According to official sources, DGPs of states and union territories, heads of central armed police forces and central police organizations will be present in Lucknow, while the rest will participate virtually from 37 different locations through the respective IB and SIB headquarters. Various issues including cyber crime, data governance, counter-terrorism challenges, left-wing extremism, emerging trends in drug trafficking and prison reforms will be discussed in the conference.
The DGP, who has been the Prime Minister for seven consecutive years, attends the conference.
PM Modi is not only attending the DGP conference continuously since 2014 but is also taking keen interest. Where earlier the Prime Minister had a symbolic presence, now he participates in all the sessions of the conference.
Earlier this conference was organized in Delhi itself but since 2014 it is being organized in different states of the country. This conference was organized virtually in 2020 due to Corona. DGP conferences have been held in Guwahati in 2014, Kutch in 2015, National Police Academy Hyderabad in 2016, BSF Academy Tekanpur in 2017, Kevadia in 2018 and Pune in 2019. This time its stop is Lucknow.