The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said that 2024 was a “year of historic reforms” initiated to ensure ‘ease of justice for all’ as it counted implementation of three new criminal laws, and promulgation of Citizenship Amendment Act, besides decisive battle against naxals, and zero tolerance against drugs and terror in Jammu and Kashmir as its major achievements.
Two days before 2024 comes to an end, the MHA also said in a statement to media that the Ministry adopted proactive approach towards calamities.
During 2024-25, the Centre has released an amount of Rs 16566.00 crore, as central share from State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) to 12 states and Rs 4808.32 crore from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to 18 states, so far, the Ministry said in its statement.
Similarly, the central government has released an amount of Rs 1610.454 crore as central share from State Disaster Mitigation Fund (SDMF) to 12 states and Rs 646.546 crore from National Disaster Mitigation Fund (NDMF) to 7 states, the statement stated.
The High-Level Committee approved six projects of Rs 2514.36 crore for urban flood management in Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, and Pune.
The committee also approved three projects of Rs 810.64 crore under “Expansion and Modernisation of Fire Services in the States” for Assam, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu.
Actively pursuing PM Narendra Modi’s appeal to erase all the vestiges of colonialism, the MHA decided to replace the Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure, and the Indian Evidence Act promulgated by the British Parliament during the colonial era with the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam.
The indigenously framed criminal laws draw heavily from Indian jurisprudence available in ancient Indian texts and enshrine the delivery of justice in the centrality of the criminal justice system for the first time after independence, the statement read.
The new laws came into force on 1st July 2024.
The MHA said it also launched “a series of game-changing initiatives” on security, women’s rights, inclusion of the marginalized sections, and “advancing Bharat’s journey to a new era of greatness by manifold”.
It also listed out the government’s vision of a drug-free Bharat, as agencies achieved the grand success of making the biggest offshore seizure of drugs in the nation.
In a joint operation carried out by the NCB, the Navy, and the Gujarat Police, a consignment of 3132 kg of drugs was seized.
Among the big catches, security agencies busted an international drug trafficking cartel and seized over 700 kg of contraband methamphetamine in Gujarat. NCB confiscated 82.53 kg of high-grade cocaine in New Delhi.