Lok Sabha Question No. 243 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Modernization of Jharkhand Police
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Pashupati Nath Singh, Annpurna Devi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 243

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020/ MAGHA 15, 1941 (SAKA) MODERNIZATION OF JHARKHAND POLICE

†243.     SHRI PASHUPATI NATH SINGH: SHRIMATI ANNPURNA DEVI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  at  the  Central  level  to  equip Jharkhand Police with modern technologies and procure modern equipment;

(b) if so, the details thereof during each of the last three years;

(c) the details of funds spent in this regard during the above mentioned period;

- (d)  the  extent  to  which  efforts  to  modernize  Jharkhand  Police  have  been successful with the said steps and the expenditure incurred thereon; and

(e) the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a) to (e):  Modernisation of police forces is a continuous and ongoing process. Although  'Police'  and  'Public  Order'  are  State  subjects  as  per  the  Seventh Schedule  to  the  Constitution,  to  supplement  the  efforts  of  the  States, assistance is provided to the State Governments for equipping and modernizing of their police forces under the scheme of 'Assistance to States for  Modernisation  of  Police'  [erstwhile  scheme  of  Modernisation  of  State Police Forces]. The State Governments have been provided central assistance for acquisition of latest weaponry, training gadgets, advanced communication and    forensic    equipment    etc.    Further,   Jharkhand   is   also   permitted

## LS.US.Q.NO. 243 FOR 04.02.2020

'construction'  and  'purchase  of  operational  vehicles'  as  well  for  Left  Wing Extremism (LWE) affected districts. Under this centrally sponsored scheme, the  State  Governments  formulate  their  State  Action  Plans(SAPs)  based  on their  strategic  priorities  and  requirements  and  the  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs approves the same with or without modifications.

As  per  General  Financial  Rules  and  the  guidelines  of  the  scheme,  for getting  eligible  for  receiving  allocated  amount  during  any  given  year,  State Governments need to furnish Utilization Certificates (UCs) in respect of funds released to it till the year previous to the last financial year.  However, the Government  of  Jharkhand  had  not  been  able  to  get  the  full  benefit  of  the scheme during the years 2016-17 and 2017-18 due to pendency of UCs. The details  of  funds  allocated  and  released  to  the  Government  of  Jharkhand  as well pendency of UCs under the scheme during the last three years and the current year are as below:

(in Rs. crore)

| Year                                    | Year                                    | 2016-17   | 2017-18   |   2018-19 | 2019-20*   |
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
| Allocation                              | to State Government                     | 7.39      | 9.98      |    8.73   | 9.21       |
| Allocation                              | For release in kind                     | 1.15      | 1.26      |    1.24   | Nil        |
| Allocation                              | TOTAL                                   | 8.54      | 11.24     |    9.97   | 9.21       |
| Release                                 | against allocation                      | Nil       | Nil       |    7.74   | 6.91       |
| Release                                 | for supply in kind                      | 1.15      | 1.26      |    1.24   | Nil        |
| Release                                 | other releases                          | 0.49      | 0.65      |    0.9342 | Nil        |
| Release                                 | TOTAL                                   | 1.64      | 1.91      |    9.9142 | 6.91       |
| Amount of pending UCs as on cutoff date | Amount of pending UCs as on cutoff date | 17.89     | 10.56     |    2.23   | 2.13       |