Page-14 of GS-III: Internal & External Security

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 ..

"There is no doubt that killings and human rights violations have occurred due to AFSPA but the problems posed by an array of internal and external agents necessitate an act with teeth to deal with them."Critically discuss in the light of various concerns raised against the act.

AFSPA provides special powers to the Indian Armed Forces to deal with “disturbed areas”. The power to declare an area as disturbed under the act lies with Central government or state government or Governor of the state or lieutenant governor or administrator ..

The efforts to modernize the police should be complemented with functional and organizational reforms. Discuss.

Police organisation has been long criticised in India for its inefficiency, corruption, insensitivity, lack of modernisation. Government has launched Modernisation of Police Forces (MPF), an umbrella scheme which will be implemented between 2017 and 2020. a)Scheme will assist the states ..