2,073 infiltrations along borders in 3 years

Minister of State for Home Nisith Pramanik informed the Lok Sabha that in the past three years 128 cases of infiltration took place on the borders with Pakistan, 1,787 were reported from borders with Bangladesh, 133 from Myanmar and 25 from Nepal. In a written reply to a question in the House, the MoS said there was no infiltration from China and Bhutan. TNS

No case of manual scavenging

Union Social Justice Minister Virendra Kumar on Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha that there was no report of people currently engaged in manual scavenging in the country and no deaths had been reported due to it. “All identified and eligible manual scavengers have been provided assistance and rehabilitation,” Kumar said. TNS

Panama, Paradise leaks: Rs153-cr tax collected

The government is probing the revelations of Panama Papers, which had revealed that nearly 1,000 India-linked entities had salted away Rs20,353 crore in undisclosed income in overseas tax havens. In 52 cases of Panama and Paradise Paper Leaks, criminal prosecution complaints have been filed under the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015. Taxes collected so far amount to Rs153.88 crore in the Panama and Paradise Paper Leaks. tns

NIA probing 64 cases of terror funding

Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home Nityanand Rai told the Lok Sabha that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has been handed over 64 cases of alleged terror funding for probe in the last three years. tns

Covid death data of inmates not available

The Home Ministry on Tuesday told the Lok Sabha that data on Covid-19 related deaths of prison inmates was not available nor was the data on Covid vaccination of undertrials maintained centrally. Admitting that there were 3,30,487 undertrials in Indian jails as of December 31, 2019, as per the latest available report on prison statistics, Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra said the NCRB did not have the details of vaccination status of inmates in Indian prisons. tns

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