Home Minister Amit Shah Chairs High-Level Meet with Intelligence Agencies

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Chaired a high-level security meeting on Thursday with various heads of security and law enforcement agencies to review the functioning of the Multi-Agency Centre (MAC) of IB, responsible for tackling security challenges in the country, in New Delhi, the Ministry of Home Affairs informed.

The meeting will play a crucial role as the current government plans to get the MAC framework poised to undergo a major technical and operational revamp to increase its reach and effectiveness.  

According to a circular released by PIB, the Home Minister emphasized that the MAC must operate 24/7 to enable real-time, actionable intelligence sharing among all stakeholders, including first responders.

He also stressed the need to form a team of young, tech-savvy officers from various national security agencies to use Big Data, AI, and ML to dismantle the terror ecosystem.

In the face of new security challenges, he stated that we must always stay one step ahead in our responses, according to the notification.

While reviewing the overall internal security situation in the country and the fight against terrorism; Home Minister impressed upon all the participants to increase engagement in the Multi Agency Centre and make it into a cohesive platform that brings together all the law enforcement agencies, anti-drug agencies, cyber security and intelligence agencies, for decisive and prompt action.

Home Minister emphasized that MAC has earned the trust of its constituents and it must continue to work 24X7 as a platform for pro-active and real-time sharing of actionable intelligence, amongst various stakeholders, including last-mile responders.

During the meeting, Union Home Minister also stressed on constituting a team of young, technically proficient and passionate officers drawn from all agencies involved in National Security to dismantle the terror ecosystem utilizing Big Data and Al/ML driven analytics and technological advancements. He reiterated that in the face of new and emerging security challenges, we must always be one step ahead in our responses.

Home Minister also informed that under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the MAC framework was poised to undergo a major technical and operational revamp to increase its reach and effectiveness.  He exhorted all the stakeholders to bolster these efforts further through prompt responses and aggressive follow up of shared inputs.