Nityanand Rai

The minister said unlike in the past when terrorists were glorified and served "good food", the Modi government has a '"zero tolerance" policy towards terrorism that has helped bring down the the cases of terror to zero in the hinterland.

Amended law facilitating use of birth certificate as single document for host of services to come into effect from October 1

The Parliament passed the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Act, 2023 in the last monsoon session while President Droupadi Murmu gave her assent on August 11.

115 daily wage earners, 63 housewives committed suicide every day in 2021, government tells Lok Sabha

Sharing data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said a total of 42,004 daily wage earners and 23,179 housewives committed suicide last year.

84,600 posts lying vacant in paramilitary forces; 1.12 lakh hired in last 3 years

According to Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai, around 84,600 positions in six paramilitary forces, including the CRPF and BSF, are unfilled, despite 1.12 lakh positions in these forces having been filled over the previous three years.

257 police stations in India don't have a vehicle, 638 don't have a phone, Govt tells Lok Sabha

Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said the central government supplements the efforts of state governments towards equipping and modernising their police forces, by providing financial assistance under the scheme of Assistance to States for Modernisation of Police (ASMP).

366 terrorists and 96 civilians killed, 81 security personnel martyred since Article 370 scrapped: Govt

Responding to questions by Congress MP Digvijaya Singh, Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Nityanand Rai told Rajya Sabha that no Kashmiri Pandit or Hindu has been displaced from the valley.

Over six lakh Indians gave up their citizenship in last five years: Govt

Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai also said that as per the information available with the Ministry of External Affairs, a total number of 1,33,83,718 Indian nationals are living in foreign countries.

SCs, STs notified under 1950 orders to be enumerated in Census 2021: Govt

The intent of the Centre for conducting Census 2021 was notified in the Gazette of India on March 28, 2019 but due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the census activities have been postponed, Rai informed Parliament.

UAPA cases increased from 901 in 2017 to 1,226 in 2019, arrests went up to 1,948: MoS Home in Lok Sabha

Under the UAPA law, an accused is eligible to apply for bail only after six months as probing agencies get 180 days for initial investigation, as compared to 60-90 days for cases registered under other laws or penal code.

Centre proscribes ISIS as terrorist organisation: MoS Home Nityanand Rai

The Central Government has also proscribed the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) or Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Daesh as a Terrorist Organization under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.

Monsoon Session 2021: 34 persons arrested in 9 UAPA cases in 2020, MoS Home Nityanand Rai tells Lok Sabha

MoS Home Affairs Nityanand Rai did not share the details of the cases in the Lok Sabha

Rajya Sabha passes FCR Amendment Bill; government says Bill not against any NGO

Speaking during a debate on the Bill, Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said the legislation was not against any NGO and is an effort to maintain transparency.

15,012 Bangladeshi, 2,668 Pakistani nationals given Indian citizenship during 2015-2019: Govt

Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai also said that altogether 18,855 people of 56 nationalities were granted Indian citizenship in the last five years.