Counter Terrorism in India

Indian Counter Terrorism infrastructure has not been able to evolve itself as per the changing dynamics of terrorism

The recent Pulwama attack on CRPF convoy in Kashmir which claimed more than 40 lives highlights the critical security lapses in Indian counter-terrorism (CT) architecture.

India did not have any structured CT architecture until Kargil war following which India took serious efforts to give a shape to its CT framework. Indian CT architecture got a further push after Mumbai attacks in 2008 when India set up the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and mooted a centralised National Counter Terrorism Agency (NCTC), although NCTC could not ....