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  • Gujarat noticed 81 custodial deaths in closing 5 years, easiest in India 

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    NEW DELHI: Gujarat witnessed essentially the most choice of custodial deaths within the closing 5 years with 81 such circumstances, adopted by way of Maharashtra with 80 deaths,  Lok Sabha was once knowledgeable on Tuesday.

    Union Minister of State for House Nityanand Rai mentioned as many as 687 other people died in police custody in more than a few portions of the rustic from April 1, 2018, to March 31, 2023.

    Whilst 81 deaths in police custody have been reported in Gujarat, 80 such deaths came about in Maharashtra within the mentioned duration, he mentioned, replying to a written query.

    The minister mentioned there have been 50 police custodial deaths in Madhya Pradesh, 47 in Bihar, 41 in Uttar Pradesh and 36 in Tamil Nadu.

    Mentioning the information equipped by way of the Nationwide Human Rights Fee, Rai mentioned a complete of 164 deaths in police custody have been reported in 2022-23, 175 in 2021-22, 100 in 2020-21, 112 in 2019-20 and 136 in 2018-2019.

    NEW DELHI: Gujarat witnessed essentially the most choice of custodial deaths within the closing 5 years with 81 such circumstances, adopted by way of Maharashtra with 80 deaths,  Lok Sabha was once knowledgeable on Tuesday.

    Union Minister of State for House Nityanand Rai mentioned as many as 687 other people died in police custody in more than a few portions of the rustic from April 1, 2018, to March 31, 2023.

    Whilst 81 deaths in police custody have been reported in Gujarat, 80 such deaths came about in Maharashtra within the mentioned duration, he mentioned, replying to a written query.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The minister mentioned there have been 50 police custodial deaths in Madhya Pradesh, 47 in Bihar, 41 in Uttar Pradesh and 36 in Tamil Nadu.

    Mentioning the information equipped by way of the Nationwide Human Rights Fee, Rai mentioned a complete of 164 deaths in police custody have been reported in 2022-23, 175 in 2021-22, 100 in 2020-21, 112 in 2019-20 and 136 in 2018-2019.

  • No caste based totally census apart from SCs, STs since Independence: Centre

    Union Minister of State for House Nityanand Rai mentioned some political events and a couple of organisations have asked to gather caste main points within the imminent Census.

    NEW DELHI: The central govt has no longer enumerated caste-wise inhabitants instead of Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) within the Census since independence, the Lok Sabha was once knowledgeable on Tuesday.

    Union Minister of State for House Nityanand Rai mentioned some political events and a couple of organisations have asked to gather caste main points within the imminent Census.

    He mentioned within the Census, the castes and tribes which can be particularly notified as Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) as consistent with the Charter (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950, and the Charter (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950, as amended every so often, are enumerated.

    “The federal government of India has no longer enumerated caste-wise inhabitants instead of SCs and STs in Census since independence,” he mentioned, replying to a written query.

  • Naxal violence down via 77 according to cent in ultimate 12 years; simplest 70 affected districts: Executive tells Lok Sabha

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    NEW DELHI: The choice of Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) or the Naxal connected violent incidents have come down considerably via 77% since its all-time prime quantity in 2010 and the choice of resultant deaths has additionally diminished via 90 % from an all-time prime of 1005 in 2010 to 98 in 2022, the federal government mentioned in Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

    Union Minister of State for House Affairs, Nityanand Rai, responding to a query raised via a member, mentioned that the geographical unfold of violence has considerably diminished and simplest 176 police stations of 45 districts reported Naxal violence in 2022 as in comparison to a prime of 465 police stations of 96 districts in 2010.

    The decline within the geographical unfold may be mirrored within the diminished choice of districts lined beneath the Safety Similar Expenditure (SRE) Scheme. The choice of SRE districts diminished from 126 to 90 in April 2018 and additional to 70 in July 2021.

    Rai mentioned that to deal with the Naxal factor holistically, the federal government of India licensed the ‘Nationwide Coverage and Motion Plan to deal with LWE’ in 2015. The Coverage envisages a multi-pronged technique involving security-related measures, construction interventions, making sure rights and entitlements of native communities, and so forth. Steadfast implementation of this coverage has ended in a constant decline in Naxal violence around the country, he mentioned.

    There has additionally been substantial development within the safety scenario in Jharkhand, he mentioned, including that the prevailing safety vacuum within the state has been virtually crammed. Puts like Burha Pahar, the world of Tri Junction of West Singhbhum, Saraikela-Kharsawan and Khunti and Parasnath Hills were free of Maoist presence during the status quo of camps and sustained operations via safety forces.

