August 2009 I Commentary on Homeland Security

A new focus
A look at the spending The incidents of 26/11-2009 have resulted in a new focus from the Indian

patterns reveals a government on homeland security, the result being a sharp increase in

significant opportunity capital procurement and a promise of quicker clearance of projects.

for players

26/11 has come to be a landmark for issues these new and deadly forms of asymmetric
related to Homeland Security. The event warfare. This commentary tries to address
brought into focus a significant need for the 5 key opportunity areas created from
strengthening India’s defences against the new focus on the segment.

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 “A secure and safe environment is of utmost
importance in ensuring the development of any
society. From time to time, terrorist elements
have tried to disrupt peace in various parts of
our country through incidents of violence. Such
incidents have led to loss of innocent lives and
destruction of public and private property.
Recognising the paramount need for a safe and
secur e internal security environment, the
Government has been taking measures to check
disruptive activities of the t errorist elements. In
November last year, the nation was jolted by the
dastardly terrorist attacks in Mumbai, the
financial capital of the country. The attacks not
only created heightened awareness among
people against terrorism, but also underlined
the urgent need for further strengthening of the
security apparatus in a r esult-oriented manner.”
State ment fro m the Indian Union Home Secretary post the
26/11 attacks
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Focus Segment 1 – Coastal Patrol
India has a coastline of 7,516.6 km. running
along 9 States and 4 Union territori es.
A Coastal security scheme has been
commenced, in consultation with the State
Government of coastal States, for giving
focused attention to secure the coasts
against illegal cross border activities of
criminals and anti-national elements.
Under the scheme the following
infrastructure has been approved:-
o 73 coastal police stations,
o 97 check posts,
o 58 out posts
o 30 barracks
The approved requisition of platforms stands
at 204 boats, 153 Jeeps, 312 motor cycles .
The supply of boats has started. The
approved outlay is Rs. 400.00 crore for non-
recurring expenditure and Rs. 151.00 crore
for recurring expenditure for 5 years.
The delivery of 84 boats (5 Tonnes)each
costing Rs.105 lakh and 110 boats (12
Tonnes) each costing Rs.215 lakh at a total
cost of Rs.324.70 crore started from April,
2009. The delivery of the first batch of 24
boats (12 each of 12 tonnes and 5 tonnes)
commenced from May, 2009, followed by
the next batch of 60 Interceptor Boats from
October 1, 2009. The entire process of
procurement will be completed by
September, 2010
The states have been asked to carry out a
vulnerability/gap analysis in consultation
with the Coast Guard and submit their
proposals for additional requirements in
respect of police stations, check posts, out
posts, vehicles, boats etc. Based on these
proposals, a comprehensive proposal to be
named as Phase-II of the Coastal Security
Scheme is proposed to be formulated
Keeping in view the vulnerability of the
Maharashtra and Gujarat coasts to illegal
cross border activities, Joint Coastal
Patrolling has been introduced off the coasts
of Maharashtra and Gujarat. For this
purpose, assistance will be given to Coast
Guard to procure 15 interceptor boats
 suitable for patrolling of the close coastal
waters and for setting up 3 Coast Guard
Stations (2 in Maharashtra and 1 in Gujarat).
The expenditure planned for these 15 boats
is Rs. 281.23 Cr.
Other programmes underway
o Vessel tracking and monitoring
systems for all major ports
o Issue of identity cards to fishermen,
o Registration of all the boats,
o Issuance of Identity (smart) cards to
the residents of coastal villages and
o Intensified patrolling on the seas
Focus Segment 2 – Strengthening Central Police
Forces
Schemes for modernization of all the Central
Police Forces namely – CRPF, BSF, ITBP,
Sashastra Seema Bal, CISF, Assam Rifles and
Rashtriya Rifles are under implementation
The Central Para Military Forces have been
expanded by creation of 40 additional
battalions (20 each in SSB and ITBP) with a
view to strengthen border security
arrangements.
Additionally, in 2008-09 the creation of 29
additional Battalions of the BSF has also
been approved
Approval has been provided for raising 10
Commando Battalions for Resolute Action
(CoBRA), a specialized force to counter
extremism and militancy. The force will
conduct commando/guerilla type of short
and quick operations on pin pointed
intelligence
Creation of NSG hubs approved
o Four Regional hubs of NSG with a total
strength of 1086 personnel have been
set up by the Government at Chennai,
Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai.
o A Quick Reaction Team of NSG has also
been set up at the IGI Airport, Delhi for
quick deployment in case of an
emergent situation.
o The Hubs have been established at
Marol in Mumbai, Nedunkundram in
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Chennai, Trimulghery in Hyderabad and
Badu in Kolkata.
o Two Regional Centres of NSG at
Hyderabad and Kolkata on the lines of
the existing NSG force at Manesar,
Haryana.
o An amount of Rs.409.40 crore has been
provided in the budget for NSG during
the financial year 2009-10.
o This also includes an amount of
Rs.150.09 crore for establishing Regional
Hubs.
o For the Mumbai Hub, the Government
of Maharashtra have provided 23 acres
of land in the city. At present, the Hub is
being operated from Police Training
Centr e, Kalina, Santacruz. NSG has
