Extract from Shri P.Chidambaram  MHA Report Card for March

North East

On March 24, 2012, a Suspension of Operations (SoO) agreement was signed by the Government of India and the Government of Manipur with the United Tribal Liberation Army (UTLA) and the Pakan Reunification Army (PRA) [both under the umbrella of Kuki National Organisation (KNO)] for a period of six months.

During the month, a total of Rs.96.30 crore was released to States/UTs under CCTNS project of which Rs.13.42 crore was for networking and Rs.82.88 crore was for System Integrators (SI). LoIs for System Integrators were issued by the Governments of Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Tripura. As of now, 16 LoIs have been issued to SIs out of which 9 Contracts have been signed. Further, 5000 personnel have been trained until now under capacity building.


India-Bangladesh Border:

 In March 2012, 7 kms of fencing and 5 kms of road works were completed under phase II of the project and 2 kms of fencing were replaced under phase III of the project. Poles for floodlighting were erected on a length of 70 kms and cables were laid on 40 kms stretch during the month.

 Coastal Security: Land identification for 111 (out of 131) Coastal Police Stations has been finalized and land acquisition process in 74 cases has been initiated till March, 2012.  An amount of Rs.44.37 crore has been released to the coastal States/UTs for construction of Coastal Police Stations and Jetties.

India-China Border:

Out of 27 ITBP priority roads along India-China border, construction work on one road has been completed and the work on 22 roads is in progress. No progress could be made during the month because of non working season. So far, a total of 511.69 Kms of formation works and 173.73 Kms of surfacing works have been completed.

Border Area Development Programme (BADP): The total amount released to the 17 States in the current financial year at the end of March 2012 stands at Rs.1003.22 crore [100% of the total allocation of Rs.1003.22 crore (RE)], including Rs.85.58 crore released during the month.

Land Ports Authority of India (LPAI): The Land Ports Authority of India (LPAI) has been set up and notified with effect from 1.3.2012.

Immigration

Integrated on-line visa application system under the Mission Mode Project on IVFRT (Immigration, Visa and Foreigners Registration & Tracking) was made operational at the Indian missions at New York and San Francisco. This facility is now operational at 52 Indian Missions abroad.

Census 2011 and National Population Register (NPR)

The results of Houselisting and Housing Census phase of Population Census 2011 have been released, giving data on quality and quantity of Census House, amenities available and the assets possessed by the households across the Country. It is notable that the results have been released one year ahead of schedule.

Scanning of Population Enumeration schedules has been completed for 24.5 crore out of the total of 27 crore schedules. The data processing of more than 13.3 crore schedules has been completed.

The creation of the National Population Register (NPR) in 3331 coastal villages covering a population of 1.2 crore persons has been completed. The production of Resident Identity Cards (RIC) for this population is currently underway and 27 lakh RICs have been produced so far. The capture of biometrics for the NPR in the rest of the country is in progress and  as on date, data entry of 54 crore persons and biometrics of 1.51 crore persons have been completed.

Judicial

During the month, the President gave her assent to the following bills:

          (a)     The Himachal Pradesh Urban Rent Control (Amendment) Bill, 2009

          (b)     The Gorkha land Territorial Administration Bill, 2011


               
·                     Agreement between Government of India, Government of West Bengal and Gorkha Janmukti Morcha was signed for setting up of a new Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) for the hill areas of Darjeeling district.
·                     Rs.350 crore was released to the North Eastern States under SRE Scheme

·                     On India-Bangladesh border, 79 kms of fencing and 69 kms of roads were completed.  30 kms of fencing was replaced

·                     On India-Pakistan border, 28 kms of fencing was completed

·                     On India-China border, 275 kms of formation work and 134 kms of surfacing work were completed on border roads

·                    For the North Eastern Police Academy, Rs.35.36 crore was released (against a sanction of Rs.82.13 crore) for augmenting infrastructure

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(Release ID :82029)