Union Minister Nityanand Rai says infiltration in country reduced by 43%

The total infiltration in the country has reduced by 43 per cent. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today, Minister of State for Home Shri Nityanand Rai said, the government has adopted a multi-pronged approach to contain cross border infiltration. He said, this approach include multi-tiered deployment along the international border and Line of Control, border fencing, improved intelligence and operational co-ordination. Shri Rai also informed the house that government has adopted a policy of zero tolerance towards cross border infiltration. The Minister said, the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed an improvement in first half of this year over the same period in 2018 due to concerted and synergized efforts of security forces.