QUESTION 19
GS3
15 marks
Analyse the multidimensional challenges posed by external state and non-state actors, to the internal security of India. Also discuss measures required to be taken to combat these threats.
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11 min
250 words
What the examiner wants
Analyse the many-sided threats to India's internal security from foreign states and non-state groups, and suggest measures.
Analyse + DiscussBreak it into parts, show how the parts connect, and judge which matter most. Explain the different sides of the issue, use evidence, and finish with a balanced view.
Demand-wise check
- 1State actors: Pakistan's proxy war, China's border pressure and cyber operations, support to insurgents≈50 words
- 2Non-state actors: terror groups, drug cartels, arms smugglers, radicalisation online, illegal migration networks≈50 words
- 3Dimensions: military, cyber, economic (FICN, terror finance), information warfare≈50 words
- 4Measures: border management, intelligence sharing, NIA, UAPA, cyber security, diplomacy, deradicalisation≈50 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
Classify actorsEach dimension with examplesMeasuresConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Not analysing the multiple dimensions
- Generic measures
Draw this
- Matrix: actor × dimension
Value addition
- ExampleDrones dropping weapons and drugs across the Punjab border rose sharply after 2019; the BSF recovered over 100 drones in 2023.BSF
- LawNIA (Amendment) Act, 2019 lets NIA probe terror cases involving Indians or Indian interests abroad.NIA Amendment Act, 2019
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Aniket Ranjan · AIR 48 · Page 47 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Ritika Chitlangia · Page 19 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Aniket Ranjan · AIR 48 · Page 21 ↗Same syllabus reference
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