Internal Security for Civil Services Main Examinations - GS Paper III

1	Introduction

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

♦	Introduction
♦	Definition
♦	Attributes of internal security
♦	Major causes and challenges in internal security

(a)	Traditional internal security challenges
(b)	Non-traditional internal security challenges

♦	India’s internal security challenges

(a)	Unstable neighbourhood
(b)	Insurgency in the northeast
(c)	Threat of communalism
(d)	Caste conflicts
(e)	Regional and ethnic conflicts
(f)	Left Wing extremist movement
(g)	Situation in Jammu and Kashmir
(h)	Trans-border migration from Bangladesh
(i)	Misuse of IT tools
(j)	China’s interest in the northeast

♦	Factors responsible for internal security problems

(a)	Poverty and unemployment
(b)	Government ...