The Union Home minister P Chidambaram presented the report card of Ministry of Home Affairs for October, 2011 in New Delhi.
On the internal security front, Chidambaram said that the policy guidelines on employment of surrendered militants were issued last month.
In Jammu and Kashmir, a sum of Rs 26.44 crore was reimbursed to the Government of Jammu & Kashmir under Security Related Expenditure (SRE) scheme. Also, on October 12, 2011, the J&K interlocutors submitted their final report to MHA.
In North East, a review committee meeting on monitoring of ceasefire with National Socialist Council of Nagaland – Khaplang (NSCN/KK) was held last month. On October 13-14, 2011, tripartite talks were held with Dima Hasao Daogam Nunisa faction (DHD-N) and Dima Haolam Daogah (DHD-J) cadres for finalization of the memorandum of settlement.
A meeting was also held between the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Chief of General Staff of Myanmar Army to discuss security related issues. And in the same month, formal talks with ULFA commenced.
Central Armed Police Force
Sanctions amounting to Rs 46.73 crore were issued for acquisition of land and construction of office/residential/other infrastructure buildings for the following CAPFs:
- BSF: Rs 5.37 crore
- CRPF: Rs 41.31 crore
- NSG: Rs 0.05 crore
- Total: Rs 46.73 crore
On October 14, 2011, Rs 10.30 lakh was released to the North Eastern Police Academy (NEPA), Shillong for the purchase and installation of a 125 KVA DG set. And a sum of Rs 2.43 crore was released for augmentation of infrastructure of the National Police Academy, Hyderabad.
Approval worth Rs 15.39 crore was granted to the Central Detective Training School, Hyderabad for augmentation of its infrastructure facilities.
Border Management
India-Bangladesh Border: 10 kms of fencing and 20 kms of road works were completed in October, 2011 under phase II of the project. 25 kms of fencing were replaced in October, 2011 under phase III of the project. Poles for floodlighting were erected on a length of 100 kms and cables were laid on 50 kms stretch in October, 2011.
India-China Border: Construction of 23 roads totaling 700.00 Kms is in progress. During the month, 32.86 kms of formation works and 64.87 Kms of surfacing works were completed. So far, a total of 424.02 kms of formation works and 136.56 kms of surfacing works have been completed.
Immigration
Integrated on-line visa application system under the mission mode project on IVFRT (Immigration, Visa and Foreigners Registration & Tracking) was commenced at the Indian mission in Paris, France.
10 Pakistani prisoners and 3 Pakistani fishermen were repatriated to Pakistan on completion of their sentences.
The online registration application system for foreigners was operationalized at FRRO, Banglore.
IPS
U.K. Bansal, IPS was appointed as Director General, Border Security Force. Pranay Sahay, IPS was appointed as Director General, Sashastra Seema Bal.
On October 12, Disaster Reduction Day was observed to create awareness about disasters among school children. On October 14, a National Level Workshop was organized on mainstreaming of Disaster Risk Reduction in Civil Defence Programme.