Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address Chintan Shivir of state home ministers through video conferencing later today.
The two-day Chintan Shivir is being held at Haryana’s Surajkund. The Chintan Shivir will be attended by Home Secretaries, Director Generals of Police (DGPs) of the States, Director Generals of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Director Generals of Central Police Organizations (CPOs).
The Chintan Shivir of Home Ministers is an initiative to offer a national perspective to policy creation on issues connected to internal security, according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). The Shivir would increase planning and coordination amongst many stakeholders at the central and state levels in the spirit of cooperative federalism.
According to the release, the Shivir will discuss topics such as the modernization of police forces, control of cybercrime, expanded use of IT in the criminal justice system, management of land borders, coastal security, women’s protection and drug trafficking, among others.
The Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed the Chintan Shivir on Thursday in Surajkund, Haryana.
“Taking inspiration from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, this Chintan Shivir is being organized which will provide a common platform to face challenges before the Nation such as cyber-crime, the spread of narcotics and cross-border terrorism in unison,” Amit Shah said.
At the gathering, which is being presided over by Amit Shah, were the chief ministers of eight states as well as the home ministers and deputy chief ministers of sixteen other states. Amit Shah emphasised that the Northeast and J-K are currently the development centres.
“Today the nature of crimes is changing and they are becoming borderless, that is why all States will have to battle these by having a common strategy. To formulate and implement this common strategy, the Government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, under the spirit of ‘Cooperative Federalism’, ‘Whole of Government’ and ‘Team India’ approach is promoting the 3C’s, that is Cooperation, Coordination, Collaboration between the Centre and the States,” the Union Home Minister said.
The event was attended by Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Kerala, Assam, Goa, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Manipur and Tripura– all having charges of Home Ministry in their respective states.
Besides, Deputy Chief Ministers of Maharashtra and Nagaland; Governor of Rajasthan; Home Ministers of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha, Telangana; Finance Minister of Jharkhand among others took part in the event which is organized with the objective to prepare an action plan for the implementation of ‘vision 2047’ and ‘Panch Pran’ announced in the Independence Day speech of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.