FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES OF - Bureau of Police Research and ...

(6) meetings are regularly conducted by Director General, BPR&D and
decisions taken to regulate the day to day working of the organization.
Correctional Administration
Annual Action plan is prepared to:
a) Organize courses for various ranks of Prison personnel in the
country. Nominations are invited from the States/Union territories.
b) Produce Training material, Manuals, simulation exercises, etc.
c) BPR&D Sponsored research projects on various priority areas in
the field of Correctional Administration.
BPR&D organizes All India Prison Duty Meet on the lines of All India
Police Duty Meet biennially with a view to improving the standard of
professional skills and also to promote comradeship among the prison
personnel. It also provides a platform for the prison personnel across
the country to show their talents at the national level to boost up their
morale
BPR&D organizes All India Conference of DGs/IGs Prisons and
Secretaries (Prisons) of All States/UTs biannually.
Modernization Directorate
Annual action plan is prepared:
(i) to examine induction of new items including weapons and
equipment for CPMFs through deliberation in the Technical Committee
set up by MHA;
(ii) to examine scale of authorization of transport in respect of
minutes/administration, establishment of CAPFs;
(iii) to scrutinize new technologies and modernisations for introduction
in CPMFs and State Police Forces;
(iv) to associate with other committees set up by MHA for lending on
the qualitative requirements of various items under head weaponary,
communication and surveillance proposed to be introduced for CAPFs;
(v) to associate with the trial evolution of various new items being
introduced in CPMFs as member or chairperson; and
(vi) to arrange presentation of new products and system having
relevance for improvement in policing.
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