28 MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS CENTRAL ARMED POLICE FORCES AND INTERNAL SECURITY CHALLENGES — EVALUATION AND RESPONSE MECHANISM COMMITTEE ON ESTIMATES 2017-2018 TWENTY-EIGHTH REPORT SIXTEENTH LOK SABHA LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI TWENTY-EIGHTH REPORT COMMITTEE ON ESTIMATES (2017-2018) (SIXTEENTH LOK SABHA) MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS CENTRAL ARMED POLICE FORCES AND INTERNAL SECURITY CHALLENGES—EVALUATION AND RESPONSE MECHANISM (Presented to Lok Sabha on 19.03.2018) LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI March, 2018/Phalguna,1939 (Saka) E. C. No. 1513 Price: ` 137.00 © 2018 BY LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT Published under Rule 382 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha (Fifteenth Edition) and Printed by the Manager, Government of India Press, Minto Road, New Delhi-110 002. CONTENTS PAGE COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE ON ESTIMATES (2014-15) ............................ (v) COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE ON ESTIMATES (2015-16) ............................ (vii) COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE ON ESTIMATES (2016-17) ............................ (ix) COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE ON ESTIMATES (2017-18) ............................ (xi) INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ (xiii) PART I CHAPTER I Introductory ..................................................................... 1 Assam Rifles .................................................................... 2 Border Security Force (BSF) ............................................ 2 Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) .......................... 3 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) ............................... 3 Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP)......................... 4 National Security Guards (NSG) ....................................... 4 Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) .............................................. 4 CHAPTER II Internal Security Challenges—Evaluation and Response Mechanism ...................................................................... 6 Constitutional Position .................................................... 6 Challenges to Internal Security ........................................ 7 Terrorism in the Hinterland .............................................. 7 Cross Border Terrorism in J&K ........................................ 8 Measures taken by the Government ................................ 9 Left Wing Extremism (LWE) in certain States ................... 10 Insurgency in North East ................................................. 12 Source of Funding ........................................................... 16 Central Assistance to States ............................................ 17 Role of CAPFs in Border Management ............................ 20 Deployment of Central Police Forces in States ................ 24 Global Challenges for Internal Security............................ 27 (ii) PAGE Coordination between Central and State Police Forces ... 28 Comparison with other Countries .................................... 30 Augmenting the Infrastructure ........................................ 31 Civic Action Programme ................................................... 32 Funds allocated to CAPFs in Jammu & Kashmir ............. 32 CHAPTER III Financial Allocation and Expenditure ............................... 33 Modernisation of CAPF ................................................... 35 Modernisation of the State Police Forces under Modernisation of Police Force (MPF) Scheme ................ 38 CHAPTER IV Cyber Crimes—A Perspective .......................................... 40 Information Technology and Cyberspace ........................ 40 Cyber Crimes .................................................................... 41 Impact of Social Media .................................................... 41 Cyber attacks on Critical Infrastructure and Sensitive Institutions ...................................................................... 42 Cyber espionage .............................................................. 42 Focus of Attacks .............................................................. 42 Nature and Intensity of Threats in the Country ............... 42 Challenges in cyber security and crisis response ............ 43 Emerging threat landscape ............................................... 44 Response mechanisms/Measures taken to enhance cyber security in the country ..................................................... 44 Training............................................................................ 49 Upgradation of Training Infrastructure of Central Police Forces .............................................................................. 49 Vacancies in CAPFs ......................................................... 51 Stagnation in Armed Forces ............................................. 