The Home Minister says that the overall security situation in the country had shown improvement
Lauding the security establishment, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said the situation in conflict zones like Jammu and Kashmir, North East and Naxal-hit areas had improved.
He said this during an inter-ministerial meeting convened to discuss development issues in Jammu and Kashmir, Left Wing Extremism-affected states and the Northeast region.
The Home Minister said that the overall security situation in the country had shown considerable improvement, an official statement said.
Those who attended the meeting included Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar, Minister of State for Communications Manoj Sinha among others.
The meeting discussed issues related to increasing the limit of general approval under the Forest Conservation Act from five hectares to 40 hectares for all linear projects, upgradation of 2,187 mobile towers installed in Phase-I and installation of 4,072 mobile towers in Phase-II, the Home Ministry statement read.
Functioning of approved 1,789 post offices, approval for additional 4,173 post offices in the 106 LWE- affected districts and provision of banking services in these post offices were also discussed.
Education infrastructure with the opening of additional Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas and Kendriya Vidyalayas, opening of additional girls hostels and upgradation of schools in Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan and extension of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan in Naxal areas was also discussed.
Provision of solar pumps, lamps and street lights in LWE -affected districts, improvement of communication infrastructure in the Northeast, Jammu and Kashmir, particularly the Ladakh region, and Lakshadweep were discussed.
Strengthening of the education infrastructure in Jammu and Kashmir was discussed at length.
THE AGENDA
- The Home Minister said that the overall security situation in the country had shown improvement.
- Functioning of approved 1,789 post offices, approval for additional 4,173 post offices in the 106 LWE- affected districts.
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