GUWAHATI, March 1: Nearly eight thousand militants belonging to different outfits, including the ULFA, NDFB, BLT, BTF, KNV, DNSF and MULTA, surrendered before the Government since 1992. Official sources said that the surrender process started in the year 1992 and in that year, 3850 militants, all of whom belonged to the ULFA, surrendered. As many as 1986 militants, including 1625 ULFA, 128 NDFB, 42 BLT, 39 BTF, 23 KNV, 58 RNSF, eight GNLF, 13 UPDS and 43 MULTA, surrendered last year. Sources said that 889 militants were given training on vocational courses through Government and non-government institutions to provide them self-employment avenues. So far 30 co-operative societies have been formed by the surrendered militants after receiving vocational training and the Government has allotted 1213 bighas of land to them to set up the cooperatives. However, interestingly, till date the Government has failed to adopt a clear-cut policy on the cases against the surrendered militants. Till date, the police has not been able to file the chargesheet of most of the cases pending against the militants, who have come overground and the cases have not been withdrawn.