New Delhi: Steps were being taken to make the country completely free of infiltration, Union home minister Amit Shah has said.
“Earlier problems were permanent and solutions temporary. The present government is striking at the roots of the problems and making solutions permanent,” he said at the Land Border District Superintendents of Police Conference 2026 on Thursday.
The 1,610 km India-Myanmar border is being fenced at a cost of Rs 31,000 crore, the minister said, cautioning against demographic changes in border areas.
The country’s border security system, built around the Centre’s smart border vision would become the most modern in the world in the coming years, Shah said, calling for a shift from isolated border outposts to an integrated security grid, as reported by The Indian Express.
The government was committed to curbing abnormal demographic growth caused by unnatural factors, he said, adding that illegal infiltration was the primary cause of demographic changes in border areas.
According to the home minister, the government’s objectives included preventing proxy war, illegal infiltration, radicalisation, narcotics trafficking, smuggling, drone threats, cybercrime, organised crime, and demographic changes, while also making border areas more livable and preventing migration from these regions.
The government would also move towards a holistic framework for coastal border security, Shah said.
“The Centre, border guarding forces, state and district administrations, relevant Union government stakeholders and local citizens were working together to build a strong quadrangular security grid,” he added.
“A secure border, a prosperous border region, and a vigilant society together can make the country secure,” Shah said.
He also referred to the Demography Mission, saying it would study demographic changes, identify abnormal factors behind demographic growth, and recommend measures to prevent such changes in the future.
