Prime Minister Narendar Modi's - One Nation, One Uniform future Chintan Shivir

Be it cybercrime or the usage of drone technology for the smuggling of weapons or drugs, we will have to keep working on new technology to prevent such crimes - Narendar Modi

Prime Minister Narendar Modi on Friday while addressing the Chintan Shivir proposed One Nation, One Uniform claiming "The ‘One Nation, One Uniform’ for police is just an idea. I am not trying to impose it on you. Just give it a thought. It may happen, it may happen in 5, 50, or 100 years. Just think over it".

Addressing the dynamics of changing criminal environment addressed that borders exist for law enforcement and not criminals. He said,"Law and order is not restricted to one state now. Crime is turning interstate and also international. With technology, criminals now have the power to commit crimes from beyond our borders. As such, coordination between agencies of all states and the Centre is crucial".

Narendar Modi appreciated the development and advancements in technology, while they have been developed with good intentions, criminals will misuse them to the fullest extent. He said, “We have entered the 5G era and with it, there will be be manifold improvement in facial recognition technology, automatic number plate recognition technology, drone and CCTV technology. We will have to be ten steps ahead of criminals". He further added. "Be it cybercrime or the usage of drone technology for the smuggling of weapons or drugs, we will have to keep working on new technology to prevent such crimes - Narendar Modi".

He further urged the states to update their laws as per the dynamic scenario and cooperate with inter state agencies and be transparent with other states.