India, Aug. 17 -- New Delhi: Infiltration bid into Jammu and Kashmir from Pakistan was on a constant rise between 2016 and 2018 and as per the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), around 400 infiltrators entered India through Jammu and Kashmir in the said period.

However, the MHA has said that infiltration bid from Pakistan has reduced drastically during the first half of this year compared to the corresponding period in 2018.

According to the MHA, the security forces have been able to reduce infiltration into the valley by 43% and this has happened due to a "multi-pronged" approach to tackle cross-border infiltration.

In 2016, 119 infiltrators from across the border made their way into the valley in Kashmir; the number further rose to 136 ...