53 Cadre Review ................................................................... 56 Pay Parity ......................................................................... 57 Stress Management ......................................................... 58 Representation of Women ............................................... 61 (iii) PAGE Steps taken to encourage women to join CAPF and to improve the facilities for women personnel in CAPFs ..... 61 Housing Scheme .............................................................. 64 The shortfall in achieving the physical target was due to the following reasons ....................................................... 64 Quality Food .................................................................... 67 Medical Facilities to CAPFs ............................................. 68 Logistic Support to CAPF personnel on VIP Duty .......... 68 Coastal Security ............................................................... 69 Details of mechanisms developed to deal with the coastal Security ............................................................................ 69 National Marine Police Training Institute (MPTI) ........... 71 Creation of Central Marine Police Force (CMPF) ............. 71 PART II Observations and Recommendations .............................. 73 Minutes of the Committee ................................................ 90 COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE ON ESTIMATES (2014-15) Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi—Chairperson MEMBERS 2. Ahmed, Shri Sultan 3. Azad, Shri Kirti (JHA) 4. Banerjee, Shri Kalyan 5. Bhuria, Shri Dileep Singh *6. Birla, Shri Om 7. Chaudhary, Shri Haribhai Parthibhai 8. Chavan, Shri Ashok Shankarrao 9. Choubey, Shri Ashwini Kumar 10. Choudhary, Col. (Retd.) Sona Ram 11. Deka, Shri Ramen 12. Dhotre, Shri Sanjay Shamrao 13. Gaddigoudar, Shri Parvatagouda Chandanagouda ^14. Gupta, Shri Sudheer 15. Jaiswal, Dr. Sanjay 16. Jardosh, Smt. Darshana Vikram 17. Kalvakuntla, Smt. Kavitha 18. Kateel, Shri Nalin Kumar 19. Khanna, Shri Vinod 20. Kumar, Shri P. 21. Muniyappa, Shri K.H. 22. Pandey, Shri Ravindra Kumar 23. Ramachandran, Shri Krishnan Narayanasamy 24. Reddy, Shri J.C. Divakar 25. Salim, Shri Mohammad 26. Sawant, Shri Arvind Ganpat 27. Singh Deo, Shri Kalikesh Narayan 28. Singh, Shri Ganesh 29. Singh, Shri Kirti Vardhan 30. Verma, Shri Rajesh 31. Yadav, Shri Jay Prakash Narayan 32. Yadav, Shri Ram Kripal * Elected vide Lok Sabha Bulletin Part-II No. 987 dated 03.12.2014 consequent upon vacancy caused by the appointment of Shri Hari Bhai Chaudhary, Member of Lok Sabha in the Council of Ministers w.e.f. 09.11.2014. ^Elected vide Lok Sabha Bulletin Part-II No. 987 dated 03.12.2014 consequent upon vacancy caused by the appointment of Shri Ram Kripal Yadav, Member of Lok Sabha in the Council of Ministers w.e.f. 09.11.2014. (v) COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE ON ESTIMATES (2015-16) Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi —Chairperson MEMBERS 2. Shri Sultan Ahmed 3. Shri Kirti Azad 4. Shri Kalyan Banerjee *5. Shri Anil Shirole 6. Shri Om Birla 7. Shri Ashok Chavan 8. Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey 9. Shri Ram Tahal Choudhary 10. Col. Sonaram Choudhary 11. Shri Ramen Deka 12. Shri Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo 13. Shri Sanjay Dhotre 14. Shri P. C. Gaddigoudar 15. Shri Sudheer Gupta 16. Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal 17. Smt. Darshana Vikram Jardosh 18. Smt. Kavitha Kalvakuntla 19. Shri Vinod Khanna 20. Shri P. Kumar 21. Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal 22. Shri K.H. Muniyappa 23. Shri Ravindra Kumar Pandey 24. Shri K. N. Ramachandran 25. Shri J.C. Divakar Reddy 26. Md. Salim 27. Shri Arvind Sawant 28. Shri Ganesh Singh 29. Shri Rajesh Verma 30. Shri Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav *Elected vide Lok Sabha Bulletin Part-II No. 2181 dated 31.07.2015. Consequent upon vacancy caused by the death of Shri Dileep Singh Bhuria, MP on 24 June, 2015. (vii) COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE ON ESTIMATES (2016-17) Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi —Chairperson MEMBERS 2. Shri Sultan Ahmed 3. Shri A. Arunmozhithevan 4. Shri George Baker 5. Shri Kalyan Banerjee 6. Shri Dushyant Chautala 7. Shri Ashok Shankarrao Chavan 8. Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey 9. Shri Ram Tahal Choudhary 10. Col. Sonaram Choudhary 11. Shri Ramen Deka 12. Shri Sanjay Dhotre 13. Shri P. C. Gaddigoudar 14. Shri Sudheer Gupta 15. Smt. Kavitha Kalvakuntla 16. Shri P. Kumar 17. Smt. Poonam Mahajan 18. Shri K. H. Muniyappa 19. Shri Rajesh Pandey 20. Shri Ravindra Kumar Pandey 21. Shri Raosaheb Danve Patil *22. Shri Bhagirath Prasad 23. Shri Konakalla Narayan Rao 24. Shri Md. Salim 25. Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant 26. Shri Jugal Kishore Sharma 27. Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat 28. Shri Anil Shirole 29. Shri Rajesh Verma 30. Shri Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav *Elected vide Lok Sabha Bulletin Part-II No. 3908