Chaired by its Director General Lt Gen Karan Singh Yadava, the meet at Assam Rifles headquarters here, is being attended by all commanders and senior officers of the force.
"The conference will take a holistic review of the security environment, status of operational readiness as also the appraisal of operational situation in the Northeast.
The other aspects of force including force modernization, administrative and logistics aspects of the force will also come up for in-depth discussions as part of the overall review," Assam Rifles Spokesman AK Chowdhury said.
The important facts of civic action programmes and living up to the bestowed title of ‘Sentinels of Northeast and ‘Friends of the Hill People’ are also part of the agenda for discussion, he said.
The 65,000-strong force has recently completed 175 years of service to the nation.
Besides being the oldest Central paramilitary force, Assam Rifles it is also the most decorated force in the country.
Director General Lt Gen Yadava, in his inaugural address, welcomed all the delegates and called upon everyone to carry out an honest and critical self appraisal, for long term betterment of the force.
He said that in its 175 years of existence in the service of the people of Northeastern states, the force has always been able to achieve a fine balance in achieving its operational goals and living upto the credo of "Friends of the hill people" and has thus been able to make a mark for itself.
Stating that the challenge in front of the commanders is to sustain the same and improve the efficiencies further, Lt Gen Yadava called upon the commanders to be more adaptive in their style of command, in view of the changing aspirations of the soldier and the local populace in present socio-economic milieu.
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