INDIA
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced the institution of a new national honour for National Unity on the pattern of Padma Awards, an official statement said Sunday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced the institution of a new national honour for National Unity on the pattern of Padma Awards, an official statement said Sunday.
The annual award would be given to any Indian who has contributed to national unity in any manner, it said, adding that the prime minister drew inspiration from Sardar Patel's contribution towards unification of the country.
The announcement was made at the just concluded annual conference of Director Generals of Police and Inspector Generals of Police held at Kevadiya in Narmada district of Gujarat, near the statue of Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel, country's first home minister.
Modi also released a commemorative postal stamp on the National Police Memorial and a special issue of Indian Police Journal on police martyrdom, published by the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), it said.
The prime minister also suggested that a national level parade may be organised by police forces of about three to four states near Patel's statue, called the 'Statue of Unity, every year on Patel's birthday on October 31. This day is also observed as National Unity Day.
The prime minister also launched the website of the Cyber Coordination Centre, which will be a one-stop shop on all cyber-related issues, be it cybercrime or cybersecurity. The centre would also act as a bridge between law enforcement agencies on the one hand, and academia and private cyber security professionals on the other, the statement said.
The three-day conference also focused on improving cybersecurity in the country and on preparing the police forces to prevent and investigate cyber crimes and financial frauds.
According to the statement, it was Patel, who, as the home minister of the country, had inaugurated the first conference of Inspector Generals of Police in Delhi in 1948.
For this reason, Patel's message of national unity was the underlying theme of this year's conference, it said.
At the conclusion of the conference, Modi lauded the contribution of the police forces in maintaining internal security and directed the heads of police forces to take steps towards creating a more responsive and sensitive police force, the statement said.
Modi further emphasised that coordination of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) and Central agencies with the state police forces and amongst neighbouring states was absolutely essential for successfully dealing with complex issues of crime prevention and management of law and order in the country, it said.
The prime minister advised the DGPs to make imaginative use of information technology to reach out to all sections of society through websites and apps to provide various police related services and safety advisories.
He highlighted the misuse of social media by anti-national forces for creating mass unrest and for radicalising vulnerable youth in this context.
A large number of issues concerning internal security, the criminal justice system, terrorism, left-wing extremism and bridging the gap between police and public were discussed at the conference. The focus of the conference was on achieving better coordination amongst all the police forces as it entailed deliberations on the need to reform the criminal justice system of the country by bringing about the necessary changes in police training and preparedness to investigate new age crimes.
The Director Generals and other senior police officials highlighted the challenges being faced by law enforcement agencies due to the misuse of social media to spread terror and child porn.
They emphasised on the need to improve compliance with the existing legal provisions with the help of all stakeholders.
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