EDITORIAL
King and commissar!
No, we are not talking of
the communist factotums who enforced the dictatorship of
the people over the people themselves. Nor of the kings
who seem to have left this earth for good. We are talking
of the dictated democracy that our good neighbor Parvez
Musharraf alone knows what it is about and how it is to
be implemented. And in the process he, of course, cannot
rely upon any one else. So the insistence that he should
be the president as well as the army chief there, for the
full five years of the presidential term, is logical. The
illogical thing in all this is how the army chief, who
had already become an ex-, came to be the only and
exclusive preceptor of that land, people and polity. And,
this is not a slip of a country but a nation of twelve
Crore of men, women and children. The country has a huge
army, too. And it has not only politicians but ideologues
too, who believe that they alone know what good for the
whole world.
But, there is not one in
that heavy force, as can carryout the orders of this
president who alone knows everything from army technology
to political nuances. He himself has to discharge the
hoary duty of directing their democracy from time to
time, presiding over their judiciary and commanding their
army of course. Because, he cannot trust anybody else
there with ‘the future of Pakistan’, this is
himself. Half a century ago, the grand preceptor there
was similarly handicapped; he too had found none
competent enough to carry out his order, to deputize for
him, to stand a second fiddle to him. In a way he too had
staged a coup of sorts against the then dispensation and
got a whole people exclusively to himself. And in devout
imitation, other capables have kept siring in the land
with similar song and sway. Now does that come from a
blind faith, or too much goodness, too much faith, in
themselves that tells people to follow, for they are
thought good for nothing else? The communist
‘kings’ and their commissars did for their
proletariat something very similar.
It is it into such a
freedom that other exclusive capables in this state have
decided to lead the people here. They have decided the
thing, have settled upon the goal and are single minded
in its pursuit. These people rarely ask the people,
rarely entrust them with the power to decide being
convinced that they can’t make a decisions there.
They lead till a more capable one arises, generally from
the ranks but betimes from other walks too, and disposes
off the earlier preceptors for having lost their acumen
and acuity. You could say that that is dictatorship and
its tenet that dictator ‘knows best’, but there
is the obfuscation of the ‘referendums’ and
‘popular will’ being carefully
‘guided’ to this ‘goal’. Incidentally
referendum is what the self-chosen
‘representatives’ of the people here are so
insistent about. Referendums it was that confirmed the
successive headships of Iraq for Saddam Hessian of recent
memory. One wonders why another self-appointed saviors,
Taliban of erstwhile Afghanistan did not have those
referendums confirming their following and acceptance.
Probably, because they did not recognize the rest of the
world, its notions and institutions. But have those
notions, institutions and ways done any good these twelve
Crore Pakistanis? Don’t these very
notions—indeed, the rights and conferments of these
notions—sustain our own exclusivities in their aim
of a dictatorial goal?
Bt cotton
The Central Government has
finally decided not to permit the Genetically Modified Bt
cotton seeds to be used in the northern India. That comes
from the performance of the GM seeds in the south and
western India not being as well as natural unmodified
varieties. Deep down there have been serious misgivings
about the modified seeds and crops even in the developed
countries. Today there are two clear trends in the world.
The technology addicts are pressing for the modified
crops and cultivations while the
‘conservatives’ have not only shifted to the
natural seeds but are insisting on using the traditional
procedures and methods. Thus large tracts of the Western
Europe are producing exclusively natural foods, which do
not even use the fertilizers, the pesticides and other
‘scientific’ inputs. The votaries of
‘organic farming’, as the practice is called,
would dispute the designation ‘conservative’ as
this perception and practice is actually more modern.
Instead, the scientific practice is now ‘old’
enough to be called conservative. Indeed, the tenacity of
some of the scientific adherents is akin to the distrust
for change that the erstwhile conservatives displayed.
Similar was the
backwardness of the radical leftist adherents, before
USSR broke up, Eastern Europe opened and china went in
for innovations. Today the science addicts and
propagators of the technology show the same impatience
with criticism with which the witch doctors met the
allopaths’ invasion in their trade and realm. And,
are using all their collaborators in pressing their case.
