Internal Security and International Relations Mains Booster Series MK Yadav Sir 2025-26 English Medium CONTENTS 1 BASICS OF INTERNAL SECURITY 3-8 1.1 INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL SECURITY 1.2 OBJECTIVES OF INTERNAL SECURITY 1.3 FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR INTERNAL SECURITY PROBLEMS 1.4 CHALLENGES OF NATIONAL SECURITY 1.5 ROLE OF EXTERNAL AND NON-STATE ACTORS 1.6 PRINCIPLES OF INDIA’S SECURITY POLICY 1.7 NATIONAL SECURITY DOCTRINE (NSD) 1.8 HYBRID WARFARE AND GREY ZONE WARFARE 1.9 GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES AND MEASURES 2 TERRORISM 9-14 2.1 MEANING OF TERRORISM 2.2 TYPES OF TERRORISM 2.3 FACTORS LEADING TO SPREAD OF TERRORISM 2.4 TERRORISM AS A COMPETITIVE INDUSTRY 2.5 CHALLENGES IN CONTROLLING TERRORISM 2.6 TERRORISM & TECHNOLOGY 2.6.1 USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN PROPAGATING TERRORISM/EXTREMISM 2.6.2 CYBERTERRORISM, CYBER ESPIONAGE 2.6.3 GLOBAL MEASURES TO BREAK TERRORISM - TECHNOLOGY NEXUS 2.7 TERRORISM AND IMPACT ON INDIAN ECONOMY 2.8 TERRORISM AND IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT 2.9 CROSS BORDER TERRORISM 2.10 GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES 3 MOB LYNCHING 15-17 3.1 MEANING OF MOB LYNCHING 3.2 CAUSES OF MOB LYNCHING 3.3 IMPACT OF MOB LYNCHING: A THREAT TO INTERNAL SECURITY 3.4 MEASURES TAKEN TO COUNTER THE MENACE OF MOB LYNCHING 4 EXTREMISM 18-22 4.1 MEANING OF EXTREMISM 4.2 LEFT WING EXTREMISM (LWE)- DATA AND FACTS 4.3 LEFT-WING EXTREMISM (LWE) OR NAXAL INSURGENCY 4.4 OBJECTIVES OF LWE 4.5 STRATEGIES AND TACTICS USED BY NAXALS 4.6 FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR SPREADING LWE OR NAXAL INSURGENCY 4.7 THREATS POSED BY NAXALISM 4.8 GOI’S APPROACH FOR LWE AREAS 4.9 IMPORTANT INITIATIVES FOR LWE AFFECTED STATES 5 INSURGENCY IN N-E INDIA 23-27 5.1 NORTH EAST INDIA: SIGNIFICANCE 5.2 ISSUES OF NORTH EAST 5.3 STATES-WISE INSURGENT GROUPS 5.4.1 AFSPA: CHALLENGES & WAY FORWARD 5.5 STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT TO COUNTER N-E INSURGENCY 5.6 NATIONAL REGISTER OF CITIZENS (NRC) 6 MILITANCY IN JAMMU & KASHMIR 28-32 6.1 HISTORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR (J&K) 6.2 THE J&K INSURGENCY: BACKGROUND 6.3 MILITANCY IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR 6.4 ABROGATION OF ARTICLE 370: BACKGROUND, ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES 6.5 GOVERNMENT APPROACH TOWARDS JAMMU AND KASHMIR MILITANCY 6.5.1 EFFORTS OF INDIAN ARMY TO IMPROVE SOCIAL MOBILITY IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR 7 ORGANISED CRIMES 33-38 7.1 BASICS OF ORGANISED CRIME 7.2 TYPES OF ORGANIZED CRIMES 7.3 CHARACTERISTICS OF ORGANIZED CRIME 7.4 FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR ORGANISED CRIME 7.5 LINKAGES BETWEEN ORGANIZED CRIME AND TERRORISM 7.6 CHALLENGES IN CONTROLLING ORGANISED CRIME 7.7 SOME IMPORTANT TYPES OF ORGANIZED CRIME AND LINKAGE TO TERRORISM 7.7.1 NARCO TERRORISM 7.7.2 HUMAN TRAFFICKING 7.7.3 ARMS TRAFFICKING 7.7.4 ILLEGAL EXPLOITATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES 7.7.5 STEPS TAKEN TO TACKLE