New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address Chintan Shivir of Home Ministers of states on Friday (28 October) at around 10:30 AM via video conferencing, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement on Wednesday.

“Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will address Chintan Shivir of Home Ministers of states on 28th October 2022 at around 10:30 AM via video conferencing. The Chintan Shivir is being held at Surajkund, Haryana on 27th & 28th October, 2022,” a PMO statement reads.

Home secretaries and director general of police (DGPs) of the states and director generals of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Central Police Organisations (CPOs) will also attend the Chintan Shivir.

The Prime Minister’s Office said the exercise is an endeavour to provide a national perspective to policy formulation on internal security-related matters in accordance with the ‘Panch Pran’ (five pledges) announced by the prime minister in his Independence Day speech.

The Shivir, in the spirit of cooperative federalism, will bring more synergy in planning and coordination between various stakeholders at the centre and state levels, the statement said.

It will deliberate on issues like modernisation of police forces, cybercrime management, increased use of information technology in the criminal justice system, land border management, coastal security, women’s safety, and drug trafficking among others.