MHA

The MHA central team reached flood-affected Assam's Guwahati region to take the stock of the situation, on May 26. Two Inter-Ministerial-Central Team (IMCT) comprising Ravinesh Kumar, Anjali Maurya, Adelbert Sungi, P Vijay Bhaskar Reddy and others will be visiting Assam's flood-hit-areas in the next two-days. Furthermore, approximately 5.61 lakh people are said to be affected in 12 districts of Assam, and the death toll increased to 30, till… read-more

Under the Provision of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, the Ministry of Home Affairs declared Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafeez Saeed's son Hafeez Talha Saeed, a designated terrorist. The Lashkar-e-Taiba outfit's terrorist, Hafeez Talha Saeed is responsible for funds collection, planning, and executing attacks by the LeT. The notice of declaring him as a terrorist came on April 8, when his father was sentenced to a jail term of 31… read-more

The Ministry of Home Affairs informed Lok Sabha that the budget allocated for the border security in the northeastern area, were increased by six folds in year 2021-22. The statement came after MP Dilip Saikia raised a question regarding the funds allocated for the said purpose. Reportedly, Rs 42.87 crore were allocated for the Indo-China border security in the year 2020-21. Whereas in 2021-22, Rs 249.12 crore were allocated.

PM Narendra Modi cancelled his Punjab's Ferozepur visit due to a security lapse, on January 5. The decision came after his convoy was blocked by some protestors on a flyover on his way to the city. The MHA called the State Government responsible for ''major security lapses'' and sought a detailed report. Reportedly, PM Modi was scheduled to launch development projects worth Rs 42,750 crores in Ferozepur. 

At least 70% Pakistani awaits Indian citizenship, said the Ministry of Home Affairs, on December 22. MHA Minister Nityanand Rai said, a total of 7,306 people applied for citizenship from Pakistan, 1,152 applications are from Afghanistan, 428 states are stateless, 223 from Sri Lanka and the US, 189 from Nepal, 161 from Bangladesh and 10 from China. Notably, all the 10,635 applicants, applied for citizenship till December 14 2021.