GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †1317. TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 5th MARCH, 2013/PHALGUNA 14, 1934 (SAKA) MODERNISATION OF POLICE FORCES †1317. SHRI GOPINATH MUNDE: SHRI JAI PRAKASH AGARWAL: DR. BALIRAM: SHRI SUBHASH BAPURAO WANKHEDE: SHRI JEETENDRA SINGH BUNDELA: SHRI D.B. CHANDRE GOWDA: SHRI VILAS MUTTEMWAR: DR. MAHENDRASINH P. CHAUHAN: SHRI ABDUL RAHMAN: SHRI S. PAKKIRAPPA: Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state: (a) whether the Union Government provides funds to various States under the scheme of Modernisation of State Police Forces to boost internal security and combat terrorism and naxalism; (b) if so, the details thereof and the total funds granted, allocated and utilized including for housing facilities for police personnel, separately during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise; (c) whether the State Governments have utilised all the funds received during the said period; (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor, State- wise; (e) whether the Union Government has received requests from the States to sanction additional funds for modernization of police forces; (f) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Union Government thereto along with the time by which the additional funds are likely to be granted, State-wise; and Cont…2/- -2- L.S.U.S.Q.No.1317 for 5.3.2013 (g) the steps taken by the Union Government to ensure proper utilization of these funds along with the other measures taken for modernisation of police forces? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI MULLAPPALLY RACHANDRAN) (a) to (d) : The Ministry of Home Affairs is implementing a Scheme for Modernisation of State Police Forces (MPF Scheme) towards supplementing the efforts of the State Governments in modernizing their police forces, especially for meeting the emerging challenges to internal security in the form of terrorism, naxalism, etc. Under the Scheme, grants have been released to the State Governments in previous financial years, inter-alia, for construction of police stations, outposts, barracks, police lines, residential quarters for lower and upper subordinate police personnel, procurement of vehicles, communication equipment, security / surveillance equipment, modern weaponry, creating training infrastructure facilities, etc. The details of funds released to State Governments under the MPF Scheme, including for housing facilities for police personnel, during the last three years 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12 and the utilization reported by the State Governments for the years 2009-10 and 2010-11 is given in the Statement at Annexure-I. The Utilization Certificates for funds released in the year 2011-12 shall become due on 1.4.2013. The details of funds released to State Governments under MPF Scheme in the current financial year 2012-13 are given in the Statement at Annexure-I. In the current financial year 2012-13, funds have been released to States under the Scheme under Non-Plan budget for acquiring vehicles, weapons, equipment, training equipment, forensic equipment, etc. The infrastructure, i.e. construction / upgradation of police stations/outposts, police lines, police housing, forensic science laboratories and training infrastructure - construction of buildings etc have been approved for funding under Plan from the financial year 2012-13. However, no budgetary provision are available under Plan budget for the MPF Scheme in the year 2012-13 for release of grants to States. Cont…3/- -3- L.S.U.S.Q.No.1317 for 5.3.2013 (e) & (f) : Requests for providing additional funds under the MPF Scheme were received from State Governments from time to time. During the years 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12, requests were received from the State Governments of Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya and Punjab for provision of additional funds under the MPF Scheme, over and above the normal allocation, for meeting the needs of State police forces. Based on the availability of funds and on assessment of the needs, additional funds have been released to the State