Archive · 29 Dec 2025
Govt to study 50 years of protests for new SOP
The government is looking at protests that have happened in India over the last 50 years.
They want to understand why these protests happened, who organized them, and how they were managed.
This information will help them create new rules for handling big public protests in the future.
The idea is to make sure that protests don't get out of control and are managed properly.
The police department is collecting all this information to make these new rules.
BPR&D seeks detailed records of post-Independence protests, especially after 1974.
Key questions include cause, evolution, organizers, structure, ideology, dynamics of violence, and mobilization strategies.
Directions issued by the National Police Mission (NPM) division of BPR&D.
Initiated by Union Home Minister Amit Shah four months ago.
Aim is to prepare a comprehensive SOP to prevent mass agitations by vested interests.
- Who
- Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) and state/UT police chiefs
- What
- Study of 50 years of protests to create a new SOP for mass agitations
- When
- Initiated four months ago by Union Home Minister Amit Shah
- Where
- India
- Why
- To analyze reasons, financial aspects, outcomes, and key players in protests
- Organization
- Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D)
- Initiative
- Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for mass agitations
- Time Frame
- Post-Independence protests, particularly after 1974
- Key Questions
- Cause, evolution, organizers, structure, ideology, dynamics of violence, and mobilization strategies
- Initiated By
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah