In a veiled reference to the news reports about snooping by the National Security Agency of the US, the Prime Minister said, “I think there is a vast scope for improvement in our present capabilities in this area (cyber security).
“Apart from finding technological solutions, we must also concentrate on designing our processes in a manner such that our vulnerability to cyber attacks is minimised.”
The Prime Minister also drew attention towards growing challenges of policing in metropolitan areas in view of rapid urbanisation being witnessed in the past few decades which will further accelerate in the future.
“Factors like the anonymity offered in the urban landscape, individualistic lifestyles and floating populations make the detection of metropolitan crimes difficult and, therefore, we need special techniques to tackle this growing menace,” he said and emphasised on community policing which helps in the prevention and detection of crimes.
“I urge you to intensify efforts towards promoting and institutionalising community policing initiatives,” he said.
On the Left wing extremism, he complimented the security forces for successful completion of polls in Chhattisgarh and said “the high voting percentage that was witnessed in these areas clearly underlines the faith of the local population in processes of our functioning democracy.
