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New Delhi, Oct 9: In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>total\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>32,355\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Special\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Police\u00a0<\/span>Officers\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>4,153\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Village\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Defence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Groups\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>(VDG)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>assigned\u00a0<\/span><\/span>various\u00a0<\/span>duties\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>protection\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>people\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>coanti-terrorists <\/span><\/span>activities.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>security\u00a0<\/span>situation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>was\u00a0<\/span>impacted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terrorist<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>secessionist\u00a0<\/span><\/span>activity\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>sponsored\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>backed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>across\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>border\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>approximately\u00a0<\/span><\/span>three\u00a0<\/span>decades,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>annual\u00a0<\/span>report\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Ministry\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>Home\u00a0<\/span><\/a>Affairs<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2022\u20132023.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>report,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terrorists\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>continuing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>cross\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>border\u00a0<\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>through\u00a0<\/span><\/span>both\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>International\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Border\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Line\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Control.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>MHA\u00a0<\/span><\/span>annual\u00a0<\/span><\/span>report,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>first\u00a0<\/span>announced\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Village\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Defence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Group\u00a0<\/span><\/span>programme\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1995.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>August\u00a0<\/span>14,\u00a0<\/span>2022,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>programme\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>amended\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>re-notified\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>light\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>current\u00a0<\/span><\/span>security\u00a0<\/span><\/span>environment.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“Village\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Defence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Guards\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>official\u00a0<\/span><\/span>title\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Village\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Defence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Group\u00a0<\/span><\/span>members.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>report,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>4,153\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Village\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Defence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Groups\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>established\u00a0<\/span><\/span>out\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>4,985\u00a0<\/span><\/span>total\u00a0<\/span><\/span>authorised\u00a0<\/span><\/span>members\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Village\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Defence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Group.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Village\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Defence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Committee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(VDC)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>VDG’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>first\u00a0<\/span>name.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sources,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>concept\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>establish\u00a0<\/span><\/span>VDC\u00a0<\/span><\/span>originated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>arming\u00a0<\/span><\/span>former\u00a0<\/span>service\u00a0<\/span>members\u00a0<\/span><\/span>during\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1965\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1971\u00a0<\/span><\/span>wars\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>prevent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pakistani\u00a0<\/span><\/span>espionage\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>infiltration.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>VDCs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>established\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>region\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>provide\u00a0<\/span><\/span>locals\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>means\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>self-defense\u00a0<\/span><\/span>against\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ongoing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terrorist\u00a0<\/span>threats.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>plan,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>each\u00a0<\/span><\/span>VDC\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Special\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Police\u00a0<\/span>Officer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(SPO)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>command\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>10\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>15\u00a0<\/span><\/span>additional\u00a0<\/span><\/span>volunteer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>members,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>most\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>whom\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>former\u00a0<\/span><\/span>service\u00a0<\/span><\/span>veterans.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>They\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>provided\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with.303\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rifles\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ammo.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>SPO\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>charge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>VDC\u00a0<\/span><\/span>received\u00a0<\/span><\/span>compensation,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>but\u00a0<\/span><\/span>everyone\u00a0<\/span>else\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>volunteer.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Village\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Defence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Groups\u2014members\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>referred\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Village\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Defence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Guards\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(VDGs)\u2014were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>formed\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2020,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>updating\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Village\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Defence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Committees’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>strategy.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>committees’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>organisational\u00a0<\/span>structure\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span><\/span>altered,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>addition\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>name.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>All\u00a0<\/span><\/span>VDGs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>now\u00a0<\/span><\/span>paid,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>contrast\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>VDCs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>where\u00a0<\/span><\/span>only\u00a0<\/span><\/span>SPOs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officials,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>certain\u00a0<\/span><\/span>VDGs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>paid\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>uniform\u00a0<\/span><\/span>salary\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rs\u00a0<\/span>4,000\u00a0<\/span><\/span>per\u00a0<\/span><\/span>month,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>while\u00a0<\/span><\/span>others\u00a0<\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>paid\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rs\u00a0<\/span>4,500\u00a0<\/span><\/span>per\u00a0<\/span>month\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>more\u00a0<\/span>susceptible\u00a0<\/span><\/span>locations.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>District\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Superintendent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Police\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Senior\u00a0<\/span>Superintendent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Police\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>charge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>VDGs’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>operations.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sanctioned\u00a0<\/span><\/span>strength\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Special\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Police\u00a0<\/span>Officers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(SPOs)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>currently\u00a0<\/span><\/span>34,707,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>32,355\u00a0<\/span><\/span>SPOs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>appointed,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>MHA\u00a0<\/span><\/span>annual\u00a0<\/span>report.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Police\u00a0<\/span><\/span>oversee\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>direct\u00a0<\/span><\/span>them\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>they\u00a0<\/span><\/span>complete\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>different\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tasks\u00a0<\/span><\/span>assigned\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>them.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>&\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Special\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Police\u00a0<\/span>Officers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(SPOs)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>institution\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>established\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1995.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>report,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>main\u00a0<\/span>goal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>creation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>SPOs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>aid\u00a0<\/span><\/span>law\u00a0<\/span>enforcement\u00a0<\/span><\/span>agencies\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>fight\u00a0<\/span><\/span>against\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terrorism,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>involve\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>local\u00a0<\/span>population\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>protecting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>themselves,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>assist\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Police\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>paramilitary\u00a0<\/span>forces\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>containing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>threat\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>militancy.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>SPOs\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Police\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>now\u00a0<\/span><\/span>paid\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>up\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Rs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>18,000\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>per\u00a0<\/span><\/span>month\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>following\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>increments:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>SPOs\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>less\u00a0<\/span><\/span>than\u00a0<\/span><\/span>three\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>years’\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>experience\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>paid\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Rs\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>6,000,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>SPOs\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>more\u00a0<\/span><\/span>than\u00a0<\/span><\/span>three\u00a0<\/span><\/span>years’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>experience\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>but\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>less\u00a0<\/span><\/span>than\u00a0<\/span><\/span>five\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>years’\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>experience\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>paid\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Rs\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>9,000,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>SPOs\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>more\u00a0<\/span><\/span>than\u00a0<\/span><\/span>five\u00a0<\/span><\/span>years’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>experience\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>but\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>less\u00a0<\/span><\/span>than\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ten\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>years’\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>experience\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>paid\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Rs\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>12,000,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>SPOs\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>more\u00a0<\/span><\/span>than\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ten\u00a0<\/span><\/span>years’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>experience\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>but\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>less\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>than\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>fifteen\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>years’\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>experience\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>paid\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Rs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>15,000.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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