Lok Sabha Question No. 1451 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-29
Subject: Initiatives to curb Terrorism
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant, Shri Bhausaheb Rajaram Wakchaure

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1451

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 29 TH  JULY, 2025/ SRAVANA 7, 1947 (SAKA)

INITIATIVES TO CURB TERRORISM

†1451. SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT: SHRI BHAUSAHEB RAJARAM WAKCHAURE:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the steps taken by the Government to strengthen internal and border security and stop internal and cross border terrorism;

(b) the policy adopted to stop financial support to terrorists;

(c) the sanctions imposed on organisations involved in terrorist activities;

(d) the details of the countries with which India has cooperated against terrorism; and

(e) the role of intelligence agencies in preventing terrorist incidents?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a): As per the seventh schedule to the Constitution of India, 'Police' and 'Public Order' are the subjects of the States. However, to deal with the challenges of internal and border security and to combat internal as well as cross-border terrorism, Government of India follows a multidimensional  strategy,  which  entails  various  measures,  which  are  as follows-

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## For strengthening internal & border security

- i. Enhancement of counter insurgency grid.
2. ii.
3. Deployment of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs).
- iii. Special  focus  on  modernization  and  strengthening  of  security equipment.
- iv. Organizing  various  capacity  building  programs  for  State  Police Forces, Law Enforcement Agencies and Cyber Investigative Agencies.
- v. Augmenting intelligence capabilities and strengthening law enforcement agencies and ensuring sharing of intelligence inputs on a real-time basis, amongst all security forces.
- vi. Implementation of the Comprehensive Integrated Border Management  System  (CIBMS),  incorporating  sensors,  cameras, ground surveillance radars and command-control systems.
- vii. Deployment  of  Unmanned  Aerial  Vehicles  (UAVs),  Drones  and Satellite Surveillance in vulnerable border areas.
- viii. Construction of strategic roads, tunnels and bridges in border areas under the Bharatmala and Border Road Organization initiatives.
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11. x.
12. Day & night area domination.
13. Round-the-clock Nakas at strategic points.

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- xi. Construction of fences, floodlighting, Border Out Posts/ Company Operating Bases, building roads and Integrated Check Posts (ICPs) at various locations on the international borders and measures to strengthen the Coastal Security.
- xii. Regular  Border-Coordination  meetings  and  joint  patrolling  with neighboring countries like Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar.

## For preventing internal and cross-border terrorism

While  adopting  'Zero -Tolerance'  policy  against  terrorism,  following  key measures have been taken -

- i. Effective, continuous and sustained actions against terrorists and support structures.
- ii. Dismantling of terror  ecosystem  using  whole  of  government approach.
- iii. Preventive operations through Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), Indian Army and State Police Forces involving identification  of  strategic  supporters  of  terrorism  and  initiating investigations through NIA to expose their mechanisms of aiding and abetting terrorism.

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- iv. Strengthening  legal  regime  like  Unlawful  Activities  (Prevention) Act, 1967 and National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 for effective prosecution of terrorist organizations and individual terrorists.
- v. Use  of Artificial Intelligence, Big Data  Analytics and  Facial Recognition Tools to detect terrorist networks and activities.
- vi. Monitoring  of  social  media  and  cyberspace  to  prevent  online radicalization.
4. (b): Key steps taken to stop financial support to terrorist include-
- i. A 'Combating Financing of Terrorism (CFT) Cell' has been established in the Ministry of Home Affairs since 2011 to coordinate with various intelligence/enforcement agencies to prevent financing of terrorism.