MHA lists successes, setbacks of 3 years under Chidambaram

New Delhi: With P Chidambaram completing three years as Home Minister, the Centre today gave a list of successes achieved under his stewardship and also took note of the setbacks and pending issues before the Ministry. Flanked by top Home Ministry officials and chiefs of paramilitary forces, Union Home Secretary RK Singh said there has been significant decline in violence in Jammu and Kashmir and North Eastern states, there was no major communal conflagration during last three years and there has been significant capacity building of police across the country. “The states were provided Rs 3,612 crore during the four financial years (2008-2012) for modernisation of State Police under the Modernisation of Police Force (MPF) scheme,” he said. [caption id=“attachment_146004” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“The home minister has completed three years as the country’s top internal security chief. PTI”] [/caption] The Home Secretary described as “notable setbacks” bomb blast in Pune on February 7, 2010, Mumbai serial blasts on July 13, 2011 and bomb blast at Delhi High Court on September 7, 2011 and increase in violence and casualties in Left wing extremism-hit districts of Bihar and Maharashtra. Singh also flagged “notable pending matters” which include setting up of National Counter Terrorism Centre, amendments to Armed Forces Special Powers Act, framing up of Revised Action Plan to deal with emerging challenges from Left wing extremists, amendment to the Communal Violence (Prevention, Control and Rehabilitation of Victims) Bill, 2005 and bill to redefine ‘rape’ and ‘sexual assault’. (More) PTI