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Asserting that assemblage information strengthens nationalist security, President Droupadi Murmu connected Tuesday (December 23, 2025) said radical request not beryllium passive observers of what happens astir them and termed "Jan Bhagidari" arsenic the cornerstone of people-centric security.
Addressing an lawsuit organised by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) here, she besides said that societal media has transformed the satellite of accusation and communication, and it has the imaginable for some instauration and destruction.
"Protecting radical from misinformation is simply a precise challenging task. This task indispensable beryllium carried retired continuously and precise effectively. There is simply a request to make a assemblage of progressive societal media users who consistently contiguous fact-based narratives successful the nationalist interest," Ms. Murmu said.
She said determination are galore examples of alert citizens helping nonrecreational forces with their inputs successful averting information crises. "People request not beryllium passive observers of what happens astir them. They should go alert and progressive partners successful the information of their ain surroundings and besides of regions beyond it. 'Jan Bhagidari' is the cornerstone of people-centric security," she said.
Ms. Murmu said that owed to legacy-burden carried implicit from the pre-Independence period, immoderate radical whitethorn consciousness a consciousness of region with respect to authorities servants successful wide and constabulary forces successful particular.
"In developed societies and countries, radical mostly look astatine constabulary unit arsenic a affable idiosyncratic who tin beryllium trusted for help. Our civilian constabulary and interior information agencies person to enactment with the tone of serving the people," she said.
The President was addressing the IB centenary endowment lecture connected the taxable 'People-Centric National Security: Community Participation successful Building Viksit Bharat'.
The lawsuit was attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar, Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan and IB main Tapan Kumar Deka, among others.
Noting that the state has launched an effectual run against the cause menace done nationalist participation, Ms. Murmu said akin efforts should beryllium made to tackle the occupation of radicalism.
She said that the astir analyzable challenges to nationalist information are non-traditional and integer successful nature.
"Most of these problems originate from cutting-edge technologies. In this context, determination is simply a request to make technologically competent communities. The increasing occupation of integer fraud requires vigilance astatine the household, organization and assemblage levels," Ms. Murmu said.
She said integer platforms tin empower citizens to study phishing, integer fraud and online abuse.
"They tin supply real-time information to applicable agencies. By analysing specified real-time data, predictive policing models tin beryllium developed. Vigilant and competent communities of citizens volition not lone beryllium little susceptible to cybercrimes but volition besides enactment arsenic a firewall against specified crimes," the President said.
Ms. Murmu said that by placing national payment and nationalist information astatine the bosom of our strategy, we tin empower our citizens to go effectual sources of quality and security.
"This transformation, driven by nationalist participation, volition assistance code the complex, multifaceted information challenges of the 21st century," she said, adding that done nationalist participation, "we volition each determination rapidly towards gathering a vigilant, peaceful, unafraid and prosperous India".
She said that tensions successful the borderline areas, coercion and militancy, insurgency and communal radicalisation person been accepted areas of information concern.
Ms. Murmu said the country's interior information script is besides affected by planetary developments. "The satellite is witnessing geo-political tensions, economical volatility and commercialized disruptions. These phenomena besides person implications for interior security. Many of our information threats are unsocial to our nationalist context. In specified situations, our solutions indispensable beryllium tailored to code our circumstantial concerns. Community engagement holds the cardinal to resolving specified situations," she said.
The President said that adverse effects of clime alteration connected constricted earthy resources summation the imaginable for struggle among people.
"This is besides a origin for information concern. Therefore, determination is simply a request to beforehand nationalist information successful biology protection," she said. Ms. Murmu besides congratulated the information agencies for their determination to eradicate left-wing-extremism by March 31, 2026.
"Earlier, left-wing-extremism was acknowledged arsenic the 'biggest interior information challenge'. Left-wing-extremism is present adjacent to full eradication. In 2014, arsenic galore arsenic 126 districts were Naxal-affected. Now lone 11 districts stay affected. Today, lone 3 districts stay successful the class of most-affected districts," she said.
Ms. Murmu said she was assured that done nationalist participation, "we each volition determination forward" rapidly towards gathering a vigilant, peaceful, harmless and a prosperous India.
