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UPA report card: PM gives cautious pat on back, lists challenges
Presenting his government's report on completion of first year, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today vowed to fight terrorism "root and branch" and enforce the writ of the State in dealing with naxalism and political extremism.
A 107-page 'The Report to the People -- 2009-10', which was unveiled by Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, highlighted 12 major themes of the government's priority.
These cover areas like economic resurgence, internal security, education, health, child rights, food security, empowerment of women, weaker sections and minorities, rural renewal and foreign relations.
Naxalism & extremism
Government's determined to fight terrorism "root and branch" and deal with Naxalism "firmly" while addressing developmental issues. An amount of Rs 668.61 crore has been released during 2009-10 under the schemes for Modernisation of Police Forces (Rs 578.61 crore), Security Related Expenditure (Rs 60 crore) and Special Infrastructure Scheme (Rs 30 crore) to left wing extremism affected states. A sum of Rs 1230 crore has been released to all the states for modernisation of state police forces.
Presenting his government's report on completion of first year, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today vowed to fight terrorism "root and branch" and enforce the writ of the State in dealing with naxalism and political extremism.
A 107-page 'The Report to the People -- 2009-10', which was unveiled by Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, highlighted 12 major themes of the government's priority.
These cover areas like economic resurgence, internal security, education, health, child rights, food security, empowerment of women, weaker sections and minorities, rural renewal and foreign relations.
Naxalism & extremism
Government's determined to fight terrorism "root and branch" and deal with Naxalism "firmly" while addressing developmental issues. An amount of Rs 668.61 crore has been released during 2009-10 under the schemes for Modernisation of Police Forces (Rs 578.61 crore), Security Related Expenditure (Rs 60 crore) and Special Infrastructure Scheme (Rs 30 crore) to left wing extremism affected states. A sum of Rs 1230 crore has been released to all the states for modernisation of state police forces.
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