India unveils its first-ever counter-terrorism policy; proportionate reply to attacks part of 'Prahaar'

NEW DELHI: Government connected Monday unveiled the country's first-ever anti-terror argumentation elevating its "pro-active and intelligence-guided" attack to the level of a doctrine, which focuses, isolated from the persisting menace of "hostile neighbours" deploying terror, connected the caller challenges of terrorists utilizing modern connection devices and transgression networks.'Prahaar', an acronym for India's broad counter-terrorism argumentation and strategy, aims astatine criminalising each violent acts and starving terrorists, their financiers and supporters of funding, weapons, harmless havens and cyber resources.The argumentation rests connected 7 cardinal pillars, represented by each missive of the acronym. It focuses connected 'prevention' of panic attacks; 'responses' that are swift and proportionate; 'aggregating' of interior capacities for a whole-of-govt approach; 'human rights' and regularisation of law-based processes for mitigation of threats; 'attenuating' the conditions enabling terrorism, including radicalisation; 'aligning' planetary efforts to counter-terrorism; and 'recovery' done a whole-of-society approach.

Stating that India has been astatine the forefront of the combat against terrorism, the argumentation refers to 'neighbours' which usage coercion arsenic an instrumentality of the state, highlighting threats from jihadi outfits arsenic good arsenic planetary violent groups specified arsenic ISIS and Al-Qaeda.

Prahaar aims astatine graded constabulary effect to radicalisation

Describing the mode forward, the argumentation hints astatine the scope for further collaboration among assorted agencies connected quality postulation and investigation.

While seeking amendments successful the counter-terror ineligible model "from clip to time", it underlines the continual request for gathering capableness of state-level counter-terror mechanisms and unity successful their structure, resources, grooming and probe methods.Stating that convulsive extremists based connected overseas ungraded are utilizing the latest technologies, including drones, to unleash panic successful Punjab and J&K, the argumentation flags the usage of organised transgression networks for logistics and recruitment, for executing panic strikes successful India.

Prahaar calls for planetary practice to tackle terror

Also, drafting attraction to the usage of societal media and instant messaging apps for panic connection and propaganda, the argumentation concedes however encryption, acheronian web and crypto person allowed panic groups to run with anonymity.With foreign-based panic groups relying connected infrastructure, logistics and terrain cognition of section outfits for trans-national panic attacks, Prahaar emphasises the request for planetary practice and collaboration, including to antagonistic the misuse of accusation and communications exertion (ICT) by terrorists, with investments successful exertion and partnerships with backstage enterprise.The counter-terror strategy aims astatine preventing attacks with a ‘pro-active and intelligence-guided’ attack with synergy among the cardinal and authorities agencies. Similarly, it calls for pro-active disruption of cyber activities of panic groups and continuous disruption of overground idiosyncratic networks by the instrumentality enforcement agencies (LEAs).For timely counter-terror response, the strategy requires each stakeholders astatine central, authorities and territory level to person a azygous anti-terror operation and modular procedures.

As regards “aggregating” capacities, LEAs and information agencies indispensable beryllium modernised with the latest tools, exertion and weaponry. Prahaar besides seeks to safeguard quality rights with ineligible processes that let aggregate levels of redressal and entreaty to panic accused.The argumentation aims astatine graded constabulary effect to radicalisation with ineligible enactment babelike connected the level of radicalisation. At the aforesaid time, socio-economic conditions of susceptible youths and groups indispensable beryllium addressed with acquisition and constructive engagement, successful summation to de-radicalisation programmes.The request to align and signifier planetary efforts against coercion with treaties and processes similar extradition, deportation arsenic per UN norms are besides outlined.