Tuesday, March 7 2006 16:39 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: Centre has asked naxal-affected states to take immediate steps for imparting training to police personnel engaged in anti-naxalite operations, Lok Sabha was told today (Mar 07 2006).

A sizeable section of new India Reserve Battalions (IRBs) sanctioned to states also needs to be trained on these lines, Minister of State for Home S P Jaiswal said in a written reply.

For this purpose training expertise of central police organisations were being made available to the states, he added.

The expenditure incurred on training to elgibile states is covered under Security Related Expenditure (SRE) and IRB scheme of the Central Government, Jaiswal added.