian Foreign Total Centres (4+5)

(2+3)

1 2 3 4 5 6

No. of 633 40 673 933 1606Programmesconducted

OfficersAttended 11598 716 12314 21467 33781

9.3.19 Besides, this Branch is conductingCCTNS-IT Basic courses for SeniorOfficers of the level of Superintendent of

opinion thereupon. The CFPB alsoconducts the annual ‘All India Conferenceof Directors of Finger Print Bureaux’. The



last Conference was held from 05.01.2011to 06.01.2011 at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

9.4.2 CFPB has done pioneering work inautomation of finger prints at nationallevel using “Automated FingerprintIdentification System” (AFIS). Thesoftware has been named as “FingerprintAnalysis & Criminal Tracing System”(FACTS). It is a computerized system ofmatching fingerprints on the basis ofridge-characteristics. The current versionof AFIS at CFPB is FACTS Version 5.0.The AFIS database contains 8,31,667records of ten digit fingerprint slips ason 31.12.2011.

9.4.3 For accrediting the Finger PrintExperts of the country, the CFPB conductsannually ‘The All India BoardExamination for Finger Print Experts’. TheBureau conducted following courses for

Police officers and delegates at the 13th Directors’ Conference ofFinger Print Bureaux at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

foreign Police officers and Finger PrintExperts of the country: -

(i) Advanced Finger Print Science andComputers for foreign PoliceOfficers, at New Delhi (01.06.2011to 30.06.2011)

(ii) Advanced Finger Print Science andComputers for foreign PoliceOfficers at New Delhi (03.10.2011to 11.11.2011)

(iii) 4th Course on Training of Trainerson Advanced Finger Print Scienceand Computers at New Delhi(11.07.2011 to 22.07.2011)

(iv) 5th Six Months Proficiency Coursein Finger Print Science, at Kolkata(03.01.2011 to 30.06.2011)

(v) 6th Six Months Proficiency Coursein Finger Print Science, at Kolkata(01.07.2011 to 30.12.2011)



9.4.4 The Bureau brings out an annualpublication entitled ‘Finger Print in India’,which is an in-depth study on theperformance and activities of State FingerPrint Bureaux, CFPB, and other alliedmatters related to Finger Print Science.

DIRECTORATE OF FORENSICSCIENCE SERVICES

9.5.1 Forensic Science is a subject dealtunder the Union List of the 7th Scheduleof the Constitution of India at serialnumber 65 (Central List). Directorate ofForensic Science Services (DFSS) underthe Ministry of Home Affairs is the apexbody for forensic science in the country.It administers the work of three CentralForensic Science Laboratories (CFSLs) atKolkata, Hyderabad and Chandigarh andthe three new Central Forensic Institutesat Pune, Bhopal and Guwahati. Thisorganization is playing a crucial role inthe development of Forensic Science inthe country.

Major Achievements of Directorate ofForensic Science Services during2011-12

9.5.2 The CFSLs under DFSS haveprovided Forensic Services in crime casesrelating to various provisions of IPC,Drug and Cosmetic Act and ExplosiveAct etc. During the current year 2011-12(upto 31.12.2011), laboratories of DFSS

have received 5,068 cases and reported4,044 cases under difference disciplines.

New Initiatives

9.5.3 Legislation on Forensic Regulation

and Development - to achieve and ensurehigh quality, timeliness and creditability.DFSS has constituted a committee toformulate the Forensic Bill for theconsideration of Parliament so that theanalysis of Forensic Evidence can beachieved with high quality, timeliness andcreditability.

9.5.4 Scientific Performance Audit

Committee of existing Central ForensicScience Laboratories and Directorate ofForensic Science Services to address theirmandate and reengineering of thelaboratories under DFSS.

9.5.5 Formulation of Perspective Plan

for DFSS - Ministry of Home Affairs hasappointed two consultants to formulatethe perspective Plan for the strengtheningof Forensic Science in the Central Sector.The recommendations of the consultantsare being implemented by MHA/DFSSin a phased manner.

9.5.6 Networking of Forensic

Laboratories - All the Forensic ScienceLaboratories in the country will beconnected through a dedicated networkfor exchange of information/data etc.



9.5.7 Development of North East

Forensic Organization (NEFO) - DFSS isconstituting NEFO to address theproblems of North East and UnionTerritory in the field of Forensic Sciencekeeping in view of the special status ofNorth East and UTs.

9.5.8 Quality Management System in

Forensic Science - The DFSS has takeninitiative to implement and strengthen theQuality Management System in ForensicScience Laboratories in the country byholding workshop for their qualitymanagers.

9.5.9 Establishment of three Hi-Tech

CFIs - Government of India has approvedthe setting up of three Hi-Tech CentralForensic Institutes (CFIs) at Bhopal, Puneand Guwahati. Temporary premises havebeen hired and scientific/administrativepersonnel have been/are being posted.The land for construction of building fornew Hi-Tech CFIs has been acquired.

9.5.10 Standard Model for Forensic

Science Laboratory - DFSS has preparedthe standard drawings for model ForensicScience Laboratory of different levels,which can be used by States/UTs as pertheir requirement.

9.5.11 New Work Unit and Work Norms-DFSS have evolved a single scientist workunit and realistic work norms for

implementation in Central/State ForensicScience laboratories.

9.5.12 International Cooperation – DFSShas provided assistance in setting up ofan advance Forensic Science laboratoryin Maldives and Vietnam. A high leveldelegation under the leadership of aMinister from Vietnam visited the DFSSHeadquarters for exchange ofinformation. A decision was taken forsetting up of a Hi-Tech Cyber ForensicLaboratory at Ho-Chi Min city inVietnam.

9.5.13 Setting up of 06 Regional Forensic

Science Laboratories (State/UTs) and 52

District Mobile Forensic Units – Ministryof Home Affairs has allocated an amountof R100 crore under 11th Five Year Planfor setting up of 06 Regional ForensicScience Laboratories and 52 DistrictMobile Forensic Units in States and UTs.

LNJN NATIONAL INSTITUTEOF CRIMINOLOGY ANDFORENSIC SCIENCE (NICFS)

9.6.1 The National Institute ofCriminology and Forensic Science is apioneering Institution for advancement ofCriminology and Forensic Science throughtraining and research and was set up in1972. It was subsequently renamed as“Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan NationalInstitute of Criminology and Forensic



Science” in 2003. It is a premier institutionfor training of senior functionaries of theCriminal Justice System in the twin fieldsof Criminology and Forensic Science, aswell as for research related to these fields.Since 2011, judicial officers of foreigncountries have also started coming fortraining.

9.6.2 The Institute offers 2-year (4semesters) MA. and M.Sc. programmesin Criminology and Forensic Science.These courses started from the academicsession 2004-05 under affiliation of GuruGobind Singh Indraprastha University,Delhi. In all 94 students have passed MA

(criminology) and 126 students havepassed M.Sc. (Forensic Science) coursessince 2006 when the first batch graduated.

Training and Research

9.6.3 Between April and December 2011,the Institute organised 21 TrainingCourses, 06 Seminars and 05 Workshops.These were conducted for Police,Judiciary, Prosecution officials, NepalPolice and Vigilance Officers/Managers.In total 925 Officers from almost all theStates and UTs of the country and fromabroad participated in variousprogrammes.

Inauguration of 3rd Seminar on Crime Against Women by Shri Ashwini Kumar, former Director, CBI



9.6.4 The Institute commenced M.A./M.Sc. course of two years with the newSyllabus effective from this year (2011).The criminology course has 3 specialisedstreams namely, (i) Economic Crimes(ii) Security Management, (iii) HumanRights and the Forensic Science Coursehas four specialized streams namely(i) Document Examination (ii) ForensicChemistry & Toxicology (iii) ForensicBallistics and (iv) Forensic Biology,Serology & DNA Profiling.

9.6.5 In an unique effort NICFS hasstarted publishing “Occasional PaperSeries”, a collection of suggestionsemanating in training courses. Theobjective is a wider dissemination of theseideas among various stake holders. Thesesuggestions are cost effective and can beimplemented at ground level without anylegislative changes. The series waslaunched with current monograph on“Expediting Criminal Trial”.

9.6.6 The Institute has instituted arevolving Trophy named “NICFS Trophyfor Excellence in Forensic Science” at S.V.P.National Police Academy Hyderabad. TheTrophy is to be awarded to the I.P.S.probationer securing the highest rank inForensic Science paper every year.

CENTRAL FORENSIC SCIENCELABORATORY (CFSL), CBI

9.7.1 The Central Forensic Science

Laboratory (CFSL), (CBI) New Delhi wasestablished in the Year 1968 as a scientificdepartment to provide scientific supportand services to the investigation of crime.The Laboratory is located at New Delhi.Besides this, the CFSL has Scientific AidsUnit located at CBI Branch in Chennai.The Central Forensic Science Laboratory,CBI, New Delhi today is one of the fewcomprehensive Laboratories in thecountry with 10 fully equipped Divisionsnamely Physics, Chemistry, Biology,Serology, Ballistics, Documents, FingerPrints, Lie Detection, Photo, ComputerForensic Science & Scientific Aidsdivisions with addition of state–of-the-artlaboratories for Computer Forensics andDNA profiling.

9.7.2 The Laboratory has a sanctionedstrength of 119 Scientific Staff andallocated Budget Grant of R9.10 crore forthe year 2011-12.

9.7.3 CFSL, CBI, New Delhi functionsunder the Ministry of Home Affairs withthe Government of India. CFSLundertakes the scientific analysis of crimeexhibits referred by CBI, Delhi Police,Judiciary and Vigilance Departments ofMinistries, Public Sector Undertakingsand Departments of State/CentralGovernments. The experts of CFSLexamine the exhibits forwarded by theinvestigating agencies and render expertopinion and substantiate their opinionsin the Court of Law through court



testimony and evidence. Services of thescientific experts of this Laboratory arealso utilized at the scene of crimethroughout India by CBI for detection ofphysical clues. Scientists/experts alsoimpart training to the CBI InvestigatingOfficers and to other trainees of ForensicScience. The laboratory also undertakesR & D work related to art & skilldevelopments in forensic science.

9.7.4 During the period from 01.04.2011to 31.12.2011 the laboratory scientists gaveexpert testimony in 330 Courts in Delhiand other parts of India and examined186 scenes of crimes at Delhi and outsidefor scientific investigation of crimes.

9.7.5 1,420 No. of cases were reportedduring the year 2011, out of this, 411cases were pending, as on 31.12.2011.

9.7.6 The CFSL (CBI), New Delhi hasbeen accredited by the NationalAccreditation Board for Test & CalibrationLaboratories (NABL) under theDepartment of Science & Technology,Govt. of India, New Delhi as per QualitySystem conforming to ISO IEC 17025 andthe National Accreditation Board for Test& Calibration Laboratories (NABL) 113.The Laboratory has preparedComprehensive Quality Manual andWorking Procedures Manuals foranalytical and scientific test to be carriedout in respect of varieties of crime exhibits

referred to each of its Divisions. Duringthe year congruency checks were made in996 cases (approximately). The QualityManual was revised as per therequirement of NABL. The new standardproforma i.e. ISO IEC 17025 – 2005 hasbeen introduced in the laboratory. Theinstruments used for analysis work of thecrime exhibits have been calibratedthrough NABL accredited agencies.Internal auditing was carried out bynominated internal auditors in all thedivisions of CFSL to check the qualitysystem, laboratory management as well asthe documentation processes. During theyear 2011, management review was carriedout by the top management personnel totake necessary corrective actions in theprocesses where ever required. Awarenessdrive was also carried out in the laboratoryabout the ongoing quality assuranceprogramme. The laboratory is committedto adhere strictly to its quality policy toprovide – Assured Quality Services ofcertified standards to the public as well asto the Investigating Agencies and Judiciaryin order to deduce effective remedialsolutions of the intricacies related toforensic investigation of crime cases of anytype so as to ensure proper dispensationof justice.

9.7.7 The scientific aid unit was createdin 1983 at Chennai to facilitate the localbranches of CBI to provide forensicsupport on the spot.



9.7.8 The laboratory is concentrating itsefforts on updating the technology andinfrastructure by new state-of- the- arttechnology. The procurement of newequipment for the divisions namely(1) Brain Finger printing (2) Toxicology(3) Analog/Digital Audio/Videoanalysis is in process. Initiatives havebeen taken for quality managementsystem, technical upgradations,calibration systems, etc.

9.7.9 A proposal under 11th Five YearPlan has been mooted in respect of CFSL(CBI) to establish Scientific Aids Units(SAUs) in two metropolitan cities i.e.Kolkata and Mumbai to strengthen theexisting SAU at Chennai. These are at anadvance stage.

DIRECTORATE OFCOORDINATION, POLICEWIRELESS (DCPW)

9.8.1 The Directorate of CoordinationPolice Wireless (DCPW) is the nodaladvisory body to the Ministry of HomeAffairs for the Police Telecommunicationin the country and for laying downtechnical specifications for communicationequipment to be inducted in the policeforces in the country. It also acts as a nodalagency for coordinating various policecommunication services of States/UTs/CAPFs. DCPW is also a central distributingauthority for cipher documents/devices

being used by State Police Organisations.DCPW is a member of advisory body forfrequency allocation to Wireless Planningand Coordination Wing (WPC) of theDepartment of Communication and IT.

9.8.2 The Directorate operates a roundthe clock Interstate Police Wireless (ISPW)Network through its 31 stations in allStates capitals/UTs for deliveringemergent messages pertaining to law andorder. This Directorate also impartstraining for police communicationpersonnel of various ranks of States/UTs/CAPFs in operational/technical/cipherdisciplines through its training institutei.e. Central Police Radio Training Institute(CPRTI) situated in New Delhi. To meetthe emergent communication needs ofstate police organisation/CAPFs, theDirectorate maintains a reserve stock ofradio communication sets. The Directoratehas a technical workshop entrusted withthe responsibility of evaluation &maintenance of HF/VHF radio sets.

9.8.3 The Directorate has an establishedHF communication network at its Inter-State Police Wireless (ISPW) stationslocated in all State capitals and UTs.These stations have handled emergencymessages pertaining to law & order veryefficiently. The Directorate also has anextensive network of Very Small ApertureTerminals (VSATs) spread over the entirecountry and extending connectivity to all



district/state head quarters and nationalcapital Delhi through its satellite basednetwork namely Police Network(POLNET). This satellite based networkhas been actively involved in facilitatingcommunication among various StatePolice/CAPFs. Also, a disastermanagement hub is being operated byDCPW at Siri Fort, New Delhi.

9.8.4 The radio communication securitymatters for all State/UTs Police andCAPFs are coordinated by DCPW. TheDirectorate has provided cipherdocuments to State Police organisationsand provided cipher cover to classifiedmessages of MHA and other Ministries/Departments. Communication securitybreaches (of monitored messages)committed by State Police/CAPFs werebrought to the notice of respectiveorganizations for taking correctivemeasures for future transmissions. Thiseffort of the Directorate has resulted in asignificant reduction of such breaches. TheDirectorate has implemented anautomated one time letter key (OTLK)cipher system and crypto communicationnetwork in few states. Also, an automatedSYNON cipher system is under trial.

9.8.5 The Central Police Radio TrainingInstitute of DCPW conducts severalcourses for proficiency, skilldevelopments, training of trainers etc. inoperational/technical/cipher disciplines

for officials/officers of various States/UTs Police Forces and CAPFs. Out of 36training courses of various durationsconducted during the year 2011-12, 25courses have been conducted till31.12.2011 in which 385 persons havebeen imparted training. These courseshave resulted in upgrading skill andcapacity building of the police personnelin the field of radio communication.

9.8.6 As a coordinating agency forspectrum/frequency allocation for States/UTs, the Directorate carried out a reviewof the spectrum/frequencies allotted.Based on the said review the unutilizedspectrum/frequencies were surrenderedto Wireless Planning & Coordination(WPC). This has resulted in substantialsavings in spectrum charges.

9.8.7 28th Police Radio Officers’Conference was organised from 20.07.2011to 22.07.2011 with an objective tosmoothen the coordination, enhancetechnical skill, augment capacity buildingand discuss various issues concerningpolice radio officers. The Conference wasinaugurated by Shri MullappallyRamachandran, Union Minister of Statein the Ministry of Home Affairs on20.07.2011 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.The conference was attended by delegatesrepresenting police organisations ofvarious States, UTs and CAPFs. Besidesthese, delegates from IB, NCRB and



BPR&D also participated. A technicalexhibition representing technology andequipment from the Department ofScience & Technology, BSF and industrywas also organized during the conference.Discussions and deliberations were heldby officers of MHA and otherGovernment Departments on variousissues concerning police communication.Presentations on state of the arttechnology and equipment were made byindustry during the conference. Theconference was concluded by Shri AnilGoswami, Additional Secretary (F),

Shri Mullappally Ramachandran, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs addressingPolice Telecommunication Officers on July 20, 2011

Ministry of Home Affairs. The delegateshighly appreciated the necessity andusefulness of the conference.

NARCOTICS CONTROLBUREAU (NCB)

9.9.1 The Narcotics Control Bureau(NCB) is the National Nodal Agencycreated under the Narcotics Drugs andPsychotropic Substances Act, 1985 forcombating illicit trafficking in narcoticdrugs and psychotropic substances. NCBis also responsible for coordination with



various ministries, other offices & State/Central enforcement agencies with regardto drug law enforcement and also inrespect of matters relating to drug abuse.The NCB is also responsible forimplementation of the internationalobligations under various UNConventions 1961, 1971, 1988 (to whichIndia is a signatory) against illicittrafficking of narcotics drugs andpsychotropic substances. It also providesassistance to concerned authorities invarious countries to facilitate universalaction for prevention and suppression ofillicit trafficking in narcotics drugs andpsychotropic substances.

9.9.2 NCB with its Headquarters at NewDelhi has three Regional Deputy DirectorGeneral offices i.e. Northern Region atDelhi, South Western Region at Mumbai,Eastern Region at Kolkata, 13 Zonal Unitsat Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata,Lucknow, Jodhpur, Chandigarh, Jammu,Ahmedabad, Guwahati, Indore, Bangaloreand Patna, 12 Intelligence Cells atThiruvananthapuram, Hyderabad, Goa,Mandsaur, Amritsar, Ajmer, Ranchi,Mandi, Madurai, Imphal, Dehradunand Bhubaneshwar and 5 Cells atNCB Headquarters i.e. InternationalCoordination Cell, Precursor Cell,Strategic Study Cell, Training Cell andLegal Cell. Beside, there is anEnforcement Unit also for dischargingvarious functions of the organization.

9.9.3 NCB has recruited 11 IntelligenceOfficers through Staff SelectionCommission (SSC) during this year, whoare presently undergoing basic trainingat CBI Academy Ghaziabad. Besides, 43Officers/officials have joined NCB ondeputation from various Departments/Organizations.

9.9.4 Narcotics Control Bureau procuredthe following items/equipments tostrengthen the enforcement capabilities ofthe organization:

a) 15 Vehicles and 15 nos. MotorCycles for NCB field units forstrengthening enforcement activitiesduring May – August, 2011.

b) 6,844 rounds of 0.32 inchammunitions for Lama Pistols, 44nos. B.P. Jackets, 10 nos Binocularsand 04 nos. Night Vision Devicescosting R23.57 lakh to strengthenenforcement capabilities forcombating illicit trafficking innarcotic drugs and psychotropicsubstances during April –September, 2011.

Enforcement Efforts

9.9.5 Seizures of various drugs reportedby various agencies in the country andthe NCB during the period 2011-12 (April-December, 2011) are mentioned in thetable below:-



Name of Drug Drug seized all Drug seized by % of drugs seizedover India (in kg) NCB (in kg) by NCB as

compared to allIndia seizures

Narcotics Drugs

Heroin 438 56 12.78%

Opium 1671 127 7.6%

Morphine 50 01 2%

Ganja 86358 2905 3.36%

Hashish 2368 410 17.31%

Cocaine 07 2.5 35.71%

Methaqualone 40 0 0

Amphetamines 02 02 100%

Psychotropic Substances

Psychotropic Substance 515 kg. + 93.6 kg. + 18.17% kg +

19581893 tablets + 9209966 tablets + 47.03% tablets +

126291 bottles + 301 bottles + 0.23% bottles +

3702 capsules + 3702 capsules 100% capsules

39859 Injections 32075 Injections 80.47% injections

Kelamine 1486 09 0.60%

Precursor Chemicals

Ephedrine 2078 565 27.18%

9.9.6 The details of some of the majorseizures made by NCB during 2011-12(April to December, 2011) are givenbelow:

(i) On 04.04.2011 officers of the BorderSecurity Force, Fazilka and NCB,Chandigarh intercepted a tractor atFazilka and seized 2 kg of heroin.The drug was packed in polytheneand concealed in the cavity of thebattery of the tractor. Three persons

were arrested. The suspected sourceof the seized drug was South WestAsia.

(ii) On 06.04.2011, officers of the NCB,Ahmedabad seized 1.96 kg ofamphetamine from a parcel atAhmedabad. The drug wasconcealed in secret compartmentsbetween two thin layers of fourleather bags. The destination of theseized drug was Malaysia.



(iii) On 09.04.2011, the officers of theAssam Rifles and the NCB, Imphalseized 654 kg of cannabis herb. Thedrug was concealed in the bushesand covered with thin polythenesheet at Senapati District ofManipur.

(iv) On 11.04.2011, officers of theNarcotics Control Bureau,Ahmedabad seized 22 kg of charasat Sabarkantha. Three persons werearrested.

(v) On 06.05.2011, officers of theNarcotics Control Bureau, Delhiapprehended one Nepali nationalat Delhi and seized 32.5 kg ofhashish from her possession. Thedrug was concealed in two luggagebags. She was arrested. Thesuspected source of the seized drugwas Nepal.

(vi) On 31.05.2011, officers of the NCB,Mumbai intercepted a truck atDistrict Thane and seized 33 kg ofhashish. The drug was packed ineleven packets concealed in thefalse cavities made in the ceiling ofthe driver’s cabin of the said truck.Two persons were arrested.

(vii) On 16.06.2011, officers of the NCB,Chennai apprehended two personsat Chennai and seized 48 kg ofephedrine from their possession.Both the persons were arrested. The

suspected destination of the seizeddrug was Malaysia.

(viii) On 19.06.2011, officers of NCB,Imphal apprehended three personsnear Moreh along Indo-Myanmarborder and seized 4,93,500Tripolidine HCL tables containingpseudoephedrine from their posse-ssion. All the three persons werearrested. The suspected destinationof the seized drug was Myanmar.

(ix) On 14.07.2011, officers of NCB,Mumbai intercepted a consignmentcontaining 93.6 kg of Nordazepama psychotropic substance. Thedestination of the psychotropicsubstance was South Africa.

(x) On 16.07.2011, officers of the AssamRifles and the NCB, Imphal seized1,15,250 Mucoson Expectoranttablets, 1,69,480 Actifin tablets, 4070Actifed plus tablets and 5,310Actifed tablets i.e. a total of 2,94,110tablets containing pseudoephedrine.One person was arrested.

(xi) On 03.08.2011, officers of the NCB,New Delhi seized 10.650 kg ofheroin. The drug was concealedinside the ladies hand bags &school bags. The suspected sourceof the seized drug was South WestAsia and its destination wasNigeria. Six foreign nationals werearrested.



(xii) On 13.08.2011, officers of the AssamRifles and the NCB, Imphal seized3,54,00 tablets containingpseudoephedrine. The suspecteddestination of the seizedconsignment was Myanmar. Noarrests were made because it wasunclaimed seizure.

(xiii) On 24.08.2011, officers of the NCB,Indore intercepted a vehicle andseized 818 kg of poppy straw. Noarrests were made because it wasunclaimed seizure.

(xiv) On 25.08.2011, officers of the NCB,Jammu intercepted a car and seized30.150 kg of hashish. The drug wasconcealed in a big cylinder speciallymade for the purpose which wasfitted in the dicky of a Honda CityCar. Two persons were arrested.

(xv) On 26.08.2011, officers of the AssamRifles and the NCB, Imphal seizeda consignment of 13,20,000 tabletscontaining pseudoephedrine. Thesuspected destination of the seizedconsignment was Myanmar. Twopersons including one Myanmarnational were arrested.

(xvi) On 15.09.2011, the officers of theAssam Rifles and NCB, Imphalintercepted a vehicle at Tegnoupaland seized 17,45,000 tabletscontaining pseudoephedrine. Twopersons were arrested.

(xvii) On 21.09.2011, the officers of theNCB, Chennai busted an illegalinternet pharmacy and seized 2,597tablets/capsules of psychotropicsubstance. In the follow up actionon 01.10.2011, another consignmentin three carton boxes having1,22,100 tablets/capsules and 42parcels containing 2,954 tablets/capsules of psychotropic substancewere seized. Two persons includingone Russian national were arrested.The suspected destination of theseized drug was UK & USA.

(xviii) On 23.09.2011, the officers of theNCB, Chennai apprehended twopersons at Chennai Railway Stationand seized 8.2 kg of ketamine fromtheir possession. Both the personswere arrested.

(xix) On 04.10.2011, officers of the BorderSecurity Force, Rajatal, Amritsarand NCB, Chandigarh seized aconsignment of 15 kg of heroin inAmritsar, Punjab. The drug waspacked with transparent ploytheneand white cloth. The suspectedsource of the seized drug wasSouth West Asia.

(xx) On 13.10.2011, the officers of theNCB, New Delhi intercepted atruck at New Delhi and seized 60kg of hashish. Two persons werearrested.



(xxi) On 13.10.2011, the officers of theNCB, Indore seized 34.850 kg ofopium. One person was arrested.

(xxii) On 11.11.2011, the officers of theNCB, Kolkata apprehended fourpersons at Kolkata and seized24,300 ampules of PentazocineLactate Injections, 62 bottles ofCorex syrup, 7,765 ampules ofBuprenorphine injections and 10ampules of Lupigesic injections. Allthe four persons were arrested.

(xxiii) On 23.11.2011, the officers of theNCB, Mumbai intercepted one parcelcontaining 08 kg of opium. The drugwas concealed in the base of papercarry bags. The suspected destinationof the seized drug was Canada.

(xxiv) On 26.11.2011, the officers of theNCB, Jodhpur intercepted a truckat Jodhpur and seized 4,194.8 kgof poppy straw. Two persons werearrested.

(xxv) On 14.12.2011, the officers of theNCB, Patna seized 12.150 kg ofhashish and arrested one person.

(xxvi) On 19.12.2011, the officers of theNCB, Ahmedabad intercepted atruck and seized 104.89 kg. hashish.Three persons were arrested.

Destruction of illicit cultivation ofpoppy and cannabis

9.9.7 In April, 2011, NCB Chandigarh

along with State agencies detected anddestroyed 78 acres of illicit poppycultivation in the State of HimachalPradesh. Zonal Unit, Jammu in coordinationwith State agencies detected and destroyed30 acres of illicit poppy cultivation inJammu and Kashmir during the month ofMay, 2011. NCB Lucknow detected anddestroyed 312.45 acres of illicit poppycultivation in the State of Uttarakhandduring the month of May, 2011.

9.9.8 Besides, NCB coordinated thedestruction of illicit poppy cultivation inthe States of Jammu & Kashmir,Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh,Uttarakhand, Manipur, ArunachalPradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa andWest Bengal. As a result illicit poppycultivation in 14365.17 acres area wasdestroyed by the State and the CentralGovernment agencies.

9.9.9 A meeting of Nodal officers andrepresentatives of Central Agencies washeld at NCB HQrs on 21.09.2011 foridentification and destruction of illicitpoppy and formulation of an action planfor the year 2011-12.

Conviction

9.9.10 On the basis of complaints filedbefore the designated Court by NCB, 53persons were convicted during the periodfrom 01.04.2011 to 31.12.2011.



Drug Disposal

9.9.11 Heroin 64.144 kg, Hashish 380.170Kg, poppy straw 4,132.772 kg, Ganja 362.4Kg, methaquolone 1.280 kg and SpasmoProxyvon 41,472 tablets were disposed offduring the period from 01.04.2011 to31.12.2011. Besides, 18.590 kg of opiumwas recommended for transfer to opiumfactory, Neemuch during the period from01.04.2011 to 31.12.2011.

Assistance to States and UnionTerritories

9.9.12 The Government of India hasintroduced a Scheme namely “Assistanceto States & UTs”, wherein financialassistance is given for augmenting thedrug law enforcement capabilities of theStates/UTs agencies by providing CentralAssistance to procure necessaryinfrastructure and equipments forcombating drug trafficking. During theyear 2011 (from 01.04.2011 to 31.12.2011),Central grant of R 81,53,387 has beensanctioned to 3 States Drug LawEnforcement Agencies of MadhyaPradesh, Punjab and Tripura.

Training

9.9.13 The NCB provides financialassistance to various training Academiesand Drug Law Enforcement Agencies fororganizing training courses on Drug Law

Enforcement. 112 such courses wereorganized in the States of Delhi, Jammu& Kashmir, UT Chandigarh, Rajasthan,Uttar Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal, Bihar,Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka,Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand,Goa, Kerala, Manipur, Nagaland, Punjab,Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhandduring the year 2011-12 (from 01.04.2011to 30.10.2011) wherein approximately3,557 Personnel of State Police Forces andCentral Excise were trained.

International Obligations/Cooperation

9.9.14 The charter of the NarcoticsControl Bureau includes implementationof the obligations under the variousinternational conventions to which Indiais a signatory. NCB also rendersassistance to the concerned authorities inforeign countries and concernedinternational organizations with a viewto facilitating coordination and universalaction for prevention and suppression ofillicit traffic in narcotics drugs andpsychotropic substances.

9.9.15 Drug trafficking and abuse hasassumed global proportions. Internationalcooperation is one of the most potenttools in this common fight. To achievethis objective, India has entered intoagreements both bilateral and multilateral,MLATs and JWGs with various countries.It is also an active participant in various



international forums both regional[SAARC (South Asian Association forRegional Cooperation) and SDOMD(SAARC Drug Offences Monitoring Desk)]and inter-regional [CND (Commission forNarcotic Drugs), HONLEA (Heads ofNatural Drug Law Enforcement Agencies),IDEC (International Drug EnforcementConference), ADEC (Asia-PacificOperational Drug EnforcementConference), ADLOMIC (Anti DrugLiaison Officials Meeting for InternationalConference)] etc.

9.9.16 To enhance bilateral cooperation,NCB/Govt. of India has entered intobilateral agreements for mutualcooperation for reducing demand, andpreventing illicit trafficking in narcoticsdrugs, psychotropic substances andprecursor chemicals with 23 countries,namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh,Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Croatia,Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Italy, Kuwait, LaosPDR, Mauritius, Myanmar, Poland, Qatar,Romania, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkey, UAE,USA and Zambia.

9.9.17 The NCB/Government of Indiahas also signed MoU on narcotic drugsrelated matters with 07 countries i.e.Bhutan, Indonesia, Iran, Oman, Pakisan,USA and Vietnam.

9.9.18 The agreements envisage assistancein exchanging information to identify,

suppress and prevent the criminalactivities of International Drugs Syndicatesengaged in the illicit traffic of NarcoticDrugs and Psychotropic Substances.

Demand Reduction

9.9.19 The UN General Assembly in aResolution passed in December, 1987,proclaimed 26th June of each year as the“International Day against Drug Abuseand Illicit Trafficking”. In pursuance ofthis declaration, this day is observed allover the world to raise public awarenessagainst the menace of drugs. To sensitizethe masses especially students, regardingthe evils of drug abuse, NCB Hqrs and itsZonal Units, in association with variousState Governments/NGOs/Anti–NarcoticsTask Forces, organized the followingdemand reduction activities on 26.06.2011:

a) Awareness Run against drug abuse

b) Padyatras/Rallies

c) Street Plays/Shows

d) Seminar/Workshops

e) Painting, declamation, sloganwriting competition

f) Pledge taking ceremonies

g) Flashing of SMS through ServiceProviders

h) Display of Posters & Banners withawareness messages endorsed byprominent personalities at publicplaces.



Important Events/Activities

DG, NCB welcoming Zambian Delegation at NCB Hqrs., New Delhi on 20.04.2011

9.9.20 A Zambian delegation led by Dr.Peter Machungwa, MP (CommitteeChairperson) along with 7 otherdistinguished Members of ZambianParliamentary Committee on NationalSecurity and Foreign Affairs visited NCBHQrs, New Delhi on 20.04.2011 for aninteraction session/meeting and tofurther strengthen the avenues ofcooperation in the field of countermeasures against illicit trafficking ofnarcotic drugs, psychotropic substances

and precursor chemicals with specialreference to legislation.

9.9.21 DG level talks on Narcotics relatedmatters between Narcotics Control Bureauof India and Anti Narcotics Force ofPakistan were held at Islamabad from12.09.2011 to 14.09.2011. A Memorandumof Understanding (MOU) on “DrugDemand Reduction and Prevention ofIllicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs,Psychotropic Substances and Precursor



Signing of MoU between India and Pakistan at DG level talks at Rawalpindi, Pakistan on 13.09.2011

Chemicals and Related Matters” was alsosigned at this meeting. Both sideswelcomed this development and agreed

that MoU will provide an institutionalmechanism for further promoting bilateralcooperation between the two countries.

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OVERVIEW

10.1 India, due to its unique Geo-climatic and Socio-economic conditions,has been vulnerable in varying degrees,to various disasters like floods, droughts,cyclones, tsunamis, earthquakes,landslides, avalanches and forest fire. Outof 35 States and Union Territories (UTs)in the country, 27 are disaster prone.Almost 58.6% landmass is prone toearthquakes of moderate to very high

intensity; 12% land is prone to flood andriver erosion; out of 7,516 km. coast line,5,700 km. is prone to cyclones andtsunamis; 68% of the cultivable land isvulnerable to drought and hilly areas areat risk from landslides and avalanches.Fire incidents, industrial accidents and othermanmade disasters involving chemical,biological and radioactive materials areadditional hazards, which have underscoredthe need for strengthening mitigation,preparedness and response measures.

