India launches its first anti-terror policy, PRAHAAR

PRAHAAR aims to counter threats across land, air, water, and cyberspace.

The policy protects critical infrastructure, such as power, railways, aviation, ports, defence, space, and atomic energy from both state and non‑state actors. It acknowledges continued risks from global terrorist outfits and the growing use of drones, organised crime networks, encrypted communication, dark web tools, and crypto‑wallets to plan and execute attacks.

The policy proposes a uniform anti‑terror structure across states and aims to criminalise all terrorist acts while cutting off access to funds, weapons, and safe havens.

PRAHAAR calls for involvement of legal experts from FIR to prosecution, and enhanced international cooperation. It emphasises counter‑radicalisation through community engagement, monitoring of vulnerable youth, and de‑radicalisation programmes.

It plans stricter drone surveillance and anti‑drone measures, especially across border states.

Agencies will intensify cyber‑attack monitoring from criminal hackers and hostile states, especially on power, railways, aviation, ports, defence, and atomic energy sectors.

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