UPSC 2017 GS-III · 15 marks · 250 words

The scourge of terrorism is a grave challenge to national security. What solution do you suggest to curb this growing menace? What are the major sources of terrorist funding?

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Funding sources to enumerate: state sponsorship, hawala, fake Indian currency notes, narco-terrorism on the Golden Crescent route, charity and NGO fronts, extortion, crypto and online fundraising
Institutional response: the NIA and the NIA (Amendment) Act 2019, UAPA amendments allowing individual designation, the Enforcement Directorate under PMLA, FIU-IND
International levers: FATF grey-listing and its effect on Pakistan, UNSC 1267 designations, the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism India has pushed since 1996
Operational measures: NATGRID, the Multi Agency Centre, coastal security after 26/11, border fencing, and state police capacity
The non-kinetic half: counter-radicalisation, de-radicalisation and rehabilitation, and addressing local grievance in Kashmir and the North-East

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