Thus a couple of years back when misgivings about Bt
cotton were first aired, a full blast media campaign
highlighting the ‘benefits’ of the new seeds
and practices was mounted. Of course, the benefits were
all of the corporate giants who are producing these seeds
and developing technologies for them. Often they do not
reveal the full picture, or all of their own
apprehensions; those things admitted only after the
claims have actually been disproved. Here our country has
to be particularly wary for there are diverse forces at
work, diverse interests manipulating things. But that
should not be an invitation for proselytizers of another
sort who are pressing their own adamancies upon the
issue. The scientific spirit of true inquiry and healthy
skepticism needs to be protected as much from scientists
as from faddists and ultra modern conservatives.
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Defence
planners must learn some lessons from
Iraq war
By Brig.
(Retd.) S. N. Sachadeva
The issue
that seems to be worrying defence planner
is that could Iraq type warfare be
successfully waged against India? Some of
our people are getting cold feet just
contemplating such an eventuality and
hence this hypothesis needs to be
deliberated. Political and diplomatic
inducements and arguments apart, the two
issues that need examination are our
national strengths and weaknesses and our
ability to fight such wars in the future.
Chancellor
Bismarck of Germany most forcefully
articulated the concept of a nation state
in the 19th century. While the details of
this concept are esoteric and never
clearly articulated, the important
components are the people, culture,
political system, economic strength and
the geography of the nation. Let us
examine these contextually.
India as a
nation state derives its strength from
her people who constitute one sixth of
the world’s population. Their
characteristics of patience and their
meagre requirements are their strengths.
They possess a type of resilience to
hardship, which is unparalleled.
India’s
political system, though full of
infirmities, is far more flexible than an
authoritarian regime and has withstood
the test of time. The venal category of
our political class dishonourably
assisted by a similar category of
Government servants, we hope, will be
weeded out with the ongoing reforms and
with the passage of time. Our political
system is by and large capable of
steering the country to achieve its
security and developmental goals.
India is
an ancient country with a variety of
civilisational influences amalgamating
into mosaic of a highly evolved spiritual
culture, which is the single most
important factor, which binds India
together as a nation state. Our culture
is characterised by tolerance, compassion
and synthesis, which have given us a
unique quality of progression despite
being the most invaded country in the
world. This is what endows our people
with their resilience.
Our
economic strength is growing and if Asia
is where the geo-economic action is going
to be in the 21 st century then India
will be a significant player. With a
burgeoning middle class India will become
one of the largest consumers of the
primary energy in the world.
The
linchpin of our strength is our well
motivated, experienced and well trained
military who may be technologically
inferior to the United States but is a
formidable challenge to any adversary in
the types of terrain, which exist on our
borders. This terrain especially in the
mountains and jungles bestows and confers
significant military advantages to a
defender, which if exploited skilfully
could enfeeble and exhaust an opponent
irrespective of his technological
superiority.
Historically
changes in the nature of warfare have led
to mythical predictions by military
analysts. When the German army achieved
great triumphs and unexpected successes
during the first two years (1941-42) of
World War II, in Russia, by employing the
doctrine of Blitzkrieg (lightening war),
their concept became legendary. It was
not the Germans who promoted the legend
but the British School of Strategic
analysts led by Basil Liddel Hart and
James Fuller. The term Blitzkrieg became
almost a magic word, since it provided
not only a metaphor denoting the tempo
and dimensions of German Army’s
performance but also a means of
expressing helplessness and a conscious
inferiority among the western armies.
Americans created a similar situation
using high technology weapons and by
applying their doctrine of Airland
battle. The Western media employed
‘embedded’ journalists of the
US Armed Forces of building the myth this
time.
It has
taken approximately two weeks to
subjugate Iraq without any significant
military opposition where as students of
military history will remember that on
3rd July 1941, Colonel General Franz
Halder, the German Army, Chief of General
Staff stated that the campaign in Russia
was won within two weeks. The future
events proved how wrong the German
assessment was.
The
current magic spell of high technology
weapons such as Cruise Missiles, B-52 and
Stealth Bombers with Daisy Cutter Bombs,
"Apache’ attack helicopters,
and other precision guided weapons used
both in Afghanistan, and Iraq seems to
have lulled the people into believing
that all wars will now be won through
remote controlled firepower. The truth is
exactly the opposite because if the aim
of all wars is to achieve a lasting peace
then the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
have just begun and the wrath of
alienated nations and antagonised people
will unfold gradually as puppet regimes
fail to fulfil the aspiration of the
people.
