There has been substantial progress in J-K, significant decline in terrorist incidents: Govt to LS

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Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai announced through a written reply that 25 out of 53 projects under Prime Minister’s Development package 2015 pertaining to 15 different ministries have been completed or substantially completed.Replying to a question asked by Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Kunwar Danish Ali “Is the situation in J-K still not normal?”, the Minister said, “the government has instituted a robust security and intelligence grid along with proactive operations against terrorists in J-K”.“Therefore, the security situation in J-K has improved substantially and there has been a significant decline in terrorist incidents and infiltration of terrorists from across the border,” Rai said.Giving data, the Minister informed the Lower House, “The net infiltration has decreased from 143 in the year 2014 to only 31 in 2021 and the terrorist incidents also declined from 417 in the year 2018 to 229 in 2021.”The data also mentions that 138 infiltrations were noted in 2019 followed by 51 in 2020, and 255 terrorist incidents occurred in 2019 followed by 244 in 2020.tial progress in J-K, significant decline in terrorist incidents: Govt to LS