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Security & Human Rights

General Ability & Intelligence

Useful for: UPSC Civil Services, UPSC CAPF (AC)

Overview

India’s internal security faces terrorism, left-wing extremism, insurgency, organised crime, communal violence and cyber threats, handled through laws, agencies and Centre–state coordination.

Key points

  • Police and public order are State List subjects; the Centre supports through central forces and intelligence.
  • The UAPA (1967) was amended in 2019 to allow designation of individuals as terrorists.
  • The National Investigation Agency was created in 2008 after the Mumbai attacks.
  • AFSPA (1958) gives special powers to armed forces in "disturbed areas".
  • The Multi Agency Centre coordinates intelligence sharing.
  • The NSG (1984) is the counter-terrorism strike force.

Practice MCQs

  1. From the perspective of definition and scope, which one of the following statements about Security & Human Rights is correct?

    1. Security & Human Rights is unrelated to institutions, processes or real-world applications.
    2. Security & Human Rights has no exceptions or limitations in exam analysis.
    3. Security administration operates under constitutional, legal and human-rights constraints.
    4. Security objectives automatically override every legal and human-rights constraint.

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    Answer: (c) Security administration operates under constitutional, legal and human-rights constraints.. Security administration operates under constitutional, legal and human-rights constraints.

  2. Consider the following statements on Security & Human Rights, focusing on definition and scope: 1. Security objectives automatically override every legal and human-rights constraint. 2. Security administration operates under constitutional, legal and human-rights constraints. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

    1. 1 only
    2. 2 only
    3. Both 1 and 2
    4. Neither 1 nor 2

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    Answer: (b) 2 only. Statement 2 is correct; Statement 1 is a common misconception.

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