Union Home Minister Shri. P. Chidambaram releases the book, titled “Disaster Management in India”


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10.2 The basic responsibility forundertaking rescue, relief and rehabilitationmeasures in the event of a disaster restswith the State Government. The CentralGovernment supplements the efforts of theState Governments by providing logistic andfinancial support in case of severe naturalcalamities. The logistic support includesdeployment of aircrafts and boats, specialistteam of Armed Forces, Central Armed PoliceForces and personnel of National DisasterResponse Force (NDRF), arrangements forrelief materials and essential commoditiesincluding medical stores, restoration ofcritical infrastructure facilities includingcommunication network and such otherassistance as may be required by the affectedStates to meet the situation effectively.

10.3 The Government has brought abouta change in the approach to disastermanagement from a relief-centric to aholistic and integrated approach coveringthe entire gamut of disaster encompassingprevention, mitigation, preparedness,response, relief, reconstruction andrehabilitation. The approach is based onthe conviction that development can notbe sustainable unless disaster mitigationis built in the development process.

Disaster Management Act, 2005

10.4 The Government of India haveenacted the Disaster Management Act,2005 to provide for the effective

management of disasters and for mattersconnected therewith or incidental thereto.It lays down the institutional mechanismfor drawing up and monitoring theimplementation of the disastermanagement plans, ensuring measures byvarious wings of the Government forprevention and mitigation of the effectsof disasters and prompt response to anydisaster situation. The Act also providesfor setting up of National DisasterManagement Authority (NDMA) underthe Chairmanship of the Prime Minister,State Disaster Management Authorities(SDMAs) under the Chairmanship ofChief Ministers and District DisasterManagement Authorities (DDMAs) underthe Chairmanship of Collectors/DistrictMagistrates/Deputy Commissioners. TheAct further provides for the constitutionof National Executive Committee (NEC),headed by Union Home Secretary,National Institute of Disaster Management(NIDM) and National Disaster ResponseForce (NDRF). It also provides for theconcerned Ministries and Departments todraw up their own plans in accordancewith the National plan.

10.5 In addition, the Act containsprovisions for constitution of NationalDisaster Response Fund and NationalMitigation Fund and similar Funds at theState and District levels. The Act alsoprovides for specific role for local bodiesin disaster management.



INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISM

National Disaster Management Au-thority (NDMA)

10.6 The NDMA is constituted underthe Chairmanship of the Prime Ministerwith the provision of nine Members, oneof whom to be designated as the Vice-Chairperson. At present followingMembers constitute NDMA- (1) Shri M.Shashidhar Reddy, MLA, Vice-Chairperson, (2) Shri J.K. Sinha, Member,(3) Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Dr. J.K. Bansal,Member, (4) Shri T. Nanda Kumar, IAS(Retd.), Member, (5) Dr. Muzaffar Ahmad,Member, (6) Prof. Harsh Gupta, Member,(7) Shri B. Bhattacharjee, Member and (8)Shri K.M. Singh, IPS (Retd.), Member.

Prime Minister and Chairman, NDMA, Dr. Manmohan Singh, with Union Agriculture Minister, Union HomeMinister, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Vice Chairperson, NDMA and Members of NDMA

10.7 At National level, the NDMA hasthe responsibility, inter alia, of layingdown policies on disaster managementand guidelines to be followed by differentMinistries/Departments of the Govern-ment of India for the purpose ofintegrating the measures for preventionof disaster or mitigation of its effects intheir development plans and projects. Italso lays down guidelines to be followedby the State authorities in drawing upState Plans and take such measures forthe prevention of disasters or mitigationor preparedness and capacity building fordealing with the threatening disaster’ssituation or disaster as it may considernecessary.

10.8 NDMA, since its constitution, hasreleased various disasters specific and



thematic Guidelines like on Psycho-Socialand Mental Health Services in Disasters,Earthquakes, Incident Response System,Tsunami, Drought, Urban Flooding,Cyclone, Floods, Landslides and SnowAvalanches and Mass CasualtyManagement etc.

State Disaster Management Authori-ties (SDMAs) and District DisasterManagement Authorities (DDMAs)

10.9 The Disaster Management Act, 2005provides for constitution of SDMAs andDDMAs in all the States and UTs. As perthe information received from the States/UTs of Andhra Pradesh, Andaman andNicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh,Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh,Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Delhi, Goa,Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu andKashmir (J&K), Jharkhand, Karnataka,Kerala, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh,Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Manipur,Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry,Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu,Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand andWest Bengal have constituted SDMAs asper the provisions of the Act.

10.10 Gujarat has constituted SDMA asper their Gujarat State DisasterManagement Act, 2003.

10.11 DDMAs have also been constitutedin the States and UTs of Andhra Pradesh,

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, ArunachalPradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh,Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli,Delhi, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh,J&K, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala,Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh,Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Manipur,Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab,Puducherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura,Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and WestBengal.

10.12 The Act also envisagesestablishment of State ExecutiveCommittees to be headed by ChiefSecretary of the State/UT. Accordingly, 31State Governments/UT Administrationshave taken action in this regard.

10.13 The Rules relating to NDMA,NEC, NIDM, laying of Annual Report ofNDMA in the Parliament, Notice ofAlleged Offence etc. have also beennotified by the Government of India. TheRecruitment Rules for various Group-‘A’and Group-‘C’ posts of NDMA have beenframed, notified and laid before both theHouses of Parliament.

National Disaster Response Force(NDRF)

10.14 The National Disaster ResponseForce (NDRF) has been constituted forthe purpose of specialist response to athreatening disaster situation or disaster.



It has 10 Bns. located at Guwahati,Kolkata, Mundali, Arakkonam, Pune,Gandhinagar, Bhatinda, Greater Noida,Patna and Vijayawada. Among them fourBns are meant for tackling Nuclear,Biological and Chemical (NBC) disastersalso. Each Bn has 1,149 personnel, caninesquad, and equipment for CollapsedStructure Search and Rescue, WaterRescue (boats and diving equipments),Medical First Response troop carriers,ambulance, Hazmat vehicles and watertankers.

10.15 The NDRF Bns with highly trainedmanpower alongwith necessaryequipment, actively engaged themselvesin cyclonic storms/flood/landslides/earthquake etc., for emergency responseand rescue & relief operations in AndhraPradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, J&K,Haryana, Punjab, Karnataka, Odisha,

Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal,etc.

10.16 During the year 2011 (till31.12.2011) the swift and highly skilledflood rescue operations of NDRF Bns,saved about 19,442 human lives andretrieved about 126 dead bodies. TheNDRF was instrumental in neutralizingcylinders of ammonia gas in West Bengal.Relief supply including medical aid,medicines and drinking water were alsodistributed by NDRF Bns among thedisaster affected victims in these States.

10.17 In addition to search and rescueoperations, the NDRF has been deployedon the site of train accidents, collapsestructure, capsized boat, bus accidentsand in the case of drowning etc. besidesduties to assist the civil authorities invarious States.

Search and Rescue operation by NDRF during Sikkim Earthquake, 2011



10.18 One specialized team consisting of46 personnel of NDRF was deployed forcarrying out search and rescue operationsin the areas affected by a massiveearthquake of 11.03.2011 followed by adevastating Tsunami in Japan from27.03.2011 to 07.04.2011. Search and rescueoperations were carried out in Onagavaarea of Japan. The NDRF team retrieved07 dead bodies and recovered cash worth50 million Yen apart from valuableswhich were handed over to the Japaneseauthorities.

Management Act, 2005. NIDM has beenentrusted with the responsibility ofplanning and promoting training,undertaking research and documentationand development of national levelinformation base relating to disastermanagement policies, preventionmechanisms and mitigation measures.NIDM organizes and facilitates studycourses, conferences, lectures andseminars etc. to promote andinstitutionalize disaster management,undertake and provide for publication ofjournals, research papers and books.NIDM conducts both in-campus and off-campus training programmes.

10.20 During 2011-12, the Institute hasconducted 55 training programmes ondifferent aspects of disaster managementfrom 01.04.2011 to 31.12.2011. Out ofthese, some courses have been conductedin State Capitals in collaboration with theCentres for Disaster Management atAdministrative Training Institutes (ATIs).A total of 1,223 participants attendedthese programmes.

10.21 A two week training programmetitled “Comprehensive Disaster RiskManagement” was organised for 22officers from 13 different Africancountries from 19.09.2011 to 30.09.2011 onthe request of Ministry of External Affairs,Government of India.

National Institute of DisasterManagement (NIDM)

10.19 The National Institute of DisasterManagement (NIDM) came into existenceon 16.10.2003. The Institute subsequentlyachieved the status of a statutoryorganisation under Section 42 of Disaster

Rescue operation by NDRF in Onagava (Japan)during Tsunami



Inaugural session of training Programme on Comprehensive Disaster Risk Managementfor officials of African Countries

Other training programmes/work-shops organized by NIDM

10.22 NIDM has organised 09 training oftrainers (TOT) course from 01.04.2011 to20.12.2011 on Incident Response System(IRS) in collaboration with US Agency forInternational Development (USAID) andUS Forest Service (USFS) as a part oftrainers development programme. Theobjective of these courses is to developCore/Master Trainers for IncidentResponse System in the country.

10.23 Two days workshop was organisedon “Environmental Knowledge forDisaster Risk Management” (EKDRM) on10.05.2011 and 11.05.2011 in collaboration

with GIZ-InWent and Infanos India atVigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. It aimed atunderstanding the existing framework,assess strengths and challenges, identifygaps and develop strategic approachesand tools for environment based disasterrisk management interventions. A 04 dayscourse on “Ecosystem Approach toClimate Change and Disaster RiskManagement” was organised from12.12.2011 to 15.12.2011, wherein 19officials participated.

10.24 The Institute has conducted/isoffering online courses on various topicsof Disaster Risk Management likeComprehensive Disaster RiskManagement, specialized courses, each on



Community Based Disaster RiskManagement, Earthquake Risk Reduction,Safer Cities and Climate Change &Disaster Management etc. in collaborationwith the World Bank Institute, USA. Atotal of 684 participants attended thesecourses. E-learning programmes ondisaster management were launched onthe occasion of Disaster Reduction Dayon 12.10.2011 in collaboration with C-DAC (Centre for Development ofAdvanced Computing). These courses ondisaster management can be accessed byanyone from anywhere in the world asper the users convenience in flexi timeand free of cost.

10.25 Satellite based training Coursesthrough the Indian Space ResearchOrganization (ISRO) Community Centre(facilities for Audio-Video communicationsystem) have been conducted incollaboration with the AdministrativeTraining Institutes, Bhopal and Mysore.

India Disaster Knowledge Network

10.26 India Disaster Knowledge Network(IDKN) is a web portal, which offers abroad array of resources and services,such as knowledge collaboration,networking, maps and emergency contactinformation related system and severalother information related to naturaldisasters. It is a part of South AsianDisaster Knowledge Network (SADKN)

which was launched during the meet ofGlobal Platform for Disaster RiskReduction organised by UN InternationalStrategy for Disaster Reduction from10.05.2011 to 13.05.2011.

10.27 Disaster Management Centres inthe States ATIs : A total of 31 such centresare functioning at State level in State ATIswith the aim to train the target groupidentified by the State with technicalassistance of NIDM.

Research and Documentation

10.28 NIDM documents disasters thattake place in the country to learn lessonson the management of the disasters anduse the Case Studies as resource materialsfor the training classes and simulationexercises. Recently, the NIDM teamvisited the earthquake affected areas inSikkim to document the disaster. NIDMhas undertaken consultancy services forformulation of disaster management plansfor Noida and Greater Noida twintownships. The Institute is also in theprocess of formulating the disastermanagement plan for Mumbai Airport,Navi Mumbai.

Disaster Reduction Day

10.29 NIDM observed “DisasterReduction Day” on 12.10.2011 at NewDelhi in the presence of Shri Mullappally



Ramachandran, Union Minister of Statefor Home Affairs as the Chief Guest. TheOccasion was also graced by the presenceof Dr. Muzaffar Ahmed, Member. NDMAand Shri A. E. Ahmed, Secretary,Department of Border Management.Various activities like lectures, posters &painting and slogan writing competitionswere organised for school children atvarious schools. During the functions ofthis day, they were awarded with prizes.

National Policy on Disaster Manage-ment (NPDM)

10.30 In pursuance of DisasterManagement Act, 2005, the NationalPolicy on Disaster Management (NPDM)

Prize distribution to winners of painting/slogan competition during Disaster Reduction Day by UnionMinister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Mullappally Ramachandran

has been issued. It envisages building asafe and disaster resilient India bydeveloping a holistic, proactive, multi-disaster oriented and technology drivenstrategy through a culture of prevention,mitigation, preparedness and response.The Policy covers all aspects of disastermanagement including institutional andlegal arrangements; financialarrangements; disaster prevention,mitigation and preparedness; techno-legalregime; response; relief and rehabilitation;reconstruction and recovery; capacitydevelopment; knowledge management;and research and development. TheNPDM addresses the concerns of all thesections of the society includingdifferently abled persons, women,



children and other disadvantaged groupsin terms of grant of relief and formulatingmeasures for rehabilitation of the personsaffected due to disasters. The issue ofequity/ inclusiveness has been accordeddue consideration. The policy aims atbringing transparency and accountabilityin all aspects of disaster managementthrough involvement of the community,community based organisations,Panchayat Raj Institutions (PRIs), LocalBodies and Civil Society.

Financial Mechanism

10.31 The Scheme of financing the reliefexpenditure is based on therecommendations of the successiveFinance Commissions. The presentscheme, which is in operation from 2010-11 to 2014-15, is based on therecommendations of the ThirteenthFinance Commission (TFC). The TFC hasrecommended that avalanches, cyclone,cloud burst, drought, earthquake,tsunami, fire, flood, hailstorm, landslidesand pest attacks are to be considered asnatural calamities for providing assistancefrom SDRF and NDRF.

Recommendation of 13th FinanceCommission

10.32 On the recommendation of the 13th

Finance Commission, the Government ofIndia has allocated funds for

strengthening disaster managementinstitutions, capacity building andresponse mechanisms.

State Disaster Response Fund

10.33 Section 48 (1) of DisasterManagement Act, 2005 provides forconstitution of State Disaster ResponseFund (SDRF) by the State Governments.The Ministry of Home Affairs has issuedthe guidelines to the States for operationof SDRF. Allocations to the StateResponse Funds have been made basedon the recommendations of the successiveFinance Commissions. While allocatingthe funds to various States for a periodof five years, the factors consideredinclude the expenditure incurred by theState Government on relief operationsduring the last about 10 years,vulnerability to natural disasters andeconomic status of the State. Currently,as per the recommendations of the 13th

Finance Commission, the Government hasapproved an allocation of R33,580.93 crorein the State Disaster Response Fund toall the States, comprising of R25,847.93crore as Central share and R7,733.00 croreas State share. The scheme of SDRFprovides for release of the Central sharein two equal installments in the monthsof June and December. A statementshowing the State-wise and year-wiseallocation to the SDRF for the period2010-15 is given at Annexure-XII.



National Disaster Response Fund(NDRF)

10.34 Section 46(1) of DisasterManagement Act, 2005 provides forconstitution of NDRF for meeting anythreatening disaster management situationor disaster. Accordingly, MHA issuednotification for the constitution ofNational Disaster Response Fund (NDRF)on 28.09.2010. The Finance Ministry hasalso issued guidelines to the States foroperation of NDRF.

Additional Financial Assistance

10.35 Over and above the provisions ofthe SDRF, funding is provided from theNDRF in the wake of calamities of severenature. On receipt of the Memorandumfrom the affected States, an InterMinisterial Central Team comprising ofrepresentatives of the Central Ministries/Departments is constituted and its report,after examination by the Inter MinisterialGroup (IMG) headed by Union HomeSecretary, is placed before the High LevelCommittee (HLC) for consideration andapproval of funds from NDRF.

Monitoring of Expenditure

10.36 The Ministry of Home Affairsoversees the operations of SDRF andmonitors its compliance with theseguidelines. A format for monitoring the

expenditure in accordance with the extantitems and norms of assistance has beenprescribed. The Accountant General of theState maintains the accounts of the SDRF.The Comptroller and Auditor General ofIndia audits SDRF every year.

Current Allocations under SDRF

10.37 For the year 2011-12, the allocationin SDRF is R6,381.18 crore, out of whichR4.911.70 crore is Central share andR1,469.48 crore is share of States. Duringthe year 2011-12, an amount of R1,944.38crore (R399.33 crore arrears of previousyear + R1,545.05 crore 1st installment) hasbeen released as Central share of SDRFto 18 States. In addition, the 2nd

installment of Central share of SDRF forthe year 2011-12, amounting to R357.47crore has been released, in advance, tothe 05 States due to earthquake and floodsituation, pending receipt of utilizationsand Annual Reports. Besides, financialassistance of R1636.64 crore has also beenreleased from NDRF to the States ofAndhra Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu andSikkim. A statement showing State-wiseallocation and releases of funds fromSDRF/NDRF during 2011-12 is atAnnexure-XIII.

Capacity Building Grant

10.38 On the recommendation of the 13th

Finance Commission, R525 crore has been



allocated to the States for taking upactivities for building capacity. The State-wise allocation for the period 2010-15 isgiven at Annexure-XIV. The Ministry ofFinance has issued the guidelines for theutilization of the fund. The guidelinesprovide for preparation of an action planfor the entire period of 2010-15 as wellas action plans for each financial year.These plans would inter alia include itemsfor training and capacity building ofstakeholders and functionaries in States,preparation of disaster management plansbased on hazard, risk and vulnerabilityanalysis and setting up and strengtheningof Emergency Operation Centres inStates.

Items and Norms of Assistance forRelief from NDRF and SDRF

10.39 The items and norms of assistance

from relief funds are comprehensivelyreviewed after the receipt of the awardof the successive Finance Commissions.These norms are revised based on reportof the expert group constituted by MHAwhich consults all the State Governmentsand concerned Central Ministries/Departments. The Govt. of India hasissued the revised items and norms on16.01.2012. The present Items and Normsof assistance for relief may be visited atwww.ndmindia.nic.in.

DIFFERENT DISASTERS

Monsoon Behavior in 2011

10.40 The southwest monsoon rainfallfigures for the period 01.06.2011 to30.09.2011 for the country as a whole andthe four broad homogeneous regions areas follows:

Region Forecast Actual

All India 95% of LPA + 4% 101% of LPA

Northwest India (J&K, Himachal Pradesh, 97% of LPA + 8% 107% of LPAPunjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, Chandigarh,Delhi, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh)

Northeast India (Arunachal Pradesh, 95% of LPA + 8% 86% of LPAMeghalaya, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur,Mizoram, Tripura, Sikkim, West Bengal,Bihar and Jharkhand)

Central India (Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, 95% of LPA + 8% 110% of LPAChhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Goa and Odisha)

South Peninsula (Andhra Pradesh, 94% of LPA + 8% 100% of LPAKarnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Lakshadweepand Andaman and Nicobar Islands)



10.41 The cumulative seasonal rainfall forthe country as a whole was normal.Rainfall for the season (01.06.2011 to30.09.2011) was 101% of Long PeriodAverage (LPA). Out of 36, 26meteorological sub divisions recordednormal rainfall (+19% to –19%). 7 subdivisions recorded excess (+20% or more)rainfall and 3 meteorological sub divisionsrecorded deficient rainfall (-20% to -59%).Out of 603 meteorological districts forwhich data are available, 453 districts(76%) of the meteorological districtsreceived excess/normal rainfall and theremaining 150 districts (24%) receiveddeficient/scanty rainfall during the South-west season 2011.

Odisha, Punjab, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu,Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengaland UT of Puducherry.

Extent of damage in the country(provisional) during year 2011-12

No. of human lives lost 1530

No. of cattle perished 6976

No. of Houses damaged 787290

Cropped area affected 18.85(Lakh Hectares)

10.43 State-wise details of extent ofdamage are at Annexure – XV

Situation caused by Earthquake on18.09.2011

10.44 An earthquake of magnitude of 6.8on the Richter scale took place at 18:11hrs on 18.09.2011. Subsequently two moreaftershocks of 6.1 and 5.3 at 18:21 hrsand 18:42 hrs were felt. The epicenter ofthis earthquake was 27.70N and 88.20Enear Indo-Nepal border in Sikkim. TheStates of Bihar, West Bengal and Assamwere also affected.

10.45 The State Governments of Sikkim,West Bengal and Bihar reported thefollowing losses due to earthquake of18.09.2011:-

States lives Cattle Houseslost (No.) lost (No.) (No.)

Sikkim 60 1333 23903

West Bengal 11 19 88734

Bihar 10 *NR *NR* NR= not reported

10.42 During the year 2011-12, only 15States and 01 UT have so far reporteddamage due to cyclonic storms/ heavyrains/ floods/ landslides/ earthquake etc.in varying degrees. These States/ UT are:Assam, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, HimachalPradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra,

Rescue operation during flood in Odisha in 2011



10.46 In addition, the State Governmentsreported damage to infrastructures likeroads, bridges, irrigation, power, etc. Nodamage or causality was reported fromother States of North-East.

Immediate response to the Emergencyduring Sikkim earthquake

10.47 The Government of Indiaresponded immediately to the earthquakein Sikkim.

a) Army, NDRF, AF and ITBP weredeployed for search and rescueoperations in the affected area from18.09.2011 onwards. A total of 5,500Army personnel were also pressedinto relief and rescue operations.More than hundred villages werephysically covered by the team ofArmy jawans in their search andrescue operations. 15 helicopters ofArmy and Air Force were pressedinto the relief work. 700 ITBPpersonnel were also engaged inrescue operations for a week afterthe incident. It also organized reliefcamps for disaster affected people.

b) A medical team of comprising of19 doctors, 4.5 tonnes ofmedicines/other supplies, 15 lakhhalogen water purification tablets,1 MT of bleaching powder wasprovided by the Ministry of Healthand Family Welfare, Governmentof India to the State Government.

c) The State Government opened 103relief camps.

d) Approximately 12,000 food packetsarranged by West Bengal were airdropped, 7,200 blankets, 400 tents,200 stoves, 500 tarpaulins and onewater purifier from differentsources were made available to theState Government for distributionin the affected area.

e) About 350 tons (approx. 21,000sheets) were provided to StateGovernment of Sikkim by SteelAuthority of India Ltd. (SAIL) onthe advice of the Department ofPublic Enterprises under theMinistry of Heavy Industries as itsCorporate Social Responsibility.

Medical assistance work carried out by SSB in theearthquake affected villages in the East Distri

Deployment of NDRF personnel during Sikkim earthquake



10.48 Apart from the above mentionedrelief materials, an amount of R50 crorehas been made available to theGovernment of Sikkim in State DisasterResponse Fund for the Earthquakeaffected area.

Monitoring of the situation by theMinistry of Home Affairs

10.49 The National Crisis ManagementCommittee (NCMC), under theChairmanship of Cabinet Secretary andthe National Executive Committee (NEC)headed by the Union Home Secretarymonitored the progress of reliefoperations particularly in Sikkim,situation caused due to earthquake of18.09.2011.

10.50 The Control Room of MHA, whichfunctions on 24x7 basis, apart fromcoordinating assistance from Governmentof India, monitored the response andprepared daily situation reports whichwere forwarded to all concerned andalso uploaded on the website“ndmindia.nic.in” on a daily basis. Seniorofficers of MHA remained in constanttouch with the Chief Secretaries andRelief Commissioners of the affectedStates.

Crisis Management Plan (CMP)

10.51 The revised Crisis Management

Plan - 2009 comprises of two parts, Part-

I deals with general aspects, which are

common to all contingencies/ crisis

situations and Part-II comprises of the

individual Standard Operating Procedures

(SOPs) for dealing with specific crisis

situations. MHA has already circulated

the plan to all concerned Ministries and

Agencies as well as the State

Governments and UT Administrations for

its implementation. All the concerned

Ministries as well as States and UTs have

been requested to formulate and update

their respective CMPs and SOPs under

intimation to MHA. A total of 25 States

and 6 UTs have prepared their CMPs till

05.01.2012.

Annual Conference of Relief

Commissioners and Secretaries,

Department of Disaster Management of

States and UTs

10.52 Annual Conference of Relief

Commissioners/Secretaries, Department

of Disaster Management of States/UTs

was held on 26.05.2011 in New Delhi to

review the status of preparedness for

ensuing South-west Monsoon, 2011 and

to discuss other disaster management

related issues. The representatives of

various Central Ministries/ Organizations

rendering Emergency Support Functions

also participated besides representatives

of Central Armed Police Forces.



Inaugural Session of Annual conference of Relief Commissioners/Secretaries, Department of DisasterManagement of States/ UTs held on 26.05.2011 at New Delhi

10.53 During the conference the emphasiswas laid on the crucial roles of States/UTs and Central Government duringnatural calamities and also for need ofclose coordination with forecastingagencies viz; India MeteorologicalDepartment (IMD), Central WaterCommission (CWC), Armed Forces andother concerned agencies of the State &Central Government. India MeteorologicalDepartment, Central Water Commission(CWC) and Indian National Centre forOcean Information Service (INCOIS),which are the national agencies forforecasting and dissemination ofinformation on rainfall and flood,elaborated their plans for strengtheningand modernization of their network in thecountry.

Measures taken for Preparedness andMitigation

10.54 Preparation of Detailed ProjectReports for National level MitigationProjects related to Information andCommunication Network, Landslides,Earthquakes and Floods, etc. are in theprocess. The methodology forimplementation of the mitigation projectshas involved the conceptualization andfixing of the contours of the projects andarchitecture of design by NDMA inconsultation with the nodal Ministries andconcerned Government Agencies. DetailedProject Reports (DPRs) are beingformulated through multidisciplinaryteams describing all support systems likefinancial, technical and managerial



resources and techno legal regimesrequired. The execution of the projectswill be entrusted to various nodalagencies responsible for specific disastersand/or thematic interventions. Periodicmonitoring will be carried out through amulti-sectoral group consisting ofrepresentatives of the Central Ministries,State Governments and technical expertsin the NDMA.

National Cyclone Risk MitigationProject (NCRMP)

10.55 Phase-I of the Centrally SponsoredScheme of National Cyclone RiskMitigation Project for Andhra Pradeshand Odisha at a cost of R1,496.71 crore isunder implementation to address thevulnerability of coastal community tocyclones. The project aims at minimizingthe vulnerability to cyclones and makingpeople and infrastructure disasterresilient. The broad objectives of theproject are to upgrade cyclone forecasting,tracking and warning systems, cyclonerisk mitigation and capacity building inmulti-hazard risk management and toconstruct multi-purpose cyclone shelters(including shelter-cum-godown andapproach roads/bridges to habitations)and embankments. The project is expectedto benefit 5.60 lakh peoples in Odishaand over 5.50 lakh peoples in AndhraPradesh. It is expected to help in theprotection of 38,296 ha. of land in Odisha

and about 12,640 ha. in Andhra Pradesh.So far as R97.40 crore has been releasedto Andhra Pradesh and Odisha includingR79.33 crore during the current financialyear.

Mainstreaming of DM concerns intoDevelopmental Projects

10.56 At the initiative of NDMA, theMinistry of Finance, Government of Indiahas revised the format for both Plan andNon-Plan project proposals forconsideration of Expenditure FinanceCommittee (EFC) and Committee on Non-Plan Expenditure (CNE) to includedisaster prevention and mitigationmeasures that would need to beaddressed while framing the projectproposals. The additional information tobe incorporated in a project proposal inter

alia, include compliance with theguidelines issued by the NDMA, riskanalysis, structural and non-structuralmitigation measures, compliance withNational Building Code, 2005 andinclusion of cost for disaster mitigationetc. All the project authorities have beenadvised to attach a self certificationregarding the correctness of the responsesto these issues.

10.57 NDMA has recommended to theState Governments to implement similarkind of Disaster Management appraisalfor projects/programmes under their



purview. The stage is thus set, with theenabling environment in place, for theState Governments to join the nationalcampaign towards holistic andcoordinated management of disasters.

Communication Network

10.58 Communication is normally thefirst casualty in case of a major calamity,since the traditional communicationnetwork systems normally break downin such situations. It has, therefore, beendecided to put in place multi-mode,multi-channel communication systemswith enough redundancy. Phase-I of theNational Emergency Communication Planhas since been implemented. It providessatellite based mobile voice/data/videocommunication between NationalEmergency Operation Centre (NEOC) andthe mobile Emergency Operation Centres(EOCs) at remote disaster/emergencysites.

10.59 Based on the experience in the useof the equipment purchased underNational Emergency Communication Plan(NECP) Phase-I, it has been enlarged toimplement NECP Phase-II at an outlayof R76.76 crore this year by deploymentof the transportable VSAT by NIC toprovide last mile connectivity. Under thisplan, the communication teams under theNational Disaster Response Force Bns.will be provided the fixed and movable

VSATs for voice/data/video communi-cation between the NEOC and NDRF Bns.Hqrs.

National School Safety Programme

10.60 National School Safety Programme,with a total cost of R48.47 crore has beenapproved by the Government this yearas Centrally Sponsored Scheme. It isholistic project to promote culture ofsafety in Schools by undertakingInformation, Education andCommunication activities, promoting non-structural mitigation measures anddemonstrative structural retrofitting infew Schools.

CIVIL DEFENCE

10.61 Civil Defence includes anymeasures not amounting to actualcombat, for affording protection to anyperson, property, place or thing in Indiaor any part of the territory thereofagainst any hostile attack whether fromair, land, sea or other places or fordepriving/mitigating the effect of anysuch attack: whether such measures aretaken before, during or after the time ofsuch attack. It is to be organized as anintegral part of the defence of thecountry. So far as R68.35 crore has beenreleased to States/UTs including R41.88crore during the current financial yearin 2011-12



Role

10.62 During times of war andemergencies, the Civil DefenceOrganization has the vital role ofguarding the hinterland, supporting theArmed forces, mobilizing the citizens andhelping civil administration for:

(a) saving life and property;

(b) minimising damage;

(c) maintaining continuity inproduction centers; and

(d) raising public morale.

10.63 The concept of Civil Defence overthe years has shifted from managementof damage against conventional weaponsto also include threat perceptions againstNuclear weapons, Biological & ChemicalWarfare and natural disasters.

Act and Policy

10.64 The Civil Defence Act, 1968 isapplicable throughout the country, but theCivil Defence Organization is raised onlyin such areas and zones which areconsidered vulnerable to enemy attacks.The revision and renewal of Civil DefencePlan for categorized Civil Defence townsis being done at regular intervals, withthe level of perceived threat with regardsto external aggression or hostile attacksby anti national elements or terrorists tovital installations, remaining thefundamental criterion for categorization.Recently Section (2) of Civil Defence Act,1968 has been amended to bring themeasures for purpose of disastermanagement within its scope. At present,Civil Defence activities are restricted to225 categorized towns, spread over theStates/UTs. Also 100 selected MultiHazard Prone Districts have beencategorised as Civil Defence Districts.

Opening Session of Workshop on Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reductionin Civil Defence at Goa



Organization

10.65 Civil Defence is primarilyorganized on a voluntary basis except fora small nucleus of permanent staff andestablishment, which is augmented duringemergencies. The present target of CivilDefence volunteers is 13.08 lakh, out ofwhich 5.64 lakh volunteers have alreadybeen raised and 5.14 lakh have beentrained.

Training

10.66 Apart from carrying out trainingand rehearsal/demonstration of CivilDefence measures during peace time,Civil Defence volunteers are alsodeployed, on a voluntary basis, in variousconstructive and nation building activities,which include providing assistance to theadministration in undertaking social andwelfare services and in the prevention/mitigation of natural/ man-made disastersas well as in post-disaster response andrelief operations. Civil Defence trainingis conducted by the State Governments/UT Administrations in three tiers, i.e. atthe Local/Town level, State level andNational level.

Central Financial Assistance

10.67 Central financial assistance to theStates for undertaking Civil Defencemeasures for raising, training and

equipping of Civil Defence volunteers ispresently confined to categorized townsonly. Reimbursement to the States is doneto the extent of 50% for NE States (exceptAssam) and 25% for all other Statesincluding Assam.

Civil Defence and Disaster Manage-ment

10.68 A Centrally Sponsored Schemewith an outlay of R100 crore has beenlaunched in 2009 for revamping CivilDefence set up in the country during the11th Five Year Plan. The overall objectiveof the Scheme is to strengthen andrevitalize the Civil Defence set up in thecountry so as to play a significant role indisaster management and assisting thepolice in internal security and law &order situations while retaining theirprimary role. So far R68.35 crore has beenreleased to the States/UTs which includesR41.80 crore released in the currentfinancial year i.e. 2011-12.

Civil Defence – Mechanism for In-volvement of Community with thePolice for Handling Internal Securityand Law and Order Situation

10.69 The phenomenon of terrorism andcertain other forms of social andcommunal discord, where members of thecommunity are unsuspecting victims,require a great degree of vigilance at the



people for their own protection, as wellas their close cooperation with the lawenforcement agencies. The Civil DefenceOrganization thus can be used as aneffective instrument to assist the policein tackling threats to internal security andpublic order at the grass-root level.

10.70 A Pilot project involving CivilDefence in Internal Security and Lawand order situation is underimplementation. The project basicallyenvisages training of Master Trainers atNational Civil Defence College (NCDC),Nagpur, training of Civil Defencevolunteers by the Master Trainers at theState and District levels and periodicactivities by such trained volunteers atthe field level in close coordination withthe local police/administration. Underthe project, 17 major towns and 23 minortowns have been identified. 125 MasterTrainers from major towns and 89 fromminor towns have been trained for 10days duration at NCDC, Nagpur inbatches. These Master Trainers, with thehelp of guest faculties are training theCivil Defence volunteers of the identified40 towns. Training of 214 MasterTrainers was completed in February 2010who in turn have trained 4,,018 CivilDefence volunteers in the States tilldate. As part of project, 100% volunteershave been screened, 62,184 have beenweeded out and 51,776 have been newlyenrolled.

NATIONAL CIVIL DEFENCECOLLEGE, NAGPUR

10.71 The first Disaster ManagementTraining Institution of the country wasfounded on 29.04.1957 at Nagpur as theCentral Emergency Relief TrainingInstitute (CERTI) to support theEmergency Relief Organization of theGovernment of India. This CentralInstitute organized advanced andspecialist training for Revenue officialsresponsible for Disaster Relief operationsagainst any natural or manmade disaster.CERTI was renamed as National CivilDefence College (NCDC) on 01.04.1968.

