Page-11 of GS-III: Internal & External Security

The national security architecture needs to be robust enough to deal with present and evolving threats. Elaborating the statement, discuss the recent steps for modernizing national security architecture.

The National Security Architecture (NSA) needs to be robust to deal with ever-increasing challenges of internal and external security threats. India borders hostile neighbors and has border disputes with two nuclear-powered Nations. Internal security threats include challenges of homegrown terror ..

What is Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism? Throw light on concerns and challenges in its adoption.

The Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism is a proposed treaty which intends to criminalize all forms of international terrorism and deny terrorists, their financiers and supporters access to funds, arms, and safe havens. The negotiations for this treaty are currently under way has been under negotiation ..

Northeast India was at the forefront of economic development and prosperity during British India but has faced marginalisation since Independence. In this context, discuss some of the steps taken to replenish the past glory of the region.

North east hasn’t received the required attention from the mainland in post independence period. This has resulted in deprivation and huge gaps in the north east. In order to bridge these various measures have been undertaken A separate ministry called ..

What is Cert-Fin? Discuss its role and impact on India's cybersecurity architecture.

Cert-Fin will be an umbrella Cert for the financial sector and report to Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert-In) at the national level, in accordance with the information technology Act and rules. Features of Cert-Fin Cert-Fin will work closely with ..

Examine the recently proposed changes in the various provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

Finance bill has proposed various amendments to the Prevention of money laundering act (PMLA) to strengthen the institutional mechanisms against money laundering. The amendments include Empowering the Special Court to restore confiscated assets to the rightful claimants even during the ..

Tackling the Black Money Menace

India’s black money problem has been largely misdiagnosed with the legislative measures in addressing the black money falling short. The Black money act which was aimed to bring the unaccounted money parked as overseas assets was able to accomplish only ..

Critically discuss the problems arising out of unregulated growth of social media on internet while suggesting mechanisms to address these issues.

Lack of digital literacy together with unregulated growth of social media is posing serious threats to the stability of the society. Various threats include Spreading of fake news and false propaganda to satisfy the vested interests distorts the fine balance ..

Role of Social Media in Protests

The year 2019 has seen agitations flare up across the world, which involved people taking to the streets. There have been cases of showdown between the people of Hong Kong and the Chinese regime. The Netherlands saw thousands of farmers ..

"There is a grey area which lies between actual sedition law and its implementation in India."Critically examine the statement giving your view against or in favour of section 124-A of Indian Penal code.

In the Ram Nandan vs. State (1958), the Allahabad High Court held section 124-A to be unconstitutional citing that the section restricts freedom of speech (Article 19), but the high court decision was overruled by Supreme Court in the Kedarnath ..

Do you think preference to 'Made in India cyber security solutions' is justified? Discuss.

In the present era of digital technology, data security is very crucial. One issue with the involvement of the foreign firms in data security is that there are possibilities of data theft. The government of India is, therefore, considering a ..