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Ministry of Home Affairs | Year End Review 2019

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Important Bills Passed by Parliament

  1. Jammu and Kashmir – Abrogation of Article 370 and 35A ; The Jammu and Kashmir (Reorganisation) Act, 2019; The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Act, 2019
  2. National Investigation Agency (Amendment) Act, 2019
  3. Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2019
  4. Special Protection Group (Amendment) Bill, 2019 – aims to increase operational efficiency of SPG in ensuring the security of the Prime Minister of India.
  5. Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 – focus on granting Indian Citizenship to persons belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities on ground of religious persecution in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. Marathon deliberations held by Union Home Minister with various stakeholders from North East and their concerns against the CAB 2019 addressed in the final Amendment Act.
  6. Arms (Amendment) Bill, 2019 – enhances the punishment for existing offences like illegal manufacture, sale, transfer and  illegal acquiring, possessing or carrying prohibited arms or prohibited ammunition; illicit trafficking of firearms; celebratory gunfire endangering human life. Arms licenses to be issued for 5 years in electronic form, which would prevent forgery. The Amendment would reduce possession of illegal firearms and commission of criminal offences by limiting 2 licenses per person. Ownership of arms by retired and serving personnel of armed forces and sportspersons remains unaffected by the Amendment. Further, Ancestral guns may be retained in a Deactivated State.
  7. Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2019 –  to make the constitution of NHRC and SHRCs broader and more inclusive.
  8.  Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union Territories) Bill, 2019 – Administrative efficiency, better service delivery and effective implementation of  Central and State Government Schemes to be the focus.

Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh

  1. Abrogation of Article 370 and 35A
  1. The Jammu and Kashmir (Reorganisation) Act, 2019

Jammu and Kashmir reorganised into

  1. The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Act, 2019

3% reservation in services and educational institutions extended to people living near the International Border (IB) in J&K, in line with reservation given to people living near the Line of Control (LoC)

  1. Amarnath Yatra
  1. Cabinet approved Inclusion of 5,300 Displaced Persons families of J&K in the Rehabilitation Package for Displaced Families of PoJK and Chhamb, under the PM’s Development Package 2015 for Jammu & Kashmir
  2. Government Employees of UTs of J&K and Ladakh to get all 7th Central Pay Commission Allowances from 31st October 2019 – allowances worth around Rs. 4800 crores approved for Government employees.

Kartarpur Sahib Corridor

  1. Union Cabinet passed a resolution on 22nd November 2018 to celebrate the historic occasion of 550th Birth Anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Devji in a grand and befitting manner, throughout the country and across the globe
  2. India signed the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor Agreement with Pakistan on 24th October, 2019
  3. Indian pilgrims of all faiths to undertake year-round Visa-free travel to Gurudwara Kartarpur Sahib through Kartarpur Sahib Corridor – a long standing demand of followers of Guru Nanak Dev ji
  4. State of art Passenger Terminal Building (PTB) developed (estd. project cost – Rs. 400 crore), having modern public amenities and security features; architecture reflecting cultural heritage of Punjab
  5. 54 Immigrations counters at PTB for facilitating travel of over 5000 pilgrims per day
  6. 4.19 km long, 4-lane highway worth Rs. 120.05 crores built, in record time of 6 months, on Indian side for giving accessibility for pilgrims to the PTB
  7. Special Trains run from across the country to facilitate pilgrims to visit Sultanpur Lodhi, the place where Guru Nanak Devji attained enlightenment and developed as Heritage Town
  8. 300ft. Monumental National Flag at PTB
  9. Online portal (prakashpurb550.mha.gov.in) created to facilitate registration of pilgrims and provide other important information including Do’s & Dont’s and FAQs

 

Strict Action on Terror and Insurgency

 

  1. National Investigation Agency (Amendment) Act, 2019

 

  1. Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2019

 

  1. Cyber Crime Control

 

  1. Review Meeting on Left Wing Extremism (LWE)
  1. Smart Fencing – Union Home Minister launched BOLD-QIT (Border Electronically Dominated QRT Interception Technique) under Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System (CIBMS) on Indo-Bangladesh border in Dhubri district of Assam, as an effective deterrence against illegal infiltration. Two pilot projects covering about 71 Kms on Indo-Pakistan Border (10 Kms) and Indo-Bangladesh Border (61 Kms) of Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System (CIBMS) have been completed.
  2. International Drug Syndicate busted – largest seizure of contraband drugs by NCB in India – 20 Kgs of Cocaine, worth Rs. 100 crores, seized.

