Ceasefire Violations by Pakistan

Details of ceasefire violations during the last three years and the current year are as under:-

Number of ceasefire violations
Year	Along   the line of Control  in the State of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) under operational control of Army	Along the international border in the State of J&K under operational control of BSF
2014	153	430
2015	152	253
2016	228	221
2017	228 (till 11th July)	23 (till 30th June)

Details of casualties suffered by security personnel/civilians in ceasefire violations during the last three years and the current year as under:-

Period	Army personnel*		BSF personnel#		Civilians#
	Fatal	Injured	Fatal	Injured	Fatal	Injured
2014	01	11	02	17	14	101
2015	06	17	04	09	16	71
2016	08	74	05	25	13	83
2017	04	21	01	03	03	14

* Upto 11th July, 2017

# upto 30th June, 2017

Details of ex gratia lump sum compensation being paid to the Next of Kin (NoK) of Defence personnel are as under:-

S. No.	Details	w.e.f. 01/01/2006	w.e.f. 01/01/2016
1.	Death in the course of duties attributable to acts of violence by terrorists, etc.	Rs. 10 lakh	Rs.25 lakh
2.	Death occurring  during enemy action in war or  border skirmishes or in action against   militants, terrorists, etc.	Rs.15 lakh	Rs.35 lakh
3.	Army Group Insurance Fund	Upto 30/09/16	w.e.f. 01/10/16
	Officers	Rs. 60 lakh	Rs.75 lakh
	JCOs/Other Ranks	Rs.30 lakh	Rs.37.5 lakh

In addition, other benefits such as liberalised family pension, death-cum-retirement-gratuity, etc. are  granted as per extant rules.

The ex-gratia /compensation is paid to civilians/Security Forces personnel killed as per extant guidelines of Central Armed Police Forces/State Government.

The preventive steps taken by the Government are as under:-

·  All the forward posts are adequately strengthened to withstand enemy fire. Besides there are well-established Standard Operating procedures (SOPs) to safeguard against enemy fire to minimize own casualties.

·  Appropriate retaliation to the ceasefire violations, as required, is carried out by Indian Army. In addition, all violations of ceasefire are taken up with Pakistan authorities at the appropriate level through the established mechanism of hotlines, flag meetings as well as weekly talks between the Directorate Generals of Military Operations of the two countries.

There have been no armed intrusions by the enemy across the Line of Control in the State of Jammu & Kashmir in recent past. The details of terrorist-initiated incidents against the Army are as under:-

Year	Number of incidents	Army Fatal casualties
2015	04	-
2016	09	31
2017 (till 11th July)	14	09

The details of infiltration bids eliminated  (IBE)  along the Line of Control  and casualties therein are as under:-

Year	Number of IBE	Terrorist killed	Army personnel martyred
2014	23	39	09
2015	18	30	08
2016	27	37	09
2017 (till 11th July)	16	36	03

In the Army, women officers are being employed in all establishments except combat situations.

This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shrimati Supriya Sule and others in Lok Sabha today.

Courtesy: pib.nic.in