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Home Minister Unveils PRAHAAR, India's First National Counter-Terrorism Policy
ଖବରରେ କାହିଁକି?
India's first national counter-terrorism policy has an acronym worth knowing: PRAHAAR, the GS-III Internal Security term to expand
PRAHAAR is presented as India's first national counter-terrorism policy and strategy.
Why it matters: factual, Prelims-type
What you need to know
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah unveiled PRAHAAR, short for Policy for Response Against Hostile Activities and Radicalism, described as India's first national counter-terrorism policy and strategy.
The document is meant to give a single framework for the response to terrorism and radicalisation across agencies.
ଉତ୍ସ: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
ମୁଖ୍ୟ ତଥ୍ୟ
Remember these
- PRAHAAR stands for Policy for Response Against Hostile Activities and Radicalism
- Unveiled by Union Home Minister Amit Shah
- Described as India's first national counter-terrorism policy and strategy
- Aims to give a single framework for response to terrorism and radicalisation across agencies
- Nodal ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs
ପ୍ରିଲିମ୍ସ · ମେନ୍ସ
How the exam will ask it
ପ୍ରିଲିମ୍ସ
- PRAHAAR is described as India's first national counter-terrorism policy and strategy, unveiled by the Union Home Minister.
- The policy addresses both terrorism and radicalisation, providing a single framework for agencies.
- Public order and police are State subjects, so a national framework depends on coordination between the Centre and States.
ମେନ୍ସ
GS-III Internal Security: terrorism has long been tackled through separate laws and agency-specific responses, and PRAHAAR offers a single national policy and strategy covering terrorism and radicalisation. The implication is better inter-agency coordination, though Centre-State roles in policing remain a challenge. The way forward lies in clear coordination mechanisms, counter-radicalisation outreach and safeguards for civil liberties.
Quick recall
Answer before you reveal
Ways and Means Advances (WMA) extended by the Reserve Bank of India to State Governments are primarily meant to meet:
- temporary mismatches between receipts and payments
- long-term capital expenditure on infrastructure
- repayment of market borrowings falling due over several years
- recapitalisation of loss-making State enterprises
ଉତ୍ତର ଦେଖନ୍ତୁ
ଉତ୍ତର: A — Correct: temporary mismatches between receipts and payments — WMA is a short-term facility that bridges temporary mismatches in the timing of a State's receipts and payments. • long-term capital expenditure on infrastructure — wrong: Long-term capital expenditure is financed through market borrowings and central loans, not through short-term WMA. • repayment of market borrowings falling due over several years — wrong: Repayment of multi-year market borrowings is met from a State's own resources or fresh borrowings, not from temporary WMA. • recapitalisation of loss-making State enterprises — wrong: Recapitalising State enterprises is a budgetary decision financed by the State and is outside the purpose of WMA.
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