Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to visit Siachen today
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is visiting the Siachen glacier on Monday.
The Centre has been taking a series of steps to improve law and order situation in Kashmir, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh told the Lok Sabha today. Replying to a debate on the demands for grants of the Home Ministry, Mr Singh said the Centre has adopted a humanitarian approach to the problem of Jammu and Kashmir and taken a series of measures to improve the situation in view of the recent unrest in the state.
On the Pathankot terror attack, he said investigation in the case was at an advanced stage and the Centre is committed to punish its perpetrators. Referring to terror incidents in the country, he said killing of militants has increased in the recent past in the valley. While 99 terrorists had been killed in 2011, the number rose to 222 in 2016, and nearly 1442 terrorists have surrendered this year as against 394 in 2011, the minister informed the Lok Sabha.
Elaborating on the situation of areas affected by Left Wing Extremism (LWE), Mr Singh said the number of districts affected by naxalism has reduced from 106 to 68, with 35 being the most affected, across seven states including Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Maharashtra.
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On the role of women in internal security, the Home Minister said the Centre has instructed states to reserve 33 per cent of posts in police forces for women. "I have written to chief ministers of all the states with regard to 33 per cent reservation in women and police. State governments have taken cognizance of it and are working in that direction," Mr Singh said.
For giving protection to women, the Home Minister said under the Nirbhaya Fund created after the gruesome Delhi gangrape of 2011, nearly 40,500 police personnel are being trained especially for protection of women and cyber security.
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