India and Azerbaijan have signed a treaty on mutual legal assistance in crminal matters.
In his opening statement at the monthly press conference of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) here today, Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said : "On 4th April 2013, a Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters was signed between India and Azerbaijan in New Delhi. I signed the Treaty on behalf of Government of India with Mr. Fikrat Mammadov, Minister of Justice, Republic of Azerbaijan."
Shinde said that he led an Indian delegation to Russia during April 10-11 during which he met Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Minister of Internal Security and Vladimir Puchkov, Minister for Emergency Situation, and discussed bilateral security matters between India and Russia.
"I also signed a Protocol related to Agreement for Cooperation in the field of Emergency Management with Mr. Vladimir Puchkov, Minister for Emergency Situation," he added.
The Home Minister said that Maldivian Defence Minister Mohamed Nazim met him on April 16 and discussed bilateral security matters.
Shinde said that he chaired the 20th meeting of the Eastern Zonal Council on April 17 at Kolkata comprising the States of West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar and Jharkhand
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"Issues, such as, internal security, naxalism, communal harmony, safety on the national highways, use and distribution of natural resources, allotment of land for CRPF to establish battalion camping sites, police administration, Border Area Development Programme, strengthening of vigilance establishment in the States, issues relating to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, etc., were discussed in the meeting," he added.
The Home Minister informed that a conference of the Chief Ministers was held at Vigyan Bhawan here on April 15 to discuss the recommendations contained in the 5th Report of 2nd Administrative Reforms Commission.
"On 17th April, 2013, the Security Related Expenditure Committee accorded 'in-principle' approval to the Annual Works Plan (2013-14) for an amount of Rs.395.42 crores in respect of Left Wing Extremism affected States of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal," said Shinde.
"Under the Special Industry Initiatives scheme for Jammu and Kashmir known as 'Udaan", the Project Appraisal Committee, in its 17th meeting held on 23rd April, 2013, approved the proposals of Tata Motors to train 1300 graduates and Shahi Exports to train 500 candidates over a period of five years," he added.
Shinde said the authorisation for the purchase of 210 Multi Grenade Launchers (MGLs), 14700 Grenades High Explosives (HE), 6090 Grenade High Explosives Dual Purpose (HEDP) and 4830 Grenade Target Marker/ Practice Marker, at an estimated cost of Rs. 11.23 crore, was accorded to the CRPF on April 4.
"During the month of April, 2013, an amount of Rs.65.62 crore for acquisition of land and Rs.95.25 crore for construction of office/residential buildings was sanctioned to CAPFs. On 25th April, 2013, an amount of Rs. 65.14 crore was sanctioned for Setting up of Central Detective Training School (CDTS) in Uttar Pradesh (Ghaziabad)," he added.
The Home Minister said that on April 3 sanction for prosecution was given to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for filing a charge sheet in the crime against 01 accused person under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA) for hatching a conspiracy by members of the Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) to organize terrorist attacks in various parts of the Country.
"On 8th April, 2013, sanction for prosecution was given to NIA for filing the supplementary charge sheet against 03 accused persons under IPC and UAPA in the crime against the members of the banned terrorist organization Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) in association with their over ground workers in a criminal conspiracy to fund terrorist activities in the State of Jammu and Kashmir and also to destabilize our economy," said Shinde.
"On 10th April, 2013, sanction for prosecution was given to NIA for filing the supplementary charge sheet against 01 accused person under IPC and UAPA. The accused hurled country made bombs and created terror, panic and confusion," he added.
The Home Minister further informed that on April 10, sanction for prosecution was given to NIA for filing the supplementary charge sheet against 03 accused persons under UAPA, who were involved in the smuggling and circulation of high value and high quality Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with face value of Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/- in India, as a part of their larger conspiracy to destabilize the monetary stability thereby affecting the security of the nation.
"On 22nd April, 2013, sanction for prosecution was given to NIA for filing charge sheet against 07 accused persons under UAPA. These persons were involved in the smuggling and circulation of high value and high quality Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with face value of Rs. 500/- and Rs.1000/- in India, as a part of their larger conspiracy to destabilize the monetary stability of India thereby affecting the security of the nation," said Shinde.
"During 10th April, 2013 to 19th April, 2013, a jatha of about 2000 Sikh pilgrims was sent to Pakistan to visit Gurudwaras on the occasion of Baisakhi," he added.
The Home Minister further said a new software, Terrorist Information System, developed by the National Crime Records Bureau was launched by providing a link to it on the website of the Ministry of Home Affairs to centrally monitor the terrorist incidents and terrorist financing cases.
"The States and Union Territories have been requested to upload the data on terrorist incidents and terrorist financing cases directly on the website," he added.
