Day: January 9, 2019

Union Home Minister introduces the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019 in Lok Sabha

open view news desk “The Act will not be confined to Assam, migrants can reside in any State; burden of these persecuted migrants will be shared by the whole country”: Shri Rajnath Singh Bill to grant ST status to six communities of Assam will be tabled in Parliament: […]

Model Police Bill

open view  news desk The Government has reviewed the Model Police Act, 2006 and accordingly, a draft Model Police Bill, 2015 has been prepared and placed on the website of BPR&D. Further, as “Police” is a State subject, falling in List II of the Seventh Schedule of the […]

Operational Casualties in CAPF

open view web desk As per information received from Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) viz. BSF, SSB, CRPF, CISF, ITBP, and Assam Rifles (AR), the details of operational casualties of jawans and officers during the year 2014-2018 are as under:-  Years Number of operational casualties of jawans & […]

Assistance under BADP

open view news desk The details of funds released under Border Area Development Programme (BADP) during the last three years (2015-16 to 2017-18) and the current year (2018-19) to the 17 States along the international land borders of the country including Bihar is given in the table below: […]

Infrastructure on LAC

open view web desk The length of roads constructed during past three years along the LAC to improve connectivity and accessibility is as under:  Year Length of roads constructed (in kms) 2015-16 95.14 2016-17 100.96 2017-18 102.95 73 roads have been identified as strategic Indo-China Border roads (ICBRs) […]

E-Prisions

open view web desk All States and UTs except the States of Manipur, Nagaland, Sikkim and UT of Lakshadweep, have implemented the E-prisons network developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) with the financial support from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for which an allocation of Rs. […]

Infiltration of Terrorists

open view news desk The steps taken by the Government to check infiltration across the borders are as follows: (i)    Indo-China Border: Indo-China border is an inhospitable and high altitude open border having mix of IB and LAC. No incident of infiltration from across the border along Indo-China has […]

Functioning of NIA

open view news desk The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has been constituted under the NIA Act, 2008 to investigate and prosecute offences affecting the sovereignty, security and integrity of India, security of State, friendly relations with foreign States and offences under Acts enacted to implement international treaties, agreements, […]

Refugees from Neighbouring Countries

open view web desk In the absence of any authentic survey, the accurate data of Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Christians who came from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan etc. and settled in various parts of India including Assam up to 31st December, 2014 is not available. However, as per available […]

Investigation into Cases of Sexual Offences

open view news desk As a part of the initiatives for Safety of Women, the Ministry of Home Affairs has launched the National Database on Sexual Offenders (NDSO) on 20th September 2018.  This online facility is exclusively for the use of law enforcement agencies having access to Inter-operable Criminal […]

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