- Taking inspiration from Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, this ‘Chintan Shivir’ will provide a platform to face all challenges before the Nation in unison
- Areas affected by Left Wing Extremism, Jammu and Kashmir and the North East, which were once hot spots of violence and unrest, are now becoming hot spots of development
- Cyber-crime is a big challenge before the country and the world today, Ministry of Home Affairs is committed to battle against it
- The Government led by Shri Narendra Modi is promoting the three C’s approach – Cooperation, Coordination and Collaboration, under ‘Whole of Government’ and ‘Team India Approach’
- Government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is determined to save the country and the youth from the menace of narcotics and our policy is showing results, under which drugs worth more than Rs. 20,000 crore have been seized so far
- Nature of crime is changing in today’s world and crime is becoming borderless, that’s why the States have to formulate a common strategy to fight against it
- Government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a zero tolerance policy against terrorism and NIA and other agencies are being strengthened to achieve a decisive victory, efforts are being made to build an anti-terrorism network by setting up NIA branches in all States before 2024
- All States should make maximum use of forensic science to increase conviction rate, the Government of India has extend all possible help by making the NFSU
- Border States will have to make more coordinated efforts with Central agencies and security forces to ensure border security and coastal security
- Government has also taken many initiatives in disaster management and I request all Chief Ministers to personally monitor implementation of these initiatives
- Under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Ministry of Home Affairs has taken very effective and far-reaching steps on important and sensitive issues related to Jammu and Kashmir, North East, Terrorism, Drug Trafficking, Left Wing Extremism and Women’s Safety
- Union Home and Cooperation Minister, Shri Amit Shah addressed the first day of a two-day ‘Chintan Shivir’ at Surajkund, Haryana today. Chief Ministers of the States, Home Ministers of States and Lieutenant Governors and Administrators of Union Territories are participating in the Chintan Shivir.
- He said 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 that the areas affected by Left Wing Extremism, Jammu and Kashmir and the North Eeast, which were once hot spots of violence and unrest, are now becoming hot spots of development.
- The restoration of peace in the North East, AFSPA has been withdrawn from more than 60 percent areas.
- Highlighting the improvement in the situation in the LWE affected areas, Shri Shah said the incidents of violence in these areas have come down by 77 percent and deaths in these incidents have reduced by more than 85 percent. Shri Shah said after the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, 2019, a new beginning of peace and progress has begun there.
- He said compared to 37 months before August 5, 2019, there has been a 34 percent reduction in terrorist incidents and 54 percent reduction in deaths amongst security forces in the 37 months after August 5, 2019.
- He said that the government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has followed a zero tolerance policy against terrorism and the NIA and other agencies are being strengthened to achieve a decisive victory over it.
- Shri Shah informed that before 2024, efforts are being made to set up an anti-terror network by setting up NIA branch in all the states.
- Shri Shah said that to achieve a decisive victory in the fight against terrorism, the legal framework is being strengthened, under which provision has been made to declare individual terrorists by amending the NIA and UAPA laws.
- He said that the NIA has been given extra territorial jurisdiction and along with this the agency has also been given the right to confiscate the property acquired / related to terrorism. Shri Shah said that by 2024, a target has been set to establish branches of NIA in all the states of the country.
- He said that today most of the security hotspots in the country have become almost free from anti-national activities due to mutual cooperation and coordination between the Centre and the states. Shri Shah said the zero tolerance policy of the Government of India against narcotics is yielding good results and in the last 8 years, 3,000 cases have been registered while drugs worth more than Rs. 20,0000 crore have been seized.
SOURCE: THE HINDU, THE ECONOMIC TIMES, PIB