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Home Minister Amit Shah at Chintan Shivir
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said the government was making efforts to build an anti-terror network by setting up NIA branch in all the states.
Shah, speaking at the 'Chintan Shivir' at Surajkund, Haryana that had Chief Ministers, Home Ministers of States and Lieutenant Governors and Administrators of Union Territories in participation, said the legal framework is being strengthened, under which provision has been made to declare individual terrorists by amending the NIA and UAPA laws.
Speaking about the various efforts taken to curb terror activities in the country, he said that the NIA has been given extra territorial jurisdiction and the right to confiscate the property acquired / related to terrorism. ”By 2024, a target has been set to establish branches of NIA in all the states of the country,” said Shah.
“Government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a zero tolerance policy against terrorism and NIA and other agencies are being strengthened to achieve a decisive victory”, he said listing the steps taken int his regard so far.
“Government is working on the principle of "one data, one entry" and under this, NIA has been given a national database related to terrorist cases, NCB has a national database related to narcotics cases, ED has a database related to economic offences and NCRB has been given the responsibility of creating a fingerprint database – NAFIS and National Database of Sex Offenders (NDSO).
He said under regulatory reforms, I4C i.e. Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre has been formed, Cyber Crime Portal has been created, a system to connect NatGrid has been set up, Private Security Agency Licensing Portal has been created and reforms have been done in the FCRA.
Under FCRA reforms, action has been initiated against some organizations involved in anti-national activities, conversion, political opposition to development projects or propaganda against policies of the Government.
The Home minister added that today most of the security hotspots in the country have become almost free from anti-national activities due to mutual cooperation and coordination between the Centre and the states.
“The zero tolerance policy of the Government of India against narcotics is yielding good results and in the last 8 years, 3,000 cases have been registered while drugs worth more than Rs. 20,0000 crore have been seized,” he explained.
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