Why in news?

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the All-India Conference of Directors General and Inspectors General of Police 2023 in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
• The three-day conference was inaugurated by Home Minister Amit Shah on January 5, 2024.

What’s in today’s article?

• 58th Conference of Directors General of Police / Inspectors General of Police
• News Summary

58^th Conference of Directors General of Police / Inspectors General of Police

• About
  • The three-day Conference, from January 5 to 7, 2023, was held in hybrid format in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
    • About 100 invitees including DGP of States/UTs and Heads of Central Armed Police Forces and Central Police Organizations attended the Conference physically.
    • The remaining invitees participated virtually from across the country.
  • The conference is the culmination of extensive deliberations involving police and intelligence officers from the district, state and national levels on identified themes.
• Hosted by
  • Intelligence Bureau at the Rajasthan International Centre in Jhalana.
• Outcomes
  • Best practices from States and Union Territories was presented at the Conference so that they can learn from each other.
  • The Conference deliberated on critical components of national security, including:
    • newly enacted major criminal laws,
    • counter terrorism strategies,
    • left wing extremism,
    • emerging cyber threats,
    • worldwide counter radicalisation initiatives etc.
  • Off late, the Conference has started discussions on futuristic themes in policing and security.
    • This is to ensure not only safety in the present times, but also to develop capability to meet emerging issues and challenges.

News Summary: Key highlights of the speech delivered by PM Modi

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• Spirit behind the new criminal laws
  • New criminal laws were framed with the spirit of ‘Citizen First, Dignity First and Justice First’
  • Instead of working with ‘danda’, Police now needs to work with ‘Data’.
• Women and girls need to be sensitised about their rights
  • He laid special focus on sensitising women and girls about their rights and protection provided to them under the new Criminal Laws.
  • He exhorted Police to focus on women safety by ensuring that women could work fearlessly ‘kabhibhi aur kahinbhi’ (anywhere anytime).
• Underscored the need to reinforce the positive image of the police in citizens
  • He advised the use of social media at the Police Station level for disseminating positive information and messages for the benefit of citizens.
  • He suggested using social media for disseminating advance information on natural calamities and disaster relief.
  • He also suggested organising various sports events as a way to strengthen citizen-police connect.
• Urged the government officials to stay in border villages
  • To establish better ‘connect’ with local populace as these border villages were the ‘first villages’ of India.
• India is emerging as a major power in the world
  • PM highlighted the success of India’s first solar mission – Aditya-L1 and the swift rescue of 21 crew members from the hijacked vessel in Arabian sea by the Indian Navy.
  • In this context, he said that such achievements show that India is emerging as a major power in the world.
    • He said that Aditya-L1 success is similar to the success of Chandrayaan-3 mission.
  • He added that in line with the improving global profile and increasing national strength of the country, the Indian police should transform itself into a modern and world class police force to realise the vision of a developed India by 2047.