**Executive Summary:**
This document, a response to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1451 answered on July 29, 2025, outlines the Indian government's initiatives to curb terrorism. It details the multi-dimensional strategy to strengthen internal and border security, stop financial support to terrorists, impose sanctions on terrorist organizations, cooperate with other countries against terrorism, and leverage intelligence agencies.
**Key Points / Main Content:**
* **Strengthening Internal and Border Security:**
* Enhancement of counter-insurgency grid.
* Deployment of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs).
* Modernization and strengthening of security equipment.
* Capacity building programs for State Police Forces, Law Enforcement Agencies, and Cyber Investigative Agencies.
* Augmenting intelligence capabilities and real-time intelligence sharing.
* Implementation of the Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System (CIBMS).
* Deployment of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and satellite surveillance.
* Construction of strategic infrastructure in border areas.
* Day and night area domination and strategic checkpoints.
* Construction of border infrastructure like fences and Integrated Check Posts (ICPs).
* Regular border coordination meetings with neighboring countries.
* **Preventing Internal and Cross-Border Terrorism:**
* Zero-tolerance policy against terrorism.
* Dismantling of terror ecosystem.
* Preventive operations involving CAPFs, Indian Army, and State Police Forces.
* Strengthening legal regimes like UAPA and NIA Act.
* Use of AI, Big Data Analytics, and Facial Recognition Tools.
* Monitoring social media and cyberspace to prevent online radicalization.
* **Stopping Financial Support to Terrorists:**
* Combating Financing of Terrorism (CFT) Cell established in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
* Terror Funding and Fake Currency (TFFC) Cell established in the NIA.
* FICN Coordination Centre (FCORD) to counter Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN).
* Monitoring suspicious financial transactions, NGOs, and hawala channels.
* **Sanctions Against Terrorist Organizations:**
* Sanctions imposed through UNSCRs 1267, 1373 and section 51A of the UAPA, 1967 include freezing/seizing funds/properties, restricting fund flows, and travel restrictions.
* **International Cooperation Against Terrorism:**
* Joint Working Groups on Counter-Terrorism (JWGCT) with 26 countries.
* Collaboration with 5 multilateral forums (ASEAN, BIMSTEC, BRICS, EU, QUADCTWG).
* Stand-alone dialogue with Tunisia.
* **Role of Intelligence Agencies:**
* Intelligence sharing through Multi Agency Centre (MAC) and State Multi Agency Centre (SMAC).
* Joint Command and Control Centres.
* Strengthening of Technical and Human intelligence.
* Enhanced cooperation among security forces and intelligence agencies.
* Strengthening State Intelligence Bureaus (SIBs).
**Impact Analysis:**
* **State Police Forces:**
* *Impact:* Responsible for maintaining public order and internal security, requiring them to implement counter-terrorism measures and participate in capacity-building programs.
* *Action Required:* Enhance their counter-insurgency grid, augment intelligence capabilities, and cooperate with central agencies.
* **Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs):**
* *Impact:* Deployed to strengthen internal and border security and conduct preventive operations against terrorism.
* *Action Required:* Enhance deployment strategies and coordinate with state police forces.
* **Law Enforcement Agencies:**
* *Impact:* Required to investigate and prosecute terrorist organizations and individuals, including those involved in terror financing.
* *Action Required:* Participate in capacity building programs and utilize strengthened legal regimes.
* **Intelligence Agencies (Central and State):**
* *Impact:* Responsible for gathering, analyzing, and sharing intelligence to prevent terrorist incidents.
* *Action Required:* Enhance intelligence sharing mechanisms through MAC and SMAC, and strengthen technical and human intelligence capabilities.
* **Financial Intelligence Agencies:**
* *Impact:* Involved in monitoring suspicious financial transactions to prevent terror financing.
* *Action Required:* Coordinate with the CFT Cell and other agencies to monitor financial transactions and NGOs.
* **Border Security Forces:**
* *Impact:* Responsible for implementing CIBMS, deploying UAVs, and coordinating with neighboring countries to prevent cross-border terrorism.
* *Action Required:* Implement CIBMS effectively and participate in border coordination meetings.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Home Affairs: The ministry within the Government of India responsible for internal security and border management.
Constitution of India: The supreme law of India, which assigns Police and Public Order as subjects of the States.
Central Armed Police Forces: Uniformed central police forces in India under the authority of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System: An initiative to enhance border security using technology like sensors, cameras, and surveillance systems.
Bharatmala: A centrally-sponsored and funded Road and Highways project in India.
Border Road Organization: An organisation in India that develops and maintains road networks in border areas.
Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967: An Indian law aimed at prevention of unlawful activities, including terrorism.
