POLICE MODERNISATION: AN URGENT NEED OF THE HOUR

India is facing many internal security threats, and it is time to reshape the strategic dynamics by modernising the police forces.

Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), or paramilitary forces in public parlance as well as state police forces, have always been considered a critical part of India's internal security mechanism, without which wars against anti-national elements can't be taken to a logical conclusion and socio-political order in the country can't be maintained. While the three branches of the Indian armed forces (army, navy and air force) are expected to counter external security threats at the border, paramilitary organisations such as Assam Rifles, Border Security Force (BSF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), IndoTibetan Border Police (ITBP), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), and special forces like National Security Guard (NSG), along with state police units, are expected to reign in internal sub-conventional level threats emanating from isolated pockets and closely guard the nation's vital strategic installations from enemies. It goes without saying that these troopers need better weapons, along with cutting-edge communication gadgets, to live up to the best of national leadership's expectations.

Replacing old assault rifles