The Government has a policy of zero tolerance against terrorism and the security situation has improved significantly in Jammu and Kashmir. Details are as under:

 

Description	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Terrorist initiated incidents	153	126	129	125	46
Encounters/ Counter Terrorism Operations	102	118	100	117	48
Civilians killed in terrorist initiated incidents and in encounters	44	38	41	31	14
Security personnel killed	80	63	42	32	30
Terrorist killed	157	221	180	187	73

(Source: CID, J&K

No terrorist incident was reported in UT of Ladakh from 2019 to 2023.

This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Nityanand Rai  in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha.

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