Question : National Investigation Agency

(a) the main objective of setting up of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and its achievement since its inception;

(b) the details of branches/units of the NIA functioning at present/proposed to be set up in the country, location and State-wise;

(c) the details of cases being investigated by the NIA since its inception along with the present status of the cases, State-wise;

(d) whether the Government has reviewed the functioning of the NIA in the country, if so, the details and the outcome thereof; and

(e) whether NIA has adequate staff strength for effective functioning and if not, the corrective steps taken by the Government in this regard?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
(SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) was created in pursuance to enactment of NIA Act, 2008 with a mandate to investigate and prosecute terrorism related cases having national and international ramifications and other crimes affecting sovereignty, security and integrity of the country. The achievements of NIA since its inception are as under:-


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Total cases registered by NIA 319 Cases
Charge-sheet filed by NIA 237 Cases
Closure report filed by NIA 15 Cases
Cases transferred to State Police 03 Cases

(b): The details of branches/ Units of NIA functioning at present are as under:-

S.No. Hqrs/Branches State/UT Jurisdiction
1. NIA Hqrs, New Delhi Delhi All India including States which are not covered by any branch office.
2. NIA Branch office, Hyderabad Talangana Andhra Pradesh, Telangana & Karnataka
3. NIA Branch office, Guwahati Assam Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland & Tripura.
4. NIA Branch office, Lucknow Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh & Bihar.
5. NIA Branch office, Mumbai Maharashtra Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, Daman & Diu and Dadar Nagar Haveli.
6. NIA Branch office, Kochi Kerala Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Lakshadweep.
7. NIA Branch office, Kolkata West Bengal West Bengal, Sikkim, Odisha and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
8. NIA Branch office, Jammu Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladhakh.
9. NIA Branch office, Raipur Chhatisgarh Chhatisgarh & Jharkhand.
10. NIA Branch office, Chandigarh Chandigarh Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Union Territory of Chandigarh.




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(c): Since its inception and till date, the Central Government has entrusted 319 cases to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for investigation. Out of total cases registered, in 237 cases charge-sheets have been filed. Judgement has been pronounced in 62 cases in which, 56 cases have resulted in conviction. Total 276 persons have been convicted in these cases. The conviction rate is 90.32%. The State-wise details of these cases is at annexure.

(d) & (e): The manpower, financial and infrastructure requirements of NIA are reviewed from time to time and steps are taken to bolster the effective functioning of NIA.
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