PCR – Parliamentary Q and A

Assistance for coastal police stations in Goa (8 February 2017)

Government of India, under the Coastal Security Scheme (CSS), has given assistance to the coastal police stations in the State of Goa.

Attack on journalists (26 July 2017)

The Press Council of India in the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has taken note of the report of Reporters without Borders (RWB) and found out that the sources of RWB in India are ambiguous, and the sampling is quite random in nature which does not portray a proper and comprehensive picture of freedom of the press in India.

Attack on security personnel (26 July 2017)

The details of the causalities of security personnel in the country due to the terrorist insurgent / extremists incidents are at Annexure.

Attacks on security forces by Naxalites ( 19 July 2017)

During 2017 (up to 30 Jun 2017) incidents of violence have reduced by 22.5% (from 617 to
478) compared to the corresponding period of 2016.

Audit of vulnerable jails in the country (15 March 2017)

DGP (Prisons and Correctional Services), Madhya Pradesh had requested Central Industrial Security Force for security and fire consultancy/audit for the Central Jail, Bhopal. A CISF team has conducted the site survey of Bhopal Central Jail.

Augmentation of police forces of States (22 March 2017)

As ‘Police’ is a State subject falling in List-II of seventh schedule of the Constitution of India, it is primarily the responsibility of the State Governments to ensure adequate augmentation in their police forces.

Bangladeshi infiltrators (19 July 2017)

There are reports of Bangladeshi nationals having entered the country without valid travel documents. Since entry of such Bangladesh nationals into the country is clandestine and surreptitious, accurate data of such cases is not available.

Bank robberies by terrorists in Kashmir valley (26 July 2017)

Inputs indicate that shortage of cash with militants after demonetisation has led to looting of Banks/ATMs in Jammu and Kashmir.

Barbed wire fencing along border areas of the country (8 February 2017)

Border fencing has been erected along Indo-Pakistan Border in the States of J&K, Punjab,
Rajasthan and Gujarat and along Indo-Bangladesh Border in the States of West Bengal, Assam,Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura.

Belt and Road Initiative of China (10 August 2017)

Government has taken cognizance of the ‘One Belt One Road’ (OBOR) or the ‘Belt and
Road Initiative’ (BRI) of the People’s Republic of China.