Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir): Government Government of India has incurred a whopping expenditure of Rs 10528.72 crore on the Jammu and Kashmir Police force and spent another Rs 5348.68 crore as relief and rehabilitation, a recent Ministry of Home Affairs report has said. According to the Union Home Ministry's recently released Annual Report 2022–23 released on October 4, from 1989 to December 31, 2022, Rs 10,528.72 crore was spent on police, while Rs 5,348.68 crore was used for relief and rehabilitation.
The report further said that a sum of Rs. 308.98 crore has been given to the police for the fiscal year 2022–2023, along with Rs. 198.62 crore for relief and rehabilitation. Additionally, the Security Environment Scheme received Rs. 2.51 crore during the fiscal year 2022–2023, it said. According to the report, Jammu and Kashmir is physically India's 12th biggest state or Union Territory and has a 221 km border with Pakistan.
With regard to militancy in the region, the report said that a total of 228 militancy related incidents occurred in the region in 2018 while 189 anti-militancy operations were conducted. During this time, 257 militants, 55 civilians, and 91 security forces personnel were killed, the report said. In 2019, there were 102 anti-militancy operations in which 80 security forces personnel, 44 civilians, and 157 militants were killed during.
The year 2020 wasn't all that different from the previous years when there were 118 anti-militancy operations and 126 militancy related incidents wherein 38 civilians, 63 security forces personnel, and 221 militants were killed, said the report. The report points out that 2021 witnessed 129 militancy related incidents and 100 anti-militancy operations in which 42 security forces personnel, 41 civilians, and 180 militants were killed.