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Internal Security & Disaster Management

Internal Security & Disaster Management

UPSC Internal Security and Disaster Management notes — extremism, terrorism, border management, cyber security, money laundering, security agencies and disaster management, for GS Paper III.

Internal Security and Disaster Management are compact Mains topics that reliably carry two to four questions in GS Paper III. Answers score on institutions, laws and specific examples rather than generalities.

What UPSC asks

  • Mains GS III: linkages between development and extremism; role of external state and non-state actors; communication networks, media and social networking in security; cyber security; money laundering; border management and organised crime; security forces and agencies and their mandate; disaster and disaster management.
  • Prelims: agencies, laws and frameworks (for example, the Sendai Framework and the Disaster Management Act) when in the news.

How to use these notes

Learn the institutional map first — which agency does what under which law — then attach recent incidents and reforms to it.

Internal Security Challenges Internal security challenges for UPSC GS III: the four theatres, Left Wing Extremism, and the linkages between … 3 topics Terrorism and Insurgency Terrorism and insurgency for UPSC GS III: external state and non-state actors, UAPA 1967, NIA Act 2008, AFSPA … 3 topics Border Management Border management for UPSC GS III: India's land borders and coastline, border-guarding forces, coastal … 3 topics Cyber Security and Communication Networks Cyber security for UPSC GS III: cyber threats, the IT Act 2000, CERT-In, NCIIPC, I4C, data protection, and the … 3 topics Money Laundering and Organised Crime Money laundering and organised crime for UPSC GS III: PMLA 2002, ED and FIU-IND, FATF and its lists, hawala, … 3 topics Security Forces and Agencies Security forces and agencies for UPSC GS III: armed forces and CDS, the seven CAPFs and their mandates, … 3 topics Disaster Management Disaster management for UPSC GS III: India's hazard profile, the Disaster Management Act 2005, NDMA and NDRF, … 3 topics