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Bharatiya Janata Party · 2019
Claim
Partly accurate
Delivery
Partly delivered
The maritime side of coastal security grew; the state-police side named in the promise stalled. The Indian Coast Guard reports ₹12,201 crore spent on ships and aircraft and ₹1,583.8 crore on the Coastal Surveillance Network over ten years, with 3,00,296 boarding operations, 179 boats seized and 1,683 people arrested. But the Coastal Security Scheme — the very instrument the manifesto cites for equipping state coastal police — concluded its Phase-II in 2020 and, the Home Ministry told the Lok Sabha in August 2024, 'is presently not under implementation'. Maharashtra's request for more boats was not considered.
“Coastal Safety — After effectively strengthening coastal security through implementation of a coastal security scheme to provide modern equipment and allocating funds to the states for establishing coastal police stations, establishment of National Committee for Strengthening Maritime & Coastal Security, Island Information System and National Academy of Coastal Policing, we will continue to take steps for ensuring security of India's long coastline.”No CAG performance audit published
No CAG performance audit covering this scheme has been published. The absence of an audit is not evidence that the claim is either accurate or inaccurate.
No CAG audit of the Coastal Security Scheme covering the 2019-24 term is available to us.
No audit period to plot — no CAG performance audit covering this scheme has been published.
Coastal Security Scheme Phase-II concluded in 2020 and is not under implementation
The Home Ministry gave this answer three months after the 2019 term ended. Phase-III of the scheme had been announced but the ministry described no phase as being under implementation at that date.
Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2409, Coastal Security Scheme — answer by the Ministry of Home Affairs
Two corrections to the version of this claim we imported. The 2019 manifesto does not promise 61 radar stations, does not mention a National Maritime Domain Awareness project, and does not promise a National Maritime Security Coordinator. Those are real things — the post was created in 2022 — but they were not promised here. What the manifesto's Coastal Safety paragraph actually says is a recital of past work followed by one forward commitment: "we will continue to take steps for ensuring security of India's long coastline."
Judged against that, the answer splits by which arm of the state you look at.
The maritime arm delivered. The Ministry of Defence told the Lok Sabha in April 2025 that the Indian Coast Guard deploys "18-20 ships, 30-35 crafts and 10-12 aircrafts for surveillance on daily basis", and that over ten years it conducted 3,00,296 boarding operations, 153 coastal security exercises, 451 coastal security operations, 458 security drills and 3,645 joint coastal patrol sorties. It seized 179 boats and arrested 1,683 people for illegally entering Indian waters. The money is specific: ₹12,201 crore on ICG ships and aircraft, ₹1,583.8 crore on the Coastal Surveillance Network — the radar chain the imported claim was gesturing at. Coastal Security Standard Operating Procedures for coastal states have been promulgated.
The state-police arm is the problem, and it is the arm the manifesto itself named. The paragraph credits "a coastal security scheme to provide modern equipment and allocating funds to the states for establishing coastal police stations". Asked in August 2024 about Maharashtra's request for 14 surveillance boats, the Ministry of Home Affairs replied that 28 boats had been sanctioned under Phase-I, that the "proposal for further procurement of boats under Coastal Security Scheme Phase-II was not considered during the extension of the scheme", and — the sentence that matters — that "The Coastal Security Scheme Phase-II concluded in the year 2020 and is presently not under implementation."
Phase-II ended in 2020, one year into the term in which the government promised to continue taking steps. Four years later, with the term over, the ministry described the scheme as not being implemented at all. A Phase-III has been announced; the answer does not say it is running.
The gap is not academic. The Coast Guard patrols the sea; coastal police stations, jetties and boats are what watch the shoreline itself, and the 26/11 attack came ashore. Marine police capacity is a state subject funded through exactly this scheme. When it lapses, the surveillance network keeps working and the last mile does not.
Partly delivered, and partly accurate: the direction of travel the manifesto claimed is real at sea and interrupted on land.
BJP Sankalp Patra 2019 — Lok Sabha election manifesto
“Through this Sankalp Patra, you would get a glimpse of the challenges of the yesteryears, the indomitable efforts made by 130 crore Indians to overcome those challenges and our collective vision for the future… There are two commitments that I am extremely passionate about — doubling of farmer income and housing for all, by the year 2022.”
Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5601, Improvement in Coastal Security — answer by the Ministry of Defence
“(a): Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has taken following initiative to strengthen the coastal security of the nation: ICG deploys 18-20 ships, 30-35 crafts and 10-12 aircrafts for surveillance on daily basis… Surveillance of coastal areas through Coastal Surveillance Network (CSN) and investigation by Remote Operating Station (ROS) and Remote Operating Centres (ROCs) are undertaken. During last 10 years, ICG has conducted 3,00,296 Boarding Operations for deterrence and to establish identity of personnel, 153 Coastal Security Exercises, 451 Coastal Security Operations, 458 Security Drills and 3645 Joint Coastal Patrol Sorties. (b): A total of 179 boats have been sized and 1683 personnel arrested over last ten years for illegally entering Indian Waters. (c): Funds utilized towards acquisition of ships and aircraft by ICG towards coastal security (Pan India) is Rs. 12,201 Crore including Andhra Pradesh. Fund utilized for Coastal Surveillance Network (CSN) (Pan India) including Andhra Pradesh is Rs. 1583.8 Crore. (d): Coastal Security Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Coastal States/UTs have been promulgated.”
Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2409, Coastal Security Scheme — answer by the Ministry of Home Affairs
“(a) to (d): Under the Coastal Security Scheme Phase-I, Maharashtra has been sanctioned 28 boats in consultation with the State Government. However, proposal for further procurement of boats under Coastal Security Scheme Phase-II was not considered during the extension of the scheme. The Coastal Security Scheme Phase-II concluded in the year 2020 and is presently not under implementation.”