Centre to give Rs 275 cr for Global Centre for Security and

The Centre has sanctioned Rs 275 crore for establishing a Global Centre for Security and Counter Terrorism here, state Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria said today.
The Centre will give Rs 165 crore and the state government will bear Rs 110 crore for setting-up the centre, Kataria told reporters at a press conference here while listing out the achievements of his department ahead of the completion of four years of the Vasundhara Raje government in the state.
The Raje led BJP government will complete four years in Rajasthan on December 13.
Kataria said that it was a priority of the government to maintain law and order and harmony in the state.

With better policing, crimes registered under IPC, including murder, kidnapping, loot and rape have reduced in the last three years, he said.
The minister said that budget was increased by 54 per cent in 2017-18 to strengthen policing in the state. The budget was spent on establishing Abhay Command Centres, Citizen Apps and an online FIR system.
Polygraphic test and DNA testing facility was made available to the FSL and prosecution department in the last four years. Pending cases have reduced to 6930 and prosecution rate was registered 65.6 per cent in the state compared to national average of 46.9 per cent, he said.

The senior BJP leader said that state disaster relief force (SDRF) saved lives of 1500 people from flood-affected areas in 2016 and 2017.