Lok Sabha Question No. 1334 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-23
Subject: Bezbaruah Committee
Ministry: DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION
Asked by: NINONG ERING

## Government of India Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

## LOK SABHA

Unstarred Question no.1334

To be answered on Wednesday, November 23, 2016/Agrahayana 2, 1938 (Saka)

## Question Bezbaruah Committee

1334: SHRI NINONG ERING:

Will  the  Minister  of  DEVELOPMENT  OF  NORTH  EASTERN  REGION  be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has implemented/proposes to implement recommendations of MP Bezbaruah Committee;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  strengthen  security  of  North-Eastern people  in  Metros  like  Delhi,  Bangalore,  etc.  and  the  other  steps  taken  to  bring sensitivity among the people of other part of countries about North-Eastern region?

## ANSWER

## The Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region [DR. Jitendra Singh]

- (a) to (c): The recommendations made by MP Bezbaruah Committee are at various stages of implementation.  Advisories have already been issued to all States and Union Territories requesting them to have a stringent mechanism to deal with the incidents of attacks on citizens from North Eastern States. The State Governments

and  Union  Territories  are  taking  all  necessary  measures  to  strictly  follow  the directions given in the advisories.

Nodal Officers have been appointed to address the grievances of the North Eastern  people.    Delhi  State  Legal  Services  Authority  (DSLSA)  has  empanelled Legal  Services  Counsel  including  lady  advocates  to  deal  with  cases  relating  to people  of  the  North  Eastern  Region.  Ministry  of  Tourism  has  approved  projects worth  Rs.722  crore  received  from  NE  States  for  development  of  tourism  in  these States. The potential of tourism in NE States is being highlighted in the International Travel Mart (ITM). Contents about various aspects of North Eastern Region have been included at all stages of school education in the current NCERT text books. Other steps to sensitize the people of the other parts of the country about the North Eastern Region include organizing of cultural programmes of the region at various locations.

The Bengaluru police have issued necessary instructions to all field officers to implement the recommendations of the Committee such as identification/mapping out  troublesome  streets  and  localities  by  the  police,  regular  patrolling  and  beat visits, sensitization of Beat Constables, intelligence briefing, maintenance of rowdy registers at  every police station,  mandatory  registration of  FIR,  time  bound investigation, filing of charge sheets etc. Further, in Delhi Police, a police officer of the rank of Special Commissioner has been nominated to supervise the functioning of  the  Delhi  Police  as  regards  the  problems  being  faced  by  the  people  of  North Eastern  Region  to  ensure  that  Delhi  Police  responds  to  these  issues  in  a constructive and proactive manner.

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