Union Home Minister Amit Shah emphasized the need for India’s security policy to address emerging global challenges, including geopolitical instability, energy and resource insecurity, supply chain disruptions, rising radicalisation, and cyber misinformation campaigns. Speaking at the Intelligence Bureau’s National Security Strategy Conference, Mr. Shah urged security agencies to anticipate threats before they become major crises.
Mr. Shah shared his vision for a four-pronged border security strategy, which he had discussed with land-border States over the past eight months. He stated that the government aims to make the country ‘infiltrator-free’ in a short period, citing the threats posed by illegal immigrants to national security, the economy, and demographic balance. Mr. Shah emphasized that only citizens of the country have the right to live here, saying ‘this country is not a dharamshala.’
The Home Minister linked national security with the government’s long-term development agenda, stating that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s goal of making India a developed nation by 2047 can only be achieved with strong internal security. He emphasized the need to identify challenges in advance and destroy them before they become major problems, calling for the creation of an ecosystem capable of delivering a secure, infiltrator-free, and narcotics-free India.
Mr. Shah highlighted the government’s successes in overcoming challenges posed by internal security hotspots, crediting State police forces, Central agencies, and the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) for the achievement. He also announced the implementation of three new criminal laws, which he claimed would enable criminal cases to be disposed of up to the Supreme Court level within three years and increase conviction rates by 25%.
The Home Minister called for taking the anti-terror framework ‘Prahar’ from a policy document to everyday practice and urged agencies to dismantle ‘360-degree terrorist networks.’ He also asked State police forces to implement the Narcotics Control Vision Document 2026-2029 and work on the three pillars of ‘Detect, Disrupt and Destroy’ to achieve the goal of a drug-free India. Mr. Shah emphasized the role of technology in policing, highlighting the creation of integrated databases and the need for young officers to use artificial intelligence to generate actionable intelligence and prevent future threats.