The
question that needs to be answered is how
well, are we in India, prepared to fight
such future wars. While there is no need
for alarm and dismay, yet undeniably the
Indian military does require
restructuring and reorienting to meet the
requirements of the future.
Some
specific reforms lie in the areas like
strategic nuclear deterrent with a TRIAD
capability. Missile capability to hit an
opponent in his home base. Higher
capabilities in the intelligence,
surveillance and reconnaissance fields.
Precision targeting with precision
weapons. Higher quality and quantity of
firepower. A military special forces
command to take control of all special
forces. Improved logistics capability for
offensive operations in the mountains and
in the plains and desert sectors. A
larger heliborne and airborne capability
to hasten the tempo of operations.
Information and psychological warfare
capability.
A nation
such as ours, which has constantly faced
threats on its border since Independence
and now faces unknown threats in the
future, needs to establish a national
war-gaming centre to war-game future
scenarios and setting to keep ourselves
prepared at all times. This is a vital
requirement, which must receive urgent
Government attention. INAV
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Terrorism
is again Pakistan's preoccupation
By
Tushar Charan
The
stepped up killings of innocents,
including Kashmiri Pandit families, by
Pakistani terrorists and their hired men
in Jammu and Kashmir no longer looks like
the usual case of increase in such
activities after the snow-bound mountain
passes have opened up. Rather, it could
be a Pakistani strategy to make the best
of world’s-especially
America’s- preoccupation with Iraq
to raise the level of violence in
Kashmir.
For Gen
Parvez Musharraf, the Pakistani dictator
now masquerading as President, it is the
best time to win over the Jehadis and
fundamentalists elements. He wants to let
them know that whatever
"firmness" he had shown towards
them in the aftermath of 9/11 was the
result of pressure but his heart and mind
remains with them.
Indian
intelligence reports say that as many as
3500 terrorists, trained by Pakistan, may
be lurking in Kashmir. Pakistan has set
up five "launch camps in the
Pakistani occupied Kashmir to facilitate
their entry into India. The increased
frequency of shelling by Pakistanis
across the line of control in Kashmir is
a clear sign that Pakistan is trying to
push as many terrorists as it can before
the world again wakes up to its tricks.
Of course,
the world (read the US) is aware of the
games that Pakistan is playing behind the
facade of being the frontline State in
the anti-terrorism war. The
"world" may not have much time
to look at Musharrafs mischief till the
Iraq crisis is blown over-which, much to
Musharraf's delight, may be a long time
away. But aware the "world"
certainly is about the Pakistani
General’s nefarious designs.
"Musharraf is playing a double
game," one Western diplomat in
Pakistan has said. According to the
Sunday times, the same diplomat added:
"He tricked the West, saying
‘Pakistan is plagued by all these
mullabs and jihadis and I’m the only
secular leader who can save you’.
But in fact he’s thriving on these
groups. If they weren’t operating,
why should anyone need him to stay
on?"
The band
of religious and fundamentalist parties
in Pakistan which goes under the brand
name of MMA has been openly giving calls
for volunteers to join training in Jehad
in camps like those of the
Lashkar-e-Toiba in Muridke, near Lahore.
Recruitment for these camps has reached
record levels, if reports in the western
media (which is generally soft towards
Pakistan) are true. The Pakistanis whose
sons are selected for these camps
"celebrate" the event by
distributing sweets! Collecting money for
Jehadis and their activities, allegedly
banned for a period by Musharraf, is
common and collection boxes are
conveniently placed in all shopping
areas. This is "fighting"
terrorism, Pakistani style.
The jehadi
camps in PoK have been put under the
charge of an ISI officer by the name of
Brig Nazir Hussain who functions under
the cover of an ISI front called Refugee
Management Committee. There is apparently
no limit to arms and ammunition that are
supplied to jehadi/terrorists who kill to
pleasure and take pride in carrying out
the inhuman mission of ethnic cleansing
in the Kashmir valley. Soft target, women
and children are the particular
favourites of their guns.
The
jehadis and fundamentalists in Pakistan
basically crave for two things: grab
Kashmir in the east and bring their
fundamentalist brothers back to power in
Afghanistan on the west so that Pakistan
regains its lost "strategic
depth". The Pakistani Army of which
Musharraf is the strongest symbol, fully
shares these objectives of the radical
elements while much of the Pakistani
civil society too has been raised on
dreams of grandeur.
