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Report ► Ir 1 I SI REPORT l<)84-83 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT OF HOISp: AFFAIRS NEW DELHI - s It-.-J ANNUAL REPORT 1984-85 w GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ■ MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT OF HOAlE AFFAIRS / ; 1 ; CONTENTS CHAPTERS Pages 1. An Overview . 4 . I y >J. Law and Order . 2 I -Communal Situation 2 Labour Situation . 2 I Student Unrest 2 Extr:emist Activities . 3 Election Violence . 3 Punjab Situation . • 3 Assam Situation . 4 •National Integration . 6 Law & Order situation in North East Region . 6 aiT., Police and Public Security . ; . 8 Introduction . 8 Upgradation and Modernisation of Police . 8 National Police Commission Report . 9 ! ' Central Police Organisations • . 9 - * Directorate of Coordination, Police Computers . 10 ■ Directorate of Coordination, Police Wireless . ' . 11 Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science . 12 Bureau of Police Research and Development . 12 Central Forensic Science Laboratory ■ . 13 Police Training . 14 Police'Medals 14 (i) X'* (ii) •i Pages- Civil Defence . .. 14 i ' Horjie Guards ' »• i5 Fire Services . 16 Aw^ird of Medals . 16 IV. [rh§ North Eastern Council ' .. • i8 V. Unioji ‘Eerritories • - 22.- ’ • Andaman & Nieobar Islands .. T* - .. .22. Aronachal Pradesh.. ..26 Chandigarh . .. 27- .;Dadra & Nagar Havel i . )*• •' .. .29 Delhi , . r . .'31- Goa, Daman .& Diu • -37^ Lakshadweep . -43-’ Mizoram . 45' Pondicherry -• . 47 VI. ,peveIopment of Scheduled Castes & .Scheduled Trib,es 49- Inirodiiction.............................................. 49 Scheduled Castes . .. 49 Scheduled Tribes • 54 Commission for Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes . 60 Backward Classes Commission Rep,ort- .. 1* , 6e- Minorities ....... 6i Vn. Centre-State Relations . .. 63 . Punjab .* V 63-^ , Sikkim . 64 Commission on Centre-State Relations . 64- . Upgradation of Standard of Revenue and District Adminis­ tration . 64 ' Zonal Council Secretariat . 64^ i ■ {iii) Pages . 65 ■YHJ. Census . • • . .67 .:IX. Other Matters . 67 Prison Administration • ■ j . 67 Foreigners • • • Foreign Contribution 69 - Freedom Fighters • 69 Awards 71 State Legislation . 72 Mercy Petition 73 .Research & Policy 73 Use of Hindi 73 Vigilance 74 . 77-82 - Annexure I to IV .. .y CHAPTER I an overview for Ministry administers-the Indian Police Service .and also sevei- ;1 paxa-niilitary forces, namely, Border Security Force ladoMibetan Border Police (IJBP) Central If rity Force (CISF). Assam Rifles (AR) and Central Res-rvc Fcilice Force (CRPF). The Ministry also controls certain attached organisations Hike ‘f f Bureau of Investigation, the 'National Police, Academy and - Bu'cau of police Research & Development. National unity, ihtegrity and feeling of oneness among vari- ous castes, communities religious. , , and other groups being the necessary pre-requisites for orderly' ' progress of the nation. Home Ministry keeps under continuing w^^tch the factors which threaten this unity. iriba.l sub-plans of States -and Central Ministries. The Government have also faken steps to ensure that the economic conditions of the minorities are improved and that thev are encouraged to come forward and make their lull con­ tribution to the progress of the nation. The Department of Rehabilitation ceased to exist as a re­ sult of recent're-organisation of ministries and departments. All its e-afUer functions will now be performed by that organisation as a part of ,the Ministry of Home Affairs. Part H of the Report gives details about the rehabilitation and re-settlernent/actm- ties of that Division of the Ministry. - 1 : CHAPTER II f LAW AND ORDER Communal 'situation in the Country During 1984.“ Comrn.unal situation during 1984' remained conymra- tiv.ely. peaceful, throughout the' cpuntry on account* o'f eon-’ certed efforts, made by the. Government except-some incL dents, in West Bengal,' Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and' Maharashtra. ' Labour Situiion The number of agitations by industrial workers remiaih- ed more or less, constant and. number of violent incidents arising out of agitations had shown a declining trend during 1984 as may be seen from the table below:— . Year TotalNo. Pejrcant-. ■ of age of'' incidents vcolerrt- iiicidontS:'; 1979 4353 15-7 1980 3028 17-9 1981 4182, 18..*, 9 1982 3690 17-6 1983 4175 160 1984 (upto Nov. *84) 3939 14.8^ Students^ Unrest - With-regard'to incidents of, students^ unrest as. vvell the year 1984*'showed a decline* compared...to-1983 (about 6S03 Incidents.in 1984 as'against about 7018 incidents in 1983). Besides, the number of violent ^incidents was less in 1984' '(1241) as compared to 1983 (1290). 2 3 Exiiemisis Activities Extiemists violence during 1984, showed an upward trerid. As compared to 408 incidents reported during .1983, 512 in- ^dents were reported during 1984. Serious offences like murdeis (87 as compared to 69 in 1983) dacoLties (17 as compared to 6 in 1983) also showed an increase. Bulk ol the mc^ents were concentrated mainly in Andlma Pradesh and Bihar. have also been incidents of extremists violence in West Ben­ gal, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. Election Violence There were a large number pre^poh incidents in Andhra ss- ss”' Tssa during recent Parliameritary election was violent attack on 4 independent candidates (Andhra Pradesh—2; Tamil Nadu--1: and U.P.