Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to address National Conference on Tourist Police Scheme in New Delhi.

• Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to address the National Conference on Tourist Police Scheme in New Delhi.
• The agenda of the Conference is implementation of uniform Tourist Police Scheme at pan-India level for developing the tourist specific policing.
• It also aims to provide safer ecosystem to the foreign and domestic tourists in and around tourist destinations.
• The Ministry of Tourism in co-ordination with the Ministry of Home Affairs and Bureau of Police Research and Development is organizing the conference.
• The Ministry said, this will change the safety and security-related perception of India at global level and help in making India a must-visit destination around the globe.

 Tourist Police Scheme:

• Under the scheme, a pool of trained policemen would be made available to render policing service to the tourists and would control the crimes at the places of tourist interest.
• The rules of the district police of the concerned state shall be applicable to the Tourist Police, unless the contrary appears from the content or from rules in this scheme.
• Tourist Police Station will work under the jurisdiction of district police (Superintendent of Police) for all policing purpose.