The
British paper, Sunday Times, in its March
30, 2003, issue has a report from its
Islamabad correspondent which questions
the appropriateness of the Pakistani
boast that the arrest of a number of top
Al Qaeda operatives in that country was a
measure of success of Islamabad’s
anti-terrorist efforts.
Western
intelligence agents in Pakistan point out
that the five leading AI Qaeda operatives
arrested in Pakistan over the last one
year were sheltered by local families. A
Pakistan microbiologist is being
questioned for helping AI Qaeda to
develop chemical and biological weapons.
The media leaks about the imminent arrest
of Osama bin Laden was perhaps a
camouflaged warning to the AI Qaeda
leader to remain in his (151-provided?)
shelter. "It is business as
usual" for Pakistani terrorists, the
paper says in its report.
In January
last year, Musharraf had banned many
Jehadi groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba,
Jaish-e-Mohammed and Sipah-i-Sahaba. He
had also ordered arrests of many of their
leaders and asked for an end to
infiltration into Jammu and Kashmir. All
that was done by Musharraf under pressure
from the US and, obviously, an eye on
America’s money.
Of course,
Musharraf got his "rewards"
with millions of dollars written off and
millions given as "fee" for his
joining President George Bush’s
unique war on terrorism m which the
fountainhead of terrorism has been
described as the frontline ally.
Anyway,
most of the men arrested were released
soon after their arrest. The banned
organisations simply changed their names
and addresses and opened new websites.
The recruitment drive for Jehadis and
militants has been re-launched with
renewed vigour for sending them across to
Kashmir and other places wherever the
non-believers have to be fought and
killed.
The US
State Department itself accepts that
Pakistan has not "delivered" on
its promise to "eliminate"
infiltration into Indian territories. But
beyond making some ritualistic references
to this, the American officials are more
keen to make India agree to resume
dialogue with Pakistan, overlooking the
Indian case that there can be no point in
talking to an adversary which will not
give up sponsoring terrorism in India.
A western
diplomat in Islamabad had told the Sunday
Times correspondent that Musharraf was
playing a "double game."
"He tricked the West saying that
Pakistan was plagued by all these Mullabs
and Jehadis and ‘I am the only
secular leader who can save you’.
But in fact he is thriving on these
groups. If they were not operating, why
should anyone need him to stay on?"
Forget for
a moment what the Pakistani killers are
doing in Kashmir and other parts of
India. Most reports from Afghanistan
appear rather pessimistic these days
because the Taliban-ravaged country has
made little headway towards normalcy more
than a year after the ouster of the
Pakistan’s proxy rule through the
Taliban.
Even as
Afghan warlords are yet to be tamed,
Pakistan has begun to mereasingly
interfere, albeit surreptitiously, in the
affairs of the country. Taliban-and AI
Qaeda—elements, who were provided
safe havens in Pakistan when they fled
from Afghanistan in the autumn and winter
of 2001, are regrouping in Pakistan. They
enjoy full backing of the Inter Services
Intelligence of Pakistan which was
shocked to see its grip over Afghanistan
vanish in the wake of events after 9/11.
Insecurity in Afghanistan has increased
and foreigners are being killed
selectively, presumably to see that they
go away to leave the field wide open for
Taliban and their ISI masters.
Islamabad
has been beating its drums loudly,
proclaiming success in fighting terrorism
with the arrest of five top AI Qaeda
operatives in different Pakistani towns.
But instead of success, it shows how
deeply "embedded" the
terrorists are in Pakistan. It is to be
remembered that Musharraf used to
proclaim that the AI Qaeda ring leader,
Osama bin Laden is dead, or if he is
alive he is not in Pakistan. The same
Musharraf now says that it is possible
that bin Laden may be in Pakistan.
Hamid
Karzai, who was chosen by the US to head
the Government in Afghanistan with
Pakistan’s tacit
"approval", may now be getting
weary of his friends in Pakistan.
Officials in Afghanistan do not hesitate
to aver that Pakistan is sponsoring the
Taliban and AI Qaeda movements to try and
destabilise the Afghan Government. Hamid
Karzai says that Pakistan holds the
"key" to solving the problem of
terrorism. He also admits that the
Taliban members are gathering openly.
Where? Well, the whole world knows the
answer to that question.
