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India’s Internal Security Situation: Threats and Responses

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  • N. Manoharan

    (N. Manoharan is Fellow and Research Coordinator at National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi. mailtomanohar@gmail.com)

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Challenges to internal security of India are numerous. The extent and scope of threats are complex, varied and vast. No other country in the world confronts so many threats, with so much intensity, at the same time. Overall, more than 50 per cent of India is said to be affected by one or the other of these threats, which are not just ‘law and order’ problems. They have increasing external dimension falsifying conventional wisdom that internal security threats are caused mainly by internal sources. They threaten the body politic like a ‘cancer’. The state of poor internal security situation is not because of India’s unfavourable strategic environment but also due to weak internal security mechanism, especially its criminal justice system. In this context, the article argues that if appropriate actions are not taken, the threats may result in the gradual degradation of the Indian State. It suggests renewed set of policies and mechanisms in political, economic, socio-cultural, military and diplomatic arena.

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  • N. Manoharan, 2013. "India’s Internal Security Situation: Threats and Responses," India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs, , vol. 69(4), pages 367-381, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:indqtr:v:69:y:2013:i:4:p:367-381
    DOI: 10.1177/0974928413503748
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