New Delhi, May 16: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said Operation Sindoor was a reflection of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s firm political will, precise intelligence gathering by various agencies and unmatched strike capability of the country’s armed forces.
“Operation Sindoor is a unique symbol of the firm political will of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accurate information of intelligence agencies, and the infallible strike capability of our three armed forces. India is proud of its three armed forces, the Border Security Force, and all security agencies,” he said during the inauguration of an upgraded multi-agency centre in Delhi for intelligence sharing among various agencies.
Under Operation Sindoor, India carried out precision strikes on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir early on May 7 in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.
India and Pakistan agreed on May 10 to stop military actions. India has, however, made it clear it has merely paused its operation and its future actions will be guided by Pakistan’s conduct.
Earlier, Shah inaugurated the new Multi Agency Centre (MAC) at North Block in New Delhi today. Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the new MAC will provide a seamless and integrated platform for synergising the efforts of all the agencies in addressing the complex and interconnected national security challenges being faced in today’s environment. He expressed hope that this new network will strengthen the country’s efforts to tackle serious threats like terrorism, extremism, organised crime, and cyber attacks.
Amit Shah lauded the new MAC network and expressed satisfaction at the successful completion of hardware and software-related tasks in record time. He said that it incorporates futuristic capabilities such as embedded AI/ML techniques to harness the potential of the vast database with MAC and GIS services. He also laid the future roadmap by emphasising the need to integrate other significant databases housed with different central agencies in different silos, on this platform for leveraging the advanced data analytics made available with new MAC. Shah said that this new network is expected to elevate the quality of data analytics generated on the MAC network to a higher level, enabling accurate trend analysis, hotspot mapping, and timeline analysis to give predictive and operational outcomes. The new MAC will go a long way in combating the terror ecosystem, having intricate linkages with organised crime.
As India’s foremost intelligence fusion centre, the Multi Agency Centre (MAC) has been in existence since 2001, and the Union Home Minister has been actively guiding the technological upgradation of MAC continuously. Housed with the Intelligence Bureau, the new MAC has connected all the intelligence, security, law enforcement, and investigative agencies. Executed at a cost of over 500 Crores, the new MAC network has undergone both qualitative and quantitative transformation. The new MAC network spanning the length and breadth of the country has woven in the country’s Island territories, insurgency-affected areas, and mountainous high-altitude terrain, ensuring last-mile connectivity down to the level of district SPs in the remotest areas with a fast and standalone secure network.
On anti-Naxal operations conducted by Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) in Karregattalu Hills (KGH) at the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border recently, the Union Home Minister said that these historic operations against Naxalites demonstrate the excellent coordination between our security forces. Shah said that similar coordination was also seen during Operation Sindoor, which shows that there is very good coordination in the process and thinking of our intelligence agencies and the three armed forces in carrying out the work.