India is a diverse country with its boundaries spread in thousands of kilometers. Known as a peninsula nation it is surrounded by water from three sides – West (Arabian Sea), East (Bay Of Bengal) And South (Indian Ocean). The mighty Himalayas in the north act as a shield to it, protecting it from the harsh winds and act as a geographical division between the Chinese and the Indian civilizations.

Talking About India’s cultural diversity there is no doubt that all of the major thriving civilizations in the world at the moment and in the past have emerged or are influenced by the Indian culture is one or the other way. Today, India is among the leading nations who have the potential of become the future world leader with its increasing industrial, technological and agricultural growth.

However, there is always a dark side to everything in the world and in the case of India terrorism is the dark side which posses threat to its integrity, development of all sorts, religious equality and most of all the security of its citizens.

What Are The Threats That India Is Facing On Its Security?

The Jammu And Kashmir Problem – this area is the northern most area of India which has always been a subject of hue and cry among Indian and Pakistani Governments and the separatist groups who demand it to be made a autonomous region. There have been continuous attempts to increase insurgency movements in the area so that the Indian government bows down to the demands of the separatist parties. Also, the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) is known to be the breeding ground for militant training camps from where they are sent to spread terror in India. This is done under the surveillance and with the monetary support from the Pakistani government and its intelligence bureau called ISI whose intentions are to put a barrier between India’s growing national integrity efforts by carrying out terror attacks. This attitude of Pakistan towards India is because of the many years of rivalry which has been since the time of partition. The Jammu Kashmir Issue therefore is a very crucial and sensitive matter for people of the region and the Indian government as it has so far been facing difficulties in securing the area completely from the terror outfits.

Terrorism From Pakistan – It is evident that Pakistan has not been and is not a trusted neighbor as far as the border security and controlling terrorism is concerned. There are ample of evidences against the Pakistani government and secret agencies about the perpetuation of terror attacks on various occasions. Terrorism in Pakistan is aimed at India for disturbing the peace and harmony among its citizens and putting terror in the minds of the people which would cease their normal life.

China A Threat To India – realizing that India could be a possible superpower, China has become insecure with this and is trying everything to pull India down. The evidences of it attempts to interrupt border peace situation and trade invasion can be traced in the past decade during which it has tried multiple times to invade the Indian borders from the Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh Sectors. The Dispute in the border line has not been thought over with a fruitful talk from both sides and mostly the reason behind the fall out in the talks was China’s unresponsive attitude during dialogues. Apart from this the increase in the activities of the Chinese Navy in the Indian Ocean has raised concern over the security of the people of India. The India China Terrorism Issue is one more reason which causes a great deal of worry for India as the Chinese are allegedly known to be funding the terrorist groups in Burma and Pakistan and also is conducting military exercises and defense deals at a major scale with Pakistan. This has rang the alarm for India to be upfront on keeping its borders, seas and the internal areas secure before China overtakes them with force.

It is important for the Indian Government To put in place the mechanism which can at least avoid and detect any kind of terrorist activity before hand so that innocent lives can be saved and peace can be maintained. After the 26/11 Attacks in Mumbai in 2008 India was in shock and grief over the brutal and unbelievable manner of the terror attacks. The Indian Government Since then have made commendable efforts to setup such system which would help in establishing National Security.

The Establishment of the National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) is going through the R&D process and would soon be setup. This system would help execute counter-terrorism operations and collect the data on terrorism, terrorists and their families which would be disseminated or shared with various agencies on the grounds of criminal investigation and terrorist locating. The Bureau has the right to conduct searches and arrests in any part of the country. With this setup in place India would surely be much more safer and would enure that anyone who tries create terror among the people of the country through Unlawful activities would be traced and executed or given the highest punishment.