There is a Surrender-cum-Rehabilitation Scheme for North-East States since 01.04.1998. The scheme is to wean away the misguided youth and hardcore militant who have strayed into the fold of militancy and find themselves trapped into that net. The Scheme also seeks to ensure that the militants who have surrendered do not find it attractive to join militancy again. Surrender details, year- wise, from 2012 is as follows:
|
Year
|
2012
|
2013
|
2014
|
2015
|
2016
|
2017
|
2018 (till 28.2.18)
|
|
No. of surrenderees
|
1195
|
640
|
965
|
143
|
267
|
130
|
3
|
The Scheme has been revised to make it more effective and will come into effect from 01.04.2018. In the revised scheme, the stipend of the surrenderees is being increased from Rs.3500/- p.m. to Rs.6000/- p.m. and the one time grant from Rs. 1.5 lakh to Rs. 4 lakh. There is also revised incentives for the weapons surrendered by the insurgents. State wise amount spent under surrender scheme from 2014-2015 is as follows:
|
Year
|
Assam
(Rs. in lakh)
|
Arunachal Pradesh (Rs. in lakh)
|
Manipur
(Rs. in lakh)
|
Tripura
(Rs. in lakh)
|
|
2014-15
|
92.24
|
0.05
|
118.94
|
39.23
|
|
2015-16
|
203.84
|
-
|
-
|
17.09
|
|
2016-17
|
373.15
|
0.37
|
-
|
36.41
|
|
2017-18(till 15.03.2018)
|
83.75
|
-
|
-
|
45.55
|
|
Total
|
752.98
|
0.42
|
118.94
|
138.28
|
Rehabilitation Scheme for Jammu & Kashmir has been notified by the state government on 31.01.2004 and is being implemented by the state government.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Kiren Rijiju in a written replies to questions in the Lok Sabha today.
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