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Centre constitutes Union Territory Security Commission | The Union Home Ministry has constituted a Security Commission for Union Territories in pursuance of directions of the Supreme Court. There are
seven Union Territories in India --Andaman and Nicobar Islands , Chandigarh ,
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Lakshadweep National Capital Territory
of Delhi and Puducherry. In Prakash Singh and Others Vs. Union of India and Ors
case the Supreme Court had directed, inter alia, to constitute a State / Union
Territory Security Commission. According to the Home Ministry, the commission
would be chaired by the Union Home Secretary. The commission consists, Chief Secretaries
of Delhi , Andaman and Nicobar, Puducherry, and the Delhi Police Commissioner
as its members. The commission also has representatives from other Union Territories
who can be invited to the meetings as per the agenda. The Union Government would
nominate five independent members to the commission, with two years tenure. The
Home Ministry's Joint Secretary, ( Union Territories ) would be the convener of
the commission. The commission would frame broad policy guidelines for promoting
efficient, effective, responsive and accountable policing, in accordance with
the law; identify performance indicators to evaluate the functioning of the police
service. These indicators shall, inter alia, include--operational efficiency,
public satisfaction, victim satisfaction vis-à-vis police investigation and response,
accountability, optimum utilisation of resources, and observance of human rights
standards. The commission would also review and evaluate organisational performance
of the police service in the state as a whole as well as district-wise against
-- the annual plan, performance indicators as identified and laid down, and resources
available with and constraints of the police. |
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