Report Card of Ministry of Home Affairs for July, 2010

PIB Press release

The Union Home Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram presented the Report Card of the Ministry of Home Affairs for July,  2010 here today.  Following is the text of his statement:

“I present before you the report of the Ministry of Home Affairs for the month of July, 2010.

            The situation in Jammu & Kashmir is not yet normal. Repeated calls for bandh have paralyzed normal life in the valley. Security forces continue to operate in a difficult situation exercising maximum restraint. Government of J&K has announced some measures and I hope that these measures will help in normalizing the situation. 

            Left Wing Extremists, especially CPI (Maoist), continued to commit acts of violence in the affected States. Security forces have registered some successes in countering the activities of the Left Wing Extremists. On July 14, 2010, the Prime Minister chaired a meeting the Governor/Chief Ministers of 7 LWE-affected States in New Delhi. The meeting endorsed the proposals earlier approved by the Cabinet Committee on Security and also made valuable suggestions. Later in the day, the Union Home Secretary held a meeting of the Chief Secretaries and DGPs of the 7 States regarding implementation of the decisions in a time-bound manner.

            The Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Home Affairs deliberated on the issue of Left Wing Extremism at its meeting on July 29, 2010. 

            The Resolution approving the Proclamation issued by the President on June 1, 2010 placing Jharkhand under President’s Rule was approved by both Houses of Parliament on July 29, 2010.

Internal Security

            The talks between the Interlocutor appointed by the Government of India, Shri R.S. Pandey and the NSCN (IM) led by Shri Muivah have been resumed.

            The sixth round of tripartite talks on the demands of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) were held in New Delhi on July 24, 2010.

            Shri P.C. Haldar who is the Interlocutor for holding talks with NDFB (PT), DHD (N), DHD (J) and UPDS in Assam and ANVC in Meghalaya was assigned the additional responsibility as Interlocutor for the proposed talks with ULFA.

            Since the commencement of the annual Amarnathji Yatra from July 1, 2010 a total of 375,957 pilgrims have visited the shrine until July 29, 2010.  Full security has been provided to the yatris.

Investigations

            The NIA was directed to take up the investigation of the following cases:

a)      The Samjhauta Express train blast which occurred on February 18, 2007; and

b)      The case relating to an attempted attack on the office of Deloitte, Hyderabad in which LeT operative Zia-ul-Haq was arrested in Hyderabad on May 3, 2010 as a suspect.

CPOs/CPMFs

            On July 21, 2010 a dedicated air courier service was inaugurated by NACIL for CPMF personnel in the North-East. The service will operate on a daily basis linking Kolkata to Aizawl, Agartala, Silchar and Imphal.

            In furtherance of the policy of delegating powers, the following orders were issued:

a)      On July 20, 2010, the powers for the requisition of BSF helicopters were delegated to the IG (Ops), CRPF of the State concerned.

b)      On July 29, 2010, the powers of DGs of CPMFs for condemnation of stores were enhanced from Rs. 2 lakh to Rs. 20 lakh.

            On July 27, 2010, the outsourcing of the operation and maintenance of BSF Cheetah and Chetak helicopters was approved for one year in favour of M/s. Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd.

            The following procurements amounting to Rs. 36.29 crore were approved under the MPF Scheme for CPMFs:

216 vehicles (CRPF)	:  Rs.   16.77 crore
224 vehicles (SAG in CRPF)	:  Rs.   18.08 crore
14 Vajra vehicles (CRPF)	:  Rs.     1.44 crore
Total	:  Rs.  36.29 crore

            Sanctions amounting to Rs. 74.63 crore were issued for acquisition of land and equipment and for construction of buildings/barracks for CPMFs:-

Land (BSF, CRPF)                                          :           Rs.  18.32 crore

Land and Buildings (BSF, CRPF)                     :           Rs.  30.86 crore

10 All-Purpose Special Purpose Vehicles          :           Rs.  25.00 crore

30 satellite phones (BSF)                                 :           Rs.    0.45 crore

Total                                                               :           Rs. 74.63 crore

           

In July, 2010, a sum of Rs. 288.60 crore was released under the MPF Scheme to different States.

            Lump sum ex-gratia compensation amounting to Rs. 5.75 crore was sanctioned to the next of kin of deceased CPMF personnel in 31 cases of ‘killed in action’ and 11 cases of ‘death while on duty’.

            On July 27, 2010, 47 posts were sanctioned to the CISF for regular deployment for the security of Shri Rajiv Gandhi Ninaivagam at Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu.

            On July 14, 2010 orders were issued permitting retention of government accommodation at the last place of posting for CPMF personnel deployed in LWE-affected areas.

            The consultants appointed to look into various aspects of the Forensic Science infrastructure submitted their final report on July 27, 2010.