Governments out of the Contingency Reserve Fund of MPF Scheme during the years 2009- 10, 2010-11 and 2011-12, details of which are given in the Statement at Annexure-II. (g) : In order to monitor timely and appropriate use of funds sanctioned and released under the MPF Scheme, the Ministry of Home Affairs has introduced a system of quarterly concurrent audit of the Scheme since last quarter of 2008-09. ***** Page 1 of 1 of Annexure-I STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1317 FOR 05.03.2013 Scheme for Modernization of State Police Forces – Central funds allocated / released during the years 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12 and utilization for the years 2009-10 and 2010-11(position obtained upto 31.1.2013). (Rs. in crore) Name of State 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Funds Amount Unspent Funds Amount Unspent Funds Funds released spent amount released spent amount released released (upto 28.2.2013) Andhra 115.54 12.52 6.35 21.31 Pradesh 103.02 89.96 56.88 33.08 Arunachal 0.20 7.08 2.00 Pradesh 11.50 11.30 10.75 6.28 4.47 Assam 60.79 8.40 52.39 48.51 32.28 16.23 48.02 13.41 Bihar 59.34 59.34 0.00 63.67 63.67 0.00 28.50 14.03 Chhattisgarh 17.04 17.04 0.00 29.8 28.52 1.28 12.48 4.93 Goa 7.09 7.09 0.00 2.3 1.58 0.72 0.08 0.52 Gujarat 52.18 47.36 4.82 55.27 46.35 8.92 33.23 12.99 Haryana 46.63 43.21 3.42 30.41 7.07 23.34 5.23 2.93 HP 7.10 7.10 0.00 6.36 4.35 2.01 5.91 1.78 J & K 111.18 111.18 0.00 148.25 132.24 16.01 109.73 20.27 Jharkhand 33.49 28.59 4.90 36.9 0.29 36.61 6.58 4.67 Karnataka 63.96 63.77 0.19 83.01 62.19 20.82 53.37 19.49 Kerala 32.54 32.54 0.00 42.68 41.55 1.13 27.05 8.19 MP 54.87 51.71 3.16 72.41 62.90 9.51 37.54 13.78 Maharashtra 72.48 70.48 2.00 42.26 35.30 6.96 64.72 23.93 Manipur 27.44 17.34 10.10 26.63 24.44 2.19 38.76 4.85 Meghalaya 9.73 8.33 1.40 8.48 0.00 8.48 6.69 1.91 Mizoram 11.48 11.48 0.00 19.55 0.00 19.55 13.18 2.43 Cont…2/- -2- LS USQ NO. 1317 FOR 5.3.2013 PAGE 2 OF 2 OF ANNEXURE-I Nagaland 31.50 31.50 0.00 33.77 33.77 0.00 30.08 5.46 Odisha 51.86 51.83 0.03 54.24 54.24 0.00 20.28 7.92 Punjab 33.50 28.12 5.38 26.08 19.97 6.11 32.12 8.34 Rajasthan 51.18 48.69 2.49 47.88 45.45 2.43 33.17 15.88 Sikkim 4.72 4.12 0.60 2.17 1.24 0.93 5.02 0.90 Tamil Nadu 60.67 52.52 8.15 92.52 70.94 21.58 43.19 17.70 Tripura 22.92 22.92 0.00 23.08 18.54 4.54 16.35 3.99 Uttar Pradesh 125.17 118.88 6.29 77.61 61.70 15.91 61.76 32.10 Uttarakhand 5.29 5.29 0.00 6.35 6.35 0.00 5.75 1.71 West Bengal 48.81 48.76 0.05 43.73 0.00 43.73 47.78 14.68 Total 1230.00 1111.91 118.09 1224.63 918.09 306.54 800.00 282.10 LS USQ NO. 1317 FOR 5.3.2013 Page 1 of 1 of Annexure-II STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (e) and (f) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1317 FOR 05.03.2013 Statement showing details of additional funds released to State Governments from out of Contingency Reserve under the MPF Scheme during the last 3 years 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12 based on requests received in MHA ( Rs. in lakh) Year of Name of the Funds release State released Purpose For procuring security equipment for security arrangement for the 2009-10 Haryana 2323.00 Commonwealth Games, 2010. Andhra Pradesh 749.99 Released to OFB & CENWOSTO, 2010-11 BSF for supply of Non-lethal weapons/ ammunition to Andhra Pradesh - do - Jammu & Kashmir 100.72 Released to OFB for supply of anti-riot guns and plastic bullets to J&K - do - - do - 999.25 Funds released for procurement of non-lethal weapons to J&K. - do - - do - 2001.00 Funds released for purchase of non-lethal weapons and body protectors. - do - - do - 162.00 Funds released for procurement of Body protectors. - do - Manipur 625.00 Funds released for procurement of MP-5 Rifles - do - Mizoram 670.90 For purchase of riot-control equipment, construction of residential/non-residential buildings and making old vehicles road worthy. - do - Punjab 120.00 Purchase of 6 Jammers. 2011-12 Haryana 500.00 Upgradation of Sports infrastructure at Madhuban Police Sports Complex 2011-12 Punjab 450.00 Funds released for procuring Switch based Lawful Interception System/Mobile Tracking and Locator System (MTLS).