Surrender of Militants from North-East States

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Ministry of Home Affairs
20-March, 2018 16:00 IST
Surrender Cum Rehabilitation of Militants

There is a Surrender-cum-Rehabilitation Scheme for North-East States since 01.04.1998. The scheme is to wean away the misguided youth and hardcore militant who have strayed into the fold of militancy and find themselves trapped into that net. The Scheme also seeks to ensure that the militants who have surrendered do not find it attractive to join militancy again. Surrender details, year- wise, from 2012 is as follows:



Year
No. of surrenderees

2012
1195

2013
640

2014
965

2015
143

2016
267

2017
130

2018 (till 28.2.18)
3



The Scheme has been revised to make it more effective and will come into effect from 01.04.2018. In the revised scheme, the stipend of the surrenderees is being increased from Rs.3500/- p.m. to Rs.6000/- p.m. and the one time grant from Rs. 1.5 lakh to Rs. 4 lakh. There is also revised incentives for the weapons surrendered by the insurgents. State wise amount spent under surrender scheme from 2014-2015 is as follows:


Year
2014-15

Assam(Rs. in lakh)
92.24

Arunachal Pradesh (Rs. in lakh)
0.05


Manipur(Rs. in lakh)
118.94

Tripura(Rs. in lakh)
39.23



Year
2015-16

Assam(Rs. in lakh)
203.84

Arunachal Pradesh (Rs. in lakh)
-

Manipur(Rs. in lakh)
-

Tripura(Rs. in lakh)
17.09




Year
2016-17

Assam(Rs. in lakh)
373.15

Arunachal Pradesh (Rs. in lakh)
0.37

Manipur(Rs. in lakh)
-

Tripura(Rs. in lakh)
36.41



Year
2017-18(till 15.03.2018)

Assam(Rs. in lakh)
83.75

Arunachal Pradesh (Rs. in lakh)
-

Manipur(Rs. in lakh)
-

Tripura(Rs. in lakh)
45.55



Total

Assam(Rs. in lakh)
752.98

Arunachal Pradesh (Rs. in lakh)
0.42


Manipur(Rs. in lakh)
118.94


Tripura(Rs. in lakh)
138.28

Rehabilitation Scheme for Jammu & Kashmir has been notified by the state government on 31.01.2004 and is being implemented by the state government.

This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Kiren Rijiju in a written replies to questions in the Lok Sabha today.

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Ministry of Home Affairs
20-March, 2018 15:57 IST
Maoist Activities

Elimination of LWE cadres has increased by 88.6% while surrenders have increased by 92.2% in last three years (2015-17) as compared to the preceding three years (2012-2014).

In 2017, the 35 most affected districts accounted for 88.5% (804 out of 908) of LWE related violent incidents. Just 20 districts accounted for 80% of the violence. LWE violent incidents were reported from only 58 districts across the country in 2017. District wise details of violence of 35 most affected districts is annexed.

There is no plan to involve the Army in the fight against Left Wing Extremism except for the ongoing training assistance. Helicopters made available for LWE affected States are used only for logistic purposes.

The Government has a multi-pronged strategy to deal with Left Wing Extremism which involves security related measures, developmental interventions and ensuring rights & entitlements of local communities etc. The strategy has resulted in an overall improvement of the security situation both in terms of reduction in violence and geographical spread of Left Wing Extremism thereby creating conditions that are conducive for speedy development work.

Other measures taken to ensure faster execution of development work include simplification of forest clearance procedures. In addition, regular coordination meetings and reviews are undertaken at the level of the Home Minister, Cabinet Secretary and Home Secretary with line ministries and the States to ensure removal of any hurdles in execution of projects. All these measures have contributed towards speedier execution of development schemes.

This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir in a written replies to questions in the Lok Sabha today.

 

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Requests came from Assam, which has most number of surrenders in the region

For the first time since 1998, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has increased the monthly stipend of surrendered militants in northeast India.

The stipend for the former militants has been increased from ₹3,500 to ₹6,000 per month and the one-time grant has been enhanced from ₹1.5 lakh to ₹4 lakh in a move that will come into effect on April 1.

Demands from CM

According to MHA officials, the pressure to increase the stipend came after several requests from the government of Assam, which has seen the most number of surrenders and outlay for the scheme in the region.

The demands were made by both the former Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi, as well as his successor Sarbananda Sonowal.

There are over 3,000 militants from various insurgent groups in the region who have surrendered since 2012.

According to the policy, the MHA reimburses the amount paid to the surrendered militants by the State governments under the Security Related Expenditure (SRE) scheme.

Camp maintenance

The MHA also reimburses the expenditure incurred on the maintenance of designated camps set up for insurgent groups. The policy was revised in 2005, but this is the first time a significant enhancement in stipend has been done.

Recently, MoS Home Kiren Rijiju told the Lok Sabha in a written reply that the “surrender-cum-rehabilitation” scheme for Northeast States was meant to “wean away the misguided youth and hardcore militants who have strayed into the fold of militancy and find themselves trapped in that net.”

“The scheme also seeks to ensure that the militants who have surrendered do not find it attractive to join militancy again…There is also revised incentives for the weapons surrendered by the insurgents,” Mr. Rijiju said in Parliament.

A Home Ministry official said that since 2014, over ₹10 crore had been released as stipend for surrendered militants. Mr. Sonowal had demanded that the stipend be increased to ₹10,000.

Assam has entered into a “suspension of operations” agreement with 13 insurgent groups, which include ULFA (Pro-Talk), NDFB (Progressive), NDFB (RD) among others.

The number of cadres living in the camps run by the various insurgent groups is around 12,000. The government has been in talks with some of these insurgent groups for more than 14 years. Other States such as Manipur, Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura also have similar agreements with 10 other insurgent groups.