Border Management

            India-Bangladesh Border: 2 kms of fencing and 3 kms of road works were completed in July, 2010 under phase II of the project. 4 kms of fencing was replaced in July, 2010 under phase III of the project. Poles for floodlighting were erected on a length of 25 kms during the month of July, 2010.

            India-China Border: 16.8 kms of formation works and 0.88 kms of surfacing works were completed in Juy, 2010. Formation and cutting works were completed for the Sugar Point – Lepcha road, the Sugar Point – Pong – Point 480 and the Bona – Gelling roads.

            Coastal Security: 5 boats were delivered in July, 2010 – 4 boats from Goa Shipyards Limited and 1 boat from Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited. Against a delivery target of 204 boats upto December, 2010, 134 boats have been delivered.

            Border Area Development Programme (BADP): The Annual Action Plans have been received from 17 States. Rs.70.02 crore was released in July, 2010 to Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Sikkim and Uttar Pradesh under BADP, taking the total amount released in the current year to Rs.313.80 crore (to 15 States). 

Immigration:

            In July, 2010, 2 ICPs at Jogbani (Bihar) and Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu) were networked with the Central Foreigners’ Bureau, taking the total to 20 ICPs against a target of 43 ICPs to be networked.

            The Rs. 1,011 crore mission mode project on Immigration, Visa and Foreigners’ Registration & Tracking (IVFoRT) continues to make good progress.  The Project Management Group has been set up; the visa application forms have been standardized; the online visa application system and electronic transfer of messages has been operationalized for HCI, Islamabad; and VPN connectivity with immigration headquarters for security agencies and HCI, Dhaka has been established.

Human Trafficking

             A comprehensive scheme to strengthen law enforcement capability to deal with human trafficking was approved in June 2010. On July 28, 2010, Rs. 8.70 crore was released for the establishment of Integrated Anti-Human Trafficking Units (IAHTU) in the States.

IPS Cadre

            Shri Subhash Joshi, IPS (UK:76) was appointed Special DG, CRPF on July 19, 2010.

States

            Advisories were issued to States

·        on crime against children on July 14, 2010; and

·        on crime on July 16, 2010.

UTs

            Orders were issued on July 5, 2010, enhancing the existing financial powers of 3 UT Administrators for Plan schemes:

Andaman & Nicobar Islands                             :Rs. 25 crore from Rs. 15 crore

Lakshadweep                                                   :Rs. 20 crore from Rs. 10 crore

Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli         :Rs. 20 crore from Rs. 10 crore

            Approval was issued on July 29, 2010 delegating financial powers upto Rs. 25 crore to the Administrator, Andaman & Nicobar Islands for Plan schemes under the PPPmode.

.           Under the MPF Scheme, Rs. 13.48 crore and Rs 1.21 crore were released to Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Dadra & Nagar Haveli on July 2, 2010 and July 7, 2010, respectively.

            Trenching and conduit pipe laying work for the CCTV surveillance system was completed at 14 of the targeted 29 locations in Delhi.

Judicial

            The Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2010 was promulgated on July 2, 2010.

            The President of India accorded assent to the following Bills:

a.       The Haryana Shri Kapal Mochan, Shri Badri Narain, Shri Mantra Devi and Shri Kedar Nath Shrine (Amendment) Bill, 2009 on July 23, 2010.

b.      The Delhi Excise Bill, 2009 on July 1, 2010.

Disaster Relief

            NDRF teams comprising 137 personnel and 6 search dogs were deployed for search and rescue at the Santhiya (West Bengal) rail accident site on July 19, 2010.

            A 49-member team of CBRN responders from NDRF was deployed to neutralize the chlorine cylinder leak at MPT, Mumbai on July 15, 2010.

            NDRF teams comprising 1215 personnel were deployed for emergency response and rescue in the flood-prone States of Andhra Pradesh (77), Assam (185), Bihar (188), Haryana (343), Maharashtra (182), Punjab (208) and Uttarakhand (32).

Census 2011 and National Population Register

            Data collection for House listing & Housing census and for the National Population Register was completed in 31 States/UTs in the month of July, 2010.

            NPR for the coastal areas was completed in 3,331 coastal villages of nine maritime States and four UTs in July, 2010. Biographical details of approximately 119 lakh persons and biometric details of approximately 67 lakh persons have been collected so far.

Other issues

            The India-USA Counter Terror Cooperation Initiative was signed on July 23, 2010.

            A Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters was signed on July 27, 2010 between India and Myanmar.

            On July 28, 2010, sanction was issued for the release of Rs. 13.18 crore as additional Government of India equity for Repco Bank, Chennai.

            24,000 pension records of freedom fighters were computerized in July, 2010. The database now has 2,04,000 records. The data base of living freedom fighters’ now has 31,546 records. 

            18,615 records of claims and compensation paid to displaced persons were computerized in July, 2010. The database now has 23,615 records”.

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