The policy will address emerging threats, including digital radicalization, misuse of open borders, and foreign-funded conversion networks.
New Delhi: The government is reportedly finalizing India’s first comprehensive anti-terror policy, designed to provide a unified framework for States to prevent, respond to, and investigate terror-related incidents.
The policy, expected to be unveiled soon, will address emerging threats, including digital radicalisation, misuse of open borders, and foreign-funded conversion networks, according to The Hindu.
Home Minister Amit Shah had first announced the plan for a National Counter Terrorism Policy and Strategy last November. As per a senior official from the National Investigation Agency (NIA), the agency has provided inputs for the policy, which is being finalized by the Home Ministry, reported ANI. The NIA will host an anti-terror conference in Delhi on December 26 and 27 to outline the policy to key stakeholders.
Following the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, PM Narendra Modi redefined India’s policy against terrorism, which now says that any attack on Indian soil will be considered as an act of war. PM Modi also underscored that the country would not succumb to nuclear blackmail.
‘India must be ready for short-term and prolonged wars’Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan has said India must be prepared to deal with both short-duration, high-intensity military engagements and longer, land-based conflicts, citing terrorism and unresolved territorial disputes as key security challenges. Speaking at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, General Chauhan, without naming specific neighbors, indicated that India faces strategic challenges from two nuclear-capable adversaries and stressed that deterrence must not be allowed to fail. The CDS said the world is entering what he described as a third revolution in military affairs, marked by “convergence warfare." |
