PM Modi to Chair First-Ever CAPF Conference for Integrated Internal Security Strategy

Overview

The high level conference of Central Armed Police Forces will be chaired by Narendra Modi in the first of its kind to reinforce the internal security architecture of India. The program intends to take the best leadership of different forces to a unified platform to enhance coordination and strategy and reaction to emerging threats.

The Conference was important because it discussed the issues of the Cold War.

This conference is the beginning of a structural change towards integrated security management. It will be the first time that leadership in CAPFs will discuss national security priorities together. The shift is indicative of the necessity of coordinated responses with threats becoming more complex, technology-based, and interconnected.

Key Focus Areas

The conference will cover the wide range of internal security issues:

• Left-Wing Extremism and insurgency.
• Cyber threats and cyber crimes.
• Border security and infiltration.
• New hybrid and asymmetric threats.

This underscores the shift towards a more modern and technology-based security model.

Strengthening Intelligence Coordination

One of the key aims is to enhance the synergy between the CAPFs and the intelligence agencies and the state police forces. Improved intelligence sharing systems, combined operations and expedited decision making are some of the anticipated results. The Intelligence Bureau has been busy collecting inputs to facilitate viable and practical discussions.

CAPFs role in Internal Security.

CAPFs work under the Ministry of Home Affairs and consist of forces:

• CRPF (internal security and counter-insurgency)
• BSF (border guarding)
• CISF (industrial security)
• Indo-China border security (ITBP).
• SSB (Indo-Nepal and Indo-Bhutan borders)

They are very important in ensuring stability in an internal and protecting national borders.

Exam-Focused Key Points

• The PM Modi chaired the first-ever CAPF leadership conference.
• Concentrate on combined internal security plan.
• Addresses threats: LWE, cybercrime, border security.
• Focus on sharing of intelligence and combined operations.
• CAPFs function under Ministry of Home Affairs.

MCQs

Q1. CAPFs are operated under what ministry?
A. Ministry of Defence.
B. Ministry of Home Affairs.
C. Ministry of External Affairs.
D. Ministry of Health.

Answer: B
Description CAPFs are subordinate to the Ministry of Home Affairs and deal with domestic security, border control, and anti-terrorism.

Q2. Which one of the following is not a Central Armed Police Force?
A. CRPF
B. BSF
C. Indian Army
D. CISF