Policing In India

Urgent need to transform public perception of police: PM Modi at DGPs' meet

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called upon police chiefs of the country to adopt innovative strategies for integrating uninhabited islands and make effective use of artificial intelligence and NATGRID database to generate actionable intelligence. In his address at the 60th edition of conference of DGPs and IGPs here, Modi said there was urgent need to transform public perception of the police, particularly among the youth, by enhancing professionalism, sensitivity, and responsiveness. He said there is a need to establish mechanisms for the regular monitoring of banned outfits and ensuring the holistic development of areas freed from Naxals. "Prime Minister directed State and UT Police and the wider administration to adopt innovative strategies for integrating uninhabited islands, make effective use of databases integrated under NATGRID, and link these systems through Artificial Intelligence to generate actionable intelligence," a government statement said. The prime ministe

Updated On: 30 Nov 2025 | 7:08 PM IST

Comprehensive strategy a must to tackle drug abuse, says PM Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said tackling drug abuse requires a "whole-of-government" approach that integrates enforcement, rehabilitation, and community-level intervention. He also stressed the urgent need to transform public perception of police, particularly among the youth, by enhancing professionalism and sensitivity, and strengthening urban and tourist policing. Addressing the 60th All India Conference of Director Generals/Inspector Generals of Police at the Indian Institute of Management Raipur on the concluding day, the prime minister called for regular monitoring of banned organisations, holistic development of areas freed from Left Wing Extremism, and the adoption of innovative models to strengthen coastal security. He called for strengthening urban policing, revitalising tourist police units, and increasing public awareness about the newly-enacted Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, and Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, which replaced the ...

Updated On: 30 Nov 2025 | 6:40 PM IST

Laws framed today will further strengthen India of tomorrow: PM Modi

'Today's economic policies of India will form the basis of tomorrow's bright India. The laws being made in India today will further strengthen tomorrow's bright India,' the prime minister said

Updated On: 28 Jan 2024 | 5:47 PM IST

Emulating China: India seeks to adopt facial recognition system for police

The government says the move is designed to help one of the world's most understaffed police forces, which has one officer for every 724 citizens

Updated On: 20 Sep 2019 | 7:57 AM IST

Sorry state of policing

Inadequate infrastructure is not the only problem

Updated On: 04 Sep 2019 | 12:26 AM IST

Fear of police least among upper caste Hindus, Muslims, most among Sikhs

Among Hindus, 18% of scheduled caste (SC) respondents reported being the most fearful of police

Updated On: 11 Jun 2018 | 8:45 AM IST

India needs fair and unbiased policing; it remains a distant dream

The report 'Status of Policing in India 2018' draw a clear-eyed composite of what the police are equipped to do, how well they do it and how the public sees it.

Updated On: 05 Jun 2018 | 10:10 AM IST