Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a high-level meeting on Friday, July 19, with various heads of security and law enforcement agencies to review functioning of the Multi Agency Centre (MAC) of IB, which is responsible for tackling security challenges in the country. The meeting took place in New Delhi, in which Shah emphasized that MAC must continue to work 24×7 as a platform for pro-active and real time sharing of actionable intelligence, among various stakeholders, including last mile responders.
Further, the home minister stressed upon greater synergy between all the agencies to dismantle the terror networks and their supporting eco-system, to address the evolving security threat scenario of the country. It was also focused on constituting a team of young, technically proficient, and passionate officers, drawn from all agencies involved in national security, to dismantle the terror ecosystem utilising Big Data and AI/ML driven analytics and technological advancements.
‘In the face of new and emerging security challenges, we must always be one step ahead in our responses.’, said Shah.
Mentioning how under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the MAC framework is poised to undergo a major technical and operational revamp, to increase its reach and effectiveness, the home minister instructed the various heads of security agencies from across the country, and other Intelligence and Enforcement agencies to adopt a whole-of-the government approach towards national security.
