In an acknowledgment that would corrode the claims of Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) government purists claiming to have brought “peace”, the Ministry of Home Affairs has credited Naga civil organizations for the drastic decline in violence in Nagaland. The Home Ministry has released its Annual Report, for 2010-2011, where Home Minister P Chidambaram stated elaborate observations on the political and security situation in Nagaland, among others.
Home Affairs did not mention the Nagaland’s law and order apparatuses or the police administration. The ministry said that the violence in Nagaland were mainly related to factional clashes between the two groups of the NSCN – one led by Isak Chishi-Th. Muivah and the other by SS Khaplang and N. Kitovi Zhimomi. However, Home Affairs said inter-factional conflict and violence between the two groups declined in year 2010. The ministry credited the cause of the stated decline in violence due to ‘better coordination’ of the Security Forces and the increased efforts of Naga civil society.
The ministry did not directly mention the Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR), the Naga pacifists under which frontal Naga civil organizations are pressing for reconciliation of the warring Naga armed groups. Nonetheless, the ministry said the efforts put in by “various sections of the Naga society” as well as “better coordination” of the Security Forces have led to the result.
Reinforcing the acknowledgement, the monthly reports of Home Affairs since 2010 concerning the situation in the North Eastern states, makes little or no mention of Nagaland stated relating to issues of violence. For instance, the monthly reports of the Home Affairs for the months of January February and March 2011 make a comparatively ‘gentle’ reading.
The report of the minister for the month of December 2010 has only two mentions about Nagaland associated with violence – “No civilian was killed in Nagaland and Mizoram; no security personnel was killed in Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Mizoram,” Chidambaram stated. With this observation, the minister added another one for Nagaland – he said additional funds of Rs. 56 crore Border Area Development Programme (BADP) has been approved in the Revised Estimates for release to five states namely Assam (15.76 crore), Nagaland (13.00 crore), Sikkim (8.00 crore), Tripura (8.08 crore) and West Bengal (11.16 crore).
The good remarks for Nagaland notwithstanding, Chidambaram’s report for the month of April 2011 had an embarrassing point for the Nagaland government machineries.
On April 7, 2011, the Central Government revoked 352 licenses for PB weapons issued by the Government of Nagaland between September 24, 1987 and January 9, 2007.
Nagaland police budget
In a related matter, Nagaland police’s performance during the previous financial year of 2008-2009 and the department’s budget-utilization performance are out in a periodical report of the Ministry of Home Affairs’ administrative research wing, the Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPRD).
The report detailing the financial performances for the country’s police forces for the current 2009-2010 has yet to be completed but the BPRD has made public the budget performances of all state police forces and institutions in the country during the financial year 2008-2010.
According to the police development bureau’s ‘police budget’ report, the total budget for Nagaland was Rs. 4, 257.87 crore for 2008-2009, out of which Rs. 498.00 crore was marked for police expenditure. Nagaland police spent a comparatively trivial Rs. 8.67 crore only on training the state’s police force. A smaller state with a comparatively smaller budget, Mizoram, with a police expenditure of just Rs. 211.50 crore spent Rs. 8.36 crore – almost the full amount of Nagaland’s expenditure in training her police forces.
The report also showed that Nagaland police apparently utilized 100% of the modernization grants made to the police force during 2007-2008. Rs. 29.93 crore was ‘utilized’ by Nagaland police from a fund that was stated as Rs. 29.93.
Home Affairs did not mention the Nagaland’s law and order apparatuses or the police administration. The ministry said that the violence in Nagaland were mainly related to factional clashes between the two groups of the NSCN – one led by Isak Chishi-Th. Muivah and the other by SS Khaplang and N. Kitovi Zhimomi. However, Home Affairs said inter-factional conflict and violence between the two groups declined in year 2010. The ministry credited the cause of the stated decline in violence due to ‘better coordination’ of the Security Forces and the increased efforts of Naga civil society.
The ministry did not directly mention the Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR), the Naga pacifists under which frontal Naga civil organizations are pressing for reconciliation of the warring Naga armed groups. Nonetheless, the ministry said the efforts put in by “various sections of the Naga society” as well as “better coordination” of the Security Forces have led to the result.
Reinforcing the acknowledgement, the monthly reports of Home Affairs since 2010 concerning the situation in the North Eastern states, makes little or no mention of Nagaland stated relating to issues of violence. For instance, the monthly reports of the Home Affairs for the months of January February and March 2011 make a comparatively ‘gentle’ reading.
The report of the minister for the month of December 2010 has only two mentions about Nagaland associated with violence – “No civilian was killed in Nagaland and Mizoram; no security personnel was killed in Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Mizoram,” Chidambaram stated. With this observation, the minister added another one for Nagaland – he said additional funds of Rs. 56 crore Border Area Development Programme (BADP) has been approved in the Revised Estimates for release to five states namely Assam (15.76 crore), Nagaland (13.00 crore), Sikkim (8.00 crore), Tripura (8.08 crore) and West Bengal (11.16 crore).
The good remarks for Nagaland notwithstanding, Chidambaram’s report for the month of April 2011 had an embarrassing point for the Nagaland government machineries.
On April 7, 2011, the Central Government revoked 352 licenses for PB weapons issued by the Government of Nagaland between September 24, 1987 and January 9, 2007.
Nagaland police budget
In a related matter, Nagaland police’s performance during the previous financial year of 2008-2009 and the department’s budget-utilization performance are out in a periodical report of the Ministry of Home Affairs’ administrative research wing, the Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPRD).
The report detailing the financial performances for the country’s police forces for the current 2009-2010 has yet to be completed but the BPRD has made public the budget performances of all state police forces and institutions in the country during the financial year 2008-2010.
According to the police development bureau’s ‘police budget’ report, the total budget for Nagaland was Rs. 4, 257.87 crore for 2008-2009, out of which Rs. 498.00 crore was marked for police expenditure. Nagaland police spent a comparatively trivial Rs. 8.67 crore only on training the state’s police force. A smaller state with a comparatively smaller budget, Mizoram, with a police expenditure of just Rs. 211.50 crore spent Rs. 8.36 crore – almost the full amount of Nagaland’s expenditure in training her police forces.
The report also showed that Nagaland police apparently utilized 100% of the modernization grants made to the police force during 2007-2008. Rs. 29.93 crore was ‘utilized’ by Nagaland police from a fund that was stated as Rs. 29.93.
