The eighth National Security Strategies Conference/NSSC concluded with the address of the Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah today in New Delhi. Home Minister paid homage to the martyrs on the occasion of Kargil Vijay Diwas and saluted the efforts of the armed forces and BSF during Op-Sindoor. He mentioned that Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s strong resolve and the support of fellow citizens sent a strong message of zero tolerance to terrorism across the world.

Pointing out that India’s economy had risen to the fourth position globally, Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah observed that India was now a world leader in new and emerging technologies, start-ups, green energy and innovations. He emphasized that India’s rising stature would lead to increasing national security challenges in the years to come. Stressing that these challenges needed to be tackled through better coordination, he directed the formation of homogenous teams of Central and State agencies to develop strategies, implement and monitor them. He also instructed the involvement of young Police officers in each State to brainstorm on national challenges and devise solutions to address them. He mentioned that this conference is significant in enabling senior officers to guide young officers, familiarize them with challenges, and show them the path to finding solutions. He urged that the use of national databases like NATGRID, NIDAAN, iMoT and CBI’s fugitive database be inculcated amongst young officers by including them in all training programs. To address the challenges coming before the nation, a reliable ecosystem for real-time data sharing must be established.

Adding that the Modi government has resolved numerous issues scattered across various states, UHM emphasized that the next 5-10 years would be very important for the development and security of the country. Observing that internal security challenges would remain dynamic in view of India’s geo-political neighbourhood, he exhorted the State Police forces and Central security agencies to adopt the motto of ‘Suraksha, Sajagta & Samanvay’ (Security, Alertness & Co-ordination). While appreciating the achievements in the LWE, North East & J&K theatres, he asked DGsP to adopt a similar approach for effective implementation of the three new criminal laws and tackling the challenge of narcotics. He advocated the need for a top-to-bottom and bottom-to-top approach in initiating action against big drug cartels, besides focusing on extradition of narco-offenders. DGsP were directed to make it the prime agenda of the Police for the next three years in the path towards ‘Nasha Mukt Bharat'. Pointing out that the Police Station was the focal point of intelligence collection, he called upon the Police leadership to evolve a credible platform for sharing real time information up to the Police Station level.

Emphasizing upon the primary duty of the Police to protect the life, property and dignity of citizens, Union Home Minister directed each State Police force and Central agency to strive towards excellence, and nurture a spirit of healthy competition to address internal security challenges. Stressing upon the need for all round development in LWE affected areas, Shri Amit Shah urged the DGPs to coordinate with State Administrations to ensure the implementation of more than 300 Central and State development schemes at the grass root level. Underscoring the importance of securing smaller seaports along our maritime borders, Shri Shah emphasized on capacity building of State Police to counter infiltration and smuggling activities. He also reviewed the counter terror initiatives and directed to take stringent legal action against repeat offenders.

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