Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the All India Conference of Director-Generals and Inspector-Generals of Police 2023 at the Rajasthan International Centre in Jaipur on 6th-7th January, the Prime Minister’s Office said on Thursday.

The conference, beginning on Friday, will deliberate on the road map for implementation of the recently enacted new criminal laws.

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It will also discuss a wide range of policing and internal security issues like cybercrime, technology in policing, counterterrorism challenges, Left Wing Extremism, and prison reforms.

The other items on its agenda are futuristic themes in policing and security like challenges posed by new technologies such as AI, Deepfake, etc., and ways to deal with them.

The conference provides an opportunity to identify tangible action points and monitoring of their progress, presented before the Prime Minister every year.

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 Union Territories under each of the themes will be presented at the Conference so that the States can learn from each other.

Since 2014, the Prime Minister has taken a keen interest in the DGPs’ conference. Unlike the symbolic presence of Prime Ministers earlier, he sits through all major sessions of the conference.

The Prime Minister not only listens patiently to all inputs but also encourages free and informal discussions so that new ideas can come up. This year’s conference has also planned free-flowing thematic discussions over breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

This will provide an opportunity for senior police officials to share their views and recommendations on key policing and internal security issues affecting the country with the Prime Minister.

Modi has encouraged the organisation of annual DGP conferences nationwide since 2014. 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; IISER, Pune in 2019; at Police Headquarters, Lucknow in 2021; and at the National Agricultural Science Complex, PUSA, Delhi in 2023. Continuing with this tradition, the conference is being organised in Jaipur this year.

The conference will be attended by Home Minister Amit Shah, National Security Adviser, Minister of State for Home Affairs, Cabinet Secretary, senior officials of the Government of India, DGPs of States/UTs and Heads of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Central Police Organizations, among others.