Question : ISI ACTIVITIES

(a) whether in view of the increasing ISI activities, the Centre has decided that army and civil officials to joint forces and fight against subversive activities of the Pak intelligence agency and the Pak intelligence agency and the growing menace of Islamic fundamentalism in various parts of the country;

(b) if so, whether the Civil Military Liaison Conference was held at the Headquarters of Meerut Sub-Area and the number of various issues of mutual assistance and problems related to mass and internal security were discussed therein;

(c) if so, the outcome of the conference; and

(d) the steps being considered in this regard?

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS ( CH. VIDYASAGAR RAO )

(a) to (d): Central Government has been sensitizing the Central and State agencies including Military authorities about the threat perception and activities of ISI in the country. Periodic coordination meetings are held with the State Governments for sharing the inputs from various quarters as well as for devising strategies to counter such activities. Various security agencies belonging to Union and States have been working together to check the activities of ISI.

A Civil Military Liaison Conference was held at Meerut in which discussion were held on various security aspects and other issues of mutual interest with reference to potential ISI activities.

This was an exercise for sharing the Intelligence inputs and evolving co-ordination to enable both the civil administration and Army to evolve strategy for tackling the security threat and related issues.