    “The choice of violent incidents in Jharkhand diminished via 82% from a prime of 742 incidents in 2009 to 132 incidents in 2022. The numbers of SRE districts in Jharkhand have additionally diminished from 19 in 2018 to 16 in 2021,” the minister mentioned.

    Rai knowledgeable that the central executive supplies help for capability development of LWE-affected states thru quite a lot of schemes of the Ministry of House Affairs (MHA) and schemes/ projects of every other line Ministries.

    Particular emphasis is laid at the enlargement of the street community, bettering telecommunications, tutorial empowerment and monetary inclusion in Naxal -affected spaces. MHA works in shut coordination with all of the Ministries of GoI to make sure the optimal implementation of those schemes in LWE-affected spaces.

    Evaluate conferences are taken via the Union House Minister ceaselessly to check the Naxal state of affairs, Rai mentioned, including “Conferences and visits via different senior officials are being undertaken to make sure expeditious final touch and tracking of the works beneath quite a lot of schemes.”

    NEW DELHI: The choice of Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) or the Naxal connected violent incidents have come down considerably via 77% since its all-time prime quantity in 2010 and the choice of resultant deaths has additionally diminished via 90 % from an all-time prime of 1005 in 2010 to 98 in 2022, the federal government mentioned in Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

    Union Minister of State for House Affairs, Nityanand Rai, responding to a query raised via a member, mentioned that the geographical unfold of violence has considerably diminished and simplest 176 police stations of 45 districts reported Naxal violence in 2022 as in comparison to a prime of 465 police stations of 96 districts in 2010.

    The decline within the geographical unfold may be mirrored within the diminished choice of districts lined beneath the Safety Similar Expenditure (SRE) Scheme. The choice of SRE districts diminished from 126 to 90 in April 2018 and additional to 70 in July 2021.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Rai mentioned that to deal with the Naxal factor holistically, the federal government of India licensed the ‘Nationwide Coverage and Motion Plan to deal with LWE’ in 2015. The Coverage envisages a multi-pronged technique involving security-related measures, construction interventions, making sure rights and entitlements of native communities, and so forth. Steadfast implementation of this coverage has ended in a constant decline in Naxal violence around the country, he mentioned.

    There has additionally been substantial development within the safety scenario in Jharkhand, he mentioned, including that the prevailing safety vacuum within the state has been virtually crammed. Puts like Burha Pahar, the world of Tri Junction of West Singhbhum, Saraikela-Kharsawan and Khunti and Parasnath Hills were free of Maoist presence during the status quo of camps and sustained operations via safety forces.

    “The choice of violent incidents in Jharkhand diminished via 82% from a prime of 742 incidents in 2009 to 132 incidents in 2022. The numbers of SRE districts in Jharkhand have additionally diminished from 19 in 2018 to 16 in 2021,” the minister mentioned.

    Rai knowledgeable that the central executive supplies help for capability development of LWE-affected states thru quite a lot of schemes of the Ministry of House Affairs (MHA) and schemes/ projects of every other line Ministries.

    Particular emphasis is laid at the enlargement of the street community, bettering telecommunications, tutorial empowerment and monetary inclusion in Naxal -affected spaces. MHA works in shut coordination with all of the Ministries of GoI to make sure the optimal implementation of those schemes in LWE-affected spaces.

    Evaluate conferences are taken via the Union House Minister ceaselessly to check the Naxal state of affairs, Rai mentioned, including “Conferences and visits via different senior officials are being undertaken to make sure expeditious final touch and tracking of the works beneath quite a lot of schemes.”

  • India’s subsequent census to be virtual, app-based workout: Centre

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    NEW DELHI: India is gearing up for its first virtual census and the federal government has already made a number of technological developments at the platform on which the precise headcount, elegance, gender, age, employment and different socio-economic knowledge of over 130 crore Indian electorate could be captured and labeled.

    Nityanad Rai, Minister of State for House Affairs, knowledgeable the Parliament on Tuesday that the following census can be an app-based workout, including, “the impending Census would be the first virtual Census and there’s a provision for self-enumeration.”

    Rai additional mentioned that “Cellular apps for the choice of knowledge and a census portal for the control and tracking of more than a few census-related actions were advanced.”

    The Minister used to be responding to a query in Lok Sabha at the standing of the decennial census, which used to be slated to be performed in 2021. A number of Parliamentarians sought to grasp from the Ministry of House Affairs as to when the census could be finished.

    “The intent of the Govt for accomplishing Census 2021 used to be notified within the Gazette of India on March 28, 2019. Because of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Census 2021 and the linked box actions were postponed till additional orders,” Rai mentioned, including that the following census could be executed on a virtual platform.

