INFILTRATION IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR
India - Press Information Bureau
Ministry of Home Affairs
Posted On: 25 JUL 2023 4:54PM by PIB Delhi
The Government of India has adopted a well coordinated and multi-pronged strategy to tackle the cross-border infiltration. This includes tactical deployment of forces at International Border (IB)/Line of Control (LoC), use of technology like Surveillance Cameras, Night Vision Cameras, Heat Sensing Gadgets, etc., multi-tiered deployment along IB/LoC, border fencing, deployment of intelligence personnel to collect advance and target-oriented inputs on infiltration, ambushes and foot-patrolling by Army/Border Security Force (BSF), establishment of Border Police Posts for generating local intelligence and taking pro-active action against infiltrators.
The approach adopted by Government of India to tackle the cross-border infiltration has ensured a perceptible decline in infiltration. Year-wise details are as under:
Year |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 (upto 30th June) |
Net infiltration |
141 |
51 |
34 |
14 |
00 |
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Nityanand Rai in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.
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RK/AY/SM/AKS/RR/740
(Release ID: 1942470)
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