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The overall terrorist violence in the North East declined by about 19% in 2004 as compared to the previous year. The killing of civilians/security forces during the period showed a decrease of 13.4%.
Giving this information in the Rajya Sabha in a written reply the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri S. Regupathy said the Government has taken various steps to prevent such incidents, which inter alia include deployment of Army and Central Paramilitary Forces, coordinated action by the security forces for counter insurgency operations, modernization/upgradation of the State Police Forces, reimbursement of security related expenditure and declaration of militant organizations as ‘unlawful associations’. Government has also extended an invitation to all militant outfits to give up the path of violence and to come forward for talks. Socio economic development programmes have also been intensified.
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