(Syndicate Features)
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‘Senior
citizen of India’ is anti-India
By B L Kak
Things are hotting
up in Jammu and Kashmir. Heat of the summers is
naturally understandable and understandably
natural. But what is necessary for one to
understand is how unnatural can some Kashmiri
leaders, including self-styled representatives of
the Kashmiri people, be.
A glaring example,
in this connection, is that of the "living
symbol of resistance against India in
Kashmir", Syed Ali Shah Geelani. He accepts
Indian money. He consumes Indian rice and salt.
Not long ago, he filled up forms for obtaining a
passport for himself from the Ministry of
External Affairs in his capacity as "Indian
citizen".
Yet, the grand old
rebel (Geelani) is up in arms against Delhi in
Kashmir. He is back in his "Muslim
Kashmir". Geelani, a known supporter of
Pakistan, was recently released on parole.
He was expecting a
tumultuous welcome from the secessionist lobby,
particularly his right-wing Jamaat-e-Islami. But
heavy rains acted as a dampener to the proposed
reception in his honour in Srinagar on Saturday,
April 26, when he flew in the State’s summer
capital from Delhi.
Geelani,
nonetheless, did it again, in spite of his candid
confession in Delhi that he happened to be a
"senior citizen of India". Obviously
thrilled, after the gap of months, by his
slogan-shouting supporters, Geelani once again
demonstrated his determination to continue and
support the on-going "movement" in
Kashmir.
This
"movement" is basically and potentially
against India. Indeed, the "senior citizen
of India" sought to spread disaffection
against India as he addressed a public meeting
the same day. He made a pointed reference to
Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee’s use
of expressions such as `Insaaniyat’,
`Jhamooriyat’ and `Kashmiriyat’ during
his recent visit to Srinagar and said that he
wished to tell him (Vajpayee) that "it is
India which has trampled humanity and never
respected democracy in Kashmir".
These and other
utterances were not without meaning at a time
when the Centre’s interlocutor on J&K,
NN Vohra, was busy interacting with various
leaders and representatives and groups in
Srinagar. Geelani, for obvious political and
strategic reasons, chose to speak Pakistan’s
language: Kashmir is a disputed territory and
people of Kashmir must be given the right of
self-determination as provided under the UN
resolutions, and allowed to exercise their right.
That was one
important political character, who created
ripples, if not waves, in the none-too-placid
waters of Kashmir. Equally important character,
who also led various political and media circles
to recount certain recent happenings on the
Kashmir scene, was none other than the flamboyant
patron of National Conference (NC) and former
Chief Minister, Farooq Abdullah.
If as the
State’s Chief Minister he, on more than one
occasion, called for a decisive
action—pre-emptive strike, in military
parlance— against Pakistan, the
‘haven’ of and for terrorists, he
became arch rival of the Hurriyat Conference by
denigrating it day in and day out.
"No-talks-with-Hurriyat",
was his familiar refrain until the National
Conference Government was voted out in the 2002
Assembly elections. And Farooq Abdullah
didn’t take long to take a U-turn when he
found a measure of seriousness in the Vajpayee
Government in support of the talk of talks with
Pakistan.
On April 25,
following his meeting with Vajpayee in Delhi,
Farooq accompanied by the Nationalist Congress
Party (NCP) supremo and former Maharashtra Chief
Minister, Sharad Pawar, chose to reiterate his
proposal seeking New Delhi’s support for
sending an all-party delegation to Pakistan on a
goodwill mission.
In fact, during
his meeting with Vajpayee, Farooq told him that
he (Farooq) wanted to head the delegation. Is
Farooq Abdullah trying to convey to his listeners
and others that Pakistan has ignored his earlier
diatribes against them and that Islamabad will
not hesitate to spread out a red carpet if and
when he sets his feet on Pak soil ?
Farooq’s son,
Omar Abdulah, presently going about as the NC
president, too, appeared on the scene by the time
NN Vohra arrived in Srinagar on April 21 to start
his ‘Mission Kashmir’. If Omar
Abdullah’s attempt was to inject a new
element into the situation by forcefully
advocating the need for negotiations with the
Hurriyat Conference, it really bombed.
On April 22, a
six-member NC delegation led by Omar Abdullah met
Vohra and, apart from discussing other issues
including autonomy for J&K, had stressed the
need to involve the Hurriyat Conference and other
militant groups in the process of unconditional
talks. However, a barely a day after this, the
Hurriyat leadership announced its total boycott
of the dialogue process undertaken by Vohra.