    The closing decennial or decadal inhabitants census workout of India, performed through the Administrators of Census Operations who coordinate the paintings of census taking within the respective States and Union Territories, used to be undertaken all through Feb 9–28, 2011, with a revisional spherical all through March 1-5, 2011. The following Census used to be due in 2021 however the similar has been postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    In the meantime, Rai mentioned, “the inhabitants projection for India and States and Union Territories for 2011-2036, in response to Census 2011 knowledge, have been to be had within the Record of the Technical Staff on Inhabitants Projections printed through the Nationwide Fee on Inhabitants, Ministry of Well being & Circle of relatives Welfare.”

    Inhabitants Census supplies fundamental statistics at the state of human assets, demography, tradition and financial construction on the native, regional and nationwide ranges. The guidelines and knowledge are essential to lead and form the long run construction tasks of the rustic.

    NEW DELHI: India is gearing up for its first virtual census and the federal government has already made a number of technological developments at the platform on which the precise headcount, elegance, gender, age, employment and different socio-economic knowledge of over 130 crore Indian electorate could be captured and labeled.

    Nityanad Rai, Minister of State for House Affairs, knowledgeable the Parliament on Tuesday that the following census can be an app-based workout, including, “the impending Census would be the first virtual Census and there’s a provision for self-enumeration.”

    Rai additional mentioned that “Cellular apps for the choice of knowledge and a census portal for the control and tracking of more than a few census-related actions were advanced.”

    The Minister used to be responding to a query in Lok Sabha at the standing of the decennial census, which used to be slated to be performed in 2021. A number of Parliamentarians sought to grasp from the Ministry of House Affairs as to when the census could be finished.

    “The intent of the Govt for accomplishing Census 2021 used to be notified within the Gazette of India on March 28, 2019. Because of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Census 2021 and the linked box actions were postponed till additional orders,” Rai mentioned, including that the following census could be executed on a virtual platform.

    The closing decennial or decadal inhabitants census workout of India, performed through the Administrators of Census Operations who coordinate the paintings of census taking within the respective States and Union Territories, used to be undertaken all through Feb 9–28, 2011, with a revisional spherical all through March 1-5, 2011. The following Census used to be due in 2021 however the similar has been postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    In the meantime, Rai mentioned, “the inhabitants projection for India and States and Union Territories for 2011-2036, in response to Census 2011 knowledge, have been to be had within the Record of the Technical Staff on Inhabitants Projections printed through the Nationwide Fee on Inhabitants, Ministry of Well being & Circle of relatives Welfare.”

    Inhabitants Census supplies fundamental statistics at the state of human assets, demography, tradition and financial construction on the native, regional and nationwide ranges. The guidelines and knowledge are essential to lead and form the long run construction tasks of the rustic.

  • Have ‘Kashmiri Pandits’ develop into ‘Kashmiri Migrant Workers’? Centre thinks so

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    NEW DELHI:  Have Kashmiri Pandits develop into ‘Kashmiri Migrant Workers’ within the eyes of the Govt of India?  At a time when there’s a rising sentiment at the plight Kashmiri Pandits fuelled by way of Bollywood movie ‘The Kashmir Recordsdata’, the Ministry of House Affairs has referred to as them ‘Kashmiri Migrant Workers’. 

    In a written respond to a zero-hour query raised by way of Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi at the rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits on February 4, Nityanand Rai-the minister of state for House Affairs referred to as “Kashmiri Migrant Workers”.

    The Shiv Sena MP, reacting to Kashmiri Pandits being referred to as ‘Kashmiri Migrant Workers’ mentioned: “The letter speaks of Kashmiri Migrant Workers. Kashmiri Pandits don’t seem to be migrants sir, Kashmir is their house and so they proceed to attend to go back with dignity and honour”.

    In line with the written reaction won by way of Chaturvedi, out of 6,000 Transit Lodging (TAs) authorized by way of the federal government to deal with Kashmiri Migrant Workers in Kashmir valley, only one,025 devices had been finished whilst 1,488 devices are in several phases of entirety.

    “Within the preliminary section the non-public land was once to be received for development of those transit lodging. Alternatively, because of value escalation and time overrun in land acquisition procedure, Government of J&Ok in 2019 to obtain state land with the purpose to hurry up the development works,” the ministry famous within the written answer.

    “It’s anticipated that development might be finished by way of 2023,” it mentioned. 

    Class ‘Y’ quilt for the kashmir recordsdata maker

    Movie director in the back of The Kashmir Recordsdata Vivek Agnihotri has been given ‘Y’ class safety with CRPF commando quilt in gentle of the threats to his safety following the discharge of the movie.