National Investigation Agency: India's primary counter-terrorism law enforcement agency.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1451
TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 29TH JULY, 2025/ SRAVANA 7, 1947 (SAKA)
INITIATIVES TO CURB TERRORISM
†1451. SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT:
SHRI BHAUSAHEB RAJARAM WAKCHAURE:
Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) the steps taken by the Government to strengthen internal and border
security and stop internal and cross border terrorism;
(b) the policy adopted to stop financial support to terrorists;
(c) the sanctions imposed on organisations involved in terrorist activities;
(d) the details of the countries with which India has cooperated against
terrorism; and
(e) the role of intelligence agencies in preventing terrorist incidents?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
(SHRI NITYANAND RAI)
(a): As per the seventh schedule to the Constitution of India, ‘Police’ and
‘Public Order’ are the subjects of the States. However, to deal with the
challenges of internal and border security and to combat internal as well
as cross-border terrorism, Government of India follows a multi-
dimensional strategy, which entails various measures, which are as
follows--2-
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For strengthening internal & border security
i. Enhancement of counter insurgency grid.
ii. Deployment of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs).
iii. Special focus on modernization and strengthening of security
equipment.
iv. Organizing various capacity building programs for State Police
Forces, Law Enforcement Agencies and Cyber Investigative
Agencies.
v. Augmenting intelligence capabilities and strengthening law
enforcement agencies and ensuring sharing of intelligence inputs
on a real-time basis, amongst all security forces.
vi. Implementation of the Comprehensive Integrated Border
Management System (CIBMS), incorporating sensors, cameras,
ground surveillance radars and command-control systems.
vii. Deployment of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), Drones and
Satellite Surveillance in vulnerable border areas.
viii. Construction of strategic roads, tunnels and bridges in border areas
under the Bharatmala and Border Road Organization initiatives.
ix. Day & night area domination.
x. Round-the-clock Nakas at strategic points.-3-
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xi. Construction of fences, floodlighting, Border Out Posts/ Company
Operating Bases, building roads and Integrated Check Posts (ICPs)
at various locations on the international borders and measures to
strengthen the Coastal Security.
xii. Regular Border-Coordination meetings and joint patrolling with
neighboring countries like Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar.
For preventing internal and cross-border terrorism
While adopting ‘Zero-Tolerance’ policy against terrorism, following key
measures have been taken -
i. Effective, continuous and sustained actions against terrorists and
support structures.
ii. Dismantling of terror ecosystem using whole of government
approach.
iii. Preventive operations through Central Armed Police Forces
(CAPFs), Indian Army and State Police Forces involving
identification of strategic supporters of terrorism and initiating
investigations through NIA to expose their mechanisms of aiding
and abetting terrorism.-4-
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iv. Strengthening legal regime like Unlawful Activities (Prevention)
Act, 1967 and National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 for effective
prosecution of terrorist organizations and individual terrorists.
v. Use of Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Analytics and Facial
Recognition Tools to detect terrorist networks and activities.
vi. Monitoring of social media and cyberspace to prevent online
radicalization.
(b): Key steps taken to stop financial support to terrorist include-
i. A “Combating Financing of Terrorism (CFT) Cell” has been
established in the Ministry of Home Affairs since 2011 to coordinate
with various intelligence/enforcement agencies to prevent
financing of terrorism.
ii. A Terror Funding and Fake Currency Cell (TFFC) has also been
established in the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to
investigate and prosecute terrorist funding and Fake Indian
Currency Notes (FICN) cases.
iii. A FICN Co-ordination Centre (FCORD) is also functioning to share
the intelligence/ information amongst the different security
agencies of Centre/States to counter the circulation of Fake Indian
Currency Notes within the Country.-5-
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iv. Monitoring of suspicious financial transactions, NGOs and hawala
channels through coordinated actions with financial intelligence
agencies.
(c): Various sanctions as imposed against terrorist organizations and its
members through United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs)
1267, 1373 and section 51(A) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act,
1967 include freeze, seize and attaching funds/properties; restricting
flowing of funds of terrorist entities and travel restrictions on the
members of a terrorist organization and designated individual terrorists.
(d): India has fully functional Joint Working Groups on Counter-Terrorism
(JWG-CT) with 26 countries and 5 multi-lateral forums (ASEAN, BIMSTEC,
BRICS, European Union (EU), QUAD-CTWG); and one Stand-Alone Dialogue
with Tunisia. Details of the countries have been attached at Annexure- A.
(e): Intelligence and security agencies of Centre and States work in
tandem to keep a close watch on the elements involved in terror offences.
This includes round the clock intelligence sharing through Multi Agency
Centre (MAC) at the Central level and State Multi Agency Centre (SMAC)-6-
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at the State level, setting up of Joint Command and Control Centres,
strengthening of Technical and Human intelligence, better cooperation
amongst the Security Forces, district police and intelligence agencies,
thrust on generation of real time intelligence and creation as well as
strengthening of State Intelligence Bureaus (SIBs).
*******ANNEXURE-A
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Details of the countries/multi-lateral groups with whom India has established Joint Working
Group and Stand-alone dialogue on Counter Terrorism
S. No. Name of the Country
1. Australia
2. Canada
3. China
4. Egypt
5. France
6. Germany
7. Indonesia
8. Israel
9. Italy
10. Japan
11. Kazakhstan
12. Malaysia
13. Maldives
14. Mauritius
15. Morocco
16. Netherlands
17. Philippines
18. Russia
19. Saudi Arabia
20. Singapore
21. Tajikistan
22. Tanzania
23. Turkey
24. United Kingdom
25. United States (USA)
26. Uzbekistan
Multi-lateral groups
Sl. No. Name of the Regional Group
1. ASEAN
2. BIMSTEC
3. BRICS
4. European Union
5. QUAD-CTWG
Stand- Alone Dialogue
1. Tunisia