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Home
Department, Assam
Mandate
of the Department
The Home Department
of the Govt. of Assam consists
of the following branches:
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Home (A) Department |
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Home (B) Department |
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Home (C) Department |
(A)
Home (A) Department deals with
the following matters
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Maintaining
the establishment of the
State Police including IPS
and APS officers |
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Establishment
matters of Forensic Science
Laboratory and Assam Police
Radio Organization |
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Raising of
Assam Police Battalions
& India Reserve Battalions |
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Modernization
of Police Force |
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Modernization
schemes of Forensic Science
Laboratory |
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Preparation
and control of budget for
the State Police and Forensic
Science Laboratory |
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Matters relating
to Right to Information
Act |
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Training of
Police Forces / Officers
as well as Officers of Forensic
Science Laboratory |
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Prevention
of infiltration of foreigners'
schemes and establishment
matters |
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Assisting
the Civil Administration
in times of disaster |
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Control of
vehicular traffic under
M. V .Act. |
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Implementation
of Finance Commission award
for construction of Police
Stations and Out Posts. |
(B)
Home (B) Department deals with
the following matters
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Establishment
of Home Guards and Civil
Defence officers |
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Training of
Home Guards and Civil Defence
officials |
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Imparting
training to officials and
civilians to meet the exigencies
during the Natural Calamities
as well as manmade disasters
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Help Police
Administration in maintaining
general law & order
as well as control of crimes |
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Preparation
of Budget of Home Guards
& Civil Defence and
control thereof |
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Administration
of Jails of the State |
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Modernization
of Prisons |
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Establishment
matters of Jails |
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Preparation
& control of Budget
of Jails |
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Establishment
matters of State Fire Service
Organization |
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Preparation
& control of Budget
of Fire Service Organization |
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Fire Safety
and Security to individuals
and public properties |
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Training of
Fire Service Officers |
(C)
Home (C) Department deals with
the following matters
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Issue of prosecution
sanction under Unlawful
Activities Prevention Act |
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Implementation
of Finance Commission award
for construction of police
stations, outposts and other
buildings |
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Matters relating
to sanction of new Police
Stations and Outposts |
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Matters relating
to reimbursement of security
related expenditure, purchase
of arms and ammunition for
Assam Police under Modernization
of Police Force scheme |
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Issue of Arms
Licences |
(A)
There are two Directorates Under
Home (A) Department
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Office of
the Director General of
Police, Assam |
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Office of
the Director of Forensic
Science Laboratory, Assam |
1.
Office of the Director General
of Police :
Assam Police, which came into
existence in 1862, is an important
component of the criminal justice
system of the State with entrusted
objectives of preventing and
detecting crime as well as maintaining
law and order and providing
security to the society so that
peace and tranquility prevails.
Assam Police has been divided
into 6 Ranges and 28 Districts.
Each Range is under one Deputy
Inspector General of Police
and each district is under a
Superintendent of Police. There
are 14 Assam Police Battalions,
4 Assam Police Task Force Battalions,
6 Assam Police (India Reserve)
Battalions, 1 Commando Battalion
and 4 Training Centers in the
State. These are-
Names of Ranges with Head
Quarters :
1) Central Western Range, Guwahati
2) Western Range, Kokrajhar
3) Eastern Range, Jorhat
4) Southern Range, Silchar
5) Northern Range, Tezpur
6) Central Range, Diphu
Names of Assam Police Battalions
with Head Quarters:
1) lst APBn. - Ligiripukhuri,
Sivasagar
2) 2nd APBn. - Makum, Tinsukia
3) 3rd APBn. - Titabor, Jorhat
4) 4thAPBn. - Kahilipara, Guwahati
5) 5th APBn. - Sontilla, Haflong
6) 6th APBn. - Kathal, Haflong
7) 7th APBn. - Charaikhola,
Kokrajhar
8) 8th APBn. - Abhayapuri, Bongaigaon
9) 9th APBn. - Barhampur, Nagaon
10) 10th APBn. - Kahilipara,
Guwahati
11) 11th APBn. - Dergaon, Golaghat
12) 12th APBn. - Jamugurihat,
Sonitpur
13) 13th APBn. - Lilabari, Lakhimpur
14) 14th APBn. - Daulasal, Nalbari
Names of
Assam Police Task Force Battalions
with Head Quarters:
1) lst APTFBn.
- Dakurvita, Goalpara
2) 2nd APTFBn. - Lumding, Nagaon
3) 3rd APTFBn. - Khajuabeel,
Udalguri
4) 4th APTFBn. - Howly, Barpeta
Name of
Assam Police (India Reserve)
Battalions with Head Quarters:
1) 15th AP(IR)Bn. - Eraligool,
Karimganj
2) 16th AP(IR)Bn. - Bormonipur,
Morigaon
3) 19th AP(IR)Bn. - Tengakhat,
Dibrugarh
4) 20th AP(IR)Bn. - Panbari,
Dhubri
5) 21st AP(IR)Bn. - Hailakandi
6) 22nd AP(IR)Bn. - Dhemaji
Name of
Training Centers:
1) Police Training College (PTC),
Dergaon
2) Assam Police Training Centre
(APTC), Dergaon
3) Recruit Training School (RTS),
Dergaon
4) Basic Training Centre (BTC),
Dergaon
Activities
of the Department
Govt. has
raised 2 India Reserve Battalions
namely, 21st AP (IR) Bn, at
Hailakandi and 22nd AP(IR) Bn
at Dhemaji during the year 2005-06.
Recruitment process for appointment
of 2014 personnel has been completed
and assurance for two more IR
Battalions has also been received
from the Govt. of India.
An ambitious effort for co-operation
and coordination in between
Police and public has been made
through community oriented projects
namely, AASHWAS', 'PRAHARI',
'SAHAYOG' etc.
AASHWAS : This project
was launched on 14th November,
2001, on the Children's Day,
by the Assam Police to combat
violence and insurgency and
also to extend support towards
children and those undergoing
trauma. Aashwas has identified
a cluster of 7 villages in each
of the 7 districts where there
is a history of ethnic or terrorist
violence and which need sensitization
campaigns. It has also undertaken
work to bridge the gap between
community and the Police.
PRAHARI : The goal of
Prahari is to tackle social
problems and bring the Police
Community closer to the public.
The project Prahari was first
launched in Thaikarguri village
in Kokrajhar district where
five innocent persons were brutally
murdered by the villagers. These
murders were a result of superstitions
combined with illiteracy. The
project Prahari has been working
towards the upliftment of the
mass and development of the
society through Community Management
Groups or Community Liaison
Groups. It is now an extended
project.
SAHAYOG : The project
Sahayog works towards all round
development of areas below the
poverty line which are identified
and adopted through close cooperation
of the people. To address the
problem of insurgency, the root
cause of which being unemployment
coupled with economic backwardness,
Assam Police has laid special
emphasis on community orientation
through project Sahayog with
active participation of the
Police and the public.
The project is undertaken by
Assam Police Battalions in close
cooperation with the residents
of the village chosen for the
purpose.
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