It will also examine the border residents' demand for weapons to defend themselves from possible attacks by Pakistan's border action teams.The creation of the study group comes amid rising incidence of border aggression by the Pakistani forces this year.There were over 600 ceasefire violations by the neighbour till September this year, up from 450 in whole of 2016. Eight civilians and 16 security personnel were killed until September against 13 civilians and security personnel each in 2016.Only this week, firing from across the LoC in Poonch claimed two lives and injured a dozen people. "Indian forces have managed to push back many infiltrators and also neutralised several top terrorists in J&K. Singh had then promised to address them. The formation of the study group is a step in that direction.The MHA order issued on Thursday said the group will meet the people living in the border areas of J&K; public representatives, district administration and security forces deployed in border areas.

Source: Times of India October 06, 2017 22:50 UTC