20 spl counter-insurgency, anti-terrorism centres to be set up

New Delhi, Oct 19 (PTI) With a view to provide training to State Police personnel in jungle warfare and counter insurgency operations, the Union Home Ministry has decided to set-up four special Counter Insurgency and Anti-Terrorism (C.I.A.T.) training centres each in Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Orissa.

This will be done at an outlay of Rs 60 crore during the 11th Five Year Plan, a senior Home Ministry official said.

Besides, four training centres of the Central Para
Military Forces (one each in B.S.F. and C.R.P.F. and two in
S.S.B.) were being upgraded to provide training in counter
insurgency and jungle warfare, he said.

It has been realised that apart from raising the
numerical strength of police, modernisation of equipment,
mobility, communication network and infrastructure, proper
training and capability improvement was essential for better
policing.

The ministry felt there was a need for greater investment
in the police forces so that they can give a sense of security
and comfort to the citizens and meet their expectations.

Following the transfer of the North Eastern Police
Academy (N.E.P.A.) to the Home Ministry, it has been decided
to upgrade it as a state-of-the-art institute catering to the
trainings and working as a repository of information related
to North-East specific issues.

The upgradation and strengthening of N.E.P.A. by
incurring a cost of Rs 50 crore under Plan Scheme would be
carried out during the 11th Five Year Plan (2007-12), the
official said.

He said a comprehensive plan has been prepared by the
National Police Academy for upgrading the N.E.P.A.

For the first time, activities of the Bureau of Police
Research and Development (BPR and D) have been brought within
the ambit of the Plan Scheme.

An allocation of Rs 150 crore has been approved during
the 11th Five Year Plan for the Central Academy for Police
Training, Central Detective Training Schools and BPR and D
headquarters, Training Interventions to develop motivational
skills and research and development projects.

For the Central Academy for Police Training, Rs 65 crore
has been alloted for setting up an academy for the training of
Police Trainers from all over the country.

It would have the best training talent and expertise and
can be the most effective instrument and serve as the node of
modernisation efforts for professionalising Police machinery
all over the country.

There would also be a module for training the directly
recruited Deputy Superintendents of Police in the States who
are the cutting edge of policing but are not able to get
quality training in the States.

While three Central Detective Training Schools (C.D.T.S.)
are presently located at Chandigarh, Hyderabad and Kolkata, a
need was felt to have two more C.D.T.S. -- one in North India
and another in the Western region.

These schools would provide training to various ranks of
State and Central Police Forces in scientific investigation
process, including familiarisation of investigating officers
with the state-of-the-art technology in forensic science.

It is also proposed to anchor a National Police Mission
in BPR and D with a separate Mission Directorate entrusted
with the role to equip and improve the moral, intellectual and
organisational capabilities of the police to face the present
day challenges. PTI