At today’s session, representatives from academia and management such as the director of IIM Bangalore, Prakash G. Apte, talked about separating investigation from law and order, providing better infrastructure to police stations and increasing the pay and allowances of the constable,the most important member of the force.

Based on the inputs received from various experts, a paper with the formal structure, goals, objectives and methodology of the mission will now be framed for the government’s consideration.

The home ministry has formed a steering Group to identify the goals and role of the mission as well as delineate a roadmap and set milestones.

The executive committee will work out the details of the implementation methodology.

Under the mission, there will be seven smaller ones to examine infrastructure, community policing, communication, Information technology, methodology of investigation and future problems likely to be faced by the police.

The home secretary, national security adviser, director of the Intelligence Bureau, director-general of the Confederation of Indian Industry, scientific adviser to defence minister, director-general of the Bureau of Police Research and Development, CBI director and the directors-general of the CRPF and of the police forces of several states attended the meeting.