[Internal Security] Coastal Security in India - Threats, Challenges and Step to take

Coastal Security

Indian Coastline  7516 km. 1993 Mumbai serial blasts and 2008 Mumbai attacks were a proof of flaw in coastal security.

Threats and Challenges

·         Remoteness of these coastal areas makes them unguarded. Boats can easily land and

[Security] Rural Unrest: An Outcome of Unmet Dues

Rural Unrest: An Outcome of Unmet Dues

Peasants did not disappear. Tribals could not be assimilated with the mainstream populace. Dalits continue to be the landless hewers of wood and drawers of water for the upper classes and castes. The projected trajectories of the development paradigm of large scale withdrawal of surplus labour from

[Internal Security] Naxalism Development And Discontent

Dealing With Naxal+Ism: Development and Discontent

Naxalism is seen as the single largest internal security challenge ever faced by the country.

Of the 13 affected states, the movement is intense in outskirts of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, while it is making inroads in Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttarahchal and

[Internal Security] Issues and Concerns in Tackling Internal Security

The foremost concern to-day is Internal Security. All the governmental machinery must jointly find solutions to deal with the obstacles in ensuring security.  As the country confronts a wide array of complex internal security threats. Each of these needs to be dealt with in different ways.

[Security] Why is Siachen Glacier important?

The Siachen glacier is considered to be the largest single source of fresh water on the Indian subcontinent. It is located in the Karakoram range. Siachen is the source of the Nubra River that eventually feeds the mighty Indus— the major water source that irrigates the Punjab plains in

[Security] Issues and Concerns in Tackling Internal Security

The foremost concern to-day is Internal Security. All the governmental machinery must jointly find solutions to deal with the obstacles in ensuring security.  As the country confronts a wide array of complex internal security threats. Each of these needs to be dealt with in different ways.

Increasingly also, they call up a closer cooperation between the Centre and the States.

Since this problem is no longer confined to a single state but encompasses several states, Integrated

[Security Forces] Indian Security Forces and Agencies and their Mandates

The Army

• Headquarters – New Delhi

[International Relations] Indian and Bangladesh Border Disputes (Q&A)

Q. Is Bangladesh in illegal occupation of Indian land?

A. There is no illegal occupation of Indian land by Bangladesh. Since independence, there have been pockets along the India Bangladesh border that have traditionally been under the possession of people of one country in the territory of another country. These are known as Adverse Possessions.

[International Relations] Resetting Pakistan’s Relations with Afghanistan

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Pakistan’s relations with Afghanistan have been largely characterised by mutual mistrust and devised through a narrow security prism. While it will require considerable effort to end deep-seated animosity, both countries share close ethnic, linguistic, religious and economic ties.

[Internal Security] Azaadi in Kashmir

Q. “The popular rise of the slogan for azaadi in Kashmir in the late 1990s was on the account of religious fundamentalism which was left unchallenged and an Indian state which viewed a community merely as pawns in their geostrategic game.” Critically comment.

[UPSC Mains GS3] Paper III : GS3: Technology, Economic Development, Bio diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management

Paper III : GS3: Technology, Economic Development, Bio diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management

Important Books

New Arrival : IAS Mains General Studies - Technology Economic Development Bio Diversity Environment, Security & Disaster Management (Paper 3) - Arihant

[Internal Security] Internal Security Challenges to India

“We have stepped into an extremely dangerous and paradoxical time. We have built ourselves a political fine democracy but in society and economy there is no democracy and there is no equality. The tension between the inequality in the social and economic terms can explode our political

[Notes] Internal Security - Role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges

Role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges

1.  Media:

Any communication channel through which any kind of information, news, entertainment, education, data, promotional messages etc. can be disseminated is called media.

Media could be broadly classified as:

1. Print Media (newspapers, magazines, books, etc.)
2. Electronic Media (news websites, social networking sites, mass SMS schemes, television, internet, radio, cinema etc.)