Internal Security

Complete Internal Security Notes for UPSC

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Internal Security Notes

1. Internal Security: Overview

2. Terrorism

3. Anti-Terror Laws in India

4. Terrorism in India

5. Terror Funding

6. Jammu and Kashmir Militancy

7. Insurgency in the North-East

8. Left-Wing Extremism

9. Linkages between Development and Spread of Extremism

10. Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA)

11. Various Security Forces and Agencies and Their Mandate

12. Central Intelligence and Investigative Agencies of India

13. Communal Violence

14. Mob Violence

15. Organized Crime & Its Nexus with Terrorism

16. United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime

17. External State and Non-State Actors

18. Coastal and Maritime Security

19. Cyber Security

20. National Cyber Security Strategy

21. Social Media and Fake News

22. Money Laundering and Black Money

23. Security Challenges and Their Management in Border Areas

24. International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol)

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In GS Paper III, covering extremism, terrorism, cyber security, money laundering, border management and security forces.

Terrorism, Left-Wing Extremism, insurgency in the North-East, the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, cyber threats, organised crime and cross-border smuggling.

The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967 and the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008, along with provisions in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA).

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