The Deputy Prime
Minister, LK Advani, also made news in relation
to Kashmir, even as he, for reasons best known to
him, adopted
‘secrecy-for-the-sake-of-secrecy’
policy when he talked of the effort by some
officers to make the Government direct the
outcome of the 2002 Assembly elections in J&K
in a "certain manner".
It was April 23.
Venue: Rajya Sabha. Occasion: Advani’s reply
to a debate on the working of the Ministry of
Home Affairs (MHA) in the Rajya Sabha.
Even as he told
the House that he would take it into confidence
now that the polls were already over, he chose to
be diplomatic in his reply. He did divulge that
some officers tried to influence the Government
to manipulate the outcome of the elections. But
he kept identity, number and status of the
officers a guarded secret.
Hence, all the
more reason for many in the political class and
officialdom to hazard guesses and waft
speculations.
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Mushrooming
business of private security agencies
By Capt. Pran Ranjan
Prasad
These days one can
find a large number of private security agencies
in almost every city and town.
Since there is no
licencing policy for running these agencies in
our country as such, genuine-ness of these
services providers can't be known to the public
in general.
Neither, there is
a system of grading them on some definite
parameter nor, any evaluation system of their
services.
These agencies are
basically business providers to its owners
(Management) towards monetary profitability.
There is no way one can be sure of the efficiency
of a particular agency viz-a-viz, others because
of various factors. Come what may, no client
could be sure of the quality service of any
particular agency at first hand, therefore they
would have to take chance. Any experience whether
good or bad would still not make any agency
comparable with others unless they too have been
tried.
Because of stiff
competition in this sector there is always a mad
rush by the private security agencies to expand
their business at a fast pace, therefore, they
don't leave any stone unturned in a bid to grab
the opportunity.
There is no dearth
of manpower (ex-servicemen, policemen and
civilians) in our country offering their services
for the guard duties. There is no lie in the fact
that this situation is largely, being exploited
by some agencies. The growth of any private
security agency depends on the strength and
quality of service of their security personnel.
In many cases the recruitment of personal
(Guards) are done only after securing a contract
to meet the desired strength of development.
At times, due to
paucity of time there may not be time for finding
the best but to place the available manpower
hoping to perform well. Can this situation be
conducive to the requirement at all the time ?
Specific training for a particular client may be
desired to be given to the guards. Moreover,
there is no separate band of personnel
regimentalized to work for a particular agency
throughout service life. Thus, they keep on
leaving and joining another private security
agency, at different places due to their own will
or on being fired by its present employer.
Different types of
services are being provided by the private
security agencies ranging from guarding private
and public property, providing personal security
to individual, guarding various installations
etc. etc.
Some of the
agencies give services of specific, specialised
nature for example cash shifting from one place
to another place in a special type of cash van,
lending trained dogs for investigation etc.
Since, these
agencies provide services on a contractual basis,
it is very natural that they try their best to
clinch the succeeding bid also by all means.
Extraneous considerations may not be ruled out in
playing an important role. Monopoly of one agency
in the long run may be highly risky and dangerous
for the particular client. Should there be any
rider for not allowing the old one to continue
and let a new player in for the next period of
contract to avoid monopoly?
General tendency
of any private security agency is to defend its
employee in the event of any adverse happening.
Out of fear of losing its business, such a
situation is not at all in favour of client.
Also, there is no system whereby it can be known
and ensured that any private security agency is
not going to wind up its activity any time if
wishes. Recently a very good move has been
initiated by Delhi Police asking the private
Security agencies to get their personnel's
antecedents verified by police before their
recruitment.
This is certainly
a praiseworthy step initiated by the Law
enforcing agency.
However, if
something more could be done to ensure better and
efficient service to the clients, satisfaction
would make this service more acceptable by a
larger segment of society.
There may be some
system of grading them as per some defined
parameter so as to let the client judge
themselves of their level of service and initiate
tender process accordingly. These parameters
could depend on the strength of officials and
guards, its area of coverage in terms of state
and region, facility of training centre, annual
turn over etc. etc.
The upper level
could be graded as 'A' while the 'B' and 'C'
grade agencies may be allowed to operate as a
franchisee to the Grade 'A' agencies till they
too get upgraded.
However, it should
be ensured while making any legislation that it
should not discourage any one to start any new
private security agency, but should ensure
regulated system of operation.
(The author
is Security Officer, ASI)
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