Question : ACTIVITIES OF MILITANTS

(a) whether the activities of militants and infiltration in the country have increased in the recent past;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;

(c) whether the Government has strengthened its security agencies to face the challenges of militancy;

(d) if so, the details thereof;

(e) the details of the terrorist incidents held during 2005, till date, State-wise;

(f) the number of persons injured/killed and militants killed arrested in such incidents during the said period;

(g) the name of the outfits involved in such incidents; and

(h) the action plan formulated by the Government to crush the evil design of militant outfits in the country?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI SRIPRAKASH JAISWAL)

(a) & (b): Recent available inputs indicate that the level of violence has gone down in Jammu and Kashmir and in naxalite affected states. Number of violent incidents remains more or less the same in the case of North-Eastern States during the period from 1st January to 30th June, 2005 as compared to the corresponding period of 2004.

(c) & (d): The Central Government has schemes such as Modernization of State Police forces to strengthen State Police forces including Special Branches in terms of modern weaponry and communication equipment and also the programme of modernization of CPMFs. In addition, the Ministry of Home Affairs also has Security Related Expenditure (SRE) Schemes for J&K, North-Eastern States and Naxalite affected States.

(e) to (g) : The information is given in the Annexure.

(h): The strategy of the Government is to deal with the menace of terrorism in a holistic manner on political, development and security fronts. In order to curb terrorist activities, the Government has pursued a multi-pronged approach which includes strengthening the border management to check infiltration, galvanizing the intelligence machinery, improved technology, weaponry and equipment for security forces both at the Centre and in the States, neutralizing plans of terrorist groups/anti-national elements by well coordinated intelligence based operations.

ANNEXURE

Annexure referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.325 for 26.7.2005 regarding activities of militants.

The available information about terrorist violence in J&K, North-Eastern States, Delhi and UP and naxalite affected States during the current year upto 30.06.2005 is as under:-

Jammu & Kashmir

No.of terrorist	No.of persons	Terrorists	Terrorists	incidents	killed	killed #	arrested
981 360 463 170
Naxalite affected States
Name of the State	No.of terrorist	No.of persons	Terrorists	Terrorists	incidents	killed #	killed	arrested
Andhra Pradesh 344 125 77 228
Jharkhand 153 38 5 93
Chhattisgarh 196 29 4 129
Bihar 112 34 6 139
Maharashtra 45 17 - 12
Orissa 26 4 2 71
Uttar Pradesh 3 - 3 46
Madhya Pradesh 15 1 - 6
West Bengal 4 1 - 45
Karnataka 5 2 4 9
North-Eastern States
Name of the State	No.of terrorist	No.of persons	Terrorists	Terrorists	incidents	killed #	killed	arrested
Assam 190 48 48 116
Meghalaya 20 1 10 44
Tripura 70 17 14 48
Arunachal Pradesh 12 - 7 26
Nagaland 103 18 46 22
Mizoram 3 2 - 13
Manipur 162 78 67 209

Delhi
No.of terrorist	No.of persons	Terrorists	Terrorists	incidents	killed #	killed	arrested
1 (twin bomb blasts	1(Civilian)	-	8 (directly	in Cinema Halls on	related to the	may 22,2005)	incidients)
#	=	Persons killed include civilians and /security force personnel
Uttar Pradesh
No.of terrorist	No.of persons	Terrorists	Terrorists	incidents	killed #	killed	arrested
1( Ayodhya on 5.7.05)	1(Civilian)	5	3#
#	=	As per available information.