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Surrender of Militants

Sriprakash Jaiswal, the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, gave a written reply in the Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament) on February 24, 2009 to a question on the issue of surrender of militants. Presented below is the full text of the statement:

Policies for surrender cum rehabilitation of militants are being implemented in the State of Jammu and Kashmir and North Eastern States. Under the policy, a monthly stipend of Rs. 2000/- per month is given to surrenderees for a period of three years after surrender, and an immediate grant of Rs. 1.50 lakh to be kept in the shape of Fixed Deposit Receipts in a Bank in the name of the surrenderee which can be drawn by him on completion of three years period subject good behaviour. Incentives for surrender of weapons are also given as per the prescribed rates. Besides, there is provision for vocational training for self-employment to those who undergo such training. The expenditure incurred by the States in this regard is reimbursed under the Security Related Expenditure scheme of the Government of India.

Some Naxalite affected states also have their own state specific surrender and rehabilitation policy for Naxalites who surrender. Expenditure is reimbursed to the Naxalite affected states for various items, which include reimbursement of expenditure upto Rs. 10000/- for a surrenderee without arms and upto Rs. 20000 with regular weapons under the SRE Scheme.

For the details of militants and naxalites who have surrendered in J&K, North Eastern States and Naxal affected States during the year 2006, 2007 and 2008 as under:

States/Year
2006
2007
2008
2009 (Upto February, 2009
Jammu & Kashmir
190
122
38
0
North Eastern States

Arunachal Pradesh
02
011
08
0
Assam
385
229
724
83
Manipur
20
07
37
0
Meghalaya
41
40
14
1
Mizoram
847
13
0
0
Nagaland
07
04
04
0
Tripura
128
220
325
154
Total
1430
524
1112
238
Naxal affected States (2009 figures upto January 31)

Andhra Pradesh
282
162
197
10
Bihar
15
21
028
0
Chattisgarh
901
167
8
0
Jharkhand
10
02
6
0
Madhya Pradesh
01
-
1
0
Maharashtra
67
35
150
6
Orissa
03
03
06
0
Uttar Pradesh
02
0
4
0
Total
1081
390
400
16
Grand Total
2701
1036
1550
254

The details of the amount reimbursed by the Central Government to the State Governments during the last three years are given below:

Year Jammu & Kashmir NE States
2005-06 Rs. 0.49 Crore Rs. 3.85 Crore
2006-07 Rs. 0.31 crore Rs. 6.54 crore
2007-08 Rs. 0.66 crore Rs. 5.32 crore
2008-09
(Upto February 2009)
Rs. 0.71 crore Rs. 8. 93 crore

Details of expenditure incurred under the state specific surrender and rehabilitation policy in naxal affected states are not centrally maintained.

Source: Press Information Bureau, Government of India

 

 

 

 

 
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