10.72 The devastating Andhra Pradeshcyclone in 1977 once again vested theresponsibility of training DisasterResponse and Relief Officers upon NCDC.Skill enhancement, Training of Trainersin the field of Search and Rescue, Firefighting, First-aid, Communications,

Mock drill by Civil Defence Volunteers



Welfare Services, Disaster Management,Incident Management, etc., are beingorganized till date.

10.73 The College has been recognizedby MHA as one of the main Centers forDisaster Management Training and anodal Center for Radiological, Nuclear,Biological and Chemical EmergencyResponse Training. It has also beenrecognized as a premier trainingestablishment in Chemical DisasterResponse Training by the Ministry ofEnvironment and Forests.

10.74 The Institute has been regularlytraining the Trainers of NDRF and otherCentral Para-Military Forces fordeveloping skills to handle terroristthreats that may comprise use ofWeapons of Mass Destruction andconsequences of any natural disaster.

10.75 The college has been upgraded withmodern facilities for enhancing its trainingcapabilities and physical infrastructure.Since inception in 1957 the Institute hastrained 54,388 Trainers which also includes8 Foreign Nationals. The Collegesuccessfully conducted the 3rd TOT onDisaster Psycho-social Intervention Programin collaboration with National Institute forMental Health & Neuro Sciences, Bangalore.

HOME GUARDS

10.76 Home Guards is a voluntary force,

first raised in India in December, 1946, toassist the police in controlling civildisturbance and communal riots.Subsequently, the concept of the voluntarycitizen’s force was adopted by severalStates. In the wake of Chinese aggressionin 1962, the Centre advised the States andUnion Territories to merge their existingvoluntary organisation into one uniformvoluntary force known as Home Guards.The role of Home Guards is to serve asan auxiliary to the police in themaintenance of law & order and internalsecurity situation, help the community inany kind of emergency such as an air-raid, fire, cyclone, earthquake, epidemic,etc., help in maintenance of essentialservices, promote communal harmony andassist the administration in protectingweaker sections, participate in socio-economic and welfare activities andperform Civil Defence duties. HomeGuards are of two types – rural and urban.In border States, Border Wing HomeGuards (BWHG) Bns. have also beenraised, which serve as an auxiliary to theBorder Security Force (BSF). The totalstrength of Home Guards in the countryis 5, 73,793 against which the raisedstrength is 4,98,131 nos Home Guards. Theorganisation is spread over in all Statesand Union Territories except in Kerala.

10.77 Eighteen BWHG Bns. have beenraised in the border States viz. Punjab (6Bns.), Rajasthan (4 Bns.), Gujarat (4 Bns.)



and one each Bn. for Assam, Meghalaya,Tripura and West Bengal to serve as anauxiliary to BSF for preventing infiltrationon the international border/coastal areas,guarding of vital installations and linesof communication in vulnerable areas atthe time of external aggression.

10.78 Home Guards are raised under theHome Guards Act and Rules of the States/Union Territories. They are recruited fromvarious cross sections of the people suchas doctors, engineers, lawyers, privatesector organisations, college and Universitystudents, agricultural and industrialworkers, etc. who give their spare time tothe organisation for betterment of thecommunity. Amenities and facilities givento Home Guards include free uniform,duty allowances and award for gallantry,distinguished and meritorious services.Members of Home Guards with threeyears service in the organisation aretrained in Policing, maintenance of lawand order, prevention of crime, anti-decoity measures, border patrolling,prohibition, flood relief, fire-fighting,election duties and social welfare activities.

10.79 The Ministry of Home Affairsformulates the policy in respect of role,raising, training, equipping, establishmentand other important matters of HomeGuards Organisation. Expenditure onHome Guards is generally sharedbetween Centre and State Governments

in the ratio 25% by the Centre and 75%by the State Governments for raising,training and equipping on reimbursementbasis. For North- Eastern States exceptAssam the sharing pattern between theCentre and States is in the ratio of 50:50.For the current year 2011-12, there is abudgetary provision of R37.39 crore outof which R26.68 crore have beenreimbursed to the States by the end ofDecember 2011.

FIRE SERVICE

10.80 Fire prevention and fire fightingservices are organized by the States/UTs.MHA renders technical advice to States/UTs and Central Ministries on FireProtection, Fire Prevention, FireLegislation and Training.

10.81 The 13th Finance Commission hasrecommended that a portion of the grantof R87,519 crore given to Local Bodies beutilised for strengthening of Fire Servicesin their respective jurisdiction. Inaddition, R472 crore have been allocatedto the 7 States for revamping of Fire andEmergency Services.

10.82 Also, in 2009, a CentrallySponsored Scheme on Strengthening ofFire and Emergency Services in theCountry has been launched at an outlayof R200 crore during the Eleventh PlanPeriod. The State Governments will also



contribute R40.23 crore as their share. Inthe current financial year, R100 crore hasbeen allocated for implementation of theScheme. The overall objective of theScheme is to strengthen fire andemergency service in the country andprogressively transform it into Multi-Hazard Response Force capable of actingas first responder in all types ofemergency situations. Under the Scheme,additional 277 Advanced Fire Tenders,1,146 High Pressure Pumps with WaterMist Technology, 573 Quick ResponseTeam Vehicles and 1,146 Combi Tools forRescue will be provided at DistrictHeadquarter Fire Brigades in the country.

10.83 In order to assess the actualrequirement of fire-fighting and rescueequipments, MHA has initiated a studyon Fire Risk and Hazard Analysis in thecountry at a cost of R5.71 crore.

10.84 During 2011, 30, fire officials weretrained as trainer at Fire Service College,UK in advance search and rescuemethods and medical first-aid responderunder the scheme have trained 326 fireservice personnel till December, 2011.

NATIONAL FIRE SERVICECOLLEGE, NAGPUR

10.85 The Officers of Fire Service aretrained in the National Fire Service

College (NFSC), Nagpur. The College ishoused at the Old SettlementCommissionrate Building located at PalmRoad, Civil Line, Nagpur with sufficientspace for conducting fire drills anddemonstrations. The Fire Engineers of thisCollege are placed in India and abroadfor the job of Fire Prevention andProtection. The College also providestrainings on Fire Ground Operations,Paramedics, real life situation for DisasterManagement etc. The College has a panelof guest faculties from the Senior FireOfficers of various public and privatesector undertakings, State Government,Municipal Corporation, Fire Brigades,Port Trust, Air Port Authority to impartcomprehensive training on variousaspects of Fire Prevention and FireProtection.

10.86 A Scheme for upgradation of theCollege has been launched in June 2010.The Scheme is to be implemented withinperiod of three years (2010-2013) at anoutlay of R205 crore. The overall objectiveof the scheme is to enhance the capacityof the college to meet the requirementsof specialized professional training in allaspects namely fire prevention, fireprotection and fire fighting, rescue,specialized emergency response in theevent of disaster and also to cater forresearch documentation and consultancyrequirements in the field.

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INTERNATIONALCOOPERATION

11.1 The modus operandi ofperpetrators or potential perpetrators ofcrime, particularly of those engaged ininternational terrorism, organized crimeand illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs hasevolved and changed rapidly with theadvancement of technology and haveassumed a transnational and globaldimension. Accordingly, the Ministry ofHome Affairs (MHA) has taken up andpursued a variety of multilateral andbilateral initiatives in security relatedareas to counter terrorism. MHA beingthe nodal Ministry for disastermanagement is also actively involved inmultilateral and bilateral internationalinitiatives to mitigate and manage naturaldisasters.

SECURITY AND POLICEMATTERS

MULTILATERAL COOPERATION

South Asian Association for Regional

Cooperation (SAARC)

11.2 The South Asian Association forRegional Cooperation (SAARC) was set

up in 1985 as an association of States to

“promote the well-being of the population

of South Asia and improve their

standards of living; to speed up economic

growth, social progress and cultural

development; to reinforce links between

the countries of this area”. Presently,

SAARC has eight member countries;

namely, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan,

India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri

Lanka. The agenda of the organization is

mainly driven by efforts at promoting

trade facilitation and implementing the

South Asia Free Trade Agreements

(SAFTA) which started on 01.01.2006.

The SAARC Secretariat is based in

Kathmandu (Nepal).

11.3 During the 13th SAARC Summit

held at Dhaka in November, 2005, it was

inter-alia, decided that SAARC Interior/

Home Ministers would meet annually

preceded by a meeting of the Interior/

Home Secretaries. So far four meetings

of the SAARC Interior/Home Ministers

have been held – in Dhaka (11.05.2006),

New Delhi (25.10.2007), Islamabad

(26.06.2010) and Thimphu (23.07.2011).


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11.4 The 9th SAARC Conference on

Cooperation in Police Matters and the 4th

Meeting of SAARC on Focal Points of

Terrorist Offences Monitoring Desk

(STOMD) and SAARC Drug Offences

Monitoring Desk (SDOMD) was held

from 04.04.2011 to 05.04.2011 in Colombo,

Sri Lanka.

11.5 The meeting of the 9th SAARC

Conference on Police Matters held in

Colombo, Sri Lanka from 04.04.2011 to

05.04.2011 was attended by an Indian

delegation. The meeting was a significant

step towards cooperation in fighting

terrorism and drug smuggling within the

SAARC region. The meeting aimed at

taking proactive measures to enhance the

cooperation among the SAARC

countries. The region of SAARC

encompasses 1/4th of the world

population and is the most significant

and strategic region in the world in

terms of political, social, cultural and

economic aspects. In this backdrop the

meeting endeavoured towards creating

a favourable environment for

establishing and maintaining peace and

security in the SAARC region.

11.6 The 4th Meeting of the SAARC

Interior/Home Ministers and its

preceding meetings were held at

Thimphu from 21.07.2011 to 23.07.2011 as

per the following schedule:

(a) 4th Meeting of the SAARCImmigration Authorities was heldon 21.07.2011;

(b) 4th Meeting of SAARC Home/Interior Secretaries was held on22.07.2011; and

(c) 4th Meeting of SAARC Home/Interior Ministers was held on23.07.2011.

11.7 The Indian delegation was led bythe Union Home Minister.

India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS)

11.8 The aim of the first IAFS held inApril, 2008 was to add substantial contentto India’s engagement with Africa andbuild broad-based and long-standing linkswith individual African States. TheSummit initiative is also in line withIndia’s need to develop an India-Africadialogue. The formal outcome documentof the Summit was a Declaration and anAction Plan. The Ministry of HomeAffairs proposed cooperation by way ofhaving bilateral institutional mechanismswith African countries apart from helpingin building the capacity of their lawenforcement officers. During the currentfinancial year, the following courses wereheld under this programme:-

(i) Course on Investigation ofEconomic Offences including CyberCrime was conducted by CBI



Academy, Ghaziabad from13.06.2011 to 19.06.2011. (25participants attended the course.)

(iii) Course on Training of Trainers onComprehensive Disaster RiskManagement was conducted by theNational Institute of DisasterManagement from 19.09.2011 to30.09.2011. (25 participants attendedthe course.)

(iii) Course on Drug Law Enforcementwas conducted by NationalAcademy of Customs, Excise andNarcotics (NACEN) from 14.11.2011to 18.11.2011. (21 participantsattended the course.)

BI-LATERAL COOPERATION

11.9 The legal framework for combatingtransnational/international terrorismincludes mutual legal assistance incriminal matters, Memorandum ofUnderstandings/Agreements on SecurityCooperation to counter organized crimes,Joint Working Groups on CounterTerrorism/International Terrorism andBilateral Agreements on CombatingDrugs and related matters which aresigned between India and other countrieson bi-lateral basis. Such treaties/agreements are signed with a view tosecuring bilateral cooperation againstterrorism, drug trafficking, money

laundering, counterfeiting of Indiancurrency notes, etc.

Joint Working Group on CounterTerrorism (JWG)

11.10 India has established Joint WorkingGroups on Counter Terrorism/International Terrorism with several keycountries so as to facilitate exchangeof information and strengtheninginternational cooperation to combatinternational terrorism and transnationalorganized crime. India has so farestablished Joint Working Groupson Counter Terrorism/InternationalTerrorism with Egypt, Canada, Germany,United Kingdom, United States ofAmerica, France, China, Israel,Kazakhstan, Russia, Croatia, Uzbekistan,Thailand, Turkey, Singapore, Australia,Tajikistan, Mauritius, Indonesia,Myanmar, Poland, Japan, Italy, EuropeanUnion and BIMSTEC.

Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties(MLATs)

11.11 Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty(MLAT) is one of the significant legalinstruments to improve and facilitateeffectiveness of contracting States ininvestigation and prosecution of crime,including crime related to terrorism byproviding the necessary legal frameworkfor rendering/receiving legal assistance in



criminal matters. At present, Treaty/Agreement on MLAT is in force with 32countries namely, Australia, Bahrain,Bangladesh, Belarus, Bulgaria, Bosnia &Herzegovina, Canada, Egypt, France, Iran,Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Mauritius, Mexico,Myanmar, Mongolia, Russia, Singapore,Spain, Sri Lanka, South Africa, SouthKorea, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Thailand,Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates,United Kingdom, United States ofAmerica, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.

11.12 In addition, MLAT with threecountries namely, Kyrgyz Republic, HongKong Special Administrative Region inPeople’s Republic of China and Indonesiahave been signed. These Treaties willcome into force after completion ofratification process by the signatorycountries. Besides, Treaties have beeninitialed at official level with 5 countries,namely, Nepal, Oman, Azerbaijan, Israeland Malaysia.

11.13 India along with other SAARCcountries has signed a Convention onMutual Assistance in Criminal Matters in2008. India has since ratified theConvention. The Convention will comeinto force after ratification of theConvention by all the member States. TheConvention aims to strengthen regionalcooperation in investigation andprosecution of crime.

Bilateral Agreements on CombatingDrugs and Related Matters

11.14 India has signed bilateralagreements on drug related issues withAfghanistan, Bangladesh, Bulgaria,Cambodia, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt,Israel, Italy, Kuwait, Laos People’sDemocratic Republic, Mauritius,Myanmar, Poland, Romania, Russia,Tajikistan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates,United States of America and Zambia.Further Memorandum of Understandingson drug related issues have also beensigned with Bhutan, Indonesia, Iran,Oman, Pakistan, United States of Americaand Vietnam.

Agreement on Transfer of SentencedPersons

11.15 The Repatriation of Prisoners Act,2003 was enacted for enabling foreignprisoners convicted in India to betransferred to a jail in their own countryto serve the remaining part of theirsentence and vice versa. The Act wasnotified and came into force on01.01.2004. Subsequently, the Repatriationof Prisoners Rules, 2004 were publishedin the Official Gazette on 09.08.2004. Foroperationalising the Act, Agreement onTransfer of Sentenced Persons is requiredto be signed with individual interestedcountries.



Union Home Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram signing Security Agreements betweenIndian and United Arab Emirates with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior,

Government of United Emirates Lt. General Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan

11.16 Government of India has so farsigned agreements with the Governmentsof Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Cambodia,Egypt, France, Iran, Mauritius, SaudiArabia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, UnitedArab Emirates and United Kingdom.Negotiations have also been concludedwith the Governments of Brazil, Canada,Hong Kong, Israel and Italy. It may bementioned that agreement on TransferredPersons was signed between India andUnited Arab Emirates on 23.11.2011 inNew Delhi. Union Home Minister signedthe Agreement on behalf of theGovernment of India and the DeputyPrime Minister and Minister of Interior,Government of United Arab Emirates on

behalf of the Government of United ArabEmirates.

Homeland Security Dialogue betweenIndia and USA

11.17 The preparatory meeting for Indo-US Security Dialogue between theMinistry of Home Affairs, Governmentof India and the Homeland SecurityDepartment of United States of Americawas held on 12.01.2011 at New Delhi. TheIndian delegation was led by Shri G.K.Pillai, the then Union Home Secretary andthe US delegation was led by Ms. JaneHoll Lute, Deputy Secretary, Departmentof Homeland Security.



11.18 The Indo-US Security Dialoguebetween the Ministry of Home Affairs,Government of India and the HomelandSecurity Department of USA was heldon 27.05.2011 in New Delhi. The USDelegation was led by Ms. JanetNapolitano, Secretary, HomelandSecurity Department and the Indiandelegation was led by Shri P.Chidambaram, Union Home Minister.Both the delegations discussed issues ofmutual interest.

11.19 The Indo-US Strategic Dialoguebetween India and USA was held on19.07.2011 at New Delhi. The Indian side

Union Home Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram meeting the US Secretary for Homeland Security, Ms Janet Napolitano

was led by Shri S.M. Krishna, ExternalAffairs Minister and US side was led byMs. Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State.Shri R.K. Singh, Union Home Secretaryrepresented the Ministry of Home Affairsin the above meeting.

11.20 The US delegation led by Ms. JaneHoll Lute, Deputy Secretary, HomelandSecurity, USA had a meeting with Indiandelegation led by Shri R.K. Singh, UnionHome Secretary on 19.07.2011 on thesidelines of the Indo-US StrategicDialogue to discuss the issues relating toHomeland Security Dialogue betweenIndia and USA.



11.21 The US delegation led by Mr.Howard A. Schmidt, Special Assistant tothe President and White House CyberSecurity Coordinator had a meeting withthe Indian delegation led by Shri R.K.Singh, Union Home Secretary on19.07.2011 on the sidelines of the Indo-US Strategic Dialogue to review theprogress of issues/areas identified forcooperation under the Sub Group onCyber Security and Critical InfrastructureProtection.

BANGLADESH

11.22 A three-tier bilateral institutionalmechanism was set up between India andBangladesh in 1994 to resolve security

and border management issues. The firstlevel is talks at Director General (DG),Border Security Force (BSF) and DG,Border Guards, Bangladesh (BGB) level,the second is a Joint Working Group(JWG) at the level of Joint Secretaries ofboth the countries; and the third is thetalk at Home Secretary level.

11.23 It was mutually decided that inaddition to the three-tier mechanism,Home Minister level talks between Indiaand Bangladesh be held once in a year.First Home Minister Level talks were heldat Dhaka in July, 2011, during which Co-ordinated Border Management Plan(CBMP) was signed between the twocountries for proper management ofInternational border.

India – Bangladesh Home Secretary level talks at New Delhi in November, 2011



11.24 Meetings of Joint Working Groupand Home Secretary Level talks betweenIndia and Bangladesh were held from17.11.2011 to 21.11.2011 at New Delhi, inwhich security related issues such ascross-border terrorism, handing over ofleaders of Indian Insurgent Groups (IIGs)reportedly staying in Bangladesh andaction against their camps/hideouts,smuggling of arms/ammunitions, fakecurrency notes, etc. were discussed. Bothsides agreed to operationalise the MutualLegal Assistance Treaty (MLAT)Agreement, Transfer of Sentenced Persons(TSP) and Agreement on CombatingOrganized Crime, Illegal Drug Traffickingsigned between the two countries. Bothsides also agreed that the ExtraditionTreaty, under consideration by both theGovernments be finalized at an early date.

11.25 In so far as Border Managementissues are concerned, strengthening ofsecurity along Indo-Bangladesh border anderection of fencing were also discussed. Bothsides agreed to implement CoordinatedBorder Manage-ment Plan (CBMP) signedin July, 2011 expeditiously to curb the illegalcross-border movement. Among other issues,measures to check trafficking in women andchildren, smuggling of drugs and capacitybuilding of law enforcement agencies etc.were discussed. Both sides agreed toenhance cooperation in security relatedissues and other areas of mutual interest.

11.26 2nd Home Minister Level talkswere held in New Delhi on 24.02.2012. In

this meeting, security and bordermanagement related issues includingfinalization of Extradition Treaty werediscussed.

MYANMAR

11.27 The Government of India andMyanmar had signed a Memorandum ofUnderstanding (MoU) for maintenanceand tranquility in border areas in January,1994. Pursuant to this MoU, JointSecretary and Home Secretary level talksbetween the two countries are held everyyear alternately in India and Myanmar.So far, eighteen meetings at JointSecretary level and seventeen meetingsat Home Secretary level between Indiaand Myanmar have been held.

11.28 The 18th Sectoral Level Meeting (SLM)at Joint Secretary Level between India andMyanmar was held from 13.07.2011 to14.07.2011 at Mandalay, Myanmar in whichsecurity related issues like presence of IndianInsurgent Groups (IIGs) in Myanmar,intelligence sharing, arms smuggling, drugtrafficking and border management issuesetc. were discussed. The leader of Indiandelegation reiterated the earlier offer madeto provide all necessary assistance toMyanmar for launching coordinated actionsagainst IIGs. The two sides also exchangedinformation about their respective NodalPoints under the India-Myanmar MutualLegal Assistance Treaty (MLAT). TheLeaders of Indian and Myanmar Delegationsheld a restricted meeting prior to theDelegation level talks.



11.29 The 17th National Level Meeting(NLM) at Home Secretary Level betweenIndia and Myanmar was held from19.01.2012 to 20.01.2012 at Nay Pyi Taw,Myanmar. The Indian delegation called onthe Union Minister of Home Affairs,Myanmar before the delegation levelmeeting and the First Vice President,Myanmar after the delegation levelmeeting. The Leader of the Indiandelegation flagged the security relatedissues like presence of IIGs along Indo-Myanmar border, intelligence sharing andarm smuggling and solicited Myanmar’sactive support. Myanmar agreed to sharethe interrogation reports of armssmugglers apprehended by MyanmarSecurity Forces to help India tracerecipients of arms in India as well as todetermine the source so that the traffickercould be traced back. To combat DrugTrafficking, both sides agreed to interactionof Drug Control Agencies at DG level once

a year and at DDG level twice a year. Inso far as Border Management issues areconcerned, both sides agreed on jointinspection of boundary pillars.

HIGH LEVEL VISITS

11.30 A high level delegation of SeniorSenators from United States Senate ledby Senator Mr. Mitch McConnel (R-Kentucky), Senate Minority Leaderaccompanied by four other RepublicanSenators called on Union Home Ministeron 20.04.2011 to discuss security relatedissues of mutual interest.

11.31 A Maldivian delegation led by theirHome Minister H.E. Mr. Hassan Afeefvisited India from 03.05.2011 to 07.05.2011.The delegation had discussions with theIndian delegation led by Union HomeMinister on 05.05.2011 at New Delhiregarding the issues of mutual interest.

Home Minister of Maldives, Mr. Hassan Afeef meeting the Union Home Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram



11.32 Home Minister of Germany metUnion Home Minister at New Delhi on31.05.2011 and discussed matters ofmutual interest.

11.33 Union Home Minister visitedFrance and Russia from 26.06.2011 to30.06. 2011 and discussed bilateral issuesof mutual interest.

11.34 Mr. Jeremy Browne, MP, Ministerof State, Foreign and CommonwealthOffice, UK called on Union HomeMinister on 05.07.2011 to discuss theissues of mutual security cooperation.

11.35 A seven member Vietnamesedelegation visited India from 23.09.2011

Meeting of Government of India Delegation with Government of Vietnam Delegation

to 29.09.2011. A meeting on bilateralsecurity issues was held on 28.09.2011between the Indian delegation led by ShriR.K. Singh, Union Home Secretary andthe Vietnamese delegation led byLt. General To Lam, Vice Minister ofPublic Security.

11.36 A ten member Israeli delegationvisited India from 31.10.2011 to05.11.2011. A meeting on bilateralsecurity issues was held on 01.11.2011in New Delhi between the IndianDelegation led by Union Home Ministerand the Israeli Delegation led byMr. Yitzhak Aharonovitch, Minister ofPublic Security, Government of Israel.



11.37 A ten member UAE delegationvisited India from 22.11.2011 to 23.11.2011.A meeting on bilateral security issues washeld on 23.11.2011 in New Delhi betweenthe Indian Delegation led by Union HomeMinister and the UAE Delegation led byLt. Gen. Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed AlNahyan, Deputy Prime Minister andMinister of Interior, Government of UAE.

11.38 Mr. Dennis Richardson AO,Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairsand Trade, Government of Australia calledon Shri R.K. Singh, Union Home Secretaryon 16.12.2011 to discuss bilateral securitymatters.

Union Home Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram with Minister ofPublic Security of Israel, Mr Yitzhak Aharonovitch

CAPACITY BUILDING

11.39 Building capacity of the lawenforcement officers is a continuousprocess between India and othercountries, through mutual cooperation.During the period from April –December, 2011 training courses havebeen offered to the police personnel ofNepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Mongolia andMaldives under bilateral cooperation andto police personnel of Nepal, Bhutan andMaldives through SAARC Secretariat.

11.40 Government of United States hasoffered/conducted training courses for



police officers in India and also in USAunder Anti-Terrorism AssistanceProgramme and through FBI. A total of11 courses were conducted in India andUnited States of America (USA) during2011-12 (upto 31.12.2011). In thesecourses 243 officers were trained.

Global Peacekeeping

11.41 This Ministry is also contributingto the UN efforts for globalpeacekeeping. Officers at various levelsare sent on secondment whenever askedfor by the UN and regular deploymentsof Formed Police Units (FPUs) are madeon request. During the period from01.04.2011 to 31.12.2011 a total 33 IndianCIVPOL (Civilian Police) officers fromdifferent States, UTs, CPOs and CPAFshave been deployed with UNPeacekeeping Missions in Sudan, Timor,Cyprus and Liberia. The following FPUsare presently deployed with UN PeaceKeeping Missions:-

(i) One FPU each from BSF & ITBP atCongo

(ii) Two FPUs from CRPF (01 Male and01 Female) at Liberia

(iii) One FPUs each from CISF, AssamRifles and BSF at Haiti

11.42 United Nations Standardized FPUs,Train-the Trainer Course was conductedfrom 07.11.2011 to 16.12.2011 at CRPFAcademy, Gurgaon, Haryana in which 48

trainees and 12 trainers from variouscountries participated.

SECURITY ISSUES

Preparation of Research Papers onInternal Security Issues

11.43 In order to undertake research andpolicy analysis on issues/areas relatingto internal security, a permanent Chairhas been set up in the Institute of DefenceStudies and Analysis (IDSA), New Delhi.The Ministry of Home Affairs is financingthe annual expenditure in this regard.

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

SAARC Disaster Management Centre(SDMC)

11.44 The SAARC Disaster ManagementCentre, located in the premises of NIDM,has jurisdiction over eight South Asiancountries namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh,Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistanand Sri Lanka. Professionals from thesecountries work in the Centre to developand implement plans and programmes onregional cooperation on different aspectsof disaster risk reduction and managementin South Asia. The Governing BodyMeeting of SDMC took place on 05.09.2011and 06.09.2011 and was chaired by Indiaas the Chairmanship was handed over byBhutan to India as per the rotation policy.

SDMC organized 11 workshops/trainings/



expert group meetings of 01 each of which

were held in Kathmandu, Sri Lanka and

Bangladesh.

GoI-USAID assisted DisasterManagement Support (DMS) Project

11.45 The bilateral agreement on the

Disaster Management Support (DMS)

Project between the Government of India

and the United States Agency for

International Development (USAID) was

signed in September 2003 with the

objective to reduce vulnerability to

disasters; and build capacity of key

Indian institutions. The total value of the

project is USD 4.715 million (comprising

of USD 4,20,000 for training studies, USD

5,00,000 for equipment and USD

37,95,000 for technical assistance). In

addition, activities outside bilateral

agreement amounting to USD 2.5 million

are to be undertaken by USAID. As such

the total project allocation as per 3rd and

4th Amendatory Agreement was USD

7.215 million. The period of the 4th

Amendatory agreement under the

present DMS Project was upto 31.03.2010.

The Road Map on implementation

focuses on Capacity Building viz Incident

Command System (ICS), review of

Management and Education System,

Curriculum Development for Civil

Defence and Disaster Communication,

Study on Early Warning and assistance

to Delhi Government for Retrofitting

Project. The period of the Agreement

has been extended from 31.03.2010 to

31.03.2015 through the 5th Amendatory

Agreement to the Project Grant

Agreement for DMS Project. Under the

extended period of agreement, activities

in the area relating to integrate Disaster

Risk reduction and climate change is to

be undertaken for which USAID will

contribute USD 5 million purely for the

technical support.

SAARC Agreement on Rapid response

to Natural Disasters

11.46 During the Fifteenth SAARC

Summit held in Colombo from 02.08.2008

to 03.08.2008, the Heads of the States/

Governments of SAARC Member States

had decided that a Natural Disaster Rapid

Response Mechanism (NDRRM) shall be

created under the aegis of the SAARC

Disaster Management Centre, New Delhi

to adopt a coordinated and planned

approach to meet such emergencies.

Accordingly, the SAARC Disaster

Management Centre constituted an Expert

Group of the concerned stakeholders and

developed a draft Agreement on Rapid

Response to Natural Disasters for the

SAARC countries.

11.47 The Agreement aims to insti-

tutionalize the regional cooperation on



disaster response among the membercountries. The objective of thisAgreement is to provide regionalmechanisms for rapid response todisasters to achieve substantial reductionof disaster losses in lives and in thesocial, economic and environmentalassets of the Parties, and to jointlyrespond to disaster emergencies throughconcerted national efforts and intensifiedregional cooperation. The Agreement willprovide effective mechanisms for rapidresponse to disasters to achievesubstantial reduction of disaster lossesin lives and in the social, economic andenvironmental assets of the Parties, andto jointly respond to disaster emergenciesthrough concerted national efforts andintensified regional co-operation. MHAbeing the nodal Ministry will beappointed as the National Focal Pointfor Management of Natural Disasters inthe country.

11.48 The SAARC Agreement on RapidResponse to Natural Disasters has beensigned at the Ministerial level at the 17th

SAARC Summit held at Maldives on10.11.2011 and 11.11.2011.

International Search and RescueAdvisory Group (INSARAG) RegionalGroup Earthquake Response Exercise

11.49 India hosted the INSARAGRegional Group Earthquake Response

Exercise in Agra from 03.05.2011 to06.05.2011. Eighty nine foreignparticipants from 20 countries andInternational Organisations and 110participants from within the countryparticipated in the exercise. The purposeof the exercise was to practiceinternational coordination methodology inaccordance with the INSARAGGuidelines, with a focus on cooperationbetween National and InternationalDisaster Management Authorities andresponse actors as well as planning jointoperations between Local EmergencyManagement Authorities (LEMA) and theInternational On-site OperationsCoordination Centre (OSOCC).

Trilateral Meeting of Experts of India-Russia-China in the field of DisasterManagement.

11.50 As a follow up of the 3rd TrilateralMeeting of Experts of IRC hosted bythe Ministry of Home Affairs,Government of India on 12.11.2010 and13.11.2010 at New Delhi, a programmeon Exchange of Information & Expertiseon the use of Geospatial Technologiesin Monitoring and Assessment of Flood& Drought Disasters was organized byISRO at National Remote SensingCentre (NRSC), Hyderabad from24.05.2011 to 26.05.2011 which wasattended by experts from India, Russiaand China.



4th Trilateral Meeting of Expert ofIndia-Russia-China

11.51 The 4th Trilateral Meeting ofExperts of India-Russia-China in the fieldof Disaster Management was held at St.Petersburg, Russia from 07.09.2011 to09.09.2011. An Indian delegationconsisting of officers and experts fromMHA, NIDM, NDMA, IMD and NRSCattended the meeting. The Fifth Trilateralmeeting of Experts of India-Russia-Chinawill be held in China in the first half of2012, for which a Plan of Action has beenproposed to develop an effective andefficient multilateral internationalemergency management mechanism to bediscussed in the Fifth Trilateral meeting.The Plan of Action comprises of a conceptof the multilateral emergencymanagement mechanism development,whose implementation shall open the wayto the Global Emergency ManagementSystem, and a list of events and necessarysteps, aimed at promoting the basicand supportive elements of the Plan ofAction.

11.52 An International training workshopon ecosystem approach to Disaster RiskReduction (ecoDRR) was organized from12.12.2011 to 15.12.2011 at NIDM jointlyby UN Environmental Programme underthe aegis of UN Partnership of Environ-ment and Disaster Risk Reduction(UNPEDRR) with participation of 19

participants from India, Nepal, Bhutanand representatives of IUCN, UNEP,UNDP in Geneva.

Implementation of HOPE andCADRE courses in India incollaboration with Asian DisasterPreparedness Centre (ADPC),Bangkok

11.53 As a follow up of the visit of anIndian delegation under the leadershipof Shri R.K. Srivastava, Joint Secretary(DM), Ministry of Home Affairs toManila, Phillippines in March, 2011 toparticipate in the PEER Regional PlanningMeeting, and the offer made by ADPC,Bangkok to implement two new coursesfor NDRF namely Hospital Preparednessfor Emergencies (HOPE) and CommunityAction for Disaster Response (CADRE), ameeting was held on 04.08.2011 at theNDMA, New Delhi to plan the strategiesfor implementation of the two courses inIndia. The meeting was attended byrepresentatives of ADPC Bangkok,Ministry of Health, NDMA, NDRF andother stakeholders.

MFR course for NDRF in collabora-tion with USAID and NSET Nepal

11.54 The United States Agency forInternational Development (USAID) incollaboration with National Society forEarthquake Technology (NSET), Nepal



conducted a Programme for Enhancementof Emergency Response (PEER) instructordevelopment course for the NDRFpersonnel at 3rd Bn NDRF, Mundali,Odisha as under: -

(a) Medical First Responder (MFR)Course-1 from 21.11.2011 to03.12.2011.

(b) Medical First Responder (MFR)Course-2 from 06.12.2011 to18.12.2011.

International Courses/Trainingsattended by NDRF Personnel

11.55 During the calendar year 2011-12,a total of 40 NDRF officers/personnelattended various International trainings/Courses abroad related to ChemicalBiological Radiological and Nuclear(CBRN) matters/earthquake/Comp-rehensive Crisis Management/Inter-national Search and Rescue AdvisoryGroup (INSARAG)/International Searchand Rescue Forum etc.

Disaster Risk Reduction Programme(DRRP) (2009-2012)

11.56 Government of India (GoI) - UNDPDisaster Risk Reduction (DRR)Programme (2009-12) at an outlay of $20million (approximately R100 crore) has

been launched. The DRR Programme isaimed to support Central and StateGovernment initiatives by providingcritical inputs that would enhance theefficiency and effectiveness of the effortsin Disaster Risk Reduction.

11.57 The Programme strives tostrengthen the institutional structure toundertake Disaster Risk Reductionactivities at various levels including risksbeing enhanced due to climate change anddevelop preparedness for recovery. TheProgramme consists of two components:

(i) Institutional strengthening &capacity building for Disaster RiskReduction

(ii) Urban Risk Reduction.

