Question : NEW ARCHITECTURE FOR INDIA`S SECURITY

(a) whether a lecture on a new architecture for India`s security was organised recently;

(b) if so, the actionable recommendations made in the address;

(c) the concrete steps that Government has taken to implement the various proposals made therein;

(d) the time-frame fixed to implement the actionable recommendations;

(e) as the proposed recommendations have Inter-ministerial and Inter-agency implications, whether the Government has constituted or the Government is considering consultation on Inter-ministerial group for this purpose;

(f) if so, the details thereof; and

(g) the status on the implementation of the recommendations of the Kargil Review Committee and the Group of Ministers with regard to internal security?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS(SHRI AJAY MAKEN)

(a) to (f): The Union Home Minister delivered the Intelligence Bureau Centenary Endowment Lecture on 23.12.2009 titled “A new architecture for India’s security”. It was only a lecture wherein the Home Minister spelt out his views on the subject. The ideas contained in the lecture may be examined in due course.

(g): Out of 94 recommendations made by the Group of Ministers on Internal Security, action on 91 recommendations has either been completed or under implementation.