already taken possession of the land at
Marol, Thungvey, Mumbai and
construction work has been taken up. It
is expected that the infrastructure
would be ready by end-November 2009
and the Hub would start functioning
from its own campus.
o At Hyderabad, the NSG Hub will be set
up on 22 acres of area in Trimulghery. In
addition to the Regional Hub, Hyderabad
will also have a full -fledged NSG
Regional Centre very soon.
o In Chennai, 85 acres of land has been
acquired from the State Government at
Nedungundram in Kanchipuram District
for establishing the Hub.
Procurement of one 100-seater Large
Transport Aircraft and two 50-seater
Medium Transport Aircraft for Air Wing of
BSF is underway.
Approval for procurement of 8 LCH Dhruv
Helicopters from HAL has been provided. 4
of these helicopters are to be delivered in
2009-10 and 4 in 2010-11
Total outlay for mordernisation of Central
Para Military Forces stands at Rs. 4,185
crore. Under this scheme, the CPMFs are
being equipped with latest weapons,
surveillance and communication equipment,
vehicles, body protection gear/equipments,
etc.
 Focus Segment 3 – Border Patrol
Forces
The Government has undertaken erection
projects comprising
o Fencing with patrol roads,
o Floodlighting and construction of Border
Out Posts (BOPs) along the Indo-Pak and
Indo-Bangladesh borders
Additional 509 Border Out Posts have been
sanctioned on Indo-Pak (126 Nos) and Indo-
Bangladesh borders (383 Nos), which are
expected to be started in this year. The
outlay for the programme stands at Rs. 1832
Cr.
The Government has approved the
construction of 13 Integrated Check
Posts(ICPs) at identified entry points on
India's border with Nepal, Bangladesh,
Pakistan and Myanmar at an estimated cost
of Rs.635.00 crore.
The Government has approved construction
of 27 Link roads of operational significance
to ITBP, totaling 804 km. The outlay for the
programme stands at Rs. 1937 Cr.
Various types of hi-tech electronic
surveillance equipment like Night Vision
Devices, Hand Held Thermal Imagers, Battle
Field Surveillance Radars, Direction Finders,
Unattended Ground Sensors, High Powered
Telescope etc are being procured to act as
force multipliers on the International
Borders of India.
The current procurement stands at
o 398 Hand Held Thermal Imagers,
o 45 Battle Field Surveillance Radars,
o 12 Long Range Reconnaissance and
Observation System (LORROS),
o 9 Spotter Scopes
o 94 Passive Night Vision Binoculars
to be deployed on Indo-Pakistan, Indo-
Bangladesh, Indo-China and Indo-Myanmar
borders.
It is estimated that there would be
additionally Rs. 1650 Cr. Of procurement of
thermal imagers, surveillance radars, night
vision devices and mobile communication
posts for the year 2009-10.
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Focus Segment 4 – Modernization of Police
The Ministry of Home Affairs has been
implementing a non-Plan Scheme for
“Modernisation of Police Forces” since 1969-
70 towards capacity building of the State
Police Forces, especially for meeting the
emerging challenges to internal security in
the for m of terrorism, naxalism etc.
Under the Scheme, assistance is provided to
the State Governments in the for m of grants -
in-aid towards
o Construction of secure police stations,
o Construction of outposts,
o Construction of police lines,
o Purchase of vehicles,
o Purchase of security / surveillance /
communication equipments
o Purchase of modern weaponry,
o Purchase of forensic equipments,
o Upgradation and creation of training
infrastructure,
o Police housing,
o Computerization etc.
Under the programme, Delhi Police has
requisitioned for a new Transport
Management System with an expected
expenditure outlay of Rs. 200 Cr.
Under the programme the following
requirements have been projected for all
police forces combined (for contracts
announced in the period January – August
2009)
o Armaments : > Rs. 45 Cr. : Weapons,
Night vision sights, reflex sights.
o Personal protective gear : > Rs. 38 Cr. :
Including BP Vests, BP Patkas, Bomb
suits
o Communication equipment : > Rs. 42 Cr.
Including VHF/UHF Sets, Handheld Radio
transceivers, HF Manpacks, Junction
boxes (all types)
o Explosive and IED detection and control :
> Rs. 12 Cr. Including explosive vapour
detectors, Minesweepers, Chemical
analyser kits etc.
 o Surveillence, Electronic Intelligence, and
Electronic Warfare : > Rs. 68 Cr.
Including CCTVs, Jammers, X-Ray
Scanners, NVDs, Binoculars etc.
o Others including riot control devices,
bomb shields etc : > Rs. 11 Cr.

Focus Segment 5 – Special initiatives

Crime and Criminal Tr acking Networking

System : The Ministry of Home Affairs has
initiated a plan to install a comprehensive
integrated system for enhancing the
efficiency and effectiveness of policing at the
Police Station level through adoption of
principles of e-Governance, and creation of a
nationwide networked infrastructure for
evolution of IT-enabled state-of-the-art real
time tracking system around “investigation
of crime and detection of criminals”. An
outlay of Rs.2000 crores has been included in
the 11th Plan and the programme is being
launched in the current year (2008-09).

Large Event Protection – Commonwealth

Games: With a view towards creating a safe
environment for hosting the Commonwealth
games at Delhi in 2010, the government has
sanctioned an outlay exceeding Rs. 1800 Cr.
Bulk of this outlay will go towards creating
information networks comprising
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communication grids, CCTVs, Large event
monitoring and Traffic Management systems
at Delhi. Various components under this
scheme are being requisitioned by the state
and central government.

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