{"id":89541,"date":"2026-02-24T11:30:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T06:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=89541"},"modified":"2026-02-24T12:19:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T06:49:54","slug":"prahaar-counter-terrorism-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/prahaar-counter-terrorism-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Prahaar Counter-Terrorism Policy: India\u2019s First Comprehensive Anti-Terror Doctrine Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Prahaar Counter-Terrorism Policy Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Centre has launched <\/span><b>\u2018Prahaar\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, India\u2019s first comprehensive counter-terrorism policy. Built on a <\/span><b>zero-tolerance approach<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it emphasises intelligence-led prevention and coordinated responses to extremist violence.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The framework aims to dismantle terror networks by cutting off access to funding, weapons, and safe havens, both within India and abroad, targeting not just terrorists but also their financiers and supporters.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>India\u2019s First Counter-Terrorism Policy: Prahaar<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Centre has unveiled India\u2019s first comprehensive counter-terrorism policy, \u201cPrahaar\u201d, aimed at strengthening the country\u2019s fight against extremist violence through a coordinated, intelligence-driven approach.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Core Objective<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prahaar aims to:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Criminalise all terrorist acts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starve terrorists, their financiers and supporters of funding, weapons, safe havens and cyber resources.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strengthen coordinated action among central and state agencies.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Guiding Principles<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Zero Tolerance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: No justification for terrorism under any circumstances.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Victim-Centric Approach<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: India stands firmly with victims of terror.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>No Religious Attribution<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Terrorism is not associated with any religion, ethnicity, or civilisation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Concern Over State Sponsorship<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Notes that some countries in the region have used terrorism as an instrument of state policy.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Seven Key Pillars of Prahaar<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each letter of the acronym represents a strategic pillar:<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Prevention<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intelligence-led, proactive measures to stop attacks before they occur.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Continuous disruption of overground worker networks and cyber activities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Responses<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Swift, proportionate, and graded counter-terror responses.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uniform anti-terror structures and standard operating procedures across levels of governance.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Aggregating Internal Capacities<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whole-of-government approach.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Modernisation of law enforcement agencies (LEAs) with advanced tools, technology, and weaponry.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enhanced coordination in intelligence collection and investigation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Human Rights and Rule of Law<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Safeguarding due process with multiple levels of redressal and appeal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Legal reforms in the counter-terror framework as required.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Attenuating Enabling Conditions<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Graded police response to radicalisation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Legal action based on degree of radicalisation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Addressing socio-economic vulnerabilities of youth through education, engagement and de-radicalisation programmes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Aligning International Efforts<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strengthening global cooperation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use of treaties, extradition and deportation under UN norms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Collaboration to counter misuse of ICT by terrorists.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Recovery and Resilience<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whole-of-society approach to rebuilding and strengthening community resilience after terror incidents.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Key Threat Perceptions<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Cross-Border and State-Sponsored Terror<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India has faced cross-border sponsored terrorism, including jihadist outfits and their frontal organisations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global terror groups like Al-Qaeda and ISIS have attempted to incite violence through sleeper cells.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Terror handlers abroad have used drones and advanced technologies to facilitate attacks, especially in Punjab and Jammu &amp; Kashmir.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Terror groups increasingly collaborate with criminal networks for logistics and recruitment.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Technology-Driven Terrorism<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use of drones in Punjab and J&amp;K.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exploitation of encryption, dark web and cryptocurrencies for anonymity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use of social media and encrypted messaging apps for propaganda, recruitment, and funding.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Risks related to CBRNED materials (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, explosive, digital).<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Threats from misuse of drones, robotics, and cyberattacks by state and non-state actors.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Organised Crime Nexus<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Terror groups leveraging criminal networks for logistics and recruitment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Collaboration between foreign-based and local outfits for transnational attacks.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Counter-Measures and De-Radicalisation<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proactive disruption of online terror propaganda and recruitment networks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strengthening intelligence and counter-terror operations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community-based reintegration efforts involving doctors, psychologists, lawyers, NGOs, and religious leaders to prevent radicalisation and rehabilitate affected individuals.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Strategic Way Forward<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greater collaboration among intelligence and security agencies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Continuous capacity-building at the state level.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Investment in technology and partnerships with private enterprises.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uniform structures and standard procedures across central, state and district levels.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prahaar institutionalises India\u2019s counter-terror strategy as a doctrine rooted in proactive intelligence, coordinated governance, technological preparedness, legal safeguards and international cooperation, aimed at comprehensively dismantling terror networks and strengthening national security.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/govt-unveils-countrys-first-counter-terrorism-policy-prahaar-10548369\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/india-unveils-its-first-ever-counter-terrorism-policy-proportionate-reply-to-attacks-part-of-prahaar\/articleshowprint\/128734192.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ToI<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/india-releases-first-anti-terror-policy-prahaar\/article70666292.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"ytb-video-wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"ytb-video-inner\">\n            <iframe \n                src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IiwlzRN6wyw\" \n                width=\"560\" \n                height=\"315\" \n                frameborder=\"0\" 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