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Trend analysis of Internal Security

The Civil Services (Main) Examination Syllabus is mentioned as: 

•     Linkages between development and spread of extremism.

•     Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challenges to internal security.

•     Challenges to internal security through communication networks

•     Role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges

•     Basics of cyber security

•     Money-laundering and its prevention

•     Security challenges and their management in border areas

•     Linkages of organized crime with terrorism

•     Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate

Both of the above topics are defined broadly and students sometimes fail to understand the sub-topics need to be read while preparing for the subject. 

Hence, hereby providing the list of sub-topics:

1.     Challenges to Internal Security     

•     Introduction      

•     Internal and External Security     

•     Internal Security threats in India     

2.     Linkages between Development and Spread of Extremism

•     What is Naxalism?     

•     What is Red Corridor?     

•     Causes of Naxalism     

•     Economic Impact of Naxalism     

•     Recent initiatives taken by the Government      

•     Suggestions to combat extremism     

3.     Terrorism     

•     Introduction      

•     Types of Terrorism          

•     Causes of Terrorism     

•     Counter Terrorism Measures     

•     Issue of financing of terrorism     

•     Challenges and steps needed     

4.     Organized crime

•     Types of Organized Crime

•     Problems in controlling organized crimes

•     Combating organized crimes

•     Linkage of Terrorism and Organized Crime in India

5.     Role of External State and Non-State Actors in creating internal security challenges     

•     What are ‘Non-State’ and ‘State’ actors?     

•     Threat from State Actors: Pakistan, China, Bangladesh     

•     Threat from Non-State Actors     

•     Case of ISIS     

6.     Security Challenges in Border Areas

•     Challenges to Border Management

•     Issues Faced in Border Management

•     Community Participation for Border Management

7.     Money Laundering     

•     What is Money Laundering?     

•     Money laundering process 

•     Techniques of Money Laundering     

•     Harmful Effects of Money Laundering     

•     Steps taken to combat Money Laundering     

8.     Cyber  Security     

•     Types of Cyber Crimes

•     Impact and Steps needed

•     National Cyber Security Policy of India 201

•     Role of Media and Social Networking Sites in Internal Security Challenges     

•     How Terrorists Could use Twitter and Facebook     

•     Steps Needed     

•     Government Surveillance on Social Sites     

9.     Security Forces and their Mandate          

•     Assam Rifles     

•     Special Frontier Force     

•     National Security Guards (NSG)     

•     Special Action Group     

•     Special Protection Group     

•     Central Industrial Security Force     

•     Border Security Force     

•     Central Reserve Police Force     

•     Mahila Battalion     

•     Rapid Action Force     

•     Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force     

•     Home Guards     

•     Strategic Forces Command     

•     Modernisation of Armed Forces: Need of Hour

•     Challenges in Capability Building     

•     Police Reforms

10.     Military Doctrines     

•     Introduction     

•     Joint Doctrine Indian Armed Forces 2017     

•     Cold Start Doctrine     

•     Hot Pursuit     

•     Surgical Strike     

•     India’s Nuclear Doctrine

Trend Analysis of Internal Security

How to Prepare:

If you analyse the previous year papers, maximum questions have been asked from the Cyber-security, Extremism and Terrorism. 

Hence for preparation of this topic, rather than referring to the traditional sources, students need to refer the government reports.

Some of such reports are:

1.     Reports by Ministry of Home Affairs

2.     Police Reforms by 2nd ARC

3.     Cyber Security Laws

4.     Maritime Security Strategy by Indian Navy 

Alongwith the reports, a student should refer to the sources such as:

•     Editorials from Newspapers 

•     Videos of government sources as Rajya Sabha TV

•     PIB, IDSA articles, etc.

Note: In IASHELPDESK we are providing the books, reports, videos, editorials and questions at one stop so that a student may concentrate in attainment of knowledge rather than busy in accessing the different sources.