Finding Solutions

Top police officials come together to brainstorm police reforms and the roadmap for better internal security

Subhashis Mittra

A comprehensive ‘Roadmap for Policing towards Vision 2047’ was unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 60th All-India Conference of Directors General/ Inspectors General of Police (DGsP/IGsP) held in Raipur. The focus of the document is to transform public perception of police and to meet the goals of ‘Viksit Bharat’. At the three-day event, themed ‘Viksit Bharat: Security Dimensions’, Prime Minister Modi urged the nation’s top police officials to enhance professionalism, sensitivity, and responsiveness. He urged police leadership to realign their style of policing to meet the aspirations of a developing nation on the path to becoming a Viksit Bharat.

The conference—a closed-door, off-camera huddle of police chiefs from across the country at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM-Raipur) in Chhattisgarh—was attended by Union home minister Amit Shah, national security advisor Ajit Doval and Union home secretary Govind Mohan, among others. The DGsP and IGsP from all states and Union Territories (UT), as well as heads of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Central Police Organisations, participated physically, while more than 700 officers of various ranks joined virtually from across the country.

The meeting was held against the backdrop of an urgent need to strengthen urban polic