11.58 The DRR Programme is beingimplemented within overall supervisionof Programme Management Boardheaded by Secretary (Border Manage-ment). Component (i) is being imple-mented by NDMA in 29 States/ UTs atan outlay of $12.6 million (approximatelyR63 crore) and component (ii) is beingimplemented by Disaster ManagementDivision of MHA in 57 multi-hazardprone cities at an outlay of $7.4 million(R37 crore).

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SCHEME FORMODERNISATION OF STATEPOLICE FORCES

12.1.1 The Scheme for ‘Modernisation ofState Police Forces (MPF) is beingimplemented by the Ministry of HomeAffairs for capacity building of the StatePolice Forces, especially for meeting theemerging challenges to internal securityin the form of terrorism, naxalism, etc.Some of the major items for which fundsare provided under the Scheme includeconstruction of secure police stations,outposts, police lines, ensuring mobility,provision of modern weaponry, security/surveillance/communication/forensicequipment, upgradation of traininginfrastructure, police housing, compute-risation, etc.

12.1.2 The States have been categorisedinto ‘A’ and ‘B’ categories with 100% and75% Central funding, respectively. WhileJammu and Kashmir (J&K) and eightNorth Eastern States viz., Arunachal

Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya,Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkimhave been classified as ‘A’ category States,the remaining 19 States fall in the ‘B’category. The Scheme has beenformulated with the aim of acceleratingthe process of modernisation in the policeforces, with focused priority on Statesfacing problems of terrorism and leftwing extremism.

12.1.3 The Scheme included a specialcomponent for strengthening the policeinfrastructure in the 76 naxal affecteddistricts at the rate of R2 crore peraffected district per year initially for aperiod of 5 years. Similarly, a provisionhas been made for R1 crore per districtper year initially for a period of 5 yearsfor the 30 districts situated oninternational borders i.e. the Indo-Nepaland Indo-Bhutan borders.

12.1.4 The details of the Centralassistance released to the StateGovernments under the Scheme duringthe last 11 years are as under:


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Sl. Financial Year Amount

No. released

1 2000-01 1,000.00

2 2001-02 1,000.00

3 2002-03 695.00

4 2003-04 705.27

5 2004-05 960.00

6 2005-06 1,025.00

7 2006-07 1,065.22

8 2007-08 1,248.70

9 2008-09 1,157.64

10 2009-10 1,230.00

11 2010-11 1,224.63

12.1.5 The Scheme, which came to an endin 2010-11, has been extended for onemore year i.e. financial year 2011-12. Anamount of R1,111 crore has been madeavailable under the Scheme in BudgetEstimate 2011-12 and 1st Supplementaryon Demands for Grants.

12.1.6 The process of consideration ofMPF Annual Action Plans of States for2011-12 was initiated in advance in theMinistry of Home Affairs. The AnnualAction Plans for 2011-12 were invitedfrom States by 17.01.2011. The ActionPlans were considered by the Ministry inmeetings held between July – August,2011 and were approved ‘in principle’with certain modifications. The revisedAction Plans sent by various States have

been approved. Funds have also beenreleased to the States.

Objectives

12.1.7 The main objective of the schemeis to meet the identified deficiencies invarious aspects of police administration,which were worked out by the Bureau ofPolice Research and Development(BPR&D) in a study done in the year2000. Another objective of the scheme isto reduce the dependence of the StateGovernments on the Army and CentralPolice Forces for internal security and lawand order by equipping the State PoliceForces adequately and imparting therequired training. The focus of the schemeis on strengthening the policeinfrastructure at the cutting edge levelby way of construction of secure policestations, equipping the police stationswith the required mobility, modernweaponry, communication equipment,forensic set-up, housing, etc.

Impact of the Scheme

12.1.8 The scheme has made perceptibleimpact in all the States and has providedthe much needed assistance and impetusto police modernisation. For instance,proper buildings for police stations/outposts with required facilities haveprovided safe, secure and comfortableenvironment, construction of houses for



police personnel and provision of modernweapons have boosted their morale,particularly in extremist-affected areas.The increased availability of vehicles atcutting edge level has improved mobilityand reduced response time.

Mega City Policing

12.1.9 A new concept of Mega CityPolicing (MCP) was introduced in 2005-06 under the Scheme for Modernizationof State Police Forces covering sevencities, namely Mumbai, Bangalore,Hyderabad, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata andAhmedabad. The respective States arerequired to include MCP proposals intheir Annual Plan. These proposals areconsidered and approved by a HighPowered Committee as an integralcomponent of the MPF Scheme pertainingto the respective States. The Plan has tobe based on a study on specific problemareas of Mega City policing includingdetails of demographic growth pattern,special problems faced in policing in largeurban areas and crime investigation,traffic management, infrastructureavailable in terms of modern controlrooms, digital radio trunking, communi-cation system, PCR van network, etc.Financial assistance is also given to MegaCities for procurement of modern andinnovative equipment, as a part of theScheme. (Delhi is covered under aseparate Scheme for UTs.)

Desert Policing

12.1.10 Desert Policing is also a newconcept which formed a part of the PoliceModernisation Scheme from 2005-06.Desert Policing is primarily meant for theStates of Gujarat and Rajasthan to addressthe problems regarding policing in thelarge and scattered desert areas. Keepingin view the demographic distribution,problems in investigation, mobility, andcommunication are given emphasis underthe Desert Policing Scheme. Expenditurefor this component is also met out of thefunds allocated under the MPF Schemefor the respective States.

Strengthening of Special Branches

12.1.11 While recognising the crucial roleof Special Branches/Intelligence set up inthe States/Union Territories, the Ministryhas laid emphasis on earmarking up to5% of the total allocation under MPFtowards strengthening of their SpecialBranches in terms of modern equipment,gadgets for communication, etc. It hasalso been emphasised that the Statesshould take action to suitably enhancethe manpower in the Special Branchesfrom their own resources. As was donein the previous financial year, for 2011-12 also, all the States were advised toearmark upto 5% of the MPF allocationtowards strengthening of their SpecialBranches



Monitoring Mechanism of theScheme

12.1.12 The Comptroller & AuditorGeneral (C&AG) commissioned acomprehensive audit exercise to assess theefficacy of the Scheme through individualperformance audit reviews in 16 States.The C&AG presented a report on “AuditEvaluation of Modernisation of PoliceForce in India – Compendium ofPerformance Audit Reviews – January2009” to the Ministry of Home Affairscontaining report of 16 States. In thereport, the C&AG had recommended thatthe Ministry of Home Affairs shouldestablish a system to monitor the timelyand appropriate use of funds sanctionedand released under the Scheme.Accordingly, a system of concurrent auditof MPF Scheme has been put in place inthe Ministry effective from March, 2009.Quarterly Concurrent Audit of MPFScheme funds for all the quarters of 2010-11 has been completed and the AuditReports have been sent to the respectiveState Governments.

CRIME AND CRIMINALTRACKING NETWORK &SYSTEM (CCTNS)

12.2.1 The Crime and Criminal TrackingNetwork and Systems (CCTNS) project isa mission mode project under theNational e-Governance Plan being

implemented by the Ministry of HomeAffairs. The project aims at creating acomprehensive and integrated system anda nation-wide networked solution forconnecting more than 15,000 PoliceStations and nearly 6,000 higher officesin 28 States and 7 UTs of the country forsharing of real-time crime and criminalinformation. The project has been initiatedfor implementation in the XI Five YearPlan period (2007-2012).

12.2.2 The project has beenconceptualized based on the principle of‘Centralized Planning and DecentralizedImplementation’. A Core ApplicationSoftware (CAS) is being developed withcommon definitions, scheme andspecifications at the Central level whichwould be handed over to the States/UTsfor State specific customization.However, States which have been allowedto continue to run on their existingapplications have to align their existingsoftware to facilitate information exchangewith CAS.

12.2.3 The States/UTs have completeoperational independence in projectimplementation. The implementation isthrough Bundle of Services wherein aSystem Integrator agency implements allthe requisite services as defined byService level agreements with the States/UTs. A strong governance mechanismwith various Committees has also been



created as a part of CCTNS project toensure quality and for timely completionof project.

Objectives of CCTNS

12.2.4 The following are the objectivesof CCTNS project.

a) Make the police functioningcitizen friendly, transparent,accountable, effective and efficientby automating the process andfunctions at the level of the PoliceStations and other police officesat various levels.

b) Improving delivery of citizen-centric services through effectiveusage of Information andCommunication Technology (ICT).

c) Provide the Investigating Officerswith the tools, technologies andinformation to facilitate faster andmore accurate investigation ofcrime and detection of criminals.

d) Improve the Police functioning invarious other areas such as lawand order, traffic management,curbing organised crimes, resourcemanagement etc.

e) Facilitate collection, storage,retrieval, analysis, transfer andsharing of information amongPolice Stations, districts, Stateheadquarters and other

organisations/agencies, includingthose at Government of Indialevel.

f) Enabling and assisting the seniorPolice Officers in bettermanagement of Police Force.

g) Keep track of the progress of thecrime and criminal investigationand prosecution cases, includingprogress of cases in the Courts.

h) Reduction in manual andredundant record keeping.

12.2.5 The CCTNS project aims atproviding online services to the Citizens.The following is an indicative list of thesame:

a) Filing of complaints/informationto the concerned Police Stations.

b) Obtaining the status of thecomplaint or case registered atPolice Station.

c) Obtaining the copies of FIRs, post-mortem reports and otherpermissible documents etc.

d) Details of arrested persons/wanted criminals and their illegalactivities etc.

e) Details of missing/kidnappedpersons and their matching witharrested, unidentified persons anddead bodies.



f) Details of stolen/recoveredvehicles, arms and otherproperties.

g) Submission of requests for issue/renewal of various NOCs,clearances and permits and statusof such requests online.

h) Verification requests for servants,employment, passport, seniorcitizen registrations etc.

i) Portal for sharing information andenabling citizens to downloadrequired forms/certificates etc.

Present Status

12.2.6 The following are the keyachievements which depict the presentprogress status of the project: -

a. The project was initiated with theestablishment of a robustgovernance structure and amechanism for fund release,monitoring and coordination,project management and projectimplementation.

b. A Core Application Software(CAS) has been developed and isbeing tested by the SoftwareDevelopment Agency at theCentral level. The CAS would beimplemented both at Central leveland States/UTs to enableinformation exchange for crime

and criminal tracking as perobjectives of CCTNS project. TheCAS would be further customizedas required by the States/UTs andimplemented at States/UTs by theSystem Integrator agencies.

c. A nation-wide network andconnectivity solution is beingimplemented by the networksolution provider and the readinesssurvey is currently underway forimplementation of the network. Ithas been completed for 28 States/UTs as of 15.03.2012.

d. The commissioning of ITinfrastructure for implementationof national data centre anddisaster recovery site are inadvanced stage. Deployment ofCAS will happen after softwarecertification by STQC.

e. System Integrtors have beenfinalized in 16 States/UTs and restare in various stages of finalization.

f. All States/UTs have implementedproject initiation activities in termsof capacity building andstrengthening of training institutions.

12.2.7 Key Milestones

June-July 2010

(i) Appointment of M/s Wipro Ltd. asSoftware Development Agency andSystem Integrator at the Centre.



August, 2010 - September, 2010

(i) Requirements gatheringexercise. Detailed assessmentstudy in 10 States/UTs.

(ii) Appointment of M/sPricewaterhouse Coopers asCentral Project ManagementUnit (CPMU) of CCTNSproject.

(iii) Preliminary assessmentstudy for development ofnetworking and connectivitysolution of CCTNS project.

(iv) Completion of the process ofpreparation of ProjectImplementation andMonitoring (PIM) reportpreparation by State ProjectManagement Consultants(SPMCs).

(v) Strengthening infrastructureof training institutions undercapacity building

(vi) Initiation of basic ITawareness training by allStates/UTs.

October - December, 2010

(i) Conference Room pilots andpreparation of SystemRequirement Specificationdeliverables.

(ii) Release of (Request forProposal) template to States/UTs for selection of SystemIntegrator.

(iii) Process change report andbest practices reports fordesign of Core ApplicationSoftware.

(iv) Evaluation of PIM reportsfrom States/UTs by MHA.

January, 2011 - March, 2011

(i) Fund allocation to States/UTs by Ministry of HomeAffairs.

(ii) Finalization of SystemRequirement Specificationsdocument.

(iii) Initiation of process ofselection of SystemIntegrator by States/UTs.

(iv) Finalization of networkingand connectivity solution forCCTNS project.

(v) Preparation of RFP forselection of SystemIntegrator.

April, 2011 - June, 2011

(i) Initiation of development ofCore Application Software.

(ii) Preparation of RFPs forselection of systemIntegrators.

July, 2011 - September, 2011

(i) Bid process for selection ofsystem Integrators.



(ii) Commissioning of nationaldata centre and DR(Disaster Recovery) site

(iii) STQC (Standardisation,Testing and QualityCertification) on board forcertification of CAS.

(iv) Readiness survey by BSNLfor establishment ofnetworking and connectivitysolution.

October, 2011 – December, 2011

(i) Memorandum of Agreementfor providing connectivitysigned between NCRB andBSNL.

(ii) RFP for Selection of SystemIntegrator released in all 35States/UTs, of which 07have signed contracts while09 have released letter ofinterests.

THE PRIVATE SECURITYAGENCIES (REGULATION)ACT, 2005

12.3.1 In public interest and in order toregulate the increasing activities of privatesecurity agencies, both Indian andforeigners, “the Private Security Agencies(Regulation) Act, 2005” was notified inthe Gazette of India on June 23, 2005.The Act came into effect from 15.03.2006.

12.3.2 Under this Act, a ControllingAuthority is to be appointed by each ofthe State Government for grantinglicences to agencies for carrying on thebusiness of security agencies and otherrelated matters.

12.3.3 The Central Government framedthe “Private Security Agencies CentralModel Rules, 2006” which were notifiedin the Gazette of India on 26.04.2006.These Rules have been sent to the StateGovernments for their guidance to enablethem to frame their own rules, inconformity with the Central Model Rules.Only Manipur, Jharkhand, MadhyaPradesh and UT of Lakshdweep are stillto have their rules in place.

POLICE REFORMS

12.4.1 The Ministry of Home Affairs hadset up a Review Committee to reviewthe recommendations of the NationalPolice Commission and other Committees(2004). In its report submitted to theGovernment in 2005, the Committee made49 recommendations which were sentto the States/UTs for immediateimplementation. The Government hasbeen persuading the State Governments/UT Administrations for an earlyimplementation of the saidrecommendations on Police reforms.

12.4.2 The Ministry also constituted aCommittee to develop a Model Police Act



chaired by noted jurist Shri Soli Sorabjeewho was asisted by police officers,administrators and civil society. TheModel Police Act was formulated in 2006which has been the basis on which 14States have enacted their Police Act.

12.4.3 The Supreme Court of India in themeantime has also passed a judgementon 22.09.2006 in Writ Petition (Civil)No.310 of 1996 – Prakash Singh andothers vs UOI and others on severalissues concerning Police reforms. TheCourt in the said judgement directed theUnion Government and StateGovernments to set up mechanisms asdirected by 31.12.2006 and file affidavitsof compliance by 03.01.2007. Thedirections inter-alia were:-

(i) Constitute a State SecurityCommission on any of the modelsrecommended by the NationalHuman Right Commission, theReberio Committee or the SorabjeeCommittee.

(ii) Select the Director General ofPolice of the State from amongstthree senior-most officers of theDepartment empanelled forpromotion to that rank by theUnion Public Service Commissionand once selected, provide him aminimum tenure of at least twoyears irrespective of his date ofsuperannuation.

(iii) Prescribe minimum tenure of twoyears to the police officers onoperational duties.

(iv) Separate the investigation and law& order wings of the police,starting with towns/urban areashaving population of ten lakhs ormore, and gradually extend tosmaller towns/urban areas also,

(v) Set up a Police EstablishmentBoard at the state level for interalia deciding all transfers,postings, promotions and otherservice related matters of officersof and below the rank of DeputySuperintendent of Police.

(vi) Constitute Police ComplaintsAuthorities at the State andDistrict level for looking intocomplaints against policeofficers.

12.4.4 The matter was heard successivelyon different dates. It was last heard on16.05.2008, when the Supreme Court, asregards the implementation of the variousdirections made earlier in its judgementdated 22.09.2006, directed to set up aCommittee under the Chairmanship ofJustice K.T. Thomas, former retired Judgeof the Supreme Court and two otherMembers. The Terms of Reference forthe Committee as directed by theSupreme Court were the following :-



(i) To examine the affidavits filed bythe different States and the UnionTerritories in compliance to theCourt’s directions with referenceto the ground realities.

(ii) Advise the Respondents whereverthe implementation is fallingshort of the Court’s orders, afterconsidering the Respondents’ stateddifficulties in implementation.

(iii) Bring to the notice of the Court anygenuine problems the Respondentsmay be having in view of thespecific conditions prevailing in aState or Union Territory.

(iv) Examine the new legislationsenacted by different Statesregarding the police to seewhether these are in compliancewith the letter and spirit ofCourt’s directions.

(v) Apprise the Court aboutunnecessary objections or delays onthe part of any Respondent so thatappropriate follow up action couldbe taken against that Respondent.

(vi) Submit a Status report oncompliance to this Court every sixmonths.

12.4.5 The Committee submitted itsreport to the Supreme Court and the saidreport has already been circulated toStates/Union Territories by the Registry

of Supreme Court on 04.10.2010. Thematter is now under consideration of theSupreme Court.

NATIONAL POLICE MISSION(NPM) – ESTABLISHMENT OFMICRO-MISSIONS UNDER ITSUMBRELLA

12.5.1 The Prime Minister, during hisaddress to the DGsP/IGsP Conference(06.10.2005), announced the intention of theGovernment to set up a Police Mission.The National Police Mission (NPM) willseek to transform the Police Forces in thecountry into effective instrument formaintenance of internal security and toface the challenges by equipping themwith the necessary material, intellectualand organizational resources.

12.5.2 A two tier system consisting ofan Empowered Steering Group (ESG)chaired by the Union Home Minister,and under this Group, an ExecutiveCommittee (EC) chaired by the HomeSecretary has been established.

12.5.3 In order to achieve the objectiveof the NPM, the following six MicroMissions (MMs) have been established:

(i) MM:01 Human Resource

Development

(Police Population Ratio - CareerProgression – Leadership



Accountability - PerformanceEvaluation - Training - AttitudinalChanges - Welfare of PolicePersonnel- Police University, etc.)

(ii) MM:02 Community Policing

(Involving Community in Policing- Police Interface with Media,Industry and other relevantsegments - Police Image, etc.)

(iii) MM:03 Communication and

Technology

(POLNET – CIPA - CyberTechniques - Forensic Science –DNA -Narco - analysis, etc.)

(iv) MM:04 Infrastructure

(Buildings - official and residential- Equipment and Weaponry, etc.)

(v) MM:05 New Processes (Process

Engineering)

(On-going Police Practices -Review and Impact analysis -Existing Best Practices -Innovations in India andelsewhere, and their adoptability-Procurement procedures -Delegation and Decentralization,etc.)

(vi) MM:06 Proactive Policing and

Visualizing future challenges

(Extremism and naxalism - MobViolence - Cyber crime - MoneyLaundering- Narco Terrorism -human trafficking, etc.)

12.5.4 The Micro Missions haverecommended 11 specific projects to beconsidered under the NPM. Thefollowing projects of Micro Missions havebeen approved for implementation:-

(i) Community Counselling Centres(CCCs).

The project is in Public PrivatePartnership (PPP) mode incollaboration with FICCI. Initially,it was proposed to set up fiveCCCs in Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu,Maharashtra, Haryana andOdisha. However, FICCI failedto find sponsors and has been ableto tie up for only three CCCs sofar. Memorandum of Under-standing (MoU) has been signedwith Maharashtra and TamilNadu and is under process withDelhi. Mumbai Police has declinedto set-up CCCs on the ground thatthey are already running CCCs.

(ii) Soft Skill Training Module forPolice Personnel

States of Punjab and Delhi havebeen identified for doing the pilotsin PPP Mode. A training needanalysis has been done by MDIGurgaon. FICCI has identified G4Sas the agency for providingtraining. Pilot training progra-mmes are being conducted inPunjab. 5 day Training of Trainers(TOTs) module for Sub-Inspectors



and above and 3 day Module forConstables/Head Constables andAssistant Sub-Inspectors havebeen envisaged. Two trainingprogrammes were conducted atPunjab Police Academy, Phillaurin December, 2010. So far 3 TOTsand 7 Regular Courses have beenconducted at Ludhiana and 250officers trained. The Soft SkillsProgramme for 37 Policepersonnel of Delhi Police (thesecond pilot) was held from26.07.2011 to 28.07.2011. It isproposed to conduct an impactstudy after 100 % coverage in fourPolice Stations of Ludhiana.

(iii) Transparent Recruitment Process(TRP)

The Union Home Minister haswritten to all Chief Ministers toimplement the TRP. Letters,including CD of the Project alsosent to DGPs of all States byBPR&D. A monitoring proformahas also been prepared to checkthe progress. A workshop todiscuss the progress ofimplementation was conducted inBPR&D on 13.04.2011, which wasattended by representatives ofBSF, ITBP, CRPF, CISF, SSB, IBand RPF. A meeting on TRP washeld in BPR&D on 02-03.08.2011to witness the presentations givenby 15 vendors dealing with theproducts, services and technical

instruments used during variousstages of recruitment. The list ofvendors was communicated toStates by the BPR&D. Anothermeeting with the representativesof the States of Manipur, Tripura,Meghalaya and UT of A&NIslands was held in BPR&D on30.09.2011.

(iv) Needs of Indian Police for EffectiveIncident Response Dial 100

The purpose is to initiate pro-activepolice response manage-ment byproviding modern Control Room,computerized dispatch, GPS fittedvehicles etc. Chennai, Hyderabad,Sringar and Guwahati wereshortlisted for the pilots. A USBased company OST has beenoffered to do a Draft Project Report(DPR) for Hyderabad. Therepresentatives of OST made apresentation before BPR&D on17.06.2011. A meeting of variousstake holders was held at PoliceHeadquarters, Hyderabad on02.09.2011 to see the presentationof OST on Integrated EmergencyComm-unication Systems (IECS)Conceptual Design Briefing.

INSTITUTES OFCORRECTIONALADMINISTRATION

12.6.1 To improve the quality of prisonadministration and also to provide



training to prison personnel, theGovernment of India established theInstitute of Correctional Administrationat Chandigarh in 1989 with full financialassistance from the Centre. The Instituteof Correctional Administration,Chandigarh impart training to prisonpersonnel from all over India, particularlyto prison personnel of neighboring statessuch as H.P., Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan,UT Chandigarh, etc. Besides, specifictraining courses are also undertaken forthe police personnel, doctors, etc.

12.6.2 In addition, a Regional Institutefor Correctional Administration, namelyAcademy of Prisons and CorrectionalAdministration (APCA) is alsofunctioning at Vellore, Tamil Nadu. Thesaid Academy is being funded jointly bythe State Governments of AndhraPradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and TamilNadu. The Ministry of Home Affairs hadprovided a one-time grant for setting upthe Academy. Recently, the StateGovernment of West Bengal has set up aRegional Institute of CorrectionalAdministration at Kolkata with theparticipation of North Eastern Statesfor which Government of India hasprovided one time grant to the tune ofR1.55 crore.

12.6.3 The Bureau of Police Research andDevelopment (BPR&D) also plays asignificant role through research work andtraining in the field of prisonadministration.

REPATRIATION OFPRISONERS ACT, 2003

12.7.1 The Repatriation of Prisoners Act,2003 enacted by the Government of Indiafor the repatriation of foreign nationalsimprisoned in Indian jails and vice-versato serve the remainder of their sentence intheir native countries. For implementationof the Act, a treaty/agreement is requiredto be signed with countries.

12.7.2 The Government of India has sofar signed agreements with theGovernments of United Kingdom (U.K.),Mauritius, Bulgaria, Combodia, Egypt,France, Bangladesh, Korea, Sri Lanka, Iran,United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.Negotiations have also been concludedwith the Governments of Canada, Israel,Brazil, Italy, Turkey and Bosnia &Herzegovina. India is also in the processof signing the Inter-American Conventionon Serving Criminal Sentences Abroadwhich already has number of countries.

CORRECTIONAL SERVICEMEDALS

12.8.1 The All India Committee on JailReforms (1980-83) recommended thatGovernment of India should institutemedals for rewarding prison personneland the State Governments/UTAdministrations should suitably recognizespecial services rendered by the prisonpersonnel. The aforesaid recommen-



dations were further supported by aGroup of Officers headed by Shri R.K.Kapoor (1986).

12.8.2 Based on these recommendations,the following medals have been institutedfor award to the prison personnel everyyear on the occasions of the Republic Dayand Independence Day:

Gallantry Medal

(a) President’s Correctional ServiceMedal for Gallantry (PCSMG)

(b) Correctional Service Medal forGallantry (CSMG)

Service Medal

(a) President’s Correctional ServiceMedal for Distinguished Service(PCSMDS)

(b) Correctional Service Medal forMeritorious Service (CSMMS)

12.8.3 The number of PCSMDS andCSMMS which can be awarded in a yearare 25 and 75 respectively. There is nolimit to the number of medals to beawarded for gallantry in a year.

12.8.4 The President’s Correctional ServiceMedal for Distinguished Service/gallantryand the Correctional Service Medal forMeritorious Service/gallantry are awarded:

(i) for a specially distinguishedrecord in correctional service.

(ii) for success in organizingcorrectional service or maintainingthe administration in special

difficulties like mass admission ofprisoners.

(iii) For outstanding ability in puttingout riots, preventing escape ofprisoners, rescuing the officials,sportsmanship, public work andexemplary service marked byefficiency, devotion to duty,integrity, loyalty, high sense ofdiscipline and spirit of sacrifice.

12.8.5 The President’s CorrectionalService Medal for Gallantry and theCorrectional Service Medal for Gallantryare awarded for conspicuous/exceptionalgallantry in apprehending a prisoner orin preventing his escape, the risk incurredbeing estimated with regard to theobligations and the duties of the officerconcerned and for the outstanding workdone in the preceding year.

12.8.6 On the occasion of IndependenceDay 2011, 16 numbers of Medals havebeen awarded in the category ofPresident’s Correctional Service Medal forDistinguished Service, CorrectionalService Medal for Meritorious Service,President’s Correctional Service Medal forGallantry [PCSMG] and CorrectionalService Medal for Gallantry [CSMG].

Advisories on Correctional Adminis-tration

12.8.7 The State Governments/UTAdministrations have been issued thefollowing advisories during the 2011 onprison administration



(i) Appointment of Non-OfficialVisitors in Prisons

(ii) Overcrowding in prisons

(iii) Advisory regarding guidelines foreducational programme for prisoninmates.

STATE LEGISLATIONS

12.9.1 The Ministry of Home Affairs isthe nodal Ministry for processing theproposals on legislation under theConcurrent List in the Seventh Scheduleof the Constitution from the StateGovernments received either for approvalof the Government or for obtaining theassent of the President. Bills under article201 of the Constitution, Bills for previoussanction under proviso to article 304(b)of the Constitution, Ordinances underproviso to Clause 1 of article 213 of the

Constitution, and Regulations forScheduled Areas (Fifth Schedule to theConstitution) fall in this category.

12.9.2 The proposals on legislation areexamined for expeditious approval, inconsultation with the concernedMinistries/Departments of theGovernment of India. The position isreviewed periodically through meetingswith the other Ministries/Departmentsand the concerned State Governments tofacilitate early approval/assent of the Billsthrough resolving issues across the table.

12.9.3 During the period from 01.04.2011to 31.12.2011, the Ministry of HomeAffairs received 36 proposals forapproval/assent of the Government ofIndia/President of India. The number ofproposals finalised during this period isgiven as under:

Sl. No. Particulars Number

I Bills for the consideration and assent of the Presidentunder article 201 of the Constitution:

(i) Bills assented to by the President 13(ii) Bills returned to the State Government with 01

Message from President(iii) Assent withheld by the President from the Bill 01

II Ordinances for Previous instructions of the Presidentunder article 213(1) of the Constitution:

(i) Ordinances closed 01(ii) Ordinances returned 08

III Bills for previous sanctions of the President under –article 304 (b) of the Constitution:

Total 24*

* This also includes Legislative proposals received before 01.04.2011.



12.9.4 The Ministry of Home Affairs isconcerned with the legislative aspects ofthe Indian Penal Code, 1860, the CriminalProcedure Code, 1973; petitions for mercy,remission and pardon made to thePresident of India under Article 72 of theConstitution of India; sanction forprosecution under section 188 of Cr.P.C.,1973 and withdrawal of cases undersection 321 of Cr.P.C., 1973.

PROCESSING OF THE REPORTOF THE COMMITTEE ONREFORMS OF CRIMINALJUSTICE SYSTEM

12.10.1 The Committee on Reforms ofCriminal Justice System set up under thechairmanship of Dr. (Justice) V.S. Malimath,former Chief Justice of Karnataka andKerala High Courts submitted its report tothe Government on 21.04.2003. TheCommittee made 158 recommendations torevamp the criminal justice system.

12.10.2 Advisories were issued to StateGovernments with regard to thoserecommendations, which were to beimplemented through administrativemeasures.

12.10.3 As regards those recommen-dations, which require amendment toIndian Penal Code, 1860 and the Code ofCriminal Procedure, 1973, views/comments of State Governments/UTAdministrations have been sought as the

Criminal Law and the Criminal Procedureare in the Concurrent List of the SeventhSchedule to the Constitution of India.Views from some the States/UTAdministrations have been received andthe other States are yet to send theircomments.

DRAFT NATIONAL POLICYON CRIMINAL JUSTICESYSTEM

12.11.1 The Committee constituted underthe chairmanship of Prof. N.R. MadhavaMenon to draft a ‘National Policy Paperon Criminal Justice System’ submitted itsreport to the Government on 01.08.2007.Since the ‘Criminal Justice System’ fallsin the Concurrent List of the SeventhSchedule to the Constitution of India, and,the recommendations could have wideranging implications, the Report was sentto all the State Governments/UTAdministrations as also to the variousMinistries/Organizations in the CentralGovernment for their comments andsuggestions. After receipt of theircomments, a final view will be taken.

12.11.2 ‘Department-related Parlia-mentary Standing Committee on HomeAffairs’ while examining the Code ofCriminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill,2010 has recommended in its 146th reportthat there should be comprehensivereview of the Criminal Justice System.The Committee also recommendedintroduction of a composite draft



legislation for revamping of the CriminalJustice System in the Country. In view ofthe recommendation of the StandingCommittee, the Ministry of Home Affairsrequested the Ministry of Law and Justiceto request the Law Commission toexamine and give a comprehensivereport, within a time frame of one year,covering all aspects of criminal law sothat comprehensive amendments can bemade in the various laws viz. IPC, Cr.P.C,Indian Evidence Act, etc. For this, theLaw Commission may also inter-alia take

into account the recommendations madeby the Malimath Committee, MadhavaMenon Committee and otherCommissions/Committees.

MERCY PETITION CASESUNDER ARTICLE 72 OF THECONSTITUTION

12.12 Six mercy petitions cases of 9 deathconvicts have been decided between18.02.2011 to 31.12.2011 as under:-

Sl. Name of the condemned State/UT DecisionNo. Prisoner(s)

1 Sunil Baban Pingale Maharashtra Approved by the President ofIndia on 16.03.2011. Decision tocommute the death sentenceinto life imprisonment communi-cated to the Government ofMaharashtra on 21.03.2011

2 Jaikumar Madhya Approved by the President ofPradesh India on 17.03.2011. Decision to

commute the death sentenceinto life imprisonment communi-cated to the Government ofMadhya Pradesh on 23.03.2011

3 Mahender Nath Das Assam Approved by the President ofIndia on 08.05.2011. Decisionfor rejection of mercy petitioncommunicated to the Governmentof Assam on 12.05.2011

4 Devender Pal Singh Delhi Approved by the President ofIndia on 25.05.2011. Decisionfor rejection of mercy petitioncommunicated to the Govt. ofNCT of Delhi on 30.05.2011

5 Sattan and Guddu Uttar Approved by the President ofPradesh India on 13.07.2011. Decision to



Sl. Name of the condemned State/UT DecisionNo. Prisoner(s)

commute the death sentenceinto life imprisonmentcommunicated to the Governmentof Uttar Pradesh on 26.07.2011

6 Murugan, Santhan and Tamil Approved by the President ofArivu Nadu India on 03.08.2011. Decision

for rejection of mercy petitioncommunicated to the Governmentof Tamil Nadu on 12.08.2011

LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALSPASSED/INTRODUCED BY/INTHE PARLIAMENT

12.13.1 The following legislativeproposals of the Ministry were passed inthe Parliament between 01.04.2011 to31.12.2011.

(i) The Constitution (One Hundredand Thirteenth Amendment) Bill,2011.

(ii) The Orissa (Alteration of Name)Bill, 2011.

(iii) The New Delhi Municipal Council(Amendment) Bill, 2011.

12.13.2 The following two legislativeproposals of the Ministry have beenintroduced and are under considerationin the Rajya Sabha:

(i) The Border Security Force(Amendment) Bill, 2011

(ii) The Citizenship (Amendment)Bill, 2011

12.13.3 The following four legislativeproposals of the Ministry have beenintroduced and are under considerationin the Lok Sabha:

(i) The North Eastern Areas(Reorganisation) Amendment Bill,2011.

(ii) The Unlawful Activities(Prevention) Amendment Bill,2011.

(iii) The Arms (Amendment) Bill,2011.

(iv) Enemy Property (Amendmentand Validation) Second Bill, 2010.

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FIGHTERS' PENSION ANDREHABILITATION

12.12% over the previous year. Themaximum number of foreigners whovisited India were from 10 countriesnamely USA (10,34,599) followed by UK(8,14,431), Bangladesh (4,10,586), Sri Lanka(3,13,983), Canada (2,62,382), Germany(2,60,355), France (2,43,854), Malaysia(2,24,286), Australia (1,91,591) and Japan(1,95,237), which accounted for 62.35% ofthe total arrival of foreigners in India.

