Dimapur, May 16 (MExN): Opposition or not, the Government of India has approved 21 Counter Insurgency and Anti-terrorism (CIAT) Schools including one in insurgency-ravaged state of Nagaland. The 21 CIAT Schools have been approved to supplement the efforts of the states in fighting insurgency, Minister of State of Home Affairs Jitendra Singh stated in the Parliament today. The 21 CIAT schools are in the states of Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa, West Bengal, Nagaland, Manipur and Tripura. They all have been approved, the minister said. Jitendra Singh was responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha today, May 16. The purpose of these schools is to up-scale the training capability of the states to fight against terrorism, he said.
