“This facility is now operational at 126 Indian missions abroad,” he said.
On Naxal menace, the Home Minister said incidents of Maoist violence have gone down.
“The Left Wing extremism violence level has been declining since 2010. The number of incidents has declined from 2,213 (with 1,005 resultant deaths) in 2010 to 1,415 incidents (with 415 resultant deaths) in 2012.
“In the current year (up to August), there has been a 27.48 per cent reduction in number of incidents (with 14.10 per cent reduction in resultant deaths) in comparison to the corresponding period of 2012,” he said.
Updated on: October 10, 2013 20:45 IST
