Lok Sabha Question No. 301 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-19
Subject: Rise in Terror Attacks
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: A. Ganeshamurthi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 301

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 19 TH  JULY, 2022/ ASHADHA 28, 1944 (SAKA)

RISE IN TERROR ATTACKS

301.     SHRI A. GANESHAMURTHI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that incidents of terror attacks are rising;

(b) if so, whether any analysis has been made for the rise in the incidents and measures taken to protect soft targets;

(c) the number of persons, para military forces and civilians who have died or got grievously injured due to terror attacks during the last two years; and

(d) the time by which the situation in Kashmir would be brought to normal so that democratic process can be started in the Valley?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a) to (c): No,  Sir.  Combating  terrorism  is  a  continuous  process.  The Government has taken various steps in this regard including 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 etc. Due to concerted

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 301 FOR 19.07.2022

and coordinated efforts of all the stakeholders terrorism related violence has been contained to a large extent in the country.

The  number  of  major  terrorist  incidents,  the  number  of  security  force personnel martyred and injured and the number of civilians who lost their lives and who were injured in these terrorist incidents in the hinterland of the country and in the Jammu and Kashmir during the last two years  2020 and 2021, is as given below:

## (i)    Hinterland of the country

| Year   | No. of terrorist incidents   | No. of Security Force personnel Martyred   | No. of Security Force personnel injured   | No. of Civilians who lost their lives   |   No. of Civilians injured |
|--------|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
| -      | -                            | -                                          | -                                         | -                                       |                       2020 |
| 1      | -                            | -                                          | -                                         | -                                       |                       2021 |

## (ii)  Jammu & Kashmir

|   Year |   No. of terrorist incidents |   No. of Security Force personnel Martyred |   No. of Security Force personnel injured |   No. of Civilians who lost their lives |   No. of Civilians injured |
|--------|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|   2020 |                          244 |                                         62 |                                       106 |                                      37 |                        112 |
|   2021 |                          229 |                                         42 |                                       117 |                                      41 |                         75 |

(d) : The Government has a policy of zero tolerance against terrorism and the security situation has improved significantly in J&K. There has been substantial  decline  in  terrorist  attacks  from  417 in 2018 to 229 in 2021.

The Government has taken various measures to normalize the situation in the Kashmir valley. These include a robust security and intelligence grid, proactive  operations  against  terrorists,  intensified  night  patrolling  and checking at Nakas, security arrangements through appropriate deployment and high level of alertness maintained by the security forces. Moreover, the Government has taken several steps for all round development  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir  including  implementation  of  PMDP, 2015,  Flagship  programmes,  establishment  of  IIT  &  IIM,  two  new  AIIMS and fast tracking of infrastructure projects in roads, power etc. Besides, a new Central Scheme is being implemented for industrial development of J&K with an outlay of Rs. 28,400 Crores which would provide employment to  4.5  Lakhs  persons.  Furthermore,  the  Government  had  constituted  a delimitation  Commission,  which  has  notified  Orders  on  14 th   March,  2022 and  5 th May,  2022  on  delimitation  of Parliamentary  and  Legislative Assembly  Constituencies  of  the  Union  Territory  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir. Thereafter,  the  Election  Commission  of  India  has  initiated  revision  of electoral rolls of voters of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The decision to schedule elections is the prerogative of Election Commission of India.

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