INTERNAL SECURITY IN
INDIA
OM PRAKASH
YADAV
Bihar Administrative Service
omjiyadav@gmail.com
INTRODUCTION- The paper intends to examine the internal
security threats owing to caste/class rivalries, terrorist and
insurgent outfits in different regions of India. It also marks the
intra-regional variations in nature, preferences, causes and
intensities of these problems. It further examines the
contemporary politics, political malpractices and administrative
in-efficiency of the state apparatus.
The paper also intends to suggest some short-term
and long-term measures to tackle the menace as well as to
weed out these problems. The first hand experiences of the
field have also been incorporated in this paper to make it more
realistic rather than a drawing room concept. The ideas and
suggestions given by some prominent writers, academicians,
administrators and ruling elites have also been discussed in this
paper. A comparative analysis of situation of different countries
facing similar problems has also been made so that drawbacks
in our system may be identified and consequently suitable
steps can be taken.
BACKGROUND- Although, Internal Security has been an
important component in India’s National security Management,
right from the day we became independent. Initially, it was
confined to maintenance of law and order, containment of
communal violence and in very few cases, counter-
insurgencies. The Internal Security became very important from
the very beginning, owing to the legacy, which we inherited
from the British rule. India was partitioned in the backdrop of
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