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22nd August
22 August 2017 | Pub Ad | Daily Answer Writing Session
Click on the blue highlighted links and attempt the questions on respective page Q1. Kautilya’s Arthashastra a complete text on Public Administration.Comment.                                 (10… Continue reading 22 August 2017 | Pub Ad | Daily Answer Writing Session
22 August 2017 | Prelims Daily with Previous Year Questions & Tikdams
Q.1) Recently, the Union Cabinet has approved the creation of the Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA). Consider the following statements regarding it: 1. The HEFA would mobilise CSR funds from PSUs/Corporates. 2. All the Centrally Funded Higher Educational Institutions would be eligible for joining as members of the HEFA. Which of the statements given above… Continue reading 22 August 2017 | Prelims Daily with Previous Year Questions & Tikdams
21st August
UPSC GS3 | Linkages of organized crime with terrorism
History and Changing Face of Terrorism Linkage of organized crime with terrorism and terror funding Broader Framework to Deal with Terrorism
India Internal Security | Broader Framework to Deal with Terrorism
National security is a multifaceted and all-encompassing concept related to building comprehensive national power. It envisages a symbiotic relationship between internal and external security, reinforcing the premise that a country’s external security posture is organically linked to its internal strength. For internal stability, strong political institutions, economic growth, social harmony, efficient law and order machinery,… Continue reading India Internal Security | Broader Framework to Deal with Terrorism
India Internal Security | Linkage of organised crime with terrorism and terror funding
Crime and terrorism can potentially have a very close linkage. While there may or may not always be a linkage between the two, however, both international case studies and those in India do point towards it. Terrorist groups, whether indigenous or sponsored by outside states, need arms and money for their fight against the security… Continue reading India Internal Security | Linkage of organised crime with terrorism and terror funding
India Internal Security | History and Changing face of Terrorism
History of terrorism in India The hand of Pakistan in fuelling the jihad in Kashmir to create an environment of either Azadi (freedom) or joining Pakistan is evident. During the Afghan jihad in the 1980s against the Soviet Union, Pakistan trained 80, 000 Mujahideen in training camps established in Pakistan. Once the Afghan jihad was… Continue reading India Internal Security | History and Changing face of Terrorism
UPSC GS3 | Security challenges and their management in border areas
Social Diversity as Issues of Security Threat Challenges from within- Kashmir, Northeast, Punjab, and others Neighbors as Issue of Security Threat
India Internal Security | Neighbors as Issue of Security Threat
India faces myriad security challenges both external and internal. Unlike any other country in the World, Indian security is marred by legacy issues that include unresolved boundary disputes, not coming to terms with the partition of the sub-continent, or culture of competition and challenge in case of one and unwillingness to accept India as a… Continue reading India Internal Security | Neighbors as Issue of Security Threat
[Official Answers] 21 August 2017 | Pub Ad | Daily Answer Writing Session
Q.1 Explain Karl Marx’s view on the relationship of bureaucracy with the state and the society. Marx’s main interest centred around three basic concepts the development of capitalism, the magnitude or extent of its exploitation of working class and, finally, the emancipation of working class. In the course of analysis of these three basic issues he… Continue reading [Official Answers] 21 August 2017 | Pub Ad | Daily Answer Writing Session
India Internal Security | Challenges from within
International terrorism poses the greatest challenge to the security and stability of the country. It was until recently confined to the state of Jammu & Kashmir but has gradually spread across the length and breadth of the country. The terrorists are opposed to the very idea of India; they want to destroy its icons and… Continue reading India Internal Security | Challenges from within
India Internal Security | Social Diversity as Issues of Security Threat
Social Diversity as Issues of Security Threat Differences of power, wealth and geography do determine what we perceive as the gravest threats to our survival and well-being. The Indian cultural tradition is unique. The notions of dharma (normative order), karma (personal moral commitment] and jati (caste) as the hierarchical principles of social stratification are basic… Continue reading India Internal Security | Social Diversity as Issues of Security Threat
UPSC GS3 | Money-laundering and its prevention
Back2Basics Money-laundering- Introduction and causes Regulation of Money Laundering – International Laws/Conventions Regulation of Money Laundering in India
India Internal Security | Regulation of Money Laundering in India
With its growing financial strength, India is vulnerable to money laundering activities even though the country’s strict foreign exchange laws make it difficult for criminals to launder money. Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 The aforesaid Act was enacted to prevent money-laundering and to provide for confiscation of property derived from, or involved in, money-laundering.… Continue reading India Internal Security | Regulation of Money Laundering in India
India Internal Security | Regulation of Money Laundering – International Laws/Conventions
Money laundering is a truly global phenomenon. The increasing integration of the world’s financial system, as technology has improved and barriers to the free movement of capital have been reduced, has meant that money launderers can make use of this system to hide their ill-gotten gains. They are able to quickly move their criminally derived… Continue reading India Internal Security | Regulation of Money Laundering – International Laws/Conventions
India Internal Security | Money-laundering- Introduction and causes
Mahatma Gandhi said: “Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or another will always be needed.” The primary function of money is to serve as a medium of exchange, and as such it is accepted without question in final discharge of debts or payment… Continue reading India Internal Security | Money-laundering- Introduction and causes
UPSC GS3 | Basics of cyber security
Back2Basics Basics of cyber security
India Internal Security | Basics of cyber security
Cyberspace is being used for a variety of malicious activities, from crime to state-sponsored attacks on critical infrastructure. The interconnectedness of cyber networks means that even the most basic responses end up having a ripple effect or unintended consequences. India has been at the receiving end of various forms of cyber threats; from attacks on… Continue reading India Internal Security | Basics of cyber security
UPSC GS3 | Role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges
Back2Basics Role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges
India Internal Security | Role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges
Cyberspace has changed many old concepts. In this globalised world everyone is neighbour of other. There is no established concept of boundaries. The use of social media has become a ubiquitous component of the ever more interconnected world in which we now live. The term “social media” refers to internet-based applications that enable people to… Continue reading India Internal Security | Role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges
UPSC GS3 | Challenges to internal security through communication networks
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