Ministry of Home Affairs
Terrorist Activities
Posted On:
23 MAR 2021 6:17PM by PIB Delhi
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 as below:
(1) Hinterland of the country
Year
|
No. of terrorist incidents
|
No. of Security Force personnel Martyred
|
No. of Civilians who lost their lives
|
2014
|
03
|
-
|
04
|
2015
|
01
|
04
|
03
|
2016
|
01
|
07
|
01
|
2017
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2018
|
01
|
-
|
03
|
2019
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2020
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(2) Jammu & Kashmir
Year
|
No. of terrorist incidents
|
No. of Security Force personnel Martyred
|
No. of Civilians who lost their lives
|
2014
|
222
|
47
|
28
|
2015
|
208
|
39
|
17
|
2016
|
322
|
82
|
15
|
2017
|
342
|
80
|
40
|
2018
|
614
|
91
|
39
|
2019
|
594
|
80
|
39
|
2020
|
244
|
62
|
37
|
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
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri G. Kishan Reddy in a written reply to question in the Lok Sabha today.
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