Steps to Combat Terrorism Discussed Consultative Committee of Members of Parliament for MHA Meets Addressing the members of Consultative Committee attached to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) here today, Union Home Minister Shri Sushilkumar Shinde informed that the Government have taken a series of steps to combat terrorism in the country. He mentioned that the legal regime and mechanism for counter terrorism like amendments of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 in 2008 and 2012, sharing of intelligence through close and effective co-ordination amongst Central and State level agencies and creation of four regional hubs (Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkatta) of National Security Guards (NSG) to cover the whole country has strengthened the efforts to combat terrorism. Shri Shinde informed the members that the establishment of National Investigation Agency (NIA) for dealing with cases of terrorism exclusively, border security measures to guard land border through fencing along with flood lighting and border roads on the Indo-Pakistan and Indo-Bangladesh Border has also improved the security situation. Shri Shinde further informed that the modernization of State Police Forces, steps to deal with the issue of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) and NATGRID, envisaged to link further data bases for creating actionable intelligence is also under establishment as steps being taken to combat terrorism. He mentioned that the recent attack on the Army convoy by militants, the brutal attack by CPI (Maoists) in Chattisgarh’s Bastar District and attacks on a train at Jamui in Bihar were attacks on our democratic values and freedom to participate in political activities. The Home Minister said that the Govt. is committed to make all out efforts to address the genuine grievances of deprived sections of society as the development can not happen in an environment of terror. He said that the acts of violence against innocents will be dealt firmly. Further explaining the situation of internal security, the Home Minister mentioned that there is an improvement in the security situation in the country during the last year. The Minister stated that the terrorist threat and challenges to internal security can be broadly categorized coming from four categories namely J&K, North Eastern States, Left Wing Extremism (LWE) and terrorism in the Hinterland of the country. The Minister also informed the members about the employment generation scheme like “UDAAN” and “HIMAYAT” in the State of J&K. He said that the Central Govt. is continuously assisting the North Eastern States by deploying Central Armed Police Forces to assist the State Police in their counter -insurgency operations against the militant outfits and augmenting and upgrading their police force by way of sanction of Indian Reserved Battalion. The LWE is one of our gravest challenges and the strategy to be adopted to combat violence in these areas has to be a combination of security measures coupled with development. As far as terrorism in the Hinterland is concerned, the country witnessed two major bomb blasts in 2013, first in Hyderabad and second in Bangaluru. Earlier, Union Home Secretary Shri Anil Goswami introduced the agenda and stated that there has been continuous efforts to bring about better initiatives to tackle terrorism by comprehensive rules of engagement, inclusive of legal framework, additional recruitments, intelligence network and coordination with Civil Administration. Border management, mobility and communication system for improving the security situation and combating terrorism are other measures in this regard, he added. The members deliberated on all aspects of combating terrorism in the country and discussed the recent incidents of security situation in the State of J&K, North Eastern States, Left Wing Extremism, co-ordination amongst security agencies, rehabilitation policy and security arrangements along the borders. The Committee also appreciated the services of the forces including para military forces in relief and rescue work during the recent Uttrakhand floods. The following members of Consultative Committee were present at the meeting. Shri Ismail Hussain, Shri Kamal Kishor, Shri Lalu Prasad, Dr.Rattan Singh Ajnala, Dr.Thokchom Meinya, Shri Yogi Aditya Nath from Lok Sabha and Shri Bhubaneswar Kalita, Shri H.K.Dua, Shri Mohd.Ali Khan, Shri Om Prakash Mathur, Prof. Ram Gopal Yadav and Shri Vinay Katiyar from Rajya Sabha. *****
Posted on: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 13:14:45 +0000
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