New Delhi, Sept 15: Close on the heels of the Delhi
serial blasts, President Pratibha Patil will take stock of the
internal security situation of the country with Governors of
all states at a two-day conference beginning in New Delhi on Tuesday.
The focus of the conference, which will also be
participated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and senior
Cabinet Ministers, is to discuss threadbare the internal
security environment of the country with special reference to
Left-wing extremism and insurgency.
The steps taken for police modernisation, the security
scenario along the international borders and related issues,
various aspects of bilateral relations with India's
neighbouring countries will also come up for discussions,
official sources said.
The meeting bears significance in view of the fact that
it comes just three days after the Delhi serial blasts, which
so far claimed 24 lives, and weeks after Amarnath land row.
Issues relating to climate change and sustainable
development in India's context, the Indian agricultural
scenario and food security, current economic situation and
strategy for price stability will be discussed at the two-day
conference.
Rural development related matter with special reference
to employment, drinking water and sanitation, the strategy for
promotion of gender equality, gender budgeting, implementation
of women's empowerment programmes and combating social evils
are other subjects which will come up for review.
The role of Governors in the context of administration
of Scheduled and tribal areas and as Chancellors in the
development of higher education, administration of welfare
schemes for ex-servicemen and war widow, issues of pension
benefits are the other agenda items to be deliberated upon in
the two-conference.
Bureau Report
