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Prime Minister emphasizes modernizing policing via technological upgrades, reforms, research, and a whole-of-government approach to tackle evolving crimes and workforce shortages.

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Key Challenges Concerning the Police in India

  • New forms of crime: Including the white-collar crimes like bribery and corruption, evasion of taxes, violation of fiscal laws etc., along with modern technological use like Artificial Intelligence. 
  • Inadequate infrastructural facilities: Absence of adequate transport and communication network, modern weaponry, and need based training, etc. 
  • Shortage of Workforce: Ratio of police personnel per lakh persons is 152.80 as against the sanctioned strength of 196.23 (as on January 2022 based on Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D) data). 

Measures Needed for Modernizing Police

  • Innovative Strategies:  Effective use of databases integrated under NATGRID through Artificial Intelligence to generate actionable intelligence. 
  • Research Encouraging universities and academic institutions to undertake case studies on the use of forensics in police investigations, etc. 
  • Whole of the Government Approach: Bringing enforcement, rehabilitation, and community-level intervention. 
  • Administrative Reforms: As suggested by Supreme Court in Prakash Singh case (2006) including fixing the tenure and selection of the DGP, absence of political interference, etc., to be observed in full spirit. 

Measures taken Reforming Police in India

  • Scheme: Assistance to States & UTs for Modernization of Police (ASUMP) scheme aiming to equip Police Forces adequately with the required modern technology.  
  • Legislative Reforms: New criminal laws like Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita 2023 (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 (BNSS) and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 (BSA). 
  • SMART Policing Initiatives: Like Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS), etc. 
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