| Lecture 01 |
Introduction to India’s Internal Security |
- Introduction & Syllabus Discussion
- Types of Security
- Types of Security Threats
- Internal & External Security: Interrelated
- Factors Responsible for Internal Security
- Role of Home Ministry & their department
- Relationship between National Security and Foreign Policy
- Relationship Between National Governance and Internal Security
- State of India’s Internal Security
- Root Causes of Internal Security Problems
- Key Challenges to India’s Internal Security
- Challenges to India’s External Security
- Need for a National Security Policy and Doctrine
- Previous attempts to strengthen internal security (NSA, Nuclear Doctrine, Kargil War Committee, Naresh Chandra task force)
- National Security Strategy and Other Doctrines
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| Lecture 02 |
Internal security challenges |
- Social Diversity as Issues of Security Threat
- Challenges from within Neighbors as Issue of Security Threat (Pakistan/ China/ Myanmar/Bangladesh/ Bhutan/ Nepal/ SriLanka)
- Non-State Actors as Issue of Security Threat
- Global Indices and Measurement of Vulnerability of a State Towards such Non-State Actors
- Law and Order vs. Internal Security
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| Lecture 03 |
Organized Crime & Terrorism |
- Organized Crime- Introduction/ Types/ Features/ Categories
- Problems in controlling organized crimes
- Drug trafficking in India
- Combating organized crimes
- Linkage of Terrorism and Organized
- Crime in India
- Link b/w organised crime and terrorism
- Steps taken to Tackle Organised Crime (Legal provision: UAPA, Offences under IPC, NDPSA, Arms Act etc.)
- Challenges in Tackling Organized Crimes
- Extortion & Terrorism
- Terrorism: Introduction/ Reasons
- Terrorism Threat to India
- Changing face of Terrorism
- Terror Threats Faced by India
- Broader Framework to Deal with Terrorism
- Drawbacks in Intelligence Infrastructure
- Terrorism as a Competitive Industry
- Means of Terrorism
- Terror Organisations
- Tackling Terror Financin
- Institutional Framework in India to Tackle Terrorism
- Legal Framework in India to Tackle Terrorism
- India in International Conventions
- Measures to Check Online Terrorism
- Countering Radicalisation
- Tackling Terrorism: A Roadmap
- Second ARC Recommendations on Terrorism
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| Lecture 05 + 06 + 07 |
Linkage between development and spread of Extremism + North East insurgency + Khalistan issue + J&K militancy issues |
- Left wing extremism/ Naxalism- Introduction/ Origin/ History
- Stated Purpose of the Naxal Movement
- Covid 19 and Naxalism
- Naxalism supported from common man
- Naxalism as threat to internal security
- Current status & affected states
- Causes of spread of LWE
- Government initiatives to deal with LWE
- Conclusion & way forward
- North East insurgency: Introduction/ Issues & conflicts
- Assam insurgency
- Causes of militancy in NE
- State-wise status of insurgency
- Key strategy to tackle
- Role of external state and non-state actors
- Khalistan movement: Background/ Introduction
- Diaspora
- Emergency in Bhiderwala
- Punjab burnout
- Operation Blue star & black thunder
- J&K: History/ background
- Article 370
- Troubles in 1980s/ 1999s
- Operations by Army (Operation all out/ operation bandar/ JKLF banned etc.)
- Measures to deal with situation
- Development & administrative measures
- Relief & Rehabilitaion
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| Lecture 08 |
Border security – Management & challenges |
- Introduction
- Border vs Frontier
- India’s International Borders
- Border Management
- Border Management Strategy
- India’s Land Borders
- Challenges to border managemen
- Issues faced in border management
- Community participation for border management
- Steps Taken
- Coastal security of India
- India’s Maritime Security
- Traditional Threats
- Non-Traditional Threats
- India’s Maritime Security Management
- Efforts to Reform India’s Maritime Security
- Airspace security of India: Introduction
- International Frameworks for Air Space
- Indian Airspace
- Security Challenges in the Indian Airspace
- Measures Taken by the Government to Secure the Air Space
- Militarisation of space: Introduction
- International Frameworks for Space
- Concept of Weaponisation of Space
- India and Militarisation of Space
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| Lecture 09 + 10 |
Security forces/ agencies + AFSPA |
- Introduction
- Indian Armed Forces
- Central Armed Police Forces
- Special forces
- Border security force
- Indo-Tibetan Border Police
- Central Industrial Security Force
- Central Reserve Police force
- National Security guard
- Assam rifles
- Security agencies and their mandate
- Contemporary issues
- Technology for law enforcement
- Defence production and development
- Defence expenditure in India/ SIPRI report
- National security concerns
- Climate change and security
- Armed Forces Special Protection Act (AFSPA)- Introduction/ 1958/ 1990
- Judicial review
- Recommendations of 2nd ARC
- Human rights violation
- Confidence building
- Facts/ conclusion/ way forward
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| Lecture 11 |
Money Laundering & Terror Financing |
- Introduction & Basic Fundamentalism
- Methods & Mechanism of Money Laundering
- Legal frameworks in India
- Benami transactions & key features
- Financing of Terrorism
- Impact of Money Laundering
- Challenges in Tackling Money Laundering
- Steps Taken to Prevent & Tackle Money Laundering (Govt Agencies)
- Conclusion & Way Forward
- Black Money: Define
- Causes of Creation of Black Money
- Economic, Social and Political Impacts of Black Money
- Challenges of Tackling Black Money
- Steps Taken to Tackle Black Money
- Demonetisation Against Black Money
- Way Forward/Suggestions for Tackling Black Money
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| Lecture 12 + 13 |
Social media + Cyber security + Nuclear Security |
- Regulation of social media in India for Internal Security
- Challenges in Monitoring Social Media Steps Needed
- Cybercrime – Define/ Classification
- Cyber security framework
- Policy/ institutional framework
- Cyber threat & terrorism
- Cyber warfare & espionage
- Nuclear security: Introduction
- Nuclear doctrine
- Governance framework
- Nuclear defence & Nuclear triad
- International players in Nuclear
- International Nuclear non-proliferation frameworks and treaties
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| Lecture 14 |
Governance & Reforms + National Security Management |
- Police reforms
- Improving policing and intelligence
- Resolving center-state issues in managing internal security
- Improvement in internal intelligence
- New & improved strategy
- Make in India in Defence
- Skill development
- Technology acquisition
- Threats/ challenges in upcoming years
- China: long term challenge
- Managing China Pakistan collusion
- Nuclear, Biological and Chemical threat
- Natural resources
- Conflict over water
- Global warming
- Indian diaspora
- Economic warfare
- Role of foreign elements in disturbing internal security
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| Lecture 15 |
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