 Agencies
New Delhi, May 22: Minister of State in PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today convened a meeting of Senior Intelligence Officers of Government of India and security experts to discuss new innovative security initiatives which could be undertaken in the Northeast with a view to successfully accomplish the development plans and projects in the region.
The meeting, among others, was attended by National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, Chairman, Joint Intelligence Committee R.N.Ravi, Director Intelligence Bureau Dineshwar Sharma, Ex.DG, BSF E.N.Rammohan, Ex.DG, ITBP& CRPF Vikram Srivastava, Dr.Satyapal Singh, IPS (Retd.) Member of Parliament and Vishnu Dayal Sharma, IPS (Retd.) Member of Parliament. Dr Jitendra Singh said, the idea to hold such meetings was inspired by the realization that developmental works undertaken by the Government of India in Northeast could achieve their optimum utility and progress only in the presence of compatible security environment.
There were certain issues and problems peculiar to Northeast, said Dr Jitendra Singh, and therefore these required to be dealt with exclusively. He referred to a number of suggestions which had emerged in relation to improving the security scenario in the region. These included the suggestion for modernisation of police as well as "Police modernisation grant" for Northeastern States and redeployment in the region of the existing forces like Assam Rifles and ITBP. |