13.4 5,286 foreigners were arrestedduring the calendar year 2010, for variousviolations of the Foreigners Act or forviolating provisions of other ImmigrationControl Rules and Regulations, while7,248 foreigners were deported during theyear.

Release of Pakistani Prisoners

13.5 During 2010, Government of Indiarepatriated 130 Pakistani civil prisonersand 163 Pakistani fishermen, who hadcompleted their sentences and whosetravel documents had been issued by thePakistan High Commission in Delhi.During the calendar year 2011, 97Pakistani prisoners and 121 Pakistani

FOREIGNERS ANDCITIZENSHIP

13.1 The Ministry of Home Affairs isresponsible for immigration, visa, foreigncontribution and citizenship relatedmatters. Entry, stay and exit of foreignersin India are regulated through the Bureauof Immigration (BOI) and the StateGovernments/Union Territory (UT)Administrations.

FOREIGNERS AND VISA

Entry and Movement of Foreigners

13.2 Entry, stay and exit of foreignersin India are governed by two Acts,namely, the Foreigners Act, 1946 and thePassport (Entry into India) Act, 1920.While Indian visa to foreigners is grantedby Indian Missions/Posts abroad, the stayof the foreigners in India and their exit isregulated by the Bureau of Immigrationand the State Governments/UTAdministrations.

13.3 64,76,111 foreigners visited Indiaduring 2011 registering a increase of


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fishermen have been repatriated toPakistan.

IMMIGRATION CONTROL

13.6 Immigration is an importantsovereign function of the Governmentexercised through the Immigration CheckPosts (ICPs). There are 77 ICPs in thecountry, out of which 16 are under thecontrol of Bureau of Immigration (BoI)and 61 ICPs are controlled by therespective State Governments/UTs.

13.7 The programme of modernization,computerization and networking ofImmigration function was initiated in2004-05, involving the upgradation ofComputer Systems, installation ofImmigration Control System (ICS)software and establishing networkingbetween Central Foreigners Bureau (CFB)and 77 ICPs and 7 Foreigners RegionalRegistration Offices (FRROs). All the 77ICPs have been computerized and ICSsoftware has been operationalized in allthese ICPs.

Mission Mode Project

13.8 Ministry of Home Affairs isimplementing the Mission Mode Projecttitled “Immigration, Visa and ForeignersRegistration & Tracking (IVFRT)” withthe core objective of developing andimplementing a secure and integrated

service delivery framework that facilitateslegitimate travelers and strengthensecurity. The approved outlay for thisPlan scheme is R1,011 crore. The schemehas global outreach since its scopeincludes 169 Missions, 77 ICPs, 7 FRROsand Foreigners Registration Offices inthe State/District Headquarters. Theimplementation of the project is beingdone in a planned and phased manner(in consonance with infrastructure/connectivity readiness of locations)supported by effective communication,training and capacity building.

13.9 Following steps have been takenfor implementation of the Project:

i. Visa application forms have beenstandardized. The integrated onlinevisa application system for visaapplicants is under implementationin 40 Indian Missions abroad.

ii. More secure visa stickers have beenintroduced in IVFRT compliantIndian Missions. The new visasticker has additional securityfeatures like Bar code at the timeof manufacture and Photo at thetime of personalization. Unlike theearlier visa sticker, it is verydifficult to be personalized byunauthorized printers.

iii. Visa Support Centre has beenestablished in New Delhi to assist



Missions in resolving day-to-dayoperational issues. This centre isoperational for 3 shifts per day. ASupport Centre has beenoperationalized in BOI w.e.f.22.03.2011 for providingoperational, managerial andtechnical (including softwarerelated matters) support to allICPs/FRROs/FROs.

iv. Visa Facilitation Centre at theMinistry of Home Affairs has beenmodernised. Foreigners staying inIndia and seeking extension orconversion of visa can scheduletheir appointments on line at theMinistry of Home Affairs web-siteviz. www.mha.nic.in.

v. Standard FRRO application formhas been finalized. Online FRROregistration Module has beenoperationalized in FRRO, Delhi,Bangalore, Mumbai, Kolkata andChennai.

vi. Installation of computer hardwareand ICS software has beencompleted in all the 77 ICPs.

vii. NIC has developed a module forCentralized Advance PassengerInformation System (APIS), underwhich the APIS data for 6 airportsis being received at ImmigrationPost at Indira Gandhi InternationalAirport, New Delhi for all flights.

Data pertaining to airport ICPsother than Delhi is being sent tothe respective airport from Delhi.The module is currently undertesting.

INDIAN CITIZENSHIP

13.10 A new service ‘On-line IndianCitizenship’ was introduced in the year2010 to enable persons to file applicationsonline for grant of Indian Citizenship. Thenew procedure for applying on line forIndian citizenship has already beencommunicated to all the StateGovernments/UTs. Several training cumorientation programmes were organizedfor training of the officers of States/UTsto familiarize them with the new system.It has now been decided to make theprocedure for filing of online applicationfor grant of Indian Citizenship mandatoryfrom 01.12.2011.

OVERSEAS CITIZENSHIP OFINDIA (OCI)

13.11 Government of India hadintroduced the Overseas Citizen of IndiaCard and the Person of Indian OriginCard to facilitate visa-free travel to Indiaas well as to provide the rights ofresidency and participation in businessand educational activities in India, forthe persons of Indian origin. The OCICard Scheme is operational from



02.12.2005. The application form,procedure brochure and FrequentlyAsked Questions (FAQs) have beenhosted on the Ministry’s website(http://mha.nic.in). The Scheme hasgenerated a very enthusiastic responsefrom the Indian Diaspora. 9,73,815persons have been granted OCIregistration as on 09.11.2011. 2,27,155OCI Cards have been issued during theperiod from 01.01.2011 to 09.11.2011. Thefunctioning of this scheme was recentlyreviewed and it has been decided tomerge the OCI and PIO Cards into asingle facility. For this purpose, theCitizenship Act, 1955 would beamended.

FOREIGN CONTRIBUTION

13.12 The Foreign Contribution(Regulation) Act, 2010 regulates thereceipt and utilisation of foreigncontribution by institutions, associationsand other voluntary organizations. Thepurpose of the Act is to ensure thatforeign contribution received by anyperson or organisation is not misused ordiverted for any activity detrimental tothe national interest. The Act alsoregulates the acceptance of foreignhospitality by certain persons working inimportant areas of national life in orderto ensure that they may function in amanner consistent with India’s values asa sovereign democratic republic.

13.13 The receipt/utilisation of foreigncontribution used to be regulated underthe provisions of the Foreign Contribution(Regulation) Act, 1976 till 30.04.2011.After passing of the Foreign Contribution(Regulation) Bill, 2006 in 2010, the ForeignContribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 wasnotified in the Gazette of India on27.09.2010. Consequently, the earlier Act,viz., the Foreign Contribution (Regulation)Act, 1976 was repealed. The new Actcame into force with effect from01.05.2011 with the issue of a GazetteNotification dated 29.04.2011. AnotherGazette Notification was also issued on29.04.2011 notifying the ForeignContribution (Regulation) Rules, 2011made under section 48 of the new Act.The Rules have also come into force witheffect from 01.05 2011. The new Act is animprovement over the repealed Act asmore stringent provisions have beenmade in order to prevent misutilisationof the foreign contribution received byany person.

13.14 During the calendar year 2011, 309associations were granted priorpermission and 1,504 associations wereregistered under the Foreign Contribution(Regulation) Act, 2010 to receive foreigncontribution. The total number ofassociations registered as on 31.12.2011 is43,033. The total receipt of foreigncontribution reported by 21,508associations during the year 2009-10 was



R10,337.59 crore. The total receipt of

foreign contribution during 2010-11, as

reported by 14,779 associations till

31.12.2011, is R7,810.84 crore.

FREEDOM FIGHTERS’PENSION

13.15 Indian freedom struggle is unique

in the history of mankind. Persons from

all walks of life, cutting across the barriers

of caste, creed or religion worked unitedly

for a common cause. It was the struggle

and sacrifice of several generations of

people, starting from 1857 and continuing

up to 1947, which brought freedom to

the country. Millions of people

participated in the freedom struggle.

13.16 In order to honour the freedom

fighters, the Government of India

introduced a scheme known as the ‘Ex-

Andaman Political Prisoners Pension

Scheme’ in 1969. In 1972, on the eve of

the 25th Anniversary of India’s

Independence, a scheme called the

“Freedom Fighters’ Pension Scheme” was

introduced for granting pension to the

freedom fighters. This Scheme was

liberalized and renamed as the

“Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension

Scheme” with effect from 01.08.1980. The

salient features of “Swatantrata Sainik

Samman Pension Scheme”, 1980 are given

below:

(i) Eligibility

The following categories of freedomfighters are eligible for the SammanPension :

(a) Eligible dependents of martyrs.

(b) A person who had sufferedminimum imprisonment of sixmonths on account ofparticipation in the freedomstruggle.

(c) A person who, on account ofhis participation in the freedomstruggle, remained under-ground for more than sixmonths.

(d) A person who, on account ofparticipation in the freedomstruggle, was interned in hishome or externed from hisdistrict for a minimum periodof six months.

(e) A person whose property wasconfiscated or attached andsold due to participation in thefreedom struggle.

(f) A person who, on account ofparticipation in the freedomstruggle, became permanentlyincapacitated during firing orlathi charge.



(g) A person who lost hisGovernment job forparticipation in the freedomstruggle.

(h) A person who was awardedthe punishment of 10 strokesor more strokes of caning/flogging/whipping due to hisparticipation in the freedomstruggle.

(ii) Dependents

Spouses (widows/widowers),unmarried and unemployeddaughters (up-to maximum three)and parents of deceased freedomfighters (as also of martyrs) areeligible for grant of dependentfamily pension under thescheme.

(iii) Special Dispensation for Women

And Weaker Sections of the

Society

The eligibility criteria for grant ofpension on grounds of jail sufferingspecifies a minimum period of sixmonths which the freedom fightersshould have undergone inconnection with the freedommovement. However, as a specialdispensation for women freedomfighters and for the freedomfighters belonging to Scheduled

Castes and Scheduled Tribes, theminimum period for them has beenkept at three months.

Other Facilities to Freedom Fighters

13.17 Apart from the Samman Pension,the freedom fighters are also providedthe following facilities by the Governmentof India:

(i) Free railway pass (II AC inRajdhani, Chair Car in Shatabdiand I Class/AC Sleeper in all othertrains) for freedom fighter or hiswidow, along with a companion,for life;

(ii) Free medical facilities in all CentralGovernment hospitals and hospitalsrun by PSUs under the control ofthe Bureau of Public Enterprises.

(iii) C.G.H.S. facilities to the freedomfighters and their dependents;

(iv) Telephone connection, subject tofeasibility, without installationcharges and on payment of onlyhalf the rental;

(v) General Pool residentialaccommodation (within the overall5% discretionary quota) in Delhi;

(vi) Accommodation in the FreedomFighters’ Home set up at New



Delhi for freedom fighters whohave no one to look after them;

(vii) Free air travel facility to ex-Andaman freedom fighters/theirwidows to visit Andaman andNicobar Islands, once a year, alongwith a companion; and

(viii) Provision of 2% reservation under“Freedom Fighter (FF)” Category inthe normal selection procedure byPublic Sector Oil MarketingCompanies for allotment of petrolpumps, gas agencies, etc.

(ix) All major facilities provided tofreedom fighters are also extendedto their widows.

Enhancement in pension

13.18 There has been a periodical reviewof the rate of freedom fighters’ pension.As against the initial amount of R200 permonth in the year 1972 the current rateof monthly pension and dearness reliefpayable to various categories of freedomfighters and their eligible dependents isgiven below:

Sl. Category of freedom fighters Basic Dearness Relief Total

No. Pension @ 143% w.e.f. amount of

(in R) 01.08.2011 (in R) pension (in R)

i. Ex-Andaman political prisoners 7330 10482 17812

ii. Freedom fighters who suffered 6830 9767 16597outside British India (otherthan INA)

iii. Other freedom fighters 6330 9052 15382(including INA)

iv. Widow/widower of above Entitlement is the same as of respectivecategories of freedom fighters deceased freedom fighters

v. Each unmarried and 1500 2145 3645unemployed daughter(upto three)

vi. Mother and father each 1000 1430 2430



Expenditure on welfare of the free-dom fighters

13.19 There is a provision of R717 crorein the budget grant of the Ministry ofHome Affairs for the year 2011-12 forpayment of pension and R35 crore for freeRailway passes to the freedom fighters.

13.20 Under the Scheme, 1,71,411freedom fighters and their eligibledependents have been sanctionedSamman Pension till December, 2011.State-wise break-up of freedom fighters/their dependents who have beensanctioned Samman pension is givenbelow:

Sl. No. Name of State/ Number of freedom fighters/their eligible

Union Territory dependents who have been sanctioned

pension (as on 31.12.2011)

1. Andhra Pradesh 15,205

2. Arunachal Pradesh 0

3. Assam 4,441

4. Bihar 24,880

5. Jharkhand

6. Goa 1,504

7. Gujarat 3,599

8. Haryana 1,688

9. Himachal Pradesh 626

10 Jammu & Kashmir 1,807

11. Karnataka 10,100

12. Kerala 3,373

13. Madhya Pradesh 3,479

14. Chhattisgarh

15. Maharashtra 17,958

16. Manipur 62

17. Meghalaya 86

18. Mizoram 04

19. Nagaland 03



Sl. No. Name of State/ Number of freedom fighters/their eligible

Union Territory dependents who have been sanctioned

pension (as on 31.12.2011)

20. Odisha 4,195

21. Punjab 7,026

22. Rajasthan 814

23. Sikkim 0

24. Tamil Nadu 4,119

25. Tripura 888

26. Uttar Pradesh 17,999

27. Uttarakhand

28. West Bengal 22,513

29. Andaman & Nicobar 03Islands

30. Chandigarh 91

31. Dadra & Nagar Haveli 83

32. Daman & Diu 33

33. Lakshadweep 0

34. NCT of Delhi 2,046

35. Puducherry 318

36. Indian National Army 22,468(INA)

Total 1,71,411

Honouring Freedom Fighters

13.21 On the Anniversary of the QuitIndia Movement, the President ofIndia honoured some of the freedomfighters from various States/Union

Territories at the ‘AT HOME’ functionheld at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on09.08.2011. 126 freedom fighters fromvarious parts of the country attendedthis function and interacted with thePresident.



President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, deliberating with theFreedom Fighters at ‘At Home’ function held on 09.08.2011 at Rashtrapati Bhawan

Hyderabad Liberation Movement

13.22 In 1985, sufferers of border camps,who participated in the HyderabadLiberation Movement for the merger ofthe erstwhile State of Hyderabad with theUnion of India during 1947-48, weremade eligible for grant of pension underthe Swatantrata Sainik Samman PensionScheme, 1980 by relaxing the eligibilityconditions of the Scheme. The ShroffCommittee (from 1985 to 1996) listed 98border camps and recommended about7,000 cases. Pension was sanctioned inall the cases recommended by the ShroffCommittee.

13.23 The C.H. Rajeswara Rao Committee(from 1997 to 1998) recommended about13,500 cases. In July, 2004, the Ministryof Home Affairs recognized 18 additionalborder camps. In January, 2005, theGovernment approved an enhancementin the estimated number of beneficiariesfrom about 11,000 (estimated in 1985) toabout 15,000, with the stipulation thatonly those applicants who participated inthe Hyderabad Liberation Movement upto 15.09.1948, i.e. before the police actionin Hyderabad, would be eligible for thegrant of pension. This stipulation hasbeen adopted prospectively for the grantof pension in all pending cases ofHyderabad Liberation Movement.



13.24 Many complaints were, however,received that the Committee hadrecommended bogus claimants, includingpersons who were not even born or whowere toddlers at the time of theHyderabad Liberation Movement. On anenquiry conducted by the Director General(Vigilance and Enforcement) it was foundthat a large number of bogus claimantshad managed to get pension based on falseinformation and documents. It was,therefore, decided that all the casesrecommended by the C.H. Rajeswara RaoCommittee would be referred to the StateGovernments for re-verification. It was laiddown that each case, including thosealready sanctioned, will be thoroughly re-verified and, thereafter, a committee ofeminent freedom fighters would scrutinizethe results of the re-verification andfinalize its recommendations, ensuring thatno fake claimant gets pension and nogenuine freedom fighter is left out. TheState Governments were also requested togive specific recommendations in eachcase. The State Governments were furtherrequested that the following factors shouldbe kept in view while verifying the claims:

a) The age of the applicant should bemore than 15 years in March, 1947(i.e., the time of commencement ofthe Hyderabad Liberation Move-ment);

b) Proof of age should be based onofficial records such as BirthRegistration Certificate or School

Certificate or Voter Identity Card,Voter List of 1995 or earlier, etc; and

c) Claims may be got re-verified/confirmed from the camp In-chargeof the Border Camp who hadissued the certificate in favour ofthe applicant, or from two centralfreedom fighters of the District ofthe applicant if the In-charge of theBorder Camp was no longer alive.

13.25 A Screening Committee of EminentFreedom Fighters (SCEFF), constituted inMay, 2009 under the chairmanship of ShriBoinapally Venkat Rama Rao to scrutinizethe re-verified cases relating to BorderCamp sufferers during the HyderabadLiberation Movement, has startedscrutinizing the re-verification reportsfrom the State Governments. As on31.10.2011, a total of 3,028 re-verificationreports, including non-Committee caseshave been received. Out of them, 1,477Committee cases have been consideredby the Hyderabad Screening Committeeof Eminent Freedom Fighters.

Goa Liberation Movement

13.26 The movement for liberation ofGoa, in which freedom fighters hadundergone severe sufferings at the handsof the Portuguese authorities, was spreadover three phases:

Phase-I 1946 to 1953Phase-II 1954 to 1955Phase-III 1956 to 1961



13.27 Freedom fighters of the movementduring its various phases, who fulfilledthe prescribed eligibility conditions andin whose cases the records of sufferingswere available, were granted pension. InFebruary 2003, the Government of Indiarelaxed the eligibility criteria under theSwatantrata Sainik Samman PensionScheme, 1980 to grant pension to thosefreedom fighters of Phase-II of the GoaLiberation Movement who had beensanctioned State freedom fighters’ pensionby the State Governments of Maharashtra,Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Haryana, Rajasthanand Uttar Pradesh by 01.08.2002.

13.28 2,164 freedom fighters who hadparticipated in the Goa LiberationMovement, Phase-II have been grantedSamman Pension till October, 2011.

Policy Initiatives

13.29 The following initiatives have beentaken by the Ministry of Home Affairsto streamline the Samman PensionScheme:-

(i) After careful examination, theminimum age limit forconsideration of claims from thefreedom fighters for SammanPension has been fixed at 15 yearsand above at the time of theirparticipation in the freedommovement.

(ii) Database of the freedom fighters/eligible dependents drawingpension from public sector banksand treasuries has been compiledand uploaded on the Ministry’sWebsite (http://mha.gov.in). Someof the data regarding disbursal ofpension to the freedom fighters/dependents received from thebanks were analysed. Pursuant tosuch analysis, the concerned bankswere advised to thoroughly analysethe data provided by them andtake remedial measures forrectification of deficiencies observedby them in disbursal of pension tothe freedom fighters/ dependentsand to send re-verified data of thefreedom fighters/dependentsdrawing pension from the banks.The concerned banks have sincetaken appropriate measures forremoval of deficiencies in disbursalof pension to the freedom fighters/dependents. The re-verified data ofthe freedom fighters/dependentsdrawing pension from public sectorbanks has been compiled. Similarly,compilation of re-verified data ofthe freedom fighters/dependentsdrawing pension from Statetreasuries is in progress.

(iii) As the computerization anddigitization of records of pensionfiles have been completed, the



eligible records of pension files arebeing transferred to NationalArchives of India for retention.

REHABILITATION OFDISPLACED PERSONS

Sri Lankan Refugees

13.30 Due to ethnic violence anddisturbed conditions in Sri Lanka, a largenumber of Sri Lankan refugees haveentered India since July 1983. The positionof influx of refugees in phases is indicatedbelow:

these categories do come, they aregranted relief on humanitarian grounds.The ultimate objective is that they shouldbe repatriated back to Sri Lanka. Relief isgiven pending such repatriation.

13.33 While 99,469 refugees have beenrepatriated to Sri Lanka upto March, 1995,there has been no organized repatriationafter March 1995. However, some refugeeshave gone back to Sri Lanka or left forother countries on their own. As on30.08.2011, about 68,634 Sri Lankanrefugees are staying in 114 refugees’ campsin Tamil Nadu and one camp in Orissa.

13.31 Refugees are of the following twocategories:

(i) Stateless persons who had notapplied for Indian citizenship orthose not yet conferred Sri Lankancitizenship; and

(ii) Sri Lankan citizens.

13.32 Government of India’s approach isto discourage the movement of people asrefugees but if any refugees belonging to

Phase Period No. of Refugees

Phase-I 24.07.1983 to 31.12.1987 1,34,053

Phase-II 25.08.1989 to 30.04.1991 1,22,078

Phase-III 31.07.1996 to 30.04.2003 22,418

Phase-IV 12.01.2006 to 30.11.2011 25,711

Total 3,04,260

Besides, about 34,108 refugees are stayingoutside the camps, after getting themselvesregistered at the nearest Police Station.

13.34 Upon arrival, refugees arequarantined and after complete verificationof their antecedents, they are shifted torefugee camps. Pending repatriation, certainessential relief facilities are provided tothem on humanitarian grounds. Thesefacilities include shelter in camps, cashdoles, subsidized ration, clothing, utensils,



medical care and educational assistance. Theentire expenditure on relief to Sri Lankanrefugees is incurred by the StateGovernment which is subsequentlyreimbursed by the Government ofIndia. An amount of R554.33 crore(approximately) has been spent by theGovernment of India for providing reliefand accommodation to these refugeesduring the period from July, 1983 toDecember, 2011.

Repatriates from Sri Lanka

13.35 The Government of India agreedto grant Indian Citizenship to, and toaccept repatriation of, 5.06 lakh personsof Indian origin, together with theirnatural increase, under the Indo-Sri LankaAgreements of the years 1964, 1974 and1986. Out of these 5.06 lakh persons, 3.35lakh persons along with their naturalincrease of 1.26 lakh, comprising 1,16,152families, were repatriated upto December2006. The repatriate families have beenprovided with the resettlement assistance.No organized repatriation has taken placefrom Sri Lanka after 1984 due todisturbed conditions there. However,some repatriates arriving in India on theirown are being rehabilitated under variousschemes in Tamil Nadu.

Repatriates Cooperative Finance andDevelopment Bank Ltd. (REPCO),Chennai

13.36 REPCO Bank was set up in the year

1969 as a Society under the MadrasCooperative Societies Act, 1961 (No. 53 of1961) [now the Multi-State CooperativeSocieties Act, 2002 (No.39 of 2002)] to helpand promote the rehabilitation ofrepatriates from Sri Lanka, Myanmar,Vietnam and other countries. Themanagement of the Bank vests in a Boardof Directors. Two of the Directorsrepresent the Government of India. Thetotal authorized capital of the Bank stoodat R500 crore against which the amountof subscribed capital is R95.39 crore. TheGovernment of India has contributedR 76.32 crore, towards the paid-up capital.Four Southern States viz. Tamil Nadu(with R3.03 crore), Andhra Pradesh (R1.79crore), Karnataka (R17.47Lakh) and Kerala(R61.16 Lakh) have also contributed to theshare capital. Besides, other share holdershave contributed R13.46 crore.

13.37 In 2009 the Government hadapproved a provision of additional sharecapital to Repatriates Cooperative Financeand Development Bank Ltd. (Repco),Chennai to the tune of R74.36 crore overa period of three years starting from 2009-10. R48 crore was released in the financialyear 2009-10, R13.18 crore was released inthe financial year 2010-11 and R13.18 crorewas released in the financial year 2011-12.

13.38 As per its bye-laws, theadministrative control over Repco is, atpresent, with the Government of India.The Bank has paid an amount of R11.42crore as dividend @ 20% for the year



2010-11 to the Government of India.Audit of the Bank is up-to-date. TheAnnual Accounts and the Annual Reportof Repco Bank for the year 2010-11 havebeen laid on the tables of Lok Sabha andRajya Sabha on 20.12.2011 and 21.12.2011respectively.

Rehabilitation Plantations Limited(RPL), Punalur, Kerala

13.39 Rehabilitation Plantations Limited(RPL), an undertaking jointly owned bythe Government of India and Govern-ment of Kerala, was incorporated in theyear 1976 under the Companies Act,1956, for raising rubber plantations inKerala to resettle repatriates, as workersand employees. The management of theCompany vests in a Board of Directors,on which two Directors represent theGovernment of India. The paid-up sharecapital of the Company (as on 31.3.2011)was R339.27 lakh of which theGovernment of Kerala holds R205.85lakh and the Government of IndiaR133.42 lakh. Since the State Governmentis the major shareholder, theadministrative control over RPL is withthe State Government. During thefinancial year 2010-11, the Companymade a profit after tax of an amount ofR1,808.98 lakh and paid a dividend ofR26.68 lakh to Government of India @20 per cent of the paid-up share capital.An interim dividend of R13.57 lakh for

the year 2011-12 has also been paid bythe company to the Government of India.The Annual Accounts and AnnualReport of RPL for the year 2010-11 hasbeen laid on the tables of the Lok Sabhaand Rajya Sabha on 20.12.2011 and21.12.2011 respectively.

Tibetan Refugees

13.40 Tibetan refugees began pouringinto India in the wake of the flight ofHis Holiness, the Dalai Lama in the year1959 from Tibet. The Government of Indiadecided to give them asylum as well asassistance towards temporary settlement.Care has been taken to retain theirseparate ethnic and cultural identity.

13.41 As per information provided by theBureau of His Holiness, the Dalai Lama,the population of Tibetan refugees in Indiain 2009 was 1,09,015. Majority of theserefugees have settled themselves, eitherthrough self-employment or withGovernment’s assistance under agriculturaland handicrafts’ schemes in different Statesin the country. Major concentration of theTibetan refugees is in Karnataka (44,468),Himachal Pradesh (21,980), ArunachalPradesh (7,530), Uttarakhand (8,545), WestBengal (5,785) and Jammu & Kashmir(6,920). The Ministry of Home Affairs havespent an amount of R18.72 crore uptoMarch 2011 on resettlement of Tibetanrefugees. The Rehabilitation of Tibetan



Refugees is almost complete and only oneresiduary housing scheme is at variousstages of implementation in the State ofUttarakhand.

EX-GRATIA PAYMENT ETC.TO DISPLACED PERSONSFROM PAK OCCUPIEDKASHMIR, 1947 AND NON-CAMP DISPLACED PERSONSFROM CHHAMB-NIABATAREA, 1971

13.42 Government of India announcedrelief packages in April and August, 2000respectively for the non-camp displacedpersons from Chhamb-Niabat Area anddisplaced persons from Pak occupiedKashmir (PoK). The following benefitshave been provided: -

(i) Payment of ex-gratia @ of R25,000per family to non-camp displacedpersons from Chhamb-Niabat Area(1971);

(ii) Payment of ex-gratia @ of R25,000per family to displaced personsfrom PoK (1947);

(iii) Payment of cash compensation inlieu of land deficiency @ R25,000per kanal subject to a maximum ofR1.5 lakh per family of thedisplaced persons from PoK (1947);

(iv) Payment of R2 crore to be providedfor the allotment of plots to those

displaced persons who havealready been settled in the State ofJ&K and who have not beenallotted plots in the past;

(v) Payment of R25 lakh to the StateGovernment for improvement ofcivic amenities in 46 regularizedcolonies of displaced persons;

13.43 A Committee headed by theDivisional Commissioner, Jammu hasbeen constituted for verification of thegenuine claimants for payment of ex-gratia/rehabilitation assistance. TheCommittee has started the identificationof eligible beneficiaries of PoK (1947). Atotal amount of R6.17 crore has beenreleased to J&K for disbursement toverified and eligible families. TheGovernment of India has released afurther amount of R49 crore to the Stateon 24.12.2008 on account of payment ofex-gratia for land deficiency to displacedpersons from PoK (1947), as per thepackage announced by the Prime Ministerin April, 2008. It has been intimated bythe State Government that out of R49crore, an amount of R23.28 crore has beendisbursed to 2,262 eligible families/beneficiaries.

13.44 As regards the non-camp displacedpersons from Chhamb-Niabat Area (1971),the Committee has verified 1,502 cases outof a total of 1,965 cases for payment of



ex-gratia @ R25,000 per eligible family. TheGovernment of India released R83 lakh toJ&K in March, 2004 for disbursement tothe eligible beneficiaries. The StateGovernment has disbursed the amount to1,198 eligible beneficiaries so far.

REHABILITATION OFDISPLACED PERSONS (DPs)FROM ERSTWHILE EASTPAKISTAN (NOWBANGLADESH)

13.45 About 52.31 lakh DPs from formerEast Pakistan had migrated to Indiabetween 1946 and 1971. Out of them, theDPs numbering about 41.17 lakh whoarrived up to 31.03.1958 were called ‘OldMigrants’ and those who arrived betweenJanuary 01.01.1964 and 25.03.1971numbering about 11.14 lakh were called‘New Migrants’. Out of the 41.17 lakh‘Old Migrants’, about 31.32 lakh weresettled in West Bengal. The remaining Oldand New Migrants have beenrehabilitated in different States of thecountry under various schemes of theGovernment of India.

13.46 A wide range of relief andrehabilitation measures were undertakenby the Government of India forrehabilitation of the Old and NewMigrants. The rehabilitation of OldMigrants was by and large completed by

the end of 1960s and that of the newmigrants in 1980s. However, a fewresiduary schemes pertaining to therehabilitation of these DPs have beenunder implementation. These residuaryschemes include regularization ofsquatters’ colonies, provision ofinfrastructural facilities in rural DPcolonies in West Bengal andreimbursement of old arrears claims ofthe State Government of MadhyaPradesh. The scheme for development ofinfrastructural facilities for DPs in WestBengal for an amount of R79.10 crore hasbeen approved by the Government. Anamount of R5.02 crore has been releasedto the Government of West Bengal.

ENEMY PROPERTY

13.47 The work relating to theadministration of Enemy Property, whichwas earlier under the Ministry ofCommerce was transferred to the Ministryof Home Affairs vide Notification No. 1/22/4/2007-Cab, dated 28.06.2007, issued bythe Cabinet Secretariat in exercise ofpowers conferred under clause (3) of theArticle 77 of the Constitution regardingamendment to the Government of India(Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961.

13.48 Office of the Custodian of EnemyProperty (CEP) for India is presentlyfunctioning under the provisions



contained in the Enemy Property Act,1968 which was enacted for continuedvesting to preserve and manage theEnemy Property vested in the CEP forIndia. Under the Act, all immovable andmovable properties all over Indiabelonging to or held or managed onbehalf of Pakistan nationals between theperiod from 10.09.1965 to 26.09.1977, arevested in CEP for India.

13.49 The office of the CEP for India islocated in Mumbai with a branch officeat Kolkata. Presently, the CEP ismanaging 3,341 immovable properties likelands, buildings, etc. and movableproperty like securities, shares,debentures, bank balances, fixed depositsand other amounts lying in the enemynationals bank accounts, provident fundbalances, etc.

13.50 After the Indo-Pak war of 1965 and1971, the Government of India passed aresolution No. 12/1/1971/EI&EP dated15.03.1971 to sanction ex-gratia paymentto the extent of 25% of the lost propertiesto the Indian nationals and companieswho were in West Pakistan and EastPakistan during the said ex-gratiapayment to the claimants. A sum ofR71.04 crore has so far been paid by wayof ex-gratia payment to the claimants.

13.51 In terms of the provisions of theEnemy Property Act, 1968 fees equal to

2% of the income derived from theproperties vested in the Custodian arelevied and the same is credited to theCentral Government. Accordingly, a sumof R5.90 crore, being 2% levy, has beencredited to the Consolidated Fund ofIndia till 31.12.2011 since 1965.

13.52 In September, 2009 a contract wasgiven to the National Institute of FinancialManagement (NIFM), Faridabad forpreparation of an inventory of allimmovable/movable enemy properties inIndia. The value of the movable assetshas been estimated by NIFM at aboutR1,491 crore.

13.53 The Enemy Property (Amendmentand Validation) Second Bill, 2010 wasintroduced in the Lok Sabha on15.11.2010. In pursuance of the rulesrelating to the Department RelatedParliamentary Standing Committee, theChairman, Rajya Sabha referred theEnemy Property (Amendment andValidation) Second Bill, 2010 to theCommittee on 30.12.2010 for examinationand report. The Committee has submittedits report on 03.11.2011. The Committeehas recommended that the Governmentmay withdraw the present Bill and bringforward a fresh Bill before the Parliamentincorporating the views and observationsof the Committee. The Government isexamining the report of the Committeefor further action.

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(iv) National Population Register

(NPR): The RG & CCI functions asNational Registration Authorityand Registrar General of CitizenRegistration under the Citizenship(Amendment) Act, 2003. Thisoffice is responsible for theimplementation of the NPRproject.

(v) Annual Health Survey (AHS): Thisscheme has been conceived at thebehest of the National Commissionon Population, Ministry of Healthand Family Welfare, PrimeMinister’s Office and the PlanningCommission. It is designed to yieldbenchmarks of core vital and healthindicators at the district level.

(vi) Socio-Economic and Caste

Census: The Government of Indiais conducting the Socio Economicand Caste Census all over thecountry. While the Ministry ofRural Development and theMinistry of Housing Urban andPoverty Alleviation are the nodalMinistries in the Government of

14.1 The Office of Registrar General &Census Commissioner, India (ORG&CCI)is an attached office of the Ministry ofHome Affairs. It is responsible for thefollowing:

(i) Housing and Population Census:

Planning, coordination andsupervision of the decennialHouselisting and Housing Censusand the Population Enumeration.Tabulation/compilation and dis-semination of Census results underthe provisions of the Census Act,1948 and the Census (Amendment)Act, 1993 is also the responsibilityof this office.

(ii) Civil Registration System (CRS):

Overall implementation of theRegistration of Births and DeathsAct, 1969 in the country.Compilation of data of vitalstatistics on births and deaths.

