GS3 · 10 marks · 150 words

How does the long maritime border of India present immense internal security challenges? Suggest measures to address these challenges.

Answered by 4 toppers · CSE 2023–2025

Maritime SecurityBorder ManagementOrganised CrimeSecurity Forces and AgenciesTerrorism

Syllabus: Security challenges and their management in border areas - linkages of organized crime with terrorism.

How toppers approached it

From all 4 answers · about 180 words · 75% drew a diagram.

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Close

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The toppers’ answers

Pakshal SecretryAIR 8 · CSE 2025 · 122 wordsTheir whole copy

Opening

India has 11,098 km long coastline which makes it susceptible to various traditional and non-traditional challenges.

Body · points and prose

Diagram
[India map showing: Drugs (West), 26/11 (near Mumbai), Terrorist (sea), Alleged migration (East)]

Internal security challenges

  1. Traditional Threats (i) Naval war in Indo-Pacific (ii) survellience by chinese ships
  2. Influx of illegal migrants eg. Srilanhan Tamils
  3. Drugs eg. Mundua Port - Rs 20,000 crore worth dungs
  4. Terrorism eg. 26/11 attack
  5. Maritime piracy eg. Somalian attacks
Diagram
[Steps Taken chart] - Sagar Prahari Bal - 3 layered coastal protection - Sagarmala project - Naval Modernisation

Measures to Address

  1. Adoption of grid level protection system → Navy → Coast guard → Police
  2. Use of Technology eg. GPS, Satellite Based monitoring
  3. upgradation of smaller port.
  4. Integrated command and coordination centre.
  5. focus on Naval capacity enhancement.
  6. "Denial by punishment" strategy

Close · a way forward

A "whole of government" approach is needed to prevent any future 26/11.

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