 

Focus North East

 

  1. National Register of Citizens (NRC), Assam published on 31.08.2019

 

  1. Government of India, Government of Tripura & National Liberation Front of Twipra led by Sabir Kumar Debbarma (NLFT-SD) sign Memorandum of Settlement

 

  1. North East Handloom and Handicraft Exhibition inaugurated by Union Home Minister in Aizawl – focus on tapping huge employment opportunities in the North East, due to availability of natural resources and presence of traditional culture and skill, by giving boost to traditional handloom and handicrafts

 

Disaster Management

 

  1. International Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI)

 

  1. Cyclones Fani, Vayu, Maha and Bulbul

 

  1. Immediate Visits of Inter Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) and Rescue-Relief Ops

· 5375 persons rescued and more than 42,000 evacuated by NDRF from various districts of flood affected states viz. Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat

· Central Forces successfully evacuated 900 persons from Mahalaxmi Express stranded in flood in Maharashtra

· NDRF evacuated more than 11,000 people from flood affected areas of Assam & Bihar

 

  1. India hosted SCOJtEx-2019 for the 1st time

 

  1. India hosted 1st International Conference on ‘Landslides Risk Reduction and Resilience’ in New Delhi
  2. Heat Wave 2020: Two-Day Workshop on Preparedness, Mitigation and Management of Heat Wave held in Bengaluru
  3. Experts from 33 countries participated in International Workshop on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure-2019, held in New Delhi.

 

Pride of the Nation – Security Forces

 

  1. Increasing Age of Retirement of CAPFs Personnel to 60 years

 

  1. Organized Group ‘A’ Services Status to Officers of CAPFs

Grant of Consequential Benefits of Non Functional Financial Upgradation (NFFU) and Non Functional Selection Grade (NFSG)

 

  1. National Police University (NPU)

4. Two day National Conference on ‘Criminal Activities and Radicalization in Jails: Vulnerability of Inmates and Jail Staff and their Protection’ organized by Bureau of Police Research & development (BPR&D)

  1. State-of-art building of Delhi Police Headquarters inaugurated in New Delhi

 

Census of India – 2021

 

  1. Foundation Stone of ‘Janganana Bhawan’ laid; Census 2021 to be conducted in 16 languages
  2. All India Conference of State Coordinators, Directors of Census Operations for Census of India 2021 and updation of National Population Register in the country held
  3. Launch of a Census App and Census Portal

 

National Unity

  1. ‘Rashtriya Ekta Diwas’

 

  1. ‘Sardar Patel National Unity Award’

 

  1. Inter-State Council Meetings

 

  1. Emergency Response Support System (ERSS- Dial 112) launched; operational in 28 States/UTs

 

  1. National Launch of Private Security Agency Licensing Portal
  1. Unified Portal for Licensing of Eating Houses/ Lodging Houses in NCT of Delhi launched

· Single window online system, under Digital India programme, to improve Ease of Doing Business and encourage entrepreneurs to start up new businesses in Food and Beverages sector.

 

Bilateral Agreements/MoUs

 

  1. India and Uzbekistan signed Security Cooperation Agreement
  2. MoU between India and Indonesia on combating illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and its precursors

 

  1. MoUs signed between India and Saudi Arabia in the field of combating illicit trafficking and smuggling of Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and Chemical Precursors

 

  1. MoU signed between India and Myanmar on bilateral cooperation for Prevention of Trafficking in Persons

5. MoU between India and USA to access tip line reports on Missing and Exploited Children

Foreigners

 

1. Liberalization of Medical Visa Regime

· Facilitation by non-requirement of conversion of primary visa into medical visa, when a foreigner seeks admission into a hospital owing to an illness

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