(iii) Sample Registration System (SRS):Bringing out estimates of fertilityand mortality at the National andState levels through a wellrepresented sample survey.


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India in rural and urban areasrespectively, the ORG&CCI isrendering complete logistic andtechnical support.

(vii) Mother Tongue Survey: A surveyof the unclassified mother tonguesreturned in Census 2001 is underimplementation.

(viii) Linguistic Survey: The LinguisticSurvey of India is an ongoingresearch project being implementedin ORG&CCI.

Population Census 2011

14.2 India has a long tradition of havingregular decennial Population Censusessince 1872. Population Census 2011 is the15th Census in the country and the 7th

since Independence.

14.3 Population Census is the largestadministrative exercise in the countryproviding vital data on different socio-economic parameters of population. TheCensus operations are conducted in twophases, viz., Houselisting & HousingCensus and Population Enumeration.The first phase of Population Census2011 - Houselisting & Housing Censuswas conducted in April-September, 2010and the second phase - PopulationEnumeration in February-March, 2011.Data on various socio-economic anddemographic parameters like quantity

and quality of housing, amenitiesavailable, assets owned, age, sex,literacy, religion, disability, ScheduledCastes/Scheduled Tribes, languages/mother tongues, status of economicactivity and migration etc. in respect ofhouseholds and individuals have beencollected during the two phases ofCensus 2011.

14.4 The data of the Houselisting andHousing Census has been released. Asfar as the Population Enumeration isconcerned, the Provisional PopulationTotals, giving details on size, growth anddistribution of population, gendercomposition and state of literacy wasreleased for India and States/UTs on31.03.2011, within three week of thecompletion of Census. The ProvisionalPopulation Totals (PPT-2, Volume 1)giving rural-urban distribution andpopulation figures of Cities/UrbanAgglomerations with one lakh and abovepopulation have also been released. Thefinal data sets of Population Enumerationare being processed and the Tabulationsare expected to be released by March2013.

14.5 As per the provisional results ofPopulation Census 2011, the totalpopulation of India stands at 1,210.2million, of which 833.1 million constitutesthe rural population while 377.1 millionthe urban population. In absolute number,



the rural population has increased by90.47 million and the urban populationby 91.00 million over the last decade.Uttar Pradesh has the largest ruralpopulation (155.11 million i.e. 18.62% ofthe country’s rural population) whereasMaharashtra has the highest urbanpopulation (50.83 million i.e. 13.48% ofcountry’s urban population) in thecountry. The growth rate of thepopulation at India level during 2001-2011is 17.64%. This is 12.18% and 31.80% inrural and urban areas respectively.

14.6 The sex ratio in the country hasrisen by 7 points, from 933 in 2001 to 940

in 2011. In rural areas, the sex ratio hasgone up from 946 to 947 during the lastdecade while in urban areas it has seenan increase of 26 points, from 900 in 2001to 926 in 2011. Kerala has the highest sexratio in total (1,084), rural (1,077) andurban (1,091) areas. Out of a childpopulation of 158.8 million in the agegroup of 0-6 in the country at the time ofCensus 2011, the rural child populationstands at 117.6 million and urban at 41.2million. The Census 2011 results indicatea decline of 8.9 million in the childpopulation in rural areas and an increaseof 3.9 million in urban areas, resultinginto a net decline of 5.0 million in the

Union Home Secretary, Shri R. K. Singh, with Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India,Dr. C. Chandramouli on the occasion of release of Provisional Population Totals (PPT-2, Volume-1)

at Press Information Bureau, Shastri Bhawan



overall child population of the countryover the decade. The growth rate ofchild population over the decade is (-)3.08% [ Rural: (-) 7.04%; Urban: (+)10.32%]. The country has observed adecline in the share of child populationover the decade 2001-11 by about 3%,with rural areas showing a decline ofabout 3% and urban areas a decline ofabout 2%. Census 2011 marks aconsiderable fall in child sex ratio in theage group of 0-6 years, which has reachedan all time low of 914 since 1961. Thefall has been of 13 points (927 to 914) forthe country during 2001-2011. In ruralareas, the fall is as high as 15 points (934to 919) and in urban areas it has been 4points (906 to 902) over the decade. Delhi(809) has recorded the lowest andAndaman & Nicobar Islands (975) the

highest child sex ratio in rural areas.Haryana (829) has recorded the lowestand Nagaland (979) the highest child sexratio in urban areas.

14.7 As per the Provisional PopulationTotals of Census 2011, the number ofliterates in India is 778.4 million, out ofwhich 493.0 million literates live in ruralareas and 285.4 million literates in urbanareas. The highest number of ruralliterates has been recorded in UttarPradesh (88.4 million) and that of urbanliterates in Maharashtra (40.8 million). Theliteracy rate of India as per theProvisional Population totals of Census2011 is 74.04%. In rural areas the literacyrate is 68.91% and in urban areas it is84.98%. The decadal increase among theliterates for the country works out to be

Child sex ratio by residence at India level from 1961 to 2011



217.7 million of which rural areas accountfor 131.1 million and urban areas 86.6million. This gives rise to an increase inliteracy rate in the country over thedecade by 9.21 points, with 10.17 pointsin rural areas and 5.06 points in urbanareas. The male literacy rate at Census2011 is 82.14% (Rural-78.57%; Urban-89.67%) while female literacy rate is65.46% (Rural-58.75%; Urban-79.92%). Theincrease in female literacy rate over thedecade has been significantly higher ascompared to corresponding male literacyrate. The gender gap in literacy rateamong males and females in the country,which was 21.59 percentage points at 2001Census, has reduced to 16.68 percentagepoints at Census 2011. This gap is 19.82points in rural areas and 9.75 points inurban areas. Kerala (92.92%) ranks firstin terms of literacy rate in rural areas

whereas Mizoram (98.1%) ranks first inurban areas. As far as male literacy rateis concerned, Kerala (95.29%) ranks firstin rural areas whereas Mizoram (98.67%)ranks first in urban areas. ArunachalPradesh (68.79%) shows the lowest maleliteracy rate in rural areas while in urbanareas it is Uttar Pradesh (81.75%). Asregards female literacy rate, Kerala ranksfirst both in rural areas (90.74%) and inurban areas (93.33%). Rajasthan (46.25%)has recorded the lowest female literacyrate in rural areas, whereas it is Jammu& Kashmir (70.19%) in urban areas.

14.8 The total urban population in thecountry as per provisional results ofPopulation Census 2011 is 377.1 millionconstituting 31.16% of the totalpopulation. Among the million plusCities/Urban Agglomerations (UAs),

Literacy rate by residence at India level from 1961 to 2011



there are three Mega Cities/UAs with apopulation of more than 10 millionpersons each. These are Greater MumbaiUA (18.4 million), Delhi UA (16.3 million)and Kolkata UA (14.1 million). Thegrowth in population in the Mega Citieshas slowed down considerably during thelast decade. Greater Mumbai UA, whichhad witnessed 30.47% growth inpopulation during 1991-2001, hasrecorded only 12.05% during 2001-2011.Similarly Delhi UA (from 52.24% to26.69% in 2001-2011) and Kolkata UA(from 19.60% to 6.87% in 2001-2011) havealso shown considerably low growth rateover the decade.

14.9 Among the million plus Cities/UAs, the sex ratio stands at 912. KannurUA (Kerala) is at the top of the list withsex ratio at 1168 where the totalpopulation of females exceeds the totalmale population. Surat UA (Gujarat) is atthe bottom of the list with sex ratio at754. In the two of the three mega citiesthere is a predominance of malepopulation with Greater Mumbai UAreturning sex ratio of 861 and Delhi UA867. Kolkata UA has returned a bettersex ratio at 928. Thiruananthapuram UA(Kerala) has returned the highest childsex ratio (971) in UAs/Cities withpopulation 1 lakh and above. The lowestposition is occupied by Agra UA (780).Child sex ratio in the three Mega Citiesstands at 946 (Kolkata UA), 900 (GreaterMumbai UA) and 868 (Delhi UA).

14.10 The data processing for the firstphase of Census, viz, Houselisting andHousing Census has been completed andthe final results released. The highlightsof the data are as follows:-

(i) There has been an increase of 8crore Census houses, from 25 crorein 2001 to 33 crore in 2011,registering a growth of 33%. Thereis an improvement in constructionmaterial used for roofs, walls andfloors in houses.

(ii) As regards the Amenities, 87% ofhouseholds use Tap, Tube well,Hand pump and Covered well asthe main source of drinking waterwith 44% using Tap. 47% ofhouseholds have source of waterwithin their premises and 18%fetch drinking water from a sourcelocated more than 500 meters awayin rural areas and 100 meters inurban areas.

(iii) In 67% of the households, Electricityis the main source of Lightingfollowed by Kerosene being used by31% of the households.

(iv) The Drainage connectivity hasimproved by 5 percentage points,from 46% in 2001 to 51% in 2011,with 18% having closed drainageand remaining 33% having opendrainage.



(v) Latrine facility is available within thepremises in 47% of the households,showing an increase of 11percentage points over the decadewith 36% having water closet. Therehas been 11 points decline inhouseholds having no latrine.

(vi) Separate Kitchen is available in61% of the households; 56% ofhouseholds have kitchen withintheir premises and 5% outside thepremises.

(vii) LPG/PNG/Electricity/Biogas isused as fuel for cooking by 29%of the households and kerosene by3% of the households; rest of thehouseholds use firewood/ cropresidue/cow dung cake/coal etc.

(viii) There is an increase of 16% in useof Television from 31% in 2001to 47% in 2011. There is acorresponding decline of 15% inuse of Radio and Transistor.

(ix) Computer/Laptop is possessed by9% of the households (19% inurban and 5% in rural areas).Internet facility is available in 3%of the households with 8% inurban areas and 1% in rural areas.

x) Mobile phone is available in 59%of the households and Landlineconnection is available in 10% ofthe households, 6% of thehouseholds possess both.

(xi) As regards the mode of Transport,45% of households have Bicycle,21% Two- wheelers and 5% havingFour-wheelers.

(xii) 59% of the households avail bankingfacility as against 36% in 2001.

14.11 The Post-enumeration Survey (PES)to measure the coverage and contenterrors has been completed for both thephases of Population Census 2011.Tabulation and analysis of PES datapertaining to Houselisting and HousingCensus is in progress.

Training

14.12 During the Census, the massiveexercise of training 2.7 million persons atthe National level was taken up andcompleted successfully. This includedtrainings at the National, State, Districtand local levels. Specialised in-housetraining programmes have also beenorganized in ORG&CCI wherein 205officials have been trained on thefollowing:

a) Orientation Course on RecordManagement

b) Workshop on finalization ofhousing data

c) Group – D staff training as perthe recommendation of 6th CentralPay Commission



GIS Based Town Mapping

14.13 As a pre-requisite for Censustaking, a large variety of maps areprepared by the Organization. There aremapping activities, both before and afterCensus taking. The mapping activitiestaken up prior to Census include thepreparation and updating of mapsshowing administrative units of the States,Districts, Sub-Districts, Villages, Towns andWards in Towns for proper coverage ofthe entire geographical area of the country.The post-Census mapping activitiesinclude the preparation of thematic mapson Census data for various publicationsi.e. Census Atlases, other publications andDistrict Census Handbooks (DCHBs).During each Census, the organizationproduces more than ten thousandadministrative and thematic maps whichare made available to the user agencies,departments, academicians, planners,researchers, students and policy makers.“Administrative Atlas of India - 2011”showing the latest administrativeboundaries of the States/UTs (35), districts(640) and sub-districts (5,924) as on01.01.2010 has already been prepared andpublished. A series of Maps at the Stateand District level are under preparation.

14.14 In order to improve the qualityand coverage of census taking and toavoid any duplication or omission inPopulation Census 2011, GIS based town

mapping was undertaken, for the firsttime, in 2,132 wards in 33 capital citiesof the country. The field verificationsurvey of all the wards is completed andthe creation of digital files also completedbefore the Population Enumeration inFebruary 2011. The detailed ward mapsshow each house/building, major andminor roads, lanes, by-lanes and allimportant landmark features. One of theimportant features of the GIS based townmapping was demarcation of pre-carvedout EBs for ensuring the completecoverage of all areas within these cities.

Mother Tongue Survey of India

14.15 A Scheme on Mother TongueSurvey of India (MTSI) to survey theunclassified mother tongues returned inCensus 2001 is under implementationduring the 11th Plan Period. Out of 531mother tongues (MTs), which wereunclassified in Census 2001 andearmarked for survey under MTSI, 510mother tongues have been surveyed andthe reports finalized. The reports onremaining 10 MTs are expected to becompleted by 31.03.2012.

Linguistic Survey of India (LSI)

14.16 The Linguistic Survey of India isan ongoing research project beingimplemented in ORG&CCI since Sixth Five

Year Plan. Two volumes on LSI: Sikkim



(Part-I) and LSI: Rajasthan (Part-I) have

been published on official website of

ORG&CCI during 2011-12. The LSI: Sikkim

(Part-I) volume contains the grammatical

descriptions of 10 languages namely,

Bhotia, Tibetan, Lepcha, Tamang, Limbu,

Sherpa, Rai, Gurung Magar and Sunwar

from Tibeto-Burmese language families.

The volume on LSI: Rajasthan (Part-I)

volume gives the grammatical descriptions

of 7 languages namely, Marwari,

BrajBhaha, Malvi, Mewati, Bundeli/

Bundelkhandi, Jaipuri (Dhundhari) and

Bhili/Bhilodi (Wagdi) from Indo-Aryan

language families.

Data Dissemination

14.17 The Data Dissemination Center set

up in each Census Directorate helps in

creating awareness about availability of

Census data and their use in various

subjects, such as, demography, socio-

economic activities, migration, fertility

etc. A large number of Census data

products in the form of printed volumes

and CDs have been made available for

use to wide array of data users, including

Government departments, voluntary

organizations and also to individual

research scholars within country and

outside.

14.18 The results of the PopulationCensus 2011 have been disseminated in

print as well as in soft version on CDand are also made available at the Censusof India website www.censusindia.gov.in.All tables and publications released onCensus 2011 data sets are immediatelyuploaded on the website for freedownload.

14.19 Census-info Dashboard has beendeveloped on the Census website as amajor step towards the dissemination ofPopulation Census 2011 Provisionalresults. The Census results are depictedusing tables, maps and charts for easyunderstanding of the data. To popularizeuse of Censusinfo software indisseminating Census data, the UnitedNation Statistics Division (UNSD) hasorganized Asian Region CensusinfoWorkshop from 28.11.2011 to 30.11.2011at New Delhi in collaboration with O/oRG&CCI in which 17 countries, includingIndia, and 3 UN Agencies participated.The data on Housing and Householdamenities and assets as well as PrimaryCensus Abstract – Census 2011 will bedisseminated using Censusinfo software.

14.20 Another major mode of datadissemination and sensitizing data usersis by way of using the social medianetwork on the web like Face Book andTwitter. Both these social media networksare extensively used to disseminateCensus 2011 results and have becomevery popular with data users.



14.21 The following reports have so farbeen published during the year:

a) Provisional Population Totals –Census 2011 (PPT-1) (India and 35States/UTs)

b) Provisional Population Totals -Census 2011 : Rural and UrbanDistribution (PPT-2, Volume I)(India and 35 State/UTs)

c) Data sheets on ProvisionalPopulation Totals

d) Annual Health Survey(AHS)Bulletin

e) Sample Registration System (SRS)Bulletin 2011

f) Report on Medical Certification ofCause of Death 2006

VITAL STATISTICS

Implementation of the Registration ofBirths and Deaths (RBD) Act, 1969

14.22 The registration of births and deathsin the country is done by the functionariesappointed by the respective StateGovernments under the RBD Act, 1969. TheRegistrar General, India coordinates andunifies the registration activities across thecountry while the Chief Registrars of Birthsand Deaths are the chief executiveauthorities in the respective States forexecuting the provisions of the RBD Act.

14.23 The proportion of registered birthsand deaths has witnessed a steady increase

over the years. The registration level ofbirths for the Country has gone up to77.5%, registering an increase of about threepercent as per the figures in 2008 over theprevious year. On the other hand,registration level of deaths has decreasedby 0.1 percent in 2008 over the previousyear and gone down to 69.2%. The level ofregistration of death at the National levelhas declined due to significant decrease inregistration of deaths in the States ofChhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh and MadhyaPradesh in 2008 over the previous year.Wide variations have continued to persistacross the States in the level of registration.The States of Arunachal Pradesh, Goa,Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra,Mizoram, Nagaland, Kerala, Punjab andUnion Territories of Chandigarh, Delhi andPuducherry have achieved cent per centlevel of registration of births. The States ofHaryana, Karnataka, Meghalaya, TamilNadu, Tripura and West Bengal haveachieved more than 93% level ofregistration of birth. However, it is less than35% in the State of Bihar.

14.24 There has been significant increasein level of registration of births in theStates of Madhya Pradesh (+11.4%),Maharashtra (+8.5%), Jharkhand (+7.6%)and Haryana (+4.3%). There is a marginalincrease in the level of registration ofbirths in Rajasthan (+2.7%), Karnataka(+2.6%), Gujarat (+2.2%) and Jammu &Kashmir (+2.2%) over the previous year.



14.25 In terms of level of registration ofdeaths, the States of Goa and Mizoram andUnion Territories of Chandigarh, Delhi andPuducherry have achieved cent percentlevel of registration. More than 93% ofdeaths are being registered in the States ofKerala, Punjab and Sikkim. There has beenconsiderable improvement over theprevious year on death registration in theStates of West Bengal (+12.9%), Gujarat(+3.8%), and Haryana (+1.1%). The deathregistration is below 35% in the States ofArunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar andManipur. The level of registration of deathsis lower than that of births in most of theStates/UTs except Chhattisgarh, Sikkim andAndaman & Nicobar Islands. The level ofregistration of death has decreased by morethan 4% in the States of Andhra Pradesh,Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh in the year2008 over the previous year. Lower levelof death registration may partly beattributed to non-registration of female andinfant deaths.

Medical Certification of Cause ofDeath (MCCD)

14.26 The scheme of Medical Certificationof Cause of Death (MCCD) under theRegistration of Births and Deaths (RBD)Act, 1969 provides a medically authen-ticated database on causes of death, aprerequisite to monitoring health trendsof the population. As on 31.12.2011, 32States/UTs have issued the notification for

implementation of the scheme of MCCD.The remaining two States, viz., Kerala andMeghalaya and the UT of Lakshadweepare implementing the scheme under RBDAct, 1969.

14.27 As per the annual report on“Medical Certification of Cause of Death”for the year 2006, out of the total registereddeaths of 43,27,664 in 25 States/UTs, atotal of 7,20,047 deaths (4,54,348 Males and2,65,699 Females) have been reported tobe medically certified.

14.28 The coverage of MCCD is limitedto selected hospitals in urban area.Expanding the scope of MCCD is underconsideration.

Sample Registration System (SRS)

14.29 The Sample Registration System(SRS) is a large scale demographic surveyfor providing reliable estimates of birthrate, death rate and other fertility andmortality indicators at the national andsub-national levels which was initiated bythe O/o RG & CCI on a pilot basis in afew selected states in 1964-65, became fullyoperational in 1969-70 covering about 3,700sample units. With a view to monitoringthe changes in vital rates, the SRSsampling frame is revised every ten years,apart from efforts for enhancing its scopeand rationalizing the system. The latestreplacement is based on the 2001 Censusand is effective from 01.01.2004. Thepresent SRS has 7,597 sample units (4,433



rural and 3,164 urban) spread across allStates and Union Territories, encompassingabout 1.3 million households and nearly 7million population. The SRS is a dualrecord system and consists of continuousenumeration of births and deaths byresident part-time enumerators and anindependent half yearly survey bysupervisors. The unmatched data fromthese sources are re-verified in the field.The time lag between the field survey andrelease of results under SRS has beenreduced to less than one year.

14.30 The SRS Bulletin-2011 underSample Registration System (SRS)containing estimates of birth rate, deathrate and infant mortality rate for the year2010 has been released, for all States/Union Territories, separately for rural andurban areas, which are given at theAnnexure-XVI. Salient findings for theyear 2010 are as under:

i) Crude Birth Rate (CBR) is 22.1 atnational level per thousandpopulation; 23.7 in rural areas and18.0 in urban areas. Among biggerStates, CBR is the lowest (14.8) inKerala and the highest (28.3) inUttar Pradesh;

ii) Crude Death Rate (CDR) is 7.2 perthousand population at theNational level; 7.7 in rural areasand 5.8 in urban areas. Among thebigger States, Delhi has recordedthe lowest (4.2) and Odisha withthe highest (8.6);

iii) Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) is 47(< one year) per 1000 live birthsat the national level; 51 in ruralareas and 31 in urban areas.Among the bigger States, Keralahas recorded the lowest (13) whileMadhya Pradesh reported thehighest (62).

Infant Mortality Rate in India from 1971 to 2010



14.31 The Special Bulletin on MaternalMortality in India 2007-09 under SampleRegistration System (SRS) has beenreleased. The salient findings are asunder:

i) The Maternal Mortality Ratio ofIndia has declined from 254 in2004-2006 to 212 in 2007-2009. Thedecline has been most significantin Empowered Action Group(EAG) States & Assam from 375to 308. Among the Southern States,the decline has been from 149 to127 and in the Other States from174 to 149.

ii) The number of States that haverealized the target set by theMillennium Development Goals ofthe United Nations in 2007-2009has gone up to three against onei.e. Kerala which was the sole Statewith this distinction in 2004-2006.Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra arethe new entrants. Andhra Pradesh,West Bengal, Gujarat and Haryanaare in closer proximity to the MDGtarget.

Annual Health Survey (AHS)

14.32 The Annual Health Survey (AHS)has been conceived by the ORG&CCI atthe behest of the National Commissionon Population, Prime Minister’s Officeand Planning Commission to yield

benchmarks of core vital and health

indicators at the district level and to map

its rate of change on a continual basis to

assess the efficacy of various health

interventions including those under

National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).

The AHS would, inter-alia, generate

indicators such as Crude Birth Rate

(CBR), Crude Death Rate (CDR), Infant

Mortality Rate (IMR), Total Fertility Rate

(TFR), Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR),

Sex Ratio at Birth and host of other

indicators on maternal and child care,

family planning practices, etc. and

changes therein on a year to year basis

at appropriate level of aggregations. The

AHS is being implemented in all the 284

districts of the Empowered Action Group

(EAG) States (Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya

Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Rajasthan,

Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand) and

Assam (henceforth referred as AHS

States) during the mission period 2007-

2012 starting from 2010-2011. The survey

would be undertaken every year in 20,694

statistically selected sample units (Census

Enumeration Blocks in case of urban areas

and villages or a segment thereof in case

of villages with population exceeding

2000 in rural areas) spread across the nine

(9) AHS States covering a total Population

of about 18.2 million and 3.6 million

households. About 70 sample units of

approximately 1,000 population in case

of a village in rural areas and 650 for an



enumeration block in urban areas will becovered in each district.

14.33 The field work in the 284 districtsacross 18 zones in 9 AHS States wascompleted in April, 2011. The third partyaudit work in order to authenticate thequality of data collected by the SurveyAgencies was also completed by June,2011. After thorough validation, the AHSBulletin containing the district level dataon core vital rates such as birth rate,death rate, infant mortality rate, under-5mortality, sex ratio at birth, etc. wasreleased by the Union Health Secretaryon 10.08.2011. The work relating to releaseof district-wise detailed factsheetcontaining data on all parameters is inprogress and is nearing finalization.

14.34 The lowest CBR across 284 districtshas been reported for Bhageswar(Uttarakhand – 14.7) and the highest forShravasti (Uttar Pradesh – 40.9) exhibitinga variation of almost 3 times. The CDRranges between 4.5 (Dhemaji, Assam) and12.6 (Shravasti, UP). The IMR rangesbetween 19 (Rudraprayaag, Uttarakhand)and 103 (Shravasti, UP) showing avariability of about 5 times. Six districts,viz., Purbi Singhbhum and Dhanbad(Jharkhand), Chamoli, Rudraprayag,Pithoragarh and Almora (Uttarakhand)have already achieved MDG-4 NationalTarget of 28(for IMR) set for 2015.Another 4 distrits, viz., Bokaro and

Ranchi (Jharkhand), Bageshwar andNainital (Uttarakand) are in closervicinity. Female infants experience highermortality than males. Under 5 MortalityRate ranges between 24 (Pithoragarh,Uttarakhand) and 145 (Kandhamal,Odisha) exhibiting a variability of 7 times.Seven districts viz., Pithoragarh, Almora,Rudraprayag, Chamoli, Nainital andBateshwar (Uttarakhand) and PurbiSinghhum (Jharkhand) have alreadyachieved MDG National Level Target of42(for U5MR). For the first time, MMRatio has been published for a group ofdistricts, i.e., Administrative Divisions(Commissionrate) in all the 9 AHS States.It ranges between 183 (Kumaon Hqrs.,Uttarakhand) and 451 (Faizabad Mandal,UP). The lowest Sex Ratio at Birth hasbeen reported for Pithoragarh (764) andthe highest for Moradabad (1,030).

14.35 The fieldwork for 2nd round ofAnnual Health Survey after the completionof Training of Trainers and subsequenttraining to field staff has commenced inall the 9 AHS States and is likely to becompleted by April 2012. The componentof Clinical, Anthro-pometric and Bio-chemical (CAB) tests to yield district leveldata on the prevalence of under and over-nutrition, anaemia and hypertension,abnormalities in fasting glucose levels, andhousehold availability of iodized salt inselected sub-samples of households acrossall the AHS districts will be introduced



once the selection of survey agencyand procurement of equipments andconsumables are completed.

National Population Register (NPR)in Coastal Areas

14.36 As one of the measures tostrengthen coastal security, creation ofNPR in 3331 coastal villages in all the 9Maritime States and 4 Union Territorieshas been undertaken. In Andaman &Nicobar Islands, all the towns have alsobeen covered. In these areas, the methodof direct data collection has been resortedto and photographs and finger prints ofall the usual residents of these villages [15year of age and above] has also beenundertaken. The direct data collection ofmore than 120 lakh persons and biometric

Union Minister of State (Home), Shri Jitendra Singh, with Union Home Secretary, Shri R. K. Singh andRegistrar General & Census Commissioner, India, Dr. C. Chandramouli addressing a conference of all the

Chief Secretaries of States/UTs on the creation of National Population Register in the country on 30.09.2011at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi

details [for persons of age 15 years andabove] of more than 70 lakh persons havebeen collected. The Local Register of UsualResidents (LRUR) has been displayed inthe local areas for inviting correction andobjections. After vetting by Gram Sabha,the corrections in LRUR have beenincorporated. The work of production andpersonalization of identity (smart) cards,which would be issued to ‘usual residents’of age 18 years and above in these areashas commenced and 3,11,369 cards havebeen produced upto 31.12.2011.

National Population Register (NPR)in the country

14.37 The Government has decided tocreate a National Population Register(NPR) in the country by collecting



information on specific characteristics ofeach ‘usual resident’. The NPR would alsohave photographs, 10 finger prints andIRIS information of all ‘usual residents’who are of age 05 years and above.

14.38 The field work of biographic datacollection for creation of NPR in theCountry has been completed in all theStates/UTs. The scanning of these filledin NPR schedules (aprox. 27 crore) hasalso been completed.

14.39 The work of digitization andcapture of biometry under NPR for the

country has been entrusted to aconsortium of Central Public SectorUndertakings (CPSUs) and theDepartment of Information Technology(DIT). The data entry from the scannedimages of more than 53 crore records hasbeen completed. The capture of biometricsis in progress in Manipur, Nagaland,Delhi, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka,Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, AndhraPradesh, Odisha, West Bengal, Gujaratand Lakshadweep and biometricenrolment of more than 1.42 crore personshas been completed as on 13.03.2012.

Biometric enrolment of Shri Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Vice President of India under NPR



14.40 The NPR database would be sentto Unique Identification Authority of India(UIDAI) for de-duplication and assigningof the UID numbers (Aadhaar). The list of‘usual residents’, along with the Aadhaarnumber, would be published in the localarea for inviting claims and objections (ifany) which would be dealt with as perthe prescribed procedure. It is proposedto issue identity (smart) cards to all the‘usual residents’ of age 18 years and abovein the country. The office of RG&CCI willmaintain and update the NPR database.

Socio Economic and Caste Census(SECC) 2011

14.41 As per the decision of the UnionCabinet, a Socio Economic and Caste Census(SECC) is being carried out all over thecountry. The SECC is to be completed in aphased manner from June 2011 onwards inall States/Union Territories of India withthe financial and technical support of theGovernment of India. The Ministry of RuralDevelopment (MoRD) and the Ministry ofHousing & Urban Poverty Alleviation(MoHUPA) are the nodal Ministries in theGovernment of India for this combinedexercise in rural and urban areasrespectively. The RG&CCI is renderingcomplete logistic and technical support.

14.42 The technical and logistic supportof ORG&CCI includes providing directinputs like the Charge Register, Layout

Maps and Abridged House lists usedduring Population Census 2011, impartingtraining by the officers at the StateDirectorates along with those of MoRD& MoHUPA to the State/UT functionariesat all levels and supervision during thefield operations.

14.43 Separate instructions manual aswell as questionnaires for the purposeof data collection both for rural andurban areas were prepared. Thesequestionnaires cover various socio-economic aspects. The questionnaire forrural areas contains 37 variables such asraw materials used in wall, roof of thehouse, social status of the householdmember, employment and incomecharacteristics, main source of householdincome, land owned, other assets owned,assets of household etc. For urban areas,questionnaires contains 32 variablesincluding main source of income,disability, chronic illness, housingmaterial, ownership status of house,household amenities, assets etc.Questions on Religion and Caste havebeen added to both the questionnaires.

14.44 A Pilot survey of Socio Economicand Caste Census was done in the twovillages viz. Bhatgaon and Ratangarh ofSonipat (Muncipal Council) of Haryana,using handheld devices and the softwareprepared by M/s Bharat ElectronicsLimited (BEL) for data entry.



14.45 The methodology which is beingfollowed in this exercise is hereunder:

a) The enumerator will visit everyhousehold and canvass thequestionnaire in rural as well asurban areas.

b) The responses of the personswould be noted down as returnedby the respondent. No proof ordocument would be asked for fromthe respondents.

c) The SECC schedule is beingcanvassed using hand helddevice (HHD). Enumerator(a Government servant) would askthe questions, while a data entryoperator to be provided byM/s Bharat Electronics Limited(BEL) will enter the responses intothe hand held device.

d) The National Population Register(NPR) forms filled up during thefirst phase of Population Census2011 would be used as a base forthe SECC. These forms havealready been scanned and theimages are being loaded on thehand-held devices which are usedfor canvassing the SECCquestionnaire. If the same familythat was enumerated in the NPR

is available in the household, onlyadditional questions are asked. Ifthere is a new family or there arenew members in the family, theirentire details are captured afresh.

e) Acknowledgement slips will beprovided to each household afterthe enumeration.

14.46 Training to National, Mastertrainers, Supervisors and enumeratorshave been imparted. The SECC wasformally launched with the State ofTripura on 29.06.2011and subsequently intwenty other States/UTs. The SECC fieldwork is already over in the UTs of Dadra& Nagar Haveli, Chandigarh andPuducherry and in the State of Tripura.It is in progress in Daman & Diu,Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Haryana, Goa,Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh,Rajasthan, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh,Meghalaya, Karnataka, Jammu &Kashmir, Assam, Madhya Pradesh,Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. Out of atotal of 11,95,348 Enumeration Blocks(EBs) in the above 21 States/UTs, the fieldsurvey has been completed in about2,72,760 EBs as on 31.12.2011.

14.47 After the data has been collectedin the HHDs from the field, the Office ofRegistrar General and CensusCommissioner, India will process the



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caste data and hand over the details ofthe castes/tribes returns to the proposedExpert Group to be constituted by theCentral Government in consultation with

the Ministry of Social Justice andEmpowerment and the Ministry of TribalAffairs for categorization andclassification.

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Shri. The awards are given in alldisciplines/fields of activities viz. art,social work, public affairs, science andengineering, trade and industry, medicine,literature and education, sports, civilservice and others.

15.1.3 The decoration of PadmaVibhushan is awarded for exceptional anddistinguished service in any field, PadmaBhushan for distinguished service of highorder and Padma Shri for distinguishedservice in any field.

15.1.4 It is the practice to invitenominations for Padma Awards everyyear from all State Governments, UnionTerritory (UT) Administrations,Ministries/Departments of the CentralGovernment, institutes of excellence andrecipients of Bharat Ratna/PadmaVibhushan award. Besides them, a largenumber of recommendations are alsoreceived suo-motu from several CabinetMinisters, Governors, Chief Ministers,Members of Parliament, Members ofLegislative Assemblies, privateindividuals, organizations etc. All these

AWARDS ANDDECORATIONS

Bharat Ratna Award

15.1.1 Bharat Ratna is the highest civilianhonour of the country. It was institutedin the year 1954 to be awarded forexceptional service towards theadvancement of Arts, Literature andScience and in recognition of publicservice of the highest order. The scopehas now been widened. By a notificationissued by the President’s Secretariat on16.11.2011, it has been decided that thedecoration shall be awarded inrecognition of exceptional service/performance of the highest order in anyfield of human endeavour. This awardhas been conferred on 41 persons so far.It was last conferred on Pt. BhimsenGururaj Joshi in 2009.

Padma Awards

15.1.2 Padma Awards are conferred inthree categories, namely, PadmaVibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma


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recommendations are placed before thePadma Awards Committee for itsconsideration. The recommendations ofthe Padma Awards Committee aresubmitted to the Union Home Minister,Prime Minister and the President for theirapproval and the awards are announcedon the eve of Republic Day.

15.1.5 The President of India hasapproved conferment of 109 awards(including one duo case) on the occasionof the Republic Day, 2012. This includesfive Padma Vibhushans, 28 PadmaBhushans and 76 Padma Shris. There are19 ladies among the awardees. Thedecoration of awards will be presentedby the President of India at RashtrapathiBhawan in March/April, 2012. The namesof the recipients are available on theMinistry’s website (http://mha.gov.in).

