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REPORT NO. 169 PARLIAMENT OF INDIA RAJYA SABHA DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON HOME AFFAIRS ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY NINTH REPORT Demands for Grants (2013-14) of Ministry of Home Affairs (Presented to the Rajya Sabha on 25th April, 2013) (Laid on the Table of Lok Sabha on 26th April, 2013) Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi April, 2013/Vaisakha, 1935 (Saka) Website:http://rajyasabha.nic.in E-mail:[email protected] Hindi version of this publication is also available C.S.(H.A.)-330 PARLIAMENT OF INDIA RAJYA SABHA DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON HOME AFFAIRS ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY NINTH REPORT Demands for Grants (2013-14) of Ministry of Home Affairs (Presented to the Rajya Sabha on 25th April, 2013) (Laid on the Table of Lok Sabha on 26th April, 2013) Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi April, 2013/Vaisakha, 1935 (Saka) CONTENTS PAGES 1. COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE ..................................................................................... (i)-(ii) 2. PREFACE ............................................................................................................................... (iii) 3. ACRONYMS ........................................................................................................................... (iv) 4. REPORT ................................................................................................................................ 1—104 Chapter–I Overview ................................................................................................... 1—4 Chapter–II Overall Assessment of Demands for Grants...................................... 5—18 Chapter–III Internal Security Challenges .................................................................. 19—45 Chapter–IV Police Forces ........................................................................................... 46—69 Chapter–V Other Significant Issues ......................................................................... 70—95 Chapter–VI Union Territories ...................................................................................... 96—104 5. OBSERVATIONS/CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE — AT A GLANCE ............................................................................................................................... 105—123 6. RELEVANT MINUTES OF THE MEETINGS OF THE COMMITTEE ......................................... 125—139 DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON HOME AFFAIRS (re-constituted w.e.f. 31st August, 2012) RAJYA SABHA 1. Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu — Chairman ^2. Shri D. Raja *3. Vacant 4. Shri Janardan Dwivedi 5. Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy 6. Shri Satish Chandra Misra 7. Shri Prasanta Chatterjee 8. Shrimati Kanimozhi **9. Vacant 10. Dr. V. Maitreyan LOK SABHA 11. Shri Anandrao Adsul 12. Shri L.K. Advani 13. Dr. Shafiqur Rahman Barq 14. Shri E.T. Mohammed Basheer 15. Shri Avtar Singh Bhadana 16. Shrimati Santosh Chowdhary 17. Dr. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar 18. Shri Ramen Deka 19. Shri Sandeep Dikshit 20. Shri Naveen Jindal 21. Shri Aaron Rashid J.M. 22. Shri Datta Meghe 23. Shri Lalubhai Babubhai Patel 24. Shri Sanjay Dina Patil 25. Shri Lalu Prasad 26. Shri Rathod Ramesh 27. Shri Hamdulla Sayeed 28. Shri Neeraj Shekhar 29. Shri Navjot Singh Siddhu 30. Shri Ravneet Singh 31. Shri Dinesh Chandra Yadav ^ Shri D. Raja, Member, Rajya Sabha has been nominated w.e.f. 28th December, 2012 to the Committee on Home Affairs due to the appointment of Shri K. Rahman Khan as Minister of Minority Affairs in Union Cabinet. * Due to the resignation of Shri Rishang Keishing, Member, Rajya Sabha from the Membership of the Committee on Home Affairs w.e.f. 22.02.2013. ** Due to the appointment of Shri Tariq Anwar as Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries. (i) (ii) SECRETARIAT Shri P.P.K. Ramacharyulu, Joint Secretary Shri Vimal Kumar, Director Shri D.K. Mishra, Joint Director Shri Bhupendra Bhaskar, Assistant Director Shri Sanjeev Khokhar, Committee Officer Shri Anurag Ranjan, Committee Officer PREFACE I, the Chairman of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, having been authorized by the Committee to submit the report on its behalf, do hereby present this One Hundred and Sixty Ninth Report on Demands for Grants (2013-14) relating to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). 2. The Committee held two sittings, on 28th March and 4th April, 2012 for examination of Demands for Grants of the Ministry of Home Affairs and heard the Home Secretary and other officers thereon. 3. The Committee in its sitting held on 22nd April, 2013 considered and adopted the Report. 