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In 2020, a BBC report said that every militant killed by the group earns it between ₹ 35,000 (US$410) and ₹ 50,000 (US$590), according to a police officer. Bonuses are paid for arresting the militants and capturing arms and ammunition. Other incentives for SOG personnel include out-of-turn promotions. [3]
To conducts state wide examinations and recruitment process for appointments to the various posts on state level. Every year, it submits a report about the work done by the commission to the state governor. To ensure the procedures of transfer, promotion, recruitment, and dismissals of personnel by constitutionally prescribed principles.
On the occasion of 75 years of India's independence, Jammu Kashmir Police received 108 gallantry medals, which was highest among all Indian states. [13] J&K Police cornered 62% of awards for [14] In 2021 Jammu Kashmir Police became the first to win all three highest gallantry awards in India, viz Ashok Chakra, Kirti Chakra and Shaurya Chakra. [15]
The Government of Jammu and Kashmir is the principal administrative authority responsible for the governance of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.Established on 5 March 1948 as the Government of Princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, and the Government of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir after the reorganization of the former state of Jammu and Kashmir in October 2019, the ...
A map of the disputed Kashmir region showing the areas under Indian, Pakistani, and Chinese administration. On 5 August 2019, the government of India revoked the special status, or autonomy, granted under Article 370 of the Indian constitution to Jammu and Kashmir—a region administered by India as a state which consists of the larger part of Kashmir which has been the subject of dispute ...
The Jammu and Kashmir Police Special Operations Group (SOG) was created in the early 1990s. [12] Each district of Kashmir has multiple SOG units with varying strength according to the amount of militancy in the district. Each unit is headed by a deputy superintendent of police. Kulgam, Anantnag, Shopian and Pulwama are districts with the most ...
Village Defence Guards (VDGs) formerly known as Village Defence Committees is a civilian militia first established in the mid-1990s in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir for the self-defence of locals, especially minorities such as Hindus, sikhs and vulnerable section of Muslims in remote hilly villages against militancy.
The Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 (PSA) is a preventive detention law under which a person is taken into custody to prevent them from acting harmfully against "the security of the state or the maintenance of the public order" in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir (now a union territory).