India emerges as responsible maritime power : Rajnath Singh

Key Highlights

• Emphasising the Coast Guard’s multi-dimensional role, Rajnath Singh said India has sent a clear message to its adversaries that any misadventure will be met with a bold and befitting response, asserting that India remains a responsible maritime power committed to peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific.
• “In the coming times, we will have to shape norms in the field of maritime governance, strengthen capacity-building initiatives, and take forward cooperative frameworks.
• The Indian Coast Guard will have to take its operational doctrines, institutional practices and technological innovations to benchmarks, whose best practices will be followed across the world,” the minister said.
• Calling for future-ready reforms, he underlined that ICG must now evolve from a platform-centric force to an intelligence-driven and integration-centric force to effectively address emerging maritime threats.
• “Given the challenges we face today, it is not enough for the Indian Coast Guard to remain a platform-centric force.