(a) whether the government has organized any meeting of the officers of Inter-State apex
department of intelligence/crime research to strengthen the Police intelligence agencies;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the effective steps taken by the Government in this respect?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI SRIPRAKASH JAISWAL)
(a) & (b): The Ministry has not organized any such meeting. However, strengthening of
intelligence machinery at the Centre and in the States is a continuous process.
(c): In order to optimize intelligence generation and flow as also coordination between
multifarious agencies at the Centre and in the States in the field of counter terrorism,
institutional mechanisms have been set up. The States have been advised to take concrete
steps and earmark upto 5% of their annual total allocations under the Scheme for Modernization
of State Police Forces (MPF) towards strengthening of their Special Branches.