Addressing the 15th meeting of National Integration Council in Delhi, Gehlot said his government is making all efforts to modernise and empower its police force.
Rajasthan is creating a separate cadre of policemen to strengthen its intelligence gathering mechanism to deal with civil disturbances in the state, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said today.
Addressing the 15th meeting of National Integration Council in Delhi, Gehlot said his government is making all efforts to modernise and empower its police force.
"A separate cadre is being created to strengthen the intelligence wing to ensure proper and timely intelligence gathering... Recently police commissionerates have been established in Jaipur and Jodhpur," he said.
A decision has also been taken to have a minimum of 45 and 60 police personnel in rural and urban police stations respectively, he said.
On recruitment plans of Rajasthan police, he said, "The state shall be recruiting around 12,000 police personnel in next three years to implement this decision."
To handle civil disturbances, Gehlot said political and administrative efforts are made at the very beginning to resolve such issues.
On the Communal Violence Bill, the chief minister said a new law is essential to effectively deal with incidents of communal violence in the country.
"It is essential to have a new law in addition to the existing law on communal violence in order to combat it effectively," Gehlot said.
I personally feel that the bill, which is under consideration of the central government, shall prove effective in dealing with this problem, he said.
Observing that the bill would be able to effectively thwart attempts of fomenting communal violence for political gains, Gehlot said it will also be useful in controlling criminal elements who encourage such acts.
"The bill proposes action against errant public servants and communal elements, creation of National Authority for Communal Harmony, justice and compensation, rehabilitation of victim and protection of their rights. It shall not only ensure effective control over communal violence but also provide speedy justice to the victims," he said.
On initiatives taken by Rajasthan government to maintain communal harmony, the chief minister said, "The state is regularly taking all possible steps to maintain communal peace by including all communities through Community Liasion Groups (CLGs) and Peace Committees."
He said identification and banning of communal organisations is an important step for maintaining national integrity and said, "It is for this reason that the ban imposed on SIMI by the Centre has been implemented in Rajasthan with all seriousness."
On radicalisation of youths in name of religion and caste, Gehlot said, "It is absolutely imperative to keep the youths away from religious and caste divide to ensure national integrity and retain its social fabric."
He said it is important to have an education system that promotes neutral caste, creed and secular values in all walks of life.
Gehlot also spoke about steps taken by his government to eliminate discrimination against minorities and scheduled tribes in the state.
"A large number of schemes are being implemented in Rajasthan for welfare of minorities and the possession of forest land by more than 30,000 persons belonging to scheduled tribes has been regularised under the Forest Rights Act 2006," he said.
The state government has established five Industrial Training Institutes in minority-dominated areas and a scheme has been launched to provide financial assistance of Rs1 lakh and 50,000 to the candidates of minority communities appearing for UPSC and State public service commission exams, he said.
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