Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation addresses inaugural session of two-day 'Anti-Terrorism Conference-2024' in New Delhi

          Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah addressed the inaugural session of the two-day 'Anti-Terrorism Conference-2024' organized by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in New Delhi today. Union Home Minister unveiled the motto of NIA, released the SoP for UAPA investigations and facilitated 11 medal winners from the NIA. Several dignitaries were present, including Union Home Secretary, Shri Govind Mohan, Director, Intelligence Bureau (IB Shri Tapan Kumar Deka,), Deputy National Security Advisor, Shri Pankaj Singh, and NIA Director General, Shri Sadanand Vasant Date were present on the occasion. The conference is being attended by senior Police Officers from States/UTs, Officers from Central Agencies/Departments dealing with issues related to Counter Terrorism and experts from related fields such as law, forensics, technology etc.

     Addressing the conference, Union Home Minister said that NIA is not just an investigating agency and under its aegis, anti-terrorist activities across the country should be compiled and promoted and measures should be taken so that the investigating agency stands firmly in the court and the anti-terror mechanism is strengthened.

    Shri Amit Shah said that 11 medal winners have also been felicitated today. He said that in the 75 years since India's independence, 36,468 policemen have made supreme sacrifice for internal security and protection of borders to maintain the security of the country.

     Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation said that in the 10 years since Shri Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister in 2014, the Government of India has moved ahead with a concrete strategy against terrorism. He said that Modi ji's slogan of 'Zero Tolerance against Terrorism' has been accepted not only by India but by the entire world. In the last 10 years, a strong 'ecosystem' has been built in India to combat terrorism. Shri Shah added that although much remains to be done, but if we take an overview of the work done over the past 10 years, it can be considered satisfactory. Home Minister also announced that the Ministry of Home Affairs will soon introduce a National Counter-Terrorism Policy & Strategy to fight terrorism, terrorists, and the entire ecosystem supporting them.