Security expert welcomes Rs 10 cr allocation to NIA

Updated on: 17 February,2009 09:27 AM IST |
Subroto Roy |

A S Dalvi, the director of Pune's National centre for of International Security and Analysis (NISDA) has welcomed the allocation for the year 2009-2010 of Rs 10 crore for the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which was set up in the wake of the 26/11 terror attacks on Mumbai.

"Now the NIA can be held responsible in cases where there are lapses in intelligence gathering," Dalvi said.

The allocation for NIA was announced by the stand-in Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee during the announcement of the interim budget in the Lok Sabha yesterday.

The NIA, which is under the administrative control of the home ministry, was set up by an act of parliament in December 2008 following theu00a0 26/11 terror strikes.

The agency has concurrent jurisdiction, which empowers the Centre to probe terror attacks in any part of the country, covering offences, which challenge the country's sovereignty, bomb blasts, aircraft and ship hijacks, and attacks on nuclear installations.

Last month, senior IPS officer Radha Vinod Raju was appointed the director general of the NIA.

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