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Make internal security set up more effective: Indian PM
New Delhi, Dec 12 (PTI) After Indian Parliament's
unanimous nod to unitedly fight terrorism in the wake of
Mumbai terror strikes, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
has asked senior police officers to convert the challenge into
an opportunity to make the internal security more effective.
The Prime Minister identified terrorism, naxalism and
insurgency in India's North-East as the underlining reasons
which impaired the pace of development.
"Recent events at Mumbai have created a new consensus
to strengthen India's security set up. This challenge can be
converted into an opportunity to make the internal security
set up more effective," he told the Indian Police Service
(IPS) officers of 2007 batch who called on him Thursday
evening.
Asking the young officers to do some introspection,
he said they should create an environment and be active
partners in development.
Singh described internal and external security as the
twin pillars to support the environment that can push
development.
The Prime Minister said that the internal security
set up could be made more effective by streamlining the
systems involving intelligence collection, investigation and
crime.
The Prime Minister identified low police population
ratio in the country as another area that required focused
attention.
Crime against women, older citizens and child abuse
were growing problems and it was imperative to the police set
up to be more aware of their social responsibilities, he said.
Identifying technology as a key contributor to the
enhancement of skills to effectively meet the challenges of
terror attacks, he said this must be combined with a better
understanding of human, scientific and human behaviour and the
underlying social and economic conditions of the population.
The instruments of civil defence must be strengthened
so that the community could be a partner in the quest for a
better and peaceful social environment, he said.
Paying homage to the policemen who made the supreme
sacrifice to protect the country's integrity, he said that the
people owe a debt of gratitude to the police forces. PTI
unanimous nod to unitedly fight terrorism in the wake of
Mumbai terror strikes, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
has asked senior police officers to convert the challenge into
an opportunity to make the internal security more effective.
The Prime Minister identified terrorism, naxalism and
insurgency in India's North-East as the underlining reasons
which impaired the pace of development.
"Recent events at Mumbai have created a new consensus
to strengthen India's security set up. This challenge can be
converted into an opportunity to make the internal security
set up more effective," he told the Indian Police Service
(IPS) officers of 2007 batch who called on him Thursday
evening.
Asking the young officers to do some introspection,
he said they should create an environment and be active
partners in development.
Singh described internal and external security as the
twin pillars to support the environment that can push
development.
The Prime Minister said that the internal security
set up could be made more effective by streamlining the
systems involving intelligence collection, investigation and
crime.
The Prime Minister identified low police population
ratio in the country as another area that required focused
attention.
Crime against women, older citizens and child abuse
were growing problems and it was imperative to the police set
up to be more aware of their social responsibilities, he said.
Identifying technology as a key contributor to the
enhancement of skills to effectively meet the challenges of
terror attacks, he said this must be combined with a better
understanding of human, scientific and human behaviour and the
underlying social and economic conditions of the population.
The instruments of civil defence must be strengthened
so that the community could be a partner in the quest for a
better and peaceful social environment, he said.
Paying homage to the policemen who made the supreme
sacrifice to protect the country's integrity, he said that the
people owe a debt of gratitude to the police forces. PTI