4. The Committee while making its observations/recommendations has mainly relied upon the following documents:– (i) Address by the President of India to both Houses of Parliament assembled together on 21st February, 2013; (ii) Speech of Finance Minister on 28th February, 2013 while presenting the Union Budget 2013-14; (iii) Implementation of Budget Announcements 2012-13; (iv) Detailed Demands for Grants of the Ministry of Home Affairs for the year 2013-14; (v) Annual Report of the Ministry for the year 2012-13; (vi) Outcome Budget of the Ministry for the year 2013-14; (vii) Detailed Explanatory Note on Demands for Grants of the Ministry of Home Affairs for the year 2013-14; (viii) Physical and financial targets fixed and achievements made during the Eleventh Plan period; (ix) Projection of outlays for the schemes to be undertaken by the Ministry during the Twelfth Five Year Plan; (x) Details of under-utilization of the allocations made under different heads during the last three years; (xi) Written replies furnished by the Ministry to the Questionnaires sent to them by the Secretariat; and (xii) Presentations made by the Home Secretary and other concerned officers; (xiii) Written clarifications furnished by the Ministry, on the points/issues raised by the Members during the deliberations of the Committee. 5. For facility of reference and convenience, observations and recommendations of the Committee have been printed in bold letters in the body of the Report. M. VENKAIAH NAIDU Chairman, NEW DELHI; Department-related Parliamentary 22 April, 2013 Standing Committee on Home Affairs. (iii) ACRONYMS MHA Ministry of Home Affairs CAPF Central Armed Police Forces CAPFs Central Armed Police Forces NPR National Population Register NCT National Capital Territory RGI Registrar General of India IVFRT Immigration, Visa and Foreigners Registration and Tracking CCTNS Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System CPMFs Central Para Military Forces NATGRID National Intelligence Grid NDMA National Disaster Management Authority CCA Chief Controller of Accounts NDRF National Disaster Response Force SRE Security Related Expenditures LWE Left Wing Extremist CIAT Counter Insurgency and Anti-Terrorist FICN Fake Indian Currency Notes MAC Multi Agency Center NSG National Security Guards RBI Reserve Bank of India AS&FA Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor IAP Integrated Action Plan SIS Special Infrastructure Scheme SOP Standard Operating Procedure IIGs Indian Insurgent Groups AAPSU All Arunachal Pradesh Students Union CCRCHAP Committee for Citizenship Rights on Chakma and Hajongs of Arunachal Pradesh SMAC Subsidiary Multi-Agency Centres BRO Border Road Organisation CFSL Central Forensic Science Laboratory NCRMP National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project IPC Integrated Check Post AR Assam Riffles BSF Border Security Force CRPF Central Reserve Police Force CISF Central Industrial Security Force ITBP Indo-Tibetan Border Police SSB Sashastra Seema Bal NCTC National Counter Terrorism Centre NIA National Investigation Agency (iv) 1 REPORT CHAPTER-I OVERVIEW 1.1 The Outcome Budget (2013-14) envisages the Vision Statement of the Ministry of Home Affairs, (MHA) which reflects that peace and harmony are essential pre-requisites for development of individuals as well as for fulfilling aspirations of the society and for building a strong, stable and prosperous nation. 1.1.1 Article 355 of the Constitution of India enjoins upon the Union to protect every State against external aggression and internal disturbances and to ensure that the Government of every State is carried on in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution. While pursuing these obligations, the Ministry of Home Affairs continuously monitors the situation, issues appropriate advisories, extends manpower and financial support, guidance and expertise to the State Governments for maintenance of security, peace and harmony without encroaching upon the constitutional rights of the State. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has multifarious responsibilities, important among them being internal security, management of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), border management, Centre-State relations, administration of Union Territories, disaster management, etc. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 1.2 The Ministry of Home Affairs administers and implements a wide arch of schemes and programmes. In brief, the goals and objectives of the Ministry are as follows:– ➢ Preserving the internal security of the country; ➢ Promoting harmonious Centre-State relations; ➢ Administering the Union Territories efficiently; ➢ Preserving and promoting national integration and communal harmony; ➢ Raising, administering and deploying Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs); ➢ Modernizing State Police Forces; ➢ Protecting and upholding the principles of human rights; ➢ Managing effectively the international borders and coastline; ➢ Extending relief and