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"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...

March 20, 2023

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...

March 20, 2023

Discuss the various threats to internal security posed by smart phones, browsers and applications. What should be the government policies towards tackling such threats?

India’s internal security is threatened by conventional factors like communalism, insurgency on the north-eastern border, Left wing extremism in eastern part of India. They threaten to destroy the...

March 19, 2023

UN Takes A Stand Against Cybercrime

The United Nations General Assembly has declared its approval to continue with the drafting of a new international treaty on cybercrime, despite the objections from the European Union,...

March 16, 2023

Importance of the Chief of Defence staff

The creation of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) is one of the biggest military reforms which seeks to ensure inter-services coordination and synergize efforts of the armed...

March 15, 2023

National Investigation Agency Act

Recently, the Jharkhand government has moved to the Supreme court claiming that the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 violates the constitution. In a civil suit, they have said...

March 15, 2023

Critically examine the major issues around regulation of Cloud services and Cloud service providers in India.

Cloud computing refers to the practice of using a network of remote servers hosted on internet to store, manage and process data, rather than using local server.Its use...

March 12, 2023

The aftermath of 1971 Indo-Pakistan war had highlighted India's severe dependence on foreign suppliers for defence equipment and ammunitions. To what extent, situation has changed now? Critically examine.

Indo-Pakistan war had exposed the hollowness of India dependence on import for its defence equipment which was adopted due to its small level of industrial base, low technological...

March 11, 2023

Why AFSPA has been imposed in J&K and North East but not in LWE affected Areas? Explain.

AFSPA provides armed forces with Special powers to deal with disturbed areas. AFSPA is in force in north east and Jammu Kashmir where India is facing the security...

March 8, 2023

What is strategic importance of Khardung La Pass in Leh?

Khardung La is a mountain pass located in the Leh district in the union territory of Ladakh . It is situated north of Leh and provides a gateway...

March 7, 2023

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