  • No choice but on NRC at nationwide degree: Union Minister Nityanand Rai

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    NEW DELHI: Union Minister of State for House Nityanand Rai knowledgeable Parliament that executive is but to take a choice on making ready the Nationwide Sign in of Electorate at nationwide degree.

    Rai was once responding to a query through Trinamool Congress MP Mala Roy who requested concerning the standing of getting a NRC for all the nation. Roy additionally requested when the paintings associated with NRC shall be finished in conjunction with the standing of NRC in Assam.

    In a written answer, Rai stated, “Until now, the Executive has no longer taken any choice to organize Nationwide Sign in of Indian Electorate on the nationwide degree. At the Very best Court docket instructions, the supplementary checklist of inclusions and the checklist of exclusions for NRC, Assam have been revealed on August 31, 2019.”

  • Message to Valley: CRPF to commemorate annual Elevating Day parade in Jammu & Kashmir

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    NEW DELHI:  In a choice that means a most likely coverage shift for all of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), and might come as a morale-booster for the protection workforce, CRPF has determined to commemorate its annual Elevating Day parade in Jammu and Kashmir as a substitute of its same old venue – Delhi-NCR.

    Consistent with a senior authentic, the verdict is in step with the advice given through Union House Minister to have such purposes in spaces the place the forces have vital presence so to “reinforce their reference to public”. The authentic added that this time, the development will probably be referred to as ‘CRPF Day’ as a substitute of ‘Elevating Day’.

    MoS House Affairs Nityanand Rai is perhaps the executive visitor on the CRPF’s Elevating Day parade, which is scheduled on March 19 in Jammu. Consistent with assets, different CAPFs are prone to commemorate their annual Elevating Day parades at venues the place they’ve been engaged for a very long time. Resources say that the speculation could also be aimed toward bridging the space between the troops and the top-brass.

    On March 19, the CRPF plans a wreath-laying rite at Martyr’s memorial and the CRPF Day Parade adopted through  cultural and Badakhana programmes, the place all height officers may have foods with officials of all ranks. 

    Significantly, the BSF had additionally shifted its Elevating Day from Delhi-NCR to Jaisalmer remaining yr. Officers advised this newspaper that the shift of venue is meant at sending a good message to the folk of J&Ok the place terror incidents have come down for the reason that abrogation of Article 370 in 2019.

    Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand had been additionally regarded as for the rite as CRPF has its absolute best deployment in Left Wing Extremism-hit spaces. “There have been additionally deliberations on maintaining the serve as in Srinagar however in the long run Jammu was once finalised,” a CRPF officer mentioned.

  • Overseas NGO’s document on press freedom no longer clear: Centre

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    NEW DELHI:  The central executive isn’t in settlement with the conclusions drawn by way of Journalists 
    With out Borders about press freedom in India, Minister of State for House Affairs Nityanand Rai knowledgeable Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

    Mentioning quite a lot of causes for no longer agreeing with India’s score within the International Press Freedom Index launched by way of 
    the Journalists With out Borders, the minister claimed the technique followed is “questionable and non-transparent and loss of transparent definition of press freedom”.

    In a written respond to a query on India positioned at 142 place out of 180 nations within the International Press Freedom Index, compiled by way of the Journalists With out Borders ultimate yr, Rai stated, “The International Press Freedom Index is revealed by way of a international NGO ‘Journalists With out Borders’.

    The federal government does no longer subscribe to its perspectives and nation scores and doesn’t conform to the conclusions drawn by way of this organisation for quite a lot of causes together with very low pattern dimension, very little weightage to basics of democracy, adoption of a technique which is questionable and non-transparent, loss of transparent definition of press freedom.” 

    The query used to be raised by way of Congress MP Manish Tewari. On queries relating to reporters being booked underneath IPC, UAPA and different rules, the ministry mentioned that the federal government is dedicated to make sure the appropriate to freedom of speech and expression enshrined underneath the Charter.

  • Union Minister Nityanand Rai assessments COVID-19 certain

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    NEW DELHI: Union Minister Nityanand Rai examined certain for COVID-19 on Thursday, an afternoon after he attended an tournament the place chiefs of Central Armed Police Forces had been provide.

    Rai, 56, a Lok Sabha member from Bihar, is Union Minister of State for House Affairs. “I’ve examined certain for Covid. I’ve totally remoted myself. Individuals who got here involved with me are asked to take important steps,” Rai tweeted in Hindi.

    On Wednesday, the minister attended an tournament right here the place Ayushman well being playing cards had been disbursed amongst CAPF body of workers. Chiefs of CRPF, BSF, ITBP, CISF and SSB attended the development. The NSG used to be represented via an Inspector Normal-rank officer.