Amit Shah chairs review meeting on West Bengal’s law and order situation in Kolkata; directs security, women safety, and policing reforms
Union Home Ministry review in Kolkata focuses on police modernisation, women’s safety, anti-narcotics measures, terrorism cases, and flood management in West Bengal
- Public order and police are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule, so State police capacity remains central to law-and-order outcomes.
- The Union Home Ministry can coordinate with a State government on terrorism, narcotics control, women’s safety, and cyber preparedness without taking over the State’s police mandate.
- The West Bengal police system was asked to focus on cadre review, vacancy filling, training capacity, and reduced dependence on civic volunteers.
The Union Home Minister reviewed the law-and-order situation in West Bengal in Kolkata and directed a package of measures on policing, internal security, women’s safety, and disaster preparedness. The meeting is relevant for UPSC because it brings together Centre-State coordination, internal security institutions, and governance reforms in one setting.
What was decided
The Union Home Minister instructed the West Bengal government on several operational steps. These included a Women Outreach Programme for rural women, creation of specialised police and security capacities, review of terrorism-related cases, removal of illegal encroachments on government land in border areas, and a flood management plan for Kolkata.
UPSC may ask how policing capacity, specialised investigation units, women’s safety outreach, anti-drug coordination, and flood preparedness fit together in a State’s internal-security architecture and Centre-State relations.
