Key Points
Data provided by the Ministry of Home Affairs, classify incidents as 'terrorist-initiated incidents' and 'police encounters' unlike in the past, when both heads were clubbed together...
According to a reply submitted before the Rajya Sabha, terrorist-initiated incidents were 41 (till Nov 15) as compared to 125 in 2022, 129 in 2021, 126 in 2020 and 153 in 2019, the year when Article 370 was abrogated..
The number of encounters by security forces, including J&K Police, Army and CRPF, stood at 44 in 2023, 117 in 2022, 100 in 2021, 118 in 2020 and 102 in 2019...
The strategy that has been put in place to curb incidents of terrorism includes "round-the-clock nakas at strategic points, group security in the form of static guards, intensified cordon and search operations, sharing of intelligence inputs on a real-time basis, day and night area domination, security arrangements through appropriate deployment, preventive operations against those aiding and abetting terrorism and identification of vulnerable spots to prevent terrorist attacks on civilians," MoS Nityanand Rai said in a written reply...
"As many as 53 projects, being implemented at 58,477 crore by 15 ministries/departments in the UT under the Prime Minister's Development Package-2015 in sectors such as roads, power, health, education, tourism, agriculture, skill development, etc, have been accelerated and 32 projects have been completed or substantially completed," he said.. Rai said the UT attracted a total investment of 5,319.35 crore between 2019-20 and 2023-24 (up to October 2023..
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