Question : Situation after Abrogation of Art. 370

(a) whether there is an increase in terrorist incidents and the number of terrorists killed in Jammu & Kashmir after abrogation of Article 370;

(b) if so, the number and incidents reported and terrorists killed so far in the said Union Territory in the year 2019-20 and 2020-21;

(c) whether civilians, police personnel and para military forces have also been killed during the operations;

(d) if so, the details thereof;

(e) the details of scheme to provide assistance to family members of the martyred security personnel;

(f) the number of terrorist incidents in the country reported and the number of terrorists killed during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UTwise and

(g) the measures taken to check terrorist activities?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
(SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)
(a) & (b) After abrogation of Article 370, the number of terrorist incidents in Jammu and Kashmir have reduced significantly. The details of number of

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incidents and the terrorists killed in J&K in the year in the year 2019, 2020 and 2021 are as under:-
2019 2020 2021 (upto Feb)
No. of terrorist incidents 594 244 15
Terrorists killed 157 221 8

(c) & (d) The details of civilians, security force personnel killed during the operations in last 2 years are as under :-
2019 2020 2021 (upto Feb.)
Civilian Killed 5 6 0
Security Force personnel Martyred 27 33 1

(e) Ex-gratia relief is given to the Next of kin (NoK) as per the extant rules of the security forces concerned .The details of the admissible benefits given to the next of kin of Army, CAPFs and JK Police personnel are at Annexure-I, Annexure II and Annexure III respectively.



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(f) Details are at Annexure-IV.

(g) The Government has adopted a policy of zero tolerance towards terrorism and has taken various measures, such as strengthening of security apparatus, strict enforcement of law against anti-national elements, intensified cordon and search operations to effectively deal with the challenges posed by the terrorist organisations. Security Forces also keep a close watch on persons who attempt to provide support to terrorists and initiate action against them.
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