LINKAGE BETWEEN ORGANIZED CRIME AND TERRORISM 7.8 MEASURES TO BE TAKEN TO TACKLE ORGANIZED CRIMES 7.9 DEALING WITH TRANSNATIONAL ORGANISED CRIMES 7.10 UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES (PREVENTION) ACT, (UAPA) 1967 8 MONEY LAUNDERING 39-45 8.1 MEANING OF MONEY LAUNDERING 8.2 VARIOUS TECHNIQUE OF MONEY LAUNDERING 8.3 IMPACT OF MONEY LAUNDERING 8.4 STEPS FOR TACKLING MENACE OF MONEY LAUNDERING 8.5 CONNECTION BETWEEN MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORISM 8.6 CHALLENGES TO TACKLE MONEY LAUNDERING 8.7 PREVENTION OF MONEY LAUNDERING ACT 2002 8.8 BENAMI TRANSACTION (PROHIBITION) ACT 1988 8.9 BLACK MONEY 9 CHALLENGES TO INTERNAL SECURITY THROUGH COMMUNICATION NETWORKS 46-47 9.1 COMMON THREATS ASSOCIATED WITH COMMUNICATION NETWORKS 9.2 INTERNAL SECURITY CHALLENGES THROUGH COMMUNICATION NETWORKS 9.3 MEDIA AND SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES 9.4 CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH MEDIA AND NETWORKING SITE TO INTERNAL SECURITY 9.5 STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT 10 CYBER SECURITY 48-53 10.1 CYBER SPACE 10.2 CYBER SECURITYPublished by: www.theiashub.com I Contact: Delhi: 9560082909, Bhopal: 96507 10.3 VARIOUS TYPES OF CYBER-THREATS 10.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF CYBERSECURITY 10.5 CHALLENGES TO CYBERSECURITY 10.6 INITIATIVES FOR CYBER SECURITY 10.6.1 DIGITAL INDIA ACT, 2023 (DIA) 11 BORDER SECURITY: CHALLENGES & MANAGEMENT 54-61 11.1 AIM OF BORDER MANAGEMENT 11.2 BORDER MANAGEMENT MEASURES BY GOI: 3 ESSENTIAL PROCESSES 11.3 SECURITY CHALLENGES: ALONG INDIAN BORDER 11.4 ISSUES AFFECTING EFFECTIVE BORDER MANAGEMENT IN INDIA 11.5 HOW GEOGRAPHY AFFECT BORDER MANAGEMENT? 11.6 ROLE OF DIFFERENT SECURITY FORCES IN BORDER MANAGEMENT 11.7 ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN EFFECTIVE BORDER MANAGEMENT 11.8 STEPS NECESSARY FOR EFFECTIVE BORDER MANAGEMENT 11.9 GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE FOR BORDER MANAGEMENT 12 COASTAL BORDER MANAGEMENT 62-65 12.1 NECESSITY OF COASTAL SECURITY 12.2 KEY GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES TO BOOST COASTAL SECURITY 12.3 CHALLENGES IN COASTAL BORDER MANAGEMENT 12.4 STEPS NECESSARY FOR EFFECTIVE COASTAL BORDER MANAGEMENT 12.5 GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES 13 DEFENCE SECTOR 66-67 13.1 NEED OF INDIGENIZATION OF DEFENSE SECTOR 13.2 CHALLENGES IN DEFENCE SECTOR 13.3 STEPS REQUIRED 14 VARIOUS SECURITY FORCES AND AGENCIES AND THEIR MANDATES 68-71 14.1 THE VARIOUS SECURITY FORCES UNDER DEFENCE MINISTRY AND THEIR MANDATES 14.2 OVERALL ISSUE ASSOCIATED WITH ALL 3 WINGS OF INDIAN ARMED FORCES 14.3 THE VARIOUS SECURITY FORCES AND THEIR MANDATES 14.4 OVERALL ISSUE ASSOCIATED WITH ALL CAPF FORCES 14.5 INDIAN COAST GUARDS (ICG) MANDATES 14.6 STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT TO REMOVE DISCREPANCIES ASSOCIATED UPSC PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS (PYQs) 15 POLICE REFORMS 72-74 15.1 ISSUE WITH CURRENT FUNCTIONING OF POLICE FORCES 15.2 VARIOUS COMMITTEES AND THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICE REFORMS