—1) leading to 'the countermanding of election m some Parliamentary constituencies. However, therg was no major communal clash during the pre-poll period, pectoral offence^ connected with polling booths appeared to have de­ creased somewhat.. Some incidents of booth capturing were also •reported from certain parts of the country. ‘Dd KhaJsa’ The All India Sikh Studenlts Federation, which has beeri engaged in secessionist and communal activities oectarea as unlawful association under the Unlawful Adtivilies vemion) Act 1967. The other extremist organisations, Dal Khalsa’ and ‘The National Council of Khalistan’ were also declared unlawful associations under the above mentioned Art A Tribunal con.-istina of Shri Justice P.R. Gokula- kriihnan, a Judge of the Madras High Court which was constituted under the' Act, has upheld the declaration of all the three above-named organisations as unlawful. Punjab Situation The situation in Punjab arising out of agita'tional and vio- Jent activities has constantly engaged the attention of ^ 'Government. Para-military forces have to be deployed to a^ijC the State autihorities in order to check unlawful activities. The details r^aarding activities that led to calling Army m aid of the avVAuihorities and the measures they had io iTolling the situation have already been given m the White 4 Faoer on Punjab which was published by 'the Government oit. lOh July, 1984. The ■ question of reviewing ihe existing Police organisation, in order to recommend measures for strengthening it and to ■ make it more effective for prevention of smuggling and recov­ r- ery of illegal arms etc. was examined. As a result of action- taken by the securiCy forces and various measures including stn^ngthening and streamlining of the general administration. - and Police and increased vigil on the border, the situation in. d:e State has shown considerable improvement. A number of extremists have, been arrested and several criminal cases in­ volving these elements have been investiga^ted. The State ■ of Punjab and-the Union territory of Chandigarh were declared .^ terrorist affedted areas under the Terrorist Affected Areas ' (Special Courts) Ac-, 1984. Under 'the provisions of this * Act, special courts were set up for the trial of the accused in­ volved ii* Schedule offences under the Adt. These Courts -, have .been set up at Jalandhar, Pa'dala and Ferozepur in Pun­ jab and at Chandigarh. Two additional Special Courts were set up, one eaach at Jodhpur and Ajmer in Rajasthan. The t)eople of Punjab have maintained traditional brother- ' hood and communal harmony. Government have taken steps to deal firmly with the forces that have tried to disrupt such; i. harmony. Protection has been provided to all sections of soci- e'tv. In the wake of disturbances following the assasination of the ^ t' former Prime Minister and due to wild rumours, a number of Sikh families migrated from various places to Punjab. In order to discourage such migration the concerned State Governments • were advised to take steps for the security of the Sikhs. Simultaneously, efforts are being made to persuade the Sikhs who have migrated to Punjab to return to their original places ■ and as a result of action taken by the authorities quite a large- number of them have returned to -their original places. The Government has taken effective steps to ensure the protection of Jives and property of Sikhs in various States and to render assistance to them to restart their business and to lead normal life. A!:sc!fn Siiu^iion Tile agitation in .^ssam over the foreigners issue spear-- headed by AASU|AAGSP has been continuing with varyin*’ 5 degrees of intensity since August 1979. Despite efforts made:^ by the agilationists to step up the tempo of agitaition, the elected I Government in Assam have been 'able to consolidate the pro-^ cess of normalisation and to step_ up_ the pace_ of development >vhich had suffered a set-back as a result of 'the agitation. The. approved outlay for the State’s Annual Plan 1984-85 at Rs. .M 360 crores is 23.7 per cent higher than the approved outlay for the year 1983-84 which itself marked a 22 per cent step-up. over the preceding year. The late Ptime Minister laid the fbuiidation stone for the third bridp (road-cwm-rail) across Brahmputra at Jogighopa and connecting rail link from Panch-- lathna. The estimated cost is Rs. 117.34 crores. She also. laid the foundation scone of a permanent Capital Complex at Chandrapur, renamed as Pragjyotishpur, which is 25 Km. North East of the temporary capital at Dispur. The first two units (25 MW each) of the Kopili Hydroelkifric Project were com­ missioned the broad guage link extended upto Gauhati and establishment of Dry Ports facilities and Inland Container Depot at Gauhati taken up.
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