The Indian government has decided to set up 20 counter-insurgency and Anti-Terrorism Schools during the 11th Plan. It is proposed to locate four schools each in the states of Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Orissa with a view to providing training to state police personnel to tackle the insurgency and naxal menace.
This was stated by Shriprakash Jaisawal, Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs, in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.
Also, a Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and System (CCTNS) project has been conceptualized in the Ministry of Home Affairs to provide a computer facility with internet to all police stations in the country. Altogether Rs. 2000 crore has been allocated by Planning Commission for the said purposes during the 11th Five Year Plan.
The project is at the initial stage of necessary approvals and provisions have been made year-wise and component-wise in the project report.
2760 police stations have so far been provided computers out of a non-plan scheme called ‘Modernization of State Police Forces; with funding of Rs. 129 crore. This was stated by Dr. Shakeel Ahmad, Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs, in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.
