The Union government is finalising India’s first anti-terror policy which will provide a template for all States to combat and respond to terror-related incidents, a senior government official told The Hindu. Digital radicalisation, the misuse of open borders, and conversion networks funded by foreign players are among the key issues being discussed in the run-up to the policy’s release.
Last November, Union Home Minister Amit Shah had announced that a National Counter Terrorism Policy and Strategy would be introduced soon.
One year on, a National Investigation Agency (NIA) official told The Hindu that “the Home Ministry is finalising the document and the NIA has also given its inputs.” The NIA is organising an anti-terror conference on December 26 and 27 at Delhi where the contours of the policy are likely to be shared.
Post-Pahalgam discussions
After the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, the NIA conducted meetings with anti-terror units of all States and apprised them of the measures to be put in place to prevent and pre-empt such attacks. They also discussed the use of the National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID), a secure platform for law enforcement agencies to access government and other databases.
