3 days DGP, IG conference from today

     New Delhi, January 20, 2023: Three days All India conference of Director Generals and Inspector Generals of Police began from today, which will be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and union Home Minister Amit Shah among others.

     The three day conference, being held from January 20 to 22, 2023, will be in a hybrid format, official sources said adding National Security Adviser Ajit Doval will also interact with the chief of various police organisations.

     About 100 invitees, including DGP of States and Union Territories and Heads of Central Armed Police Forces and Central Police Organisations will attend the Conference physically, while the remaining invitees will participate virtually from across the country.

     The conference will discuss a wide range of issues, including Cyber Crime, Technology in Policing, Counter Terrorism challenges, Left Wing Extremism, capacity building, Prison Reforms, among others.

      The conference is the culmination of extensive deliberations involving police and intelligence officers from district, state and national levels on identified themes.

     Best practices from States and UTs under each of the themes will be presented at the Conference so that States can learn from each other.

     Prime Minister Modi has encouraged the organisation of annual DGP conferences all across the country since 2014.

     For the first time the conference was organised at Guwahati in 2014; Dhordo, Rann of Kutch in 2015; National Police Academy, Hyderabad in 2016; BSF Academy, Tekanpur in 2017; Kevadiya in 2018; and IISER, Pune in 2019 and at Police Headquarters, Lucknow in 2021.

      This time it is being organised at the National Agricultural Science Complex, PUSA, New Delhi.