Lok Sabha Question No. 4449 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-23
Subject: Terrorist Activities
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Vijay Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4449

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 23 RD  MARCH, 2021/ CHAITRA 2, 1943 (SAKA)

TERRORIST ACTIVITIES

†4449. SHRI VIJAY KUMAR:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  terrorist  activities  have  increased  continuously  in  the  country from the year 2014;

(b) if so, the details of the terrorist activities reported from the year 2014 to 31  December,  2020  and  the  total  number  of  Jawans  and  police  personnel martyred  along  with  the  number  of  people  who  lost  their  lives  in  these incidents, year-wise;

(c) whether the Government has formulated any concrete policy to deal with terrorism sponsored by Pakistan; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): The  number  of  the  terrorist  incidents,    the  number  of  security force  personnel martyred  and  the  number of civilians who  lost their life  in terrorist  incidents  in  the  hinterland  of  the  country  and  in  Jammu  and

Kashmir during the years 2014 to 2020 is at Annexure.

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 4449 FOR 23.03.2021

(c) & (d): In  furtherance  of  its  zero  tolerance  policy  towards  terrorism, Government has taken various steps which include, inter-alia, strengthening of  legal  framework,  streamlining  of  intelligence  mechanism,  setting  up  of National  Investigation  Agency  (NIA)  for  investigation  and  prosecution  of terror related cases, having various hubs of National Security Guards (NSG), stepping up border and coastal security, modernization of police forces and capacity building of state police forces, robust international cooperation and designation of individuals and entities as terrorists etc

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## ANNEXURE L.S.US.Q.NO. 4449  for 23.03.2021

## Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  &  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No.4449 for 23.03.2021.

- (1)    Hinterland of the country
- (2)  Jammu & Kashmir

| Year   | No. of terrorist incidents   | No. of Security Force personnel Martyred   |   No. of Civilians who lost their lives |
|--------|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 03     | -                            | 04                                         |                                    2014 |
| 01     | 04                           | 03                                         |                                    2015 |
| 01     | 07                           | 01                                         |                                    2016 |
| -      | -                            | -                                          |                                    2017 |
| 01     | -                            | 03                                         |                                    2018 |
| -      | -                            | -                                          |                                    2019 |
| -      | -                            | -                                          |                                    2020 |

|   Year | No. of terrorist incidents   | No. of Security Force personnel Martyred   |   No. of Civilians who lost their lives |
|--------|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|   2014 | 222                          | 28                                         |                                      47 |
|   2015 | 208 39                       |                                            |                                      17 |
|   2016 | 82                           | 15                                         |                                     322 |
|   2017 | 342                          | 80                                         |                                      40 |
|   2018 | 614                          | 91                                         |                                      39 |
|   2019 | 594                          | 80                                         |                                      39 |
|   2020 | 244                          | 62                                         |                                      37 |

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