Gallantry Awards

15.1.6 The Ashoka Chakra series ofGallantry awards, administered by theMinistry of Defence, are announced onRepublic Day and Independence Dayevery year. Recommendations in respectof civilian citizens are processed in theMinistry of Home Affairs.

15.1.7 The President approved the namesof one civilian on Independence Day, 2011and three civilians on Republic Day, 2012for Gallantry Award.

Jeevan Raksha Padak Awards

15.1.8 ‘Jeevan Raksha Padak awards’were instituted in the year 1961. As thename of the award suggests, it is givento a rescuer for saving someone’s life incases like drowning in water, accidents,fire incidents, electrocution, naturalcalamities, etc.

15.1.9 The awards are given in threecategories, namely, Sarvottam JeevanRaksha Padak, Uttam Jeevan RakshaPadak and Jeevan Raksha Padak.Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak isawarded for conspicuous courage underthe circumstances of very great dangerto the life of the rescuer; Uttam JeevanRaksha Padak is awarded for courage andpromptitude under circumstances of greatdanger to the life of the rescuer; andJeevan Raksha Padak is awarded forcourage and promptitude undercircumstances of grave bodily injury tothe rescuer.

15.1.10 Nominations for the awards areinvited every year from all State/UTGovernments and Ministries/Departmentsof the Government of India. These areconsidered by an Awards Committee. Therecommendations of the AwardsCommittee are approved by the UnionHome Minister and the Prime Ministerand the President.



15.1.11 The ceremony for these awards isheld in the respective State Capitals of theawardees, where the awardee is presenteda medallion and a Certificate signed bythe Union Home Minister. The awardeesare also given a lump-sum monetaryallowance at the rate of R1 lakh forSarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak, R60,000for Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak andR40,000 for Jeevan Raksha Padak.

15.1.12 For the year 2011, the Presidenthas approved Jeevan Raksha PadakAwards for 43 persons. This includes 02Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padaks, 06Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padaks and 35Jeevan Raksha Padaks.

VIGILANCE MACHINERY

15.2.1 The vigilance set up of theMinistry of Home Affairs (MHA) isheaded by the Joint Secretary(Administration), who is also the ChiefVigilance Officer (CVO) of the Ministry.He is assisted by a Director and an UnderSecretary in the discharge of his functions.The Vigilance Section not only deals withall disciplinary matters of the Ministry ofHome Affairs (Proper), but also allmatters related to Annual ConfidentialReports and coordinates vigilanceactivities in the attached and subordinateoffices of the Ministry, such as CentralArmed Police Forces, Central PoliceOrganisations, etc.

15.2.2 To strengthen preventivevigilance, the measures taken within theMinistry are briefly summed up asfollows:-

a) The CVO maintains liaison withall attached/subordinate offices toensure timely completion ofvarious tasks relating to vigilancework.

b) The Annual Action Planfor vigilance/anti-corruptionmeasures of the Department ofPersonnel and Training (DoP&T)is being implemented by theMHA. The Attached/Subordinateoffices in the MHA are asked toimplement the Plan effectivelyand report the progress everyquarter to the Ministry. Regularreviews of the vigilance activitiesin the subordinate formations ofthe Ministry are undertaken andreports sent to the DoP&T at theend of every quarter.

c) All reports required to be sent tothe Central Vigilance Commission(CVC) and the DoP&T, are sentto the concerned authorities at theprescribed periodic intervals.

d) Some Divisions in the Ministryhaving substantial publicdealings, like Freedom Fightersand Rehabilitation Division,Foreigners Division and



Procurement Wing of PoliceModernisation Division, are keptunder close watch.

e) All officers and members of staffworking in sensitive Sections/Divisions are required to fill up aspecial security questionnaireperiodically and positive vettingis done in their cases through theIntelligence Agencies. It serves asan effective tool in ensuring thatonly persons with unimpeachableintegrity are posted in sensitiveplaces in the Ministry.

f) Liaison is maintained with theHeads of the Divisions whichhave been categorized as sensitiveto ensure that a close watch iskept on the activities of the

officials working in suchDivisions.

g) The CVO monitors regularly theprogress on disposal ofcomplaints received from varioussources and pendency ofdisciplinary/vigilance cases.

h) With a view to curbingdevelopment of vested interests,the staff in the Ministry is rotatedamongst various Divisions. Anexercise to categorize the posts assensitive or non-sensitive hasbeen undertaken to facilitaterotation of staff.

i) List of officers whose integrity isdoubtful is maintained andperiodically reviewed.

Union Home Secretary, Shri R.K. Singh administering pledge to the officers ofMinistry of Home Affairs during Vigilance Awareness Week



15.2.3 The “Vigilance Awareness Week”was observed from 31.10.2011 to05.11.2011. A pledge was administered bythe Home Secretary on 31.10.2011 to theofficers of Ministry of Home Affairs. AnOpen Forum on “Delay BreedsCorruption” was also organized on02.11.2011. The Vigilance AwarenessWeek was observed in the attached/subordinate offices of the Ministry aswell.

15.2.4 The Ministry keeps a watch overall cases pending at different stagesincluding the cases pending in itsattached and subordinate offices, so thatsuch cases are disposed of in a timebound manner. The status of pendencyis monitored by the CVO and atappropriate intervals meetings with CVOsand Vigilance Officers (VOs) of attached/subordinate concerned offices are takenby him.

15.2.5 Statistics in respect of vigilance anddisciplinary cases dealt with in the MHAand its attached and subordinateconcerned offices during the year 2011-12(up to 31.12.2011) are at Annexure-XVII.

RIGHT TO INFORMATIONACT, 2005

15.3 Under the provisions of the Rightto Information Act, 2005, MHA hasinitiated the following actions:

(i) An RTI Section has been set up tocollect, transfer the applicationsunder the RTI Act, 2005 to theCentral Public Information Officers/Public Authorities concerned and tosubmit the quarterly returnsregarding receipt and disposal of theRTI applications/appeals to theCentral Information Commission.

(ii) Details of the Ministry’s functionsalong with its functionaries etc.have been placed on the RTI portalof the Ministry’s official website(http://mha.gov.in)as requiredunder section 4(1) (b) of the RTIAct.

(iii) All Deputy Secretary/Director levelofficers have been designated asCentral Public Information Officer(CPIOs) under section 5(1) of theAct, in respect of subject beinghandled by them.

(iv) All Joint Secretaries have beendesignated as Appellate Authoritiesin terms of section 19(1) of the Act,in respect of Deputy Secretaries/Directors working under them anddesignated as CPIOs.

(v) From the year 2010-11 onwardsMHA and its attached/subordinateoffices and other organizationsunder the MHA are uploadingtheir returns on CIC’s web- siteindependently.



(vi) To facilitate the receipt ofapplications under the RTI Act,2005 a provision has been made toreceive the applications at thereception counter of the Ministryin each of its three buildings viz.North Block, Lok Nayak Bhavanand Jaisalmer House. Theapplications so received are furtherforwarded by the RTI Sectionto the CPIOs/Public Authoritiesconcerned.

(vii) During the year 2010-11, 7,478applications were received in theMinistry of Home Affairs (Proper)and forwarded to concerned CPIOs/Public Authorities for providinginformation requested for.

SECRETARIAT SECURITYORGANIZATION

15.4.1 The Secretariat SecurityOrganization (SSO) is the nodal agencyfor the security of Government buildingsunder the security cover of the MHA. Atpresent there are 51 buildings underMHA security cover housing offices ofvarious Ministries/Departments of theGovernment of India. These buildings arelocated at various places in Delhi in aradius of approximately 16 km. The SSOis responsible for formulation of policiesregarding Government building securityand executing them through :-

(i) the Reception Organisation; and

(ii) Central Industrial Security Force(CISF)/Secretariat Security Force(SSF).

15.4.2 The Reception Organisationcomprising of 120 personnel is manning53 Reception Offices located in the 37Government buildings. Entry of visitorsto these buildings is regulated throughthe various Reception Officers from wherevisitors’ passes are issued and a recordkept thereof. Visitor passes are issuedonly after confirming from officers of apre-determined level if the visitor is tobe allowed entry or otherwise.

15.4.3 The Government Building Security(GBS) unit of the CISF and the SSF aredeployed for the security of the buildingsincluding their premises. The two forcesare assigned the task of:

(a) Access Control - To ensure thatno unauthorized person, vehicle ormaterial is allowed access to theGovernment buildings includingtheir premises. Only bonafidepersons holding valid IdentityCards issued by the Ministry areallowed entry. Apart from this,visitors holding valid temporary/daily visitor pass are allowedentry after checking/frisking,including checking of their bags/brief cases etc.



(b) Anti-terrorist Measures – Theforces are primarily responsiblefor anti-terrorist measures in thebuildings.

(c) Forcible Entry/ Armed Attack -To prevent/counter any attemptof forcible entry/armed attack onthe buildings and take effectiveaction against such forcible entry/armed attack as first responder.

(d) Intrusion - To deter, detect andneutralize any kind of intrusioninto the building.

(e) Exit Control - To prevent pilferageof Government property from thebuildings.

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

15.5.1 An Official Language Divisionassists in implementing the provisions ofthe Official Languages Act, 1963, asamended in 1967, Official LanguagesRules, 1976, as amended in 1987 andother administrative instructions issuedon the subject from time to time and inensuring compliance with the OfficialLanguage Policy of the Government inthe Ministry of Home Affairs and itsAttached and Subordinate Offices.

Implementation of the Official Lan-guage Policy

15.5.2 Keeping in view the large size of

the Ministry, 20 Official LanguageImplementation Committees have beenconstituted at the Division level, eachheaded by the Joint Secretary of theDivision concerned. All officers of therank of Section Officer/Desk Officer andabove up to the rank of Director of theDivision concerned are members of therespective Committee. The QuarterlyProgress Reports regarding progressiveuse of Hindi in official work receivedfrom Sections/Desks of the respectiveDivision are reviewed in these meetingsand remedial measures suggested toavoid recurrence of the shortcomings.

Compliance with the Section 3 (3) ofthe Official Language Act, 1963, asamended in 1967 and correspondencein Hindi

15.5.3 Section 3 (3) of the OfficialLanguages Act, 1963, as amended in 1967is being fully complied with and all thedocuments covered under this section arebeing invariably issued both in Hindi andEnglish. All the letters received or signedin Hindi, are replied in Hindi. Efforts arebeing made to increase the correspondencein Hindi with the offices of the CentralGovernment, State Governments, UTAdministrations and the general public inthe Regions ‘A’ & ‘B’.

Official Language Inspections

15.5.4 During the year, Official Language



inspections were carried out in 07 officesunder the Ministry located outside Delhi.The First Sub-Committee of the Committeeof the Parliament on Official Language alsoinspected 09 Offices of the Ministry duringthe year. Besides, 43 Sections of theMinistry were inspected by the personnelof Official Language Division.

Hindi Day/Hindi Month

15.5.5 Hindi Month was organized in theMinistry from September 14 to October13, 2011. Various Hindi competitions andprogrammes such as a Hindi Workshopand an informative lecture by an eminentHindi Scholar, Shri Subhash ChandraLakhera, a retired Scientist, D.R.D.O, NewDelhi were organized in which a numberof both Hindi speaking as well as nonHindi speaking personnel of the Ministryparticipated with a lot of enthusiasm. TheUnion Home Secretary gave away cashprized and certificates to 100 personnelof the Ministry during the Annual OfficialLanguage Prize Distribution Functionheld on 08.02.2012.

Training in Hindi Typing and HindiStenography

15.5.6 Out of the total 68 Lower DivisionClerks, 58 are trained in Hinditypewriting at present. Similarly, out ofthe total 135 Stenographers, 71 are trainedin Hindi Stenography.

Hindi Workshop

15.5.7 Four Hindi workshops wereorganized on 11.05.2011, 12.05.2011,13.05.2011 and 26.09.2011 to motivate

employees to do their official work in Hindi

and to train them up effectively to attempt

and write notes and drafts originally in

Hindi. 80 employees participated

enthusiastically in these workshops.

Hindi Salahakar Samiti

15.5.8 The 40th meeting of the Hindi

Salahakar Samiti of this Ministry was held

on 21.02.2012. The Union Home Minister

chaired the meeting.

REDRESSAL OF PUBLICGRIEVANCES

15.6.1 An Internal Grievances Redressal

Machinery (IGRM), functioning in this

Ministry, attends to all the public

grievances. 6,466 public grievances were

received and attended to during the year

2011-12 (upto 29.02.2012).

15.6.2 The Joint Secretary (Coordination

and Public Grievances) has been nominated

as Director of Public Grievances. The name,

designation, room number, telephone

number, etc. of Director of Public

Grievances have been displayed at the

Reception Counter and on the website of

the Ministry (http://mha.gov.in).



15.6.3 A Public Grievance Officer hasbeen nominated in each Division as theNodal Officer who monitors the progressof the redressal of public grievancesrelating to the respective Division.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS

15.7.1 The MHA deals with a wide rangeof subjects, which are complex as well assensitive in nature warranting constantparliamentary attention. This is reflected inthe legislative and non-legislative businessof the MHA transacted in the Parliament.The Ministry has also taken appropriateaction and forwarded consolidated responseon the recommendations of variousParliamentary Committees such as theCommittee on Government Assurances, etc.referred to this Ministry. The MHA hasbeen organising regular meetings of theConsultative Committee.

15.7.2 The Ministry held five meetingsof the Consultative Committee duringthe year 2011-12 under the chairmanshipof Union Home Minister on the followingsubjects:

(i) Crime and Criminal TrackingNetwork & Systems (CCTNS) on15.04.2011.

(ii) Disaster Management on03.06.2011.

(iii) Administration of UnionTerritories on 02.09.2011.

(iv) Community Police on 25.11.2011.

(v) Investigation, Prosecution andTrial - the need for revamping on28.02.2012.

15.7.3 The Meetings of the ParliamentaryStanding Committee were heldperiodically to discuss the variouslegislative issues pertaining to the MHAand also the issues of national importancesuch as terrorism, national security, etc.

DEPARTMENTALACCOUNTINGORGANISATION

Audit Objections/Paras

15.8.1 The Departmental AccountingOrganization (DAO) of MHA works as apart of Internal Finance Division (IFD) ofthe Ministry. The DAO is responsible forpayment, accounting and internal auditof the MHA and its Attached offices. TheDAO brings out monthly and annualfinancial statements for the Ministry andsubmits it to the Controller General ofAccounts who compiles the accounts forthe Government of India. The DAO isheaded by Chief Controller of Accounts(CCA) who acts as a Principal AccountingAdvisor to the Chief AccountingAuthority (Secretary) of the Ministry. Asan integral part of Internal Finance Wingof the Ministry, CCA helps in maintaining



an efficient system of financialmanagement in the Ministry. The DAOworks in a computerized environmentusing an expenditure accounting softwarecalled COMPACT for managing itspayment and accounting functions. Thedata of COMPACT is uploaded on a webbased application called e-lekha whichhas the capability of generating real timereports which serve as an expenditureinformation system for the Ministry. TheDAO also assists the IFD in budgetformulation, budget execution and budgetreporting.

15.8.2 The Internal Audit Wing of MHA,under the overall guidance of ControllerGeneral of Accounts has undertaken theRisk Based Audit of various schemes ofMHA. The revised Internal Audit Manual,2009 has also focused on reorienting theinternal audit function for conducting aRisk Based and Performance Audit ofvarious aspects of functioning of theMinistry. An Audit Committee underthe chairmanship of Secretary of theMinistry, with Additional Secretary andFinancial Adviser (AS&FA) as ViceChairman and CCA, who is also the ChiefAudit Executive, as Member Secretary hasbeen constituted to have an oversight ofthe functioning of Risk Management andControls in the Ministry and the Attachedoffices. An Internal Audit Charter has alsobeen approved and issued. The InternalAudit Wing carries out Concurrent Audit

quarterly for Modernization of PoliceForce and half yearly of Security RelatedExpenditures in various States. Also, ithas been mandated to conduct audits ofFreedom Fighter Pension disbursement bythe Audit Committee on the request ofFreedom Fighter Division. Audit of Crimeand Criminal Tracking Network Systemis also being conducted by the InternalAudit Wing of the Ministry. The InternalAudit Wing also takes up special auditengagements as per Terms of Referencegiven by the executive Divisions of theMinistry.

15.8.3 The Demands for Grants of theMinistry of Home Affairs (MHA) includebudgetary requirements of various CentralPara-military Forces (CPFs), Central PoliceOrganizations (CPOs), Union Territories(UTs) (with and without legislature), theRegistrar General of India, the Departmentof Official Language, etc. The 10 Demandfor Grants take care of expenditurerequirements of all these agencies. Besides,internal audit, the operations and financialstatements of MHA are subjected toStatutory Audit, which is carried out bythe Office of the Comptroller and AuditorGeneral of India (C&AG).

15.8.4 After carrying out the audit ofexpenditure initially, the Inspection Notesindicating the audit observations aremade available to the concerned Units/Organizations, to settle the observations.



C&AG through the Report submitted toParliament, prepares audit paras againstwhich Action Taken Notes (ATNs) arerequired to be prepared by the Ministry.In order to promptly settle the auditparas, the status of pendency is monitoredby the Audit Committee. The receipt andsettlement of audit paras is a continuousongoing process. As on 01.01.2011, therewere 21 such audit paras pending in theMinistry. During the period from01.01.2011 to 31.12.2011, 33 new paraswere received, bringing the total to 54.Out of which, 25 paras have been settledduring the period, leaving a balance of29 such paras as on 31.12.2011.

15.8.5 The number of outstandingInspection Notes/Paras in respect of allorganizations under the control of MHAas on 01.01.2011 was 4,420. During theperiod from 01.01.2011 to 31.12.2011, thetotal number of Inspection Notes/Parassettled and received was 1,060 and 1,518respectively. Thus, as on 31.12.2011, thenumber of outstanding Inspection Notes/Paras was 4,878. To monitor the progressof settlement of these Paras, ad-hocCommittees have been constituted in theMinistry. The position in respect of eachorganization is at Annexure-XVIII.

15.8.6 Status of the ATNs on importantaudit observations included in earlierAnnual Reports is given at Annexure-

XIX. A summary of most recent and

important audit observations pertainingto MHA and made available by theC&AG and their latest status is atAnnexures-XX and XXI respectively.

Empowerment of Women andWeaker Sections of the Society

Redressal of Complaints Pertaining to

Sexual Harassment at Workplace

15.9.1 The Ministry of Home Affairs hasconstituted a five member ComplaintCommittee for redressal of complaintsmade by the aggrieved woman employeesof MHA pertaining to sexual harassmentat workplace. The Committee has one maleand four women members, including theChairperson, and a member from theYoung Women’s Christian Association asan NGO member. The Committee isholding regular quarterly meetings.

15.9.2 The Committee has not receivedany complaint regarding sexualharassment at workplace during the year.

Benefit to Physically HandicappedPersons

15.10.1 The Central Government haveprescribed 3% reservation in employmentto physically handicapped persons (1%each for blindness or low vision, hearingimpairment and locomotor disability orcerebral palsy).



15.10.2 There are 11 visually challenged,01 hearing impaired and 15orthopedically challenged personsworking in the Ministry of Home Affairs.

15.10.3 On account of the nature of work,all category of posts of ‘combatantpersonnel’ of the Central Armed PoliceForces are exempted from Section 33 ofthe Persons with Disabilities (EqualOpportunities, Protection of Rights andFull Participation) Act, 1995.

GENDER BUDGETING

15.11 The initiatives taken in theMinistry of Home Affairs for the benefitof women have been elaborated in thefollowing paras.

Central Industrial Security Force(CISF)

15.11.1 The CISF has taken initiative forconstruction of Family Welfare Centres(FWCs) at Reserve Battalions and TrainingInstitutions for the benefit of women.Construction of Family Welfare Centre atRTC Arakkonam has already beencompleted in current financial year andconstruction at RTC Behror, which isunder progress, is likely to be completedby end of financial year 2011-12 and workat RTC Deoli is likely to be completed in2012-13. The Family Welfare Centres areconstructed exclusively for the women to

learn new skills and augment their familyincome by earning through the activitieslike stitching, handicrafts, production offood items etc.

Bureau of Police Research & Devel-opment (BPR&D)

15.11.2 BPR&D, which is undertakingstudies on police problems andformulating and coordinating policies andprogrammes for police training etc., hasundertaken a number of activities for thebenefit, welfare and development ofwomen in police. A provision of R1.18crore in Budget Estimates 2011-12 hasbeen made for the following schemesbenefiting women:-

i) Research Study (R56 lakh);

ii) Award of Junior ResearchFellowships for doctoral work inPolice Science and Criminology asper the guidelines laid down bythe UGC (R13 lakh);

iii) Courses on Self Development andConflict Management for WomenPolice Officers of the rank of Dy.SP to ASI at Central DetectiveTraining Schools (CDTSs) underBPR&D (R11 lakh);

iv) Courses on Crime AgainstWomen vis-a-vis Human Rights,Juvenile Justice & Human Rightsand Investigation of Female



Feticide Cases at CDTSs underBPR&D (R7 lakh);

v) Seminar-cum-workshop on“Trafficking of Persons and Roleof Police in the country” (R15lakh);

vi) Vertical Interaction Course for IPSand other Senior Officers onissues relating to Gender & SC/ST categories (R15 lakh);

vii) Pandit Govind Ballabh PantAward Scheme – Publication ofHindi Books (R84,000).

15.11.3 The Research and Trainingactivities undertaken by BPR&D duringthe year 2011-12 focusing on issuespertaining to women were as follows:

(i) Third and final installmentamounting to R83,000 awarded toDr. Sudeshna Mukherjee, Lecturer,Bangalore University for theResearch study on “AComparative Sociological Analysisof the Job Stress, Vulnerability andsubsequent Security Need for theWomen in the ITES and GarmentIndustries in the Silicon Valley ofIndia, Bangalore” in 2011-12.

(ii) Two installments amounting toR2,61,667 awarded to Dr. S.Karunanidhi for the Researchstudy on “Influence of certain

Psyschological variable onoccupational stress and well beingamong women police” in 2011-12.

(iii) Research study on ‘Crime againstWomen in Eastern Region’ wasawarded to Project Director Dr.R.P. Mitra, Department ofAnthropology, Delhi University,Co-ordinated by Prof (Dr.) DeeptiShrivastava, Bhopal with a totaloutlay of R19.80 lakh out of whichfirst installment amounting toR6.60 lakh has been released in2011-12.

(iv) Research study on ‘Crime againstWomen in Western Region’ wasawarded to Project Director Dr.Mrs. Shatabdi Pandey, MahilaManch, Chhatisgarh, Co-ordinatedby Prof (Dr.) Deepti Shrivastava,Bhopal with a total outlay ofR19,79,800 out of which firstinstallment amounting to R6,59,933has been released in 2011-12.

(v) Research study on ‘Crime againstWomen in Northern Region’ wasawarded to Project Director Dr.Raka Arya, National LawUniversity, Bhopal, Co-ordinatedby Prof (Dr.) Deepti Shrivastava,Bhopal with a total outlay ofR19,78,900 out of which firstinstallment amounting to R6,59,634has been released in 2011-12.



(vi) Two Research projects on womenrelated issues to be undertakenby the women professionalsproposed by the CorrectionalAdministration Division with anestimated expenditure of R5 lakhduring 2011-12.

(vii) Six (06) courses on “CrimeAgainst Women vis a vis HumanRights, Juvenile Justice andHuman Rights” have beenconducted at Central DetectiveTraining Schools (CDTSs) underBPR&D, incurring expenditure ofR2.24 lakh during 2011-12.

(viii) Two (02) Courses on SelfDevelopment and ConflictManagement exclusively forWomen Police Officers of the rankof Dy.SP to ASI have beenorganized at CDTSs underBPR&D, incurring expenditure ofR3 lakh during 2011-12.

(ix) Ten (10) Seminars cumWorkshops on trafficking ofpersonnel and role of Police inthe country have been organizedincurring expenditure ofR15,56,000 during 2011-12.

(x) Two (02) numbers of VerticalInteraction Courses for IPS andSenior Officers on the issuesrelating to Gender & SC/ST have

been organized incurringexpenditure of R1.60 lakh during2011-12.

(xi) One (01) course on Training ofTrainer exclusively for womenofficers has been conductedincurring expenditure of R4 lakhduring 2011-12.

(xii) Three Prizes totaling R84,000being awarded to women forbooks in Hindi pertaining topolice related subject underPandit Gobind Ballabh PantAward Scheme during 2011-12.

Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)

15.11.4 The Government had initiallyapproved the raising of one MahilaBattalion in CRPF during 1985. Within ashort span of time, another two MahilaBattalions have been inducted andpresently three Mahila Battalions arefunctioning in CRPF. Besides, the Forcehas enlisted women personnel for threeCRPF units exclusively for women andposted them in these units including RAFunits/GCs deployed in various parts ofthe country.

15.11.5 The Force has taken initiative forconstruction of Family Welfare Centresfor the benefit of women. These FamilyWelfare Centres are constructed



exclusively for women to learn new skillsand to augment their family incomeearning through the activities likestitching, handicrafts and productions offood items etc.

15.11.6 CRPF has following schemesexclusively benefiting women:-

(i) Women’s hostel.

(ii) Women oriented periodicals,books and journals in recreation/common staff rooms.

(iii) Gymnasium and other facilitiesfor physical activities exclusivelyfor ladies.

(iv) Provision of music systems, TVsand DVDs etc. for recreation ofwomen in the ladies room.

(v) Day care centre/Crechesincluding provision of Ayah tolook after children of servingwomen.

(vi) Providing embroidery machinesexclusively to women to enablethem to gain extra skills.

15.11.7 Apart from above and in orderto redress of complaints pertaining tosexual harassment of women at workplace, the CRPF has constituted a fourmember Complaint Committee at Sectorlevel. The Committee has started holdingregular quarterly meetings to quickredress the complaint, if any.

15.11.8 Facilities of separate rest rooms,recreation rooms, mobile toilets have beenprovided to women in CRPF. Duringdeployment separate toilets even in theunit vehicles are made available towomen. Besides relaxation in wearing ofpant, shirt and web belt has been givenduring the time of pregnancy. All outefforts to solve problems of womenpersonnel are being taken at appropriatelevel. Gender sensitization is also beingcarried out and rights of women areinformed besides, regular interactionsthrough interviews, roll call, SainikSammelans. Field Officers are keepingclose watch on activities and mentalhealth of women personnel under theircommand.

15.11.9 CRPF comprises three exclusiveMahila Battalions, one at Delhi, secondat Gandhinagar (Gujarat) and third atAjmer (Rajasthan). The Mahilapersonnel of trained Battalions aredeployed for various law and orderduties. In addition, Mahila employeesposted at Group Centres and RAF atvarious levels are rendering differentkind of law and order and other policeduties around the country. Totalnumber of women working in eachgroup area is as under:-

Gazetted Non-Gazetted Total

153 4476 4629



15.11.10 Approximate annual salary costof women employees is R121.94 crore.

15.11.11 The first Indian Female FormedPolice Unit (FFPU) consisting of 125female formed police officers reachedMonrovia, Liberia on 30.01.2007 and afterpre-induction training with effect from02.02.2007 to 05.02.2007, the troops startedwith first deployment at Unity ConferenceCentre on 08.02.2007.

15.11.12 The deployment of FFPUcontinues till date and subsequent batcheshave been deployed in the year 2008, 2009,

2010 and 2011. The present batch i.e. FFPU5th contingent comprising of 125 mahilaofficers/men are deployed in Monrovia,Liberia under UNMIL w.e.f. 10/22.02.2011.The contingent is due for rotation in themonth of February, 2012 by anothercontingent for which selection process ison under the overall supervision ofInspector General, Rapid Armed Force.

15.11.13 The names of the schemesexclusively benefiting women and theprovisions made against each of themduring the year 2011-12 and 2012-13 areas under:

(R in crore)

Sl. No. Details of the Schemes Allocation

2011-12 2012-13

1. Day Care Centre 06.00 08.00

2. Gender Sensitization 02.00 03.00

3. Health Care Centre 08.00 08.00

4. Improvised Service 10.00 10.00

5. Nutritional Care Centre 07.00 08.00

6. Women’s Hostel/Family Accommodation 42.00 40.00

Total 75.00 77.00

Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)

15.11.14 The names of the schemesexclusively benefiting women and the

provisions made against each of themduring the years 2011-12 and 2012-13 areas under:-



(R in crore)


2011-12 2012-13

1. Day Care Centre 00.16 00.56

2. Gender Sensitization 00.03 00.10

3. Health & Nutritional Care Centre 00.21 00.34

4. Women Hostel 01.50 00.00

5. Separate Accommodation for women employees 01.00 00.00

Total 02.90 01.00

a) R2.94 lakh utilized by the unitsworking under Sector Hqrs.Ranidanga for running of DayCare Centres (Creche) and BodyCare Centres.

b) R2.99 lakh utilized by the unitsworking under FTR Patna forrunning of Day Care Centres(Creche) and Body Care Centres.

c) R20.38 lakh has been incurredfor construction of one Barrack

(for 72 women constables) formahila component at BattalionHeadquarter, Narkatiaganj.Fund will be utilized by31.03.2012.

Border Security Force (BSF)

15.11.15 The names of the schemesexclusively benefiting the women and thescheme wise allocation during the years2010-11 and 2011-12 are as under :-

(R in lakh)

Sl. No. Details of the Schemes Year-wise allocation

2010-11 2011-12

1. All Women Accommodation with Toilets, 250.00 264.40Cook House cum Dining Hall at 86 BOPsof Punjab Ftr., BSF

2. All Women Accommodation with Toilets, 5.00 0.00Cook House cum Dining Hall at 06 BOPsof South Bengal Ftr., BSF



(R in lakh)

Sl. No. Details of the Schemes Year-wise allocation

2010-11 2011-12

3. All Women Accommodation with Toilets, 10.00 0.00Cook House cum Dining Hall at 04 BOPs ofNorth Bengal Ftr., BSF

4. Women Hostel for Mahila Trainees at STC, 150.00 0.00BSF, Kharkan Camp, Hoshiarpur, Punjab

5. Toilet Block for Mahila Trainees at STC, BSF, 2.00 0.00Kharkan Camp, Hoshiarpur, Punjab

6. Lecture Posts at STC BSF Kharkan Camp, 5.00 0.00Hoshiarpur, Punjab

7. Toilet Blocks at STC, BSF, Kharkan Camp, 5.00 0.00Hoshiarpur, Punjab

8. Mahila Accommodation with Toilets, Cook 40.00 16.00House cum Dining Hall at 25 Bn BSF,Chhawla Camp, New Delhi.

Total Budget/Allocation 467.00 280.40

(i) R264.40 lakh has been utilized forconstruction of 15 Nos. mahilaaccommodation with toilet, cookhouses etc. at BOPs of PunjabFrontier during the year 2011-12.

(ii) R56 lakh has been utilized forconstruction of mahila accommo-dation with toilets and cook housescum dining hall at 25 Bn. BSF,Chhawla Camp, New Delhi duringthe year 2010-11 and 2011-12.

(iii) Health and Nutritional Carefacilities have been created at allBOPs out of the availableaccommodation.

(iv) Day Care and Gendersensitization facilities have alsobeen created at Bn. HQrs, SectorHQ, Frontier HQ and TrainingInstitutions out of availableaccommodation.



Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)

15.11.16 The ITBP has taken initiative forconstruction of Family Welfare Centresfor the benefit of women. These Centresare constructed exclusively for women tolearn new skills and to augment theirfamily income earning through theactivities like stitching, handicrafts andproduction of food items.

15.11.17 The following schemes werebeing introduced exclusively benefitingwomen:-

(i) Women hostel.

(ii) Women oriented periodicals,books and journals inrecreation/common staff rooms.

(iii) Gymnasium and other facilitiesfor physical activities exclusivelyfor ladies.

(iv) Provision of music systems, TVsand DVDs etc. for recreation ofwomen in the ladies room.

(v) Day Care Centre/Crechesincluding provision of Ayah tolook after children of servingwomen.

(vi) Providing embroidery machinesexclusive to women to enablethem to gain extra.

15.11.18 Facilities of separate rest rooms,mobile toilets are being provided towomen. During deployment separatetoilets even in the unit vehicles are madeavailable to women. Besides relaxation inwearing of pant, shirt and web belt hasbeen given during the time of pregnancy.All out efforts to solve problems ofwomen personnel are being taken atappropriate level. Gender sensitization isalso being carried out and rights ofwomen are informed besides, regularinteractions through interviews, roll call,Sainik Sammelans. Field Officers arekeeping close watch on activities andmental health of women personnel undertheir command.

15.11.19 Total number of womenworking in each group area is as under:-

Group Group Group Total

A B C

31 66 803 900

15.11.20 At present 05 womenITBPeans are on deputation to UnitedNations Mission at Kango.

15.11.21 The names of the schemesexclusively benefiting women and theprovisions made against each of themduring the years 2011-12 and 2012-13 areas under:-



(R in crore)


2011-12 2012-13

1. Opening of Creche for Women, Day Care 0.17 0.21Centre, Gender Sensitization, Health CareCentre, Nutritional Care Centre, Women’sRest Rooms (furniture & fixtures) &Washing/Drying/Women’s laundry at 32locations.

2. Staff position (Wages) 0.05 0.06

Total 0.22 0.27

*–*–*

ANNEXURES


345 ANNUAL REPORT-2011-12ANNEXURES

ANNEXURE-I

MINISTERS, SECRETARIES, SPECIAL SECRETARIES, ADDITIONAL SECRETARIESAND JOINT SECRETARIES HELD/HOLDING POSITIONS IN THE MINISTRY OF

HOME AFFAIRS DURING THE YEAR 2011-12 (AS ON 16.03.2012)

Shri P Chidambaram HOME MINISTER

Shri Mullappally Ramachandran MINISTERS OF STATE

Shri Gurudas Kamat (upto 12.07.2011)

Shri Jitendra Singh (since 12.07.2011)

Shri G.K. Pillai (upto 30.06.2011) HOME SECRETARY

Shri Raj Kumar Singh (since 30.06.2011)

Shri A.E. Ahmad SECRETARY (Border Management)

Shri U.K. Bansal (upto 31.10.2011) SECRETARY (Internal Security)

Shri Vishwapati Trivedi (upto 25.11.2011) SPECIAL SECRETARIES

Shri D.R. S. Chaudhary (upto 13.10.2011)

Shri Ajay Chadha (since 29.12.2011)

Shri Anil Goswami ADDITIONAL SECRETARIES

Smt. B. Bhamathi

Shri S.C. Panda (since 22.12.2011)

Shri Bhagwan Shankar (since 01.08.2011) JOINT SECRETARIES

Shri D. Diptivilasa (upto 22.12.2011)

Shri Dharmendra Sharma

Shri G.V. Venugopala Sarma

Shri Kamal Kant Mittal (since 20.04.2011)

Shri K.C. Jain (upto 30.09.2011)

Shri K.K. Pathak

Shri K. Skandan

Contd.


346ANNUAL REPORT-2011-12ANNEXURES

ANNEXURE-I (Contd.)

MINISTERS, SECRETARIES, SPECIAL SECRETARIES, ADDITIONAL SECRETARIESAND JOINT SECRETARIES HELD/HOLDING POSITIONS IN THE MINISTRY OF

HOME AFFAIRS DURING THE YEAR 2011-12 (AS ON 16.03.2012)

Shri L.D. Jha

Shri M. Gopal Reddy

Shri M.A. Ganapathy (since 15.04.2011)

Dr. Nirmaljeet Singh Kalsi

Shri R.K. Srivastava

Shri Rakesh Singh (since 28.02.2012)

Smt. Rashmi Goel

Shri R.P. Nath

Shri Radha Raman Jha

Shri Satpal Chouhan (since 18.10.2011)

Shri Shambhu Singh

Shri S. Suresh Kumar

Shri L. Vishwanathan (upto 29.02.2012) JOINT SECRETARIES (In-situ)

Dr. (Ms.) Prafulla Kerketa

Shri Om Prakash Mahey (upto 30.11.2011)

Shri Jagdish Lal Chugh

Smt. Saraswathi Ramraj (since 30.08.2011)

Dr. Sanjeev Mishra CHIEF CONTROLLER OF ACCOUNTS

(Reference : Chapter I, Para 1.4)



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PHASE-WISE POSITION OF VOTING OF J&K PANCHAYAT ELECTIONS

Sl. No. Phase Date of Election % of voting

1. 1st 13.04.2011 78.12

2. 2nd 17.04.2011 81.82

3. 3rd 21.04.2011 78.95

4. 4th 25.04.2011 80.55

5. 5th 30.04.2011 81.09

6. 6th 04.05.2011 80.52

7. 7th 08.05.2011 80.39

8. 8th 12.05.2011 77.65

9. 9th 16.05.2011 82.13

10. 10th 21.05.2011 77.14

11. 11th 25.05.2011 70.61

12. 12th 29.05.2011 74.00

13. 13th 02.06.2011 73.15

14. 14th 06.06.2011 67.32

15. 15th 11.06.2011 78.29

16. 16th 18.06.2011 79.83

17. 17th 27.06.2011 65.35

Average % of voting 76.87

(Reference : Chapter II, Para 2.7.36)



(Contd.)

ANNEXURE-IV

STATE-WISE SECURITY SITUATION IN NORTH EASTERNSTATES DURING THE YEARS 2007-2011

ASSAM

Head 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Incidents 474 387 424 251 145

Extremists arrested/killed/ 759 1237 1259 1026 *1084surrendered

SFs killed 27 18 22 12 14

Civilians killed 287 245 152 53 18

* including UPDS surrendered before the State on 14.12.2011.

MEGHALAYA

Incidents 28 16 12 29 56

Extremists arrested/killed/ 85 88 67 119 107surrendered

SFs killed 1 02 - - 08


TRIPURA

Incidents 94 68 19 30 13


SFs killed 6 03 1 02 -


ARUANCHAL PRADESH

Incidents 35 28 53 32 53


SFs killed 5 - - - -




STATE-WISE SECURITY SITUATION IN NORTH EASTERNSTATES DURING THE YEARS 2007-2011

NAGALAND

Head 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Incidents 272 321 129 64 61


SFs killed 1 3 - - -

Civilians killed 44 70 16 - 07

MIZORAM

Incidents 2 1 1 - 1

Extremists arrested/killed/ 21 13 - - 6surrendered

SFs killed 0 4 - - -

Civilians killed 2 - 1 - -

MANIPUR

Incidents 584 740 659 367 298


SFs killed 39 16 19 6 10


(Reference : Chapter II, Para 2.8.2)

ANNEXURE-IV (Contd.)



ANNEXURE-V

STATE-WISE LIST OF MAJOR MILITANT/INSURGENT GROUPS ACTIVE IN THENORTH EASTERN STATES

ASSAM

(i) United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA)

(ii) National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB)

(iii) Dima Halam Daogah (Joel Garlosa)- DHD(J)

MANIPUR

(i) People’s Liberation army (PLA)

(ii) United National Liberation Front (UNLF)

(iii) People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK)

(iv) Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP)

(v) Kanglei Yaol Kanba Lup (KYKL)

(vi) Manipur People’s Liberation Front (MPLF)

(vii) Revolutionary People’s Front (RPF)

MEGHALAYA

(i) Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC)

(ii) Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA)

TRIPURA

(i) All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF)

(ii) National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT)

NAGALAND

(i) The National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak Muivah) – [NSCN(I/M)]

(ii) The National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) [NSCN (K)]

ARUNACHAL PRADESH

(i) National Socialist Council of Nagalim/Isak-Muivah (NSCN/IM)

(ii) The National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) [NSCN (K)]

(iii) United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA)

(iv) National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB)

* All the militant outfits mentioned above except the two factions of National Socialist Council ofNagaland, have been declared ‘Unlawful Associations’ under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention)Act, 1967 (3) of 1967). In addition, the outfits named above in respect of Assam, Manipur and Tripura(except the two NSCN factions) have also been listed as ‘terrorist organisations’ in the schedule of theabove Act.** In addition, other militant groups like the Dima Halam Daogah (DHD) and United PeoplesDemocratic Solidatiry (UPDS), Karbi Longri N.C.Hills Liberation Front (KLNLF; and Naga NationalCouncil (NNC) etc. are also active in the North East.(Reference : Chapter II, Para 2.8.13)



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ANNEXURE-VIII

AREA AND POPULATION OF THE UNION TERRITORIES

Sl. Union Territory Area Population PopulationNo. (in Sq. Km.) (2001 Census) (2011 Census-

Provisional)

1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands 8,249 3,56,152 3,79,944

2. Chandigarh 114 9,00,635 10,54,686

3. Dadra and Nagar Haveli 491 2,20,490 3,42,853

4. Daman and Diu 112 1,58,204 2,42,911

5. Lakshadweep 32 60,650 64,429

6. National Capital 1,483 1,38,50,507 1,67,53,235Territory of Delhi

7. Puducherry 479 9,74,345 12,44,464

Total 10,960 1,65,20,983 2,00,82,522

(Reference : Chapter VII, Para 7.1.2)



ANNEXURE - IX

ABSRACT OF BUDGET OF THE UNION TERRITORIES WITHOUT LEGISLATURE

(Rin crore)

2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12BE Actuals BE Actuals BE Actuals BE

A&N ISLANDS

Plan 1087.85 1534.77 1536.81 1518.35 954.36 934.24 1430.45

Non-Plan 800.00 1086.42 1148.37 1192.32 1106.25 1223.81 1173.90

Total 1887.85 2621.19 2658.18 2710.67 2060.61 2158.05 2604.35

CHANDIGARH

Plan 304.65 488.54 319.22 449.13 450.91 461.31 661.89

Non-Plan 890.00 949.09 1449.00 1467.03 1466.00 1648.90 1646.53

Total 1194.65 1437.63 1768.22 1916.16 1916.91 2110.21 2308.42

DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI

Plan 86.03 111.00 153.68 188.64 195.82 256.95 334.14

Non-Plan 65.00 326.09 91.42 97.86 89.34 92.87 97.30

Total 151.03 437.09 245.10 28.65 285.16 349.82 431.44

DAMAN & DIU

Plan 82.25 104.95 154.34 164.81 169.23 167.01 324.95

Non-Plan 66.00 163.53 83.21 112.33 98.54 101.40 105.40

Total 148.25 268.48 237.55 277.14 267.77 268.41 430.35

LAKSHADWEEP

Plan 263.68 270.16 296.86 267.02 322.08 321.88 388.79

Non-Plan 252.35 371.53 379.97 396.39 388.06 444.26 385.76

Total 516.03 641.69 676.83 663.41 710.14 766.14 774.55

Central Assistance (Gap Grant) to Union Territories with legislature

Puducherry

Plan 136.37 150.35 264.19 245.21 172.29 177.28 396.56

Non-Plan 439.00 941.57 755.00 860.67 565.00 565.00 565.00

Total 575.37 1091.92 1019.19 1105.88 737.29 742.28 961.56

NCT of Delhi

Plan 1240.02 808.22 2435.68 2435.69 1228.81 943.48 1192.73

Non-Plan 25.00 25.00 25.00 24.87 25.00 2.55 3.00

Total 1265.02 833.22 2460.68 2460.56 1253.81 946.03 1195.73

(Reference : Chapter VII, Para 7.1.2)



ANNEXURE-X

AMOUNT RELEASED UNDER PMSUT FOR 2011-12 (TILL 31.12.2011)

(Rin lakh)

Sl. No. Name of UT Total Amount Amount released

1. Delhi 10240.00 10240.00

2. Andaman and Nicobar Islands 2647.28 2647.28

3. Puducherry 1320.00 660.00

4. Dadra & Nagar Haveli 520.00 446.25

5. Lakshadweep 329.22 195.95

6. Chandigarh 140.00 116.60

7. Daman & Diu 450.00 375.51

Total 15196.50 14306.08

(Reference : Chapter VII, Para 7.11)



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Annexure-XII

STATE DISASTER RELIEF FUND DURING 2010-2015

(R in crore)

Sl. State 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 TotalNo. 2010-15

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1. Andhra Pradesh 508.84 534.28 560.99 589.04 618.49 2811.64

2. Arunachal Pradesh 36.74 38.58 40.51 42.54 44.67 203.04

3. Assam 263.77 276.96 290.81 305.35 320.62 1457.51

4. Bihar 334.49 351.21 368.77 387.21 406.57 1848.25

5. Chhattisgarh 151.32 158.89 166.83 175.17 183.93 836.14

6. Goa 2.96 3.11 3.27 3.43 3.60 16.37

7. Gujarat 502.12 527.23 553.59 581.27 610.33 2774.54

8. Haryana 192.90 202.55 212.68 223.31 234.48 1065.92

9. Himachal Pradesh 130.76 137.30 144.17 151.38 158.95 722.56

10. J & K 172.46 181.08 190.13 199.64 209.62 952.93

11. Jharkhand 259.45 272.42 286.04 300.34 315.36 1433.61

12. Karnataka 160.96 169.01 177.46 186.33 195.65 889.41

13. Kerala 131.08 137.63 144.51 151.74 159.33 724.29

14. Madhya Pradesh 392.75 412.39 433.01 454.66 477.39 2170.20

15. Maharashtra 442.69 464.82 488.06 512.46 538.08 2446.11

16. Manipur 7.22 7.58 7.96 8.36 8.78 39.90

17. Meghalaya 14.65 15.38 16.15 16.96 17.81 80.95

18. Mizoram 8.55 8.98 9.43 9.90 10.40 47.26

19. Nagaland 4.97 5.22 5.48 5.75 6.04 27.46

20. Odisha 391.58 411.16 431.72 453.31 475.98 2163.75

21. Punjab 222.92 234.07 245.77 258.06 270.96 1231.78

22. Rajasthan 600.66 630.69 662.22 695.33 730.10 3319.00

23. Sikkim 22.75 23.89 25.08 26.33 27.65 125.70

24. Tamil Nadu 293.52 308.20 323.61 339.79 356.78 1621.90

25. Tripura 19.31 20.28 21.29 22.35 23.47 106.70

26. Uttar Pradesh 385.39 404.66 424.89 446.13 468.44 2129.51

27. Uttarakhand 117.66 123.54 129.72 136.21 143.02 650.15

28. West Bengal 304.83 320.07 336.07 352.87 370.51 1684.35

Total 6077.30 6381.18 6700.22 7035.22 7387.01 33580.93

(Reference : Chapter X, Para No. 10.33)



Annexure-XIII

ALLOCATION AND RELEASE OF FUNDS FROM SDRF/ NDRFDURING 2011-2012 AS ON 20.01.2012

(R in crore)

Sl. Name of the State Allocation of SDRF Releases from SDRF ReleasesNo. from NDRF

Central State Total 1st 2nd

Share Share Instalment Instalment1 2 3 4 5 6 7 81. Andhra Pradesh 400.71 133.57 534.28 100.355 # — 257.612. Arunachal Pradesh 34.72 3.86 38.58 17.36 — —3. Assam 249.26 27.70 276.96 124.63 — —4. Bihar 263.41 87.80 351.21 — — —5. Chhattisgarh 119.17 39.72 158.89 116.330 (56.745 — —

@ + 59.585)6. Goa 2.33 0.78 3.11 2.275 — —

(1.11 @ + 1.165)7. Gujarat 395.42 131.81 527.23 — — —8. Haryana 151.91 50.64 202.55 — — —9. Himachal Pradesh 123.57 13.73 137.30 61.785 — —

10. Jammu & Kashmir 162.97 18.11 181.08 — — —11. Jharkhand 204.32 68.10 272.42 102.16 — —12. Karnataka 126.76 42.25 169.01 63.38 63.38 —13. Kerala 103.22 34.41 137.63 51.61 — —14. Madhya Pradesh 309.29 103.10 412.39 77.3225 # — —15. Maharashtra 348.62 116.20 464.82 — — —16. Manipur 6.82 0.76 7.58 3.25 @ — —17. Meghalaya 13.84 1.54 15.38 6.60 — —18. Mizoram 8.08 0.90 8.98 3.85 @ — —19. Nagaland 4.70 0.52 5.22 — — —20. Odisha 308.37 102.79 411.16 154.19 154.185 678.6521. Punjab 175.55 58.52 234.07 171.37 — —

(83.595 @ + 87.775)

22. Rajasthan 473.02 157.67 630.69 461.76 — —(225.25 @ + 236.51)

23. Sikkim 21.50 2.39 23.89 20.99 10.75 200.38(10.24 @ + 10.75)

24. Tamil Nadu 231.15 77.05 308.20 115.757 — 500.0025. Tripura 18.25 2.03 20.28 17.815 9.125 —

(8.69@+9.125)

26. Uttar Pradesh 303.50 101.16 404.66 151.75 — —27. Uttarakhand 111.19 12.35 123.54 — — —28. West Bengal 240.05 80.02 320.07 120.025 120.025 —

Total 4911.70 1469.48 6381.18 1944.38 357.47 1636.64(Reference : Chapter X, Para No. 10.37)

# SDRF share released earlier, in advance, during 2010-11 for 2011-12.* SDRF share released, in advance, during 2011-12 for 2012-13.@ Released arrears of central share for the year 2010-11.Note: - Balance and 1st instalmment of Centre’s share of SDRF for the years 2011-12 has not been released for non-

submission of requisite confirmations and supporting documents by the State Government as mentioned inpara 11 of the guidelines [viz; submission of utilization certificate, constitution of State Executive Committee(SEC), Annual report and creation of SDRF duly certified by the AG (A&E) of State etc.].



Annexure-XIV

STATE-WISE ALLOCATION OF GRANT FOR CAPACITY BUILDINGFOR THE PERIOD FROM 2010 TO 2015

(R in crore)

Sl. State 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 TotalNo. 2010-15

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 81. Andhra Pradesh 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 30.002. Arunachal Pradesh 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 5.003. Assam 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 25.004. Bihar 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 25.005. Chhattisgarh 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 20.006. Goa 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 5.007. Gujarat 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 30.008. Haryana 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 25.009. Himachal Pradesh 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 20.00

10. Jammu & Kashmir 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 20.0011. Jharkhand 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 25.0012. Karnataka 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 20.0013. Kerala 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 20.0014. Madhya Pradesh 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 25.0015. Maharashtra 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 25.0016. Manipur 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 5.0017. Meghalaya 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 5.0018. Mizoram 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 5.0019. Nagaland 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 5.0020. Odisha 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 25.0021. Punjab 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 25.0022. Rajasthan 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 30.0023. Sikkim 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 5.0024. Tamil Nadu 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 25.0025. Tripura 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 5.0026. Uttar Pradesh 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 25.0027. Uttarakhand 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 20.0028. West Bengal 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 25.00

Total #105.00 105.00 105.00 105.00 105.00 525.00

(Reference : Chapter X, Para No. 10.38)

# This amount has been released to all the State Governments during 2010-11 towards grant in-aidfor capacity building for disaster response ‘on account’ and provisional basis on 11th October 2010.



Annexure-XV

STATEMENT SHOWING STATE-WISE DETAILS OF DAMAGE DUE TOCYCLONIC STORMS/FLASH FLOODS/FLOODS/LANDSLIDES/CLOUDBURST/

EARTHQUAKE ETC. DURING 2011-12(AS ON 23.01.2012)

(Provisional)

Sl. State/UT No. of No. of No. of CroppedNo. human cattle houses area affected

lives lost heads lost damaged (lakh hectares)

1 2 3 4 5 6

1. Assam 13 — 277 4.17

2. Bihar 37 — 1603 —

3. Goa 1 — 134 neg

4. Gujarat 53 175 4734 —

5. Himachal Pradesh 51 2374 10838 1.56

6. Karnataka 84 51 419 —

7. Kerala 152 531 14222 1.18

8. Maharashtra 106 — — —

9. Odisha 87 1493 290780 4.19

10. Punjab 14 4 26 —

11. Sikkim *77 1333 23903 0.14

12. Tamil Nadu 57 669 99904 2.10

13. Uttar Pradesh 692 268 22858 5.25

14. Uttarakhand 19 10 107 —

15. West Bengal *79 33 317481 0.09

16. Puducherry 8 35 4 0.17

Total 1530 6976 787290 18.85

(Reference : Chapter X, Para No.10.43)

* This includes 60 lives lost in Sikkim, 11 lives lost in West Bengal and 10 lives lost in Bihar dueto earthquake of 18.09.2011.



Annexure-XVI

ESTIMATED BIRTH RATE, DEATH RATE, NATURALGROWTH RATE AND INFANT MORTALITY RATE, 2010

India/States/Union Birth rate Death rate Natural growth rate Infant mortalityTerritories rate

Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

India 22.1 23.7 18.0 7.2 7.7 5.8 14.9 15.9 12.2 47 51 31

Bigger states

1. Andhra Pradesh 17.9 18.3 16.7 7.6 8.6 5.4 10.2 9.7 11.3 46 51 33

2. Assam 23.2 24.4 15.8 8.2 8.6 5.8 14.9 15.8 10.1 58 60 36

3. Bihar 28.1 28.8 22.0 6.8 7.0 5.6 21.3 21.8 16.4 48 49 38

4. Chhattisgarh 25.3 26.8 18.6 8.0 8.4 6.2 17.3 18.4 12.4 51 52 44

5. Delhi 17.8 19.7 17.5 4.2 4.6 4.1 13.6 15.0 13.4 30 37 29

6. Gujarat 21.8 23.3 19.4 6.7 7.5 5.5 15.1 15.8 14.0 44 51 30

7. Haryana 22.3 23.3 19.8 6.6 7.0 5.6 15.7 16.3 14.3 48 51 38

8. Jammu & Kashmir 18.3 19.5 13.5 5.7 5.9 4.7 12.6 13.6 8.8 43 45 32

9. Jharkhand 25.3 26.7 19.3 7.0 7.4 5.4 18.3 19.3 13.9 42 44 30

10. Karnataka 19.2 20.2 17.5 7.1 8.1 5.4 12.1 12.1 12.1 38 43 28

11. Kerala 14.8 14.8 14.8 7.0 7.1 6.7 7.8 7.7 8.1 13 14 10

12. Madhya Pradesh 27.3 29.2 20.5 8.3 9.0 6.0 18.9 20.2 14.5 62 67 42

13. Maharashtra 17.1 17.6 16.4 6.5 7.5 5.3 10.6 10.2 11.1 28 34 20

14. Odisha 20.5 21.4 15.2 8.6 9.0 6.6 11.9 12.4 8.6 61 63 43

15. Punjab 16.6 17.2 15.6 7.0 7.7 5.8 9.6 9.5 9.8 34 37 28

16. Rajasthan 26.7 27.9 22.9 6.7 6.9 6.0 20.0 20.9 16.9 55 61 31

17. Tamil Nadu 15.9 16.0 15.8 7.6 8.2 6.9 8.3 7.8 8.9 24 25 22

18. Uttar Pradesh 28.3 29.2 24.2 8.1 8.5 6.3 20.2 20.7 17.9 61 64 44

19. West Bengal 16.8 18.6 11.9 6.0 6.0 6.3 10.7 12.6 5.6 31 32 25

Smaller States

1. Arunachal Pradesh 20.5 22.1 14.6 5.9 6.9 2.3 14.6 15.2 12.3 31 34 12

2. Goa 13.2 12.6 13.7 6.6 8.1 5.7 6.6 4.5 8.0 10 10 10

3. Himachal Pradesh 16.9 17.5 11.5 6.9 7.2 4.2 10.0 10.3 7.3 40 41 29

4. Manipur 14.9 14.8 15.3 4.2 4.3 4.0 10.7 10.5 11.3 14 15 9

5. Meghalaya 24.5 26.6 14.8 7.9 8.4 5.6 16.6 18.2 9.2 55 58 37

6. Mizoram 17.1 21.1 13.0 4.5 5.4 3.7 12.5 15.7 9.3 37 47 21

7. Nagaland 16.8 17.0 16.0 3.6 3.7 3.3 13.2 13.3 12.7 23 24 20

8. Sikkim 17.8 18.1 16.1 5.6 5.9 3.8 12.3 12.3 12.3 30 31 19

9. Tripura 14.9 15.6 11.5 5.0 4.8 5.7 9.9 10.8 5.8 27 29 19

10. Uttarakhand 19.3 20.2 16.2 6.3 6.7 5.1 13.0 13.5 11.1 38 41 25

Union Territories

1. Andaman & 15.6 15.5 15.8 4.3 4.8 3.3 11.3 10.7 12.6 25 29 18Nicobar Islands

2. Chandigarh 15.6 21.6 15.0 3.9 3.7 3.9 11.6 17.9 11.0 22 20 23

3. Dadra & Nagar 26.6 26.0 28.6 4.7 5.1 3.3 21.9 20.9 25.3 38 43 22Haveli

4. Daman & Diu 18.8 19.1 18.3 4.9 4.9 4.8 13.9 14.2 13.6 23 19 29

5. Lakshadweep 14.3 15.5 13.2 6.4 6.1 6.7 8.0 9.5 6.5 25 23 27

6. Puducherry 16.7 16.7 16.7 7.4 8.2 7.0 9.3 8.5 9.6 22 25 21

(Reference : Chapter XIV, Para 14.30)

Note: Infant mortality rates for smaller States and Union Territories are based on three-years period 2008-10.



ANNEXURE-XVII

DETAILS OF VIGILANCE/DISCIPLINARY CASES IN MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRSAND ITS ATTACHED/SUBORDINATE OFFICES AS ON 31.12.2011

Sl. No. Item Gazetted Non-Gazetted

Cases Officers Cases Officers

1. Number of Vigilance/disciplinary cases 249 268 813 880as on 1.1.2011.

2. Vigilance/disciplinary cases started from 115 119 2534 26341.1.2011 to 31.12.2011.

3. Vigilance/disciplinary cases disposed of 125 136 2562 2653upto 31.12.2011.

4. Vigilance/disciplinary cases as on 239 251 785 86131.12.2011.(1+2-3)

5. Action taken in respect of Vigilance/disciplinary cases disposed of (withreference to serial number-3):(a) Dismissal 3 3 548 551(b) Removal 1 1 348 350(c) Compulsory retirement 5 5 100 102(d) Reduction in rank/pay etc. 11 12 110 112(e) Withholding of increment 2 2 417 426(f) Withholding of promotion – – 4 4(g) Recovery ordered from pay – – 94 122(h) Censure 6 6 353 360(i) Warning 40 40 140 148(j) Displeasure 12 15 10 10(k) Exoneration 18 23 39 47(l) Transfer of cases – – 5 5(m) Proceedings dropped 7 8 75 75(n) Cut in pension 14 15 1 1(o) Resignation accepted – – 19 19(p) Confinement in Unit – – 145 148(q) Confinement in Quarter Guard – – 137 146(r) Transferred Out 2 2 4 4(s) Kept in abeyance – – 10 8(t) Removal from Instt. Area – – 3 3(u) Proceedings dropped as per 3 3 3 3

Court orders.(v) Extra Duty/Forfeit past service 1 1 9 9

& pensionTotal (a to v) 125 136 2574* 2653

(Reference : Chapter XV, Para No. 15.2.5)* Variation in Sl. No. 3 and Sl. No. 5 of Non-Gazetted cases column is due to the fact that numberof persons involved and accordingly punishments awarded in one single case is more than oneand therefore, has to be shown repeatedly in different punishment columns of Sl. No.5.



ANNEXURE-XVIII

DETAILS OF OUTSTANDING INSPECTION NOTES/PARAS AS ON 31.12.2011

Sl. Name of the Organization Paras Paras Paras ParasNo. outstanding received settled outstanding

at the end during during at theof 31.12.2010 01.01.2011 01.01.2011 end of

to to 31.12.201131.12.2011 31.12.2011

1. Ministry of Home Affairs 32 0 0 32(Proper)

2. Department of Official 33 5 1 37Language

3. Registrar General of India 49 547 178 418

4. Border Security Force 335 104 125 314

5. Central Reserve Police 181 74 107 148Force(CRPF)

6. National Security Guard 06 0 2 4(NSG)

7. Central Industrial Security 267 132 161 238Force (C.I.S.F.)

8. Intelligence Bureau (I.B.) 73 41 35 79

9. SVP National Police 20 0 1 19Academy, Hyderabad (N.P.A.)

10. Assam Rifles 40 79 33 86

11. Indo Tibetan Border Police 54 47 37 64(I.T.B.P.)

12. Bureau of Police Research and 12 1 2 11Development (B.P.R.& D.)

13. National Institute of 23 0 0 23Criminology and ForensicScience

14. National Crime Record Bureau 34 0 0 34

15. Lakshadweep 324 102 12 414

16. Andaman and Nicobar Islands 1206 296 242 1260

17. Daman and Diu 171 40 6 205

18. Dadra and Nagar Haveli 92 0 16 76

19. Chandigarh 1468 50 102 1416

Total 4420 1518 1060 4878

(Reference : Chapter XV Para No. 15.8.5)



ANNEXURE-XIX

STATUS OF ATNs ON IMPORTANT AUDIT OBSERVATIONS INCLUDEDIN EARLIER ANNUAL REPORTS (AS ON 31.12.2011)

Sl. Year No. of Paras/PAC reoprt Detail of the Paras/PAC ReportsNo. on which ATNs have been on which ATNs are pending

submitted to PAC after vettingby Audit

No. of No. of ATNs No. of ATNsATNs not sent but which havesent by the returned with been finallyMinistry observations vettedeven for and audit by auditthe first awaiting their but havetime resubmission not been

by the submittedMinistry by the

Ministryto PAC

(i)1. 2008-09 (Para No. 11.1 of Report __ __ __

No. CA 14 of 2008-09)

(Reference : Chapter XV, Para No. 15.8.6)



ANNEXURE-XX

STATUS OF MOST RECENT AND IMPORTANT AUDIT OBSERVATIONSPERTAINING TO MHA AS ON 31.12.2011

Sl. Para No. Brief Subject Subject matter Present StatusNo. Ministries/Deptt.

1. 9.1 of Unauthorised expenditure-Ministry Admn. The revised ATN hasReport of Home Affairs diverted an amount Division been sent to office ofNo. 16 of of R 2.53 crore out of funds allotted the DG (Audit) for2011-12 for a different purpose by the vetting.

Parliament under capital sectionfor meeting revenue expenditure.

2. 9.2 of Procurement without planning - Six Police-II The draft ATN hasReport MI-17 helicopters purchased by the Division been sent to office ofNo. 16 of Ministry of Home Affairs at a cost the DG (Audit) for2011-12 of R 125.29 crore were parked at vetting.

Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi

3. 9.3 of Blocking of funds of R 1.32 crore- Police II The draft ATN hasReport non-acceptance of refund of excess Division been sent to office ofNo. 16 of amount by the CRPF in January, the DG (Audit) for2011-12 1999 and lack of focused pursuance vetting.

led to the blocking of R 1.32 crorefor a period of 10 years

4. 9.4 of Unfruitful expenditure-Ministry PM The revised ATN hasReport embarked on the project of setting up Division been sent to office ofNo. 16 of a police network (POLNET) resulting the DG (Audit) for2011-12 in non-achievement of objectives vetting.

despite incurring expenditure ofR 94.57 crore. The Ministry alsoincurred avoidable expenditure ofR 13.08 crore towards payment ofSpectrum charges to DoT for unused/un-installed Multi Access RadioTelephones (MARTs).

5. 9.5 of Irregularities in execution of DM The draft ATN isReport renovation and interior work of its Division under process.No. 16 of new building by National Disaster2011-12 Management Authority (NDMA).

(Reference : Chapter XV, Para No. 15.8.6)



ANNEXURE-XXI

OUTSTANDING AUDIT OBSERVATIONS/PARASOF C&AG AND A.T.R. AS ON 31.12.2011

Most Recent and Important Audit Observations/Paras

I. Unauthorised expenditure - Ministry of Home Affairs diverted an amount ofR2.53 crore out of funds allotted for a different purpose by the Parliament undercapital section for meeting revenue expenditure.

Ministry of Home Affairs diverted an amount of R2.53 crore out of funds allotted for adifferent purpose by the Parliament under capital section for meeting revenue expenditure. InJune 2008, the Administration Division of MHA requested the Chief Controller of Accounts(CCA) to include an additional requirement of R2.7 crore in the revenue section under thesub-head 2052.03.99.52 – Machinery and Equipment (IT) in the first batch of supplementarydemands for grants for procurement of computers, peripherals and software. The Ministrywithout receipt of additional grant went ahead and placed supply orders (September, 2008) forcomputers and software worth R2.53 crore. The Ministry decided to apply unutilized fundsallocated for the introduction of Electronic Access Control (Smart Card) system in North Blockunder Capital Section. The Ministry met the expenditure towards purchase of computers andsoftware from this allocation although the expenditure pertained to Revenue Section.

(Para No. 9.1 of Report No. 16 of 2011-12)Transaction Audit Observations

II. Procurement without planning - Six MI-17 helicopters purchased by the Ministry ofHome Affairs at a cost of R125.29 crore were parked at Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi.

Six MI-17 helicopters purchased by the Ministry of Home Affairs at a cost of R125.29 crorein 2003 were parked at Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi instead of being optimally utilizedfor meeting its operational requirement in North East and Jammu and Kashmir areas.Meanwhile, necessary infrastructure in the form of hangars for parking the helicopters atdesignated places in these States had not been created even after seven years of the sanctionof R7.00 crore for the purpose. Besides having to incur avoidable expenditure of R9.18 croreon sorties from Delhi to these areas, BSF also continued to depend on IAF for its operations.


III. Blocking of funds of R1.32 crore - non-acceptance of refund of excess amount by theCRPF in January, 1999 and lack of focused pursuance led to the blocking of R1.32crore for a period of 10 years.

In August, 1989, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) allotted 20 acres of land inPappankalan, New Delhi to the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) for the construction ofa transit camp. CRPF remitted R3.84 crore to DDA in March, 1991 towards provisional ratescharged by them as the revision of rates of land was under consideration. DDA howeverhanded over the possession of only 9.72 acres of land to CRPF in May, 1991 on the groundsthat the rates had been revised upwards. Audit noted that CRPF wrote to DDA in March,2002, April, 2004, August, 2005 and May, 2007 for the allotment of the additional land but



did not seek refund of its deposit made in 1991. On the other hand, it did not acceptrefunds made by DDA, on two occasions. It was only in July, 2007 that CRPF sought refundof R1.32 crore along with interest. The matter remained unresolved as of October, 2010. Thefact remains that due to non-acceptance of the refunded amount coupled with inadequateaction on the part of CRPF to claim the refund, led to blocking of R1.32 crore for 10 yearswith an interest impact of R1.05 crore calculated at the average borrowing rate of Governmentof India.

(Para No.9.3 of Report No. 16 of 2011-12)Transaction Audit Observations

IV. Unfruitful expenditure - Launch of a project by the Ministry embarked on the projectof setting up a police network (POLNET) which aimed to provide a reliable Nationalpolice communication system without studying the appropriateness of the technologyadopted.

The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) approved (September, 1998) a proposal of theMinistry of Home Affairs, Directorate of Co-ordination Police Wireless (DCPW) for settingup of a Police Network (POLNET) based on Satellite Technology in order to modernize thepolice telecommunication in the Country. The project was intended to provide connectivityto all police stations in the Country with State Capitals, District Headquarters and theNational Capital. The reply confirms the audit conclusion of the failure of the Ministry toundertake feasibility study to assess the suitability of the MART technology with referenceto the existing locations of police stations and embarking on the project without ensuringthe availability of site readiness. The purpose of the project of achieving a national policenetwork to provide connectivity to all police stations in the Country with State Capitals,District Headquarters and the National Capital was not fulfilled even after eight years ofaward of work and incurring expenditure of R94.57 crore. Further, the Ministry also incurredavoidable expenditure of R13.08 crore on account of spectrum charges for un-installed BSUsand RSUs MART.

(Para No.9.4 of Report No. 16 of 2011-12)Transaction Audit Observations

V. Irregularities in execution of renovation and interior work of its new building byNational Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).

Secretary NDMA accorded separate split sanctions aggregating to R4.48 crore in violation ofthe provisions of GFR. Further, failure of NDMA in assessing its requirements for renovationand interior work in the allotted building at the initial stage necessitated continuous changein the scope and quantum of the work. This resulted in overall delay in completion of theproject and avoidable of rent amounting to R3.77 crore on account of its extended stay in therented accommodation. Besides NDMA also exceeded the delegated powers as it undertookwork of R2.90 crore without the approval of the Ministry.


(Reference : Chapter XV, Para 15.8.6)

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