New Delhi: A first-ever leadership conference for Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) officers chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to take place in Delhi in May to discuss emerging internal security challenges, official sources said on Friday.
The proposed two-day conference was mooted considering India’s “evolving and dynamic” homeland security challenges and the “vital” role played by the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
Sources told PTI that the Intelligence Bureau (IB) is coordinating the planning and execution of the conference, and it may become an annual event, similar to the Directors General and Inspectors General of police conference attended by officers from the states and the CAPFs.
The CAPFs leadership conference is expected to take place in May and the senior leadership of these forces, including Indian Police Service (IPS) and CAPF cadre officers, will be part of it. The final modalities and agenda for the conference are a work in progress, the sources said.
The MHA and CAPFs are coordinating with the IB for the proposed event, they said.
Apart from the PM, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, NSA Ajit Doval and chiefs of intelligence agencies are expected to take part in the proposed conference.
India has five CAPFs — Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) — with a combined manpower of about 10 lakh personnel.
These forces perform various internal security duties, including border guarding, protecting vital installations, assisting states in maintaining law and order, and providing VIP security, in addition to undertaking counter-insurgency and counter-terrorist operations.
Sources said the conference aims to provide a “unified” platform for the top leadership of the CAPFs to find and discuss ideas and ways to counter various internal security threats, besides “synchronising” their efforts with sister agencies and state police forces.
The meeting will also devise ways to “firm up” the response of the CAPFs regarding national security.
Sources said the agenda being prepared also aims to include discussions on policy and execution issues and challenges.
The meeting occurs against the backdrop of the Centre recently passing the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Act, 2026.
While the government stated that the Act seeks to create a unified legal framework, governing the service conditions of personnel across the CAPFs, the cadre officers protested and termed it “oppressive”. They claimed that they will continue to stagnate in their current ranks if IPS deputations are not curtailed as directed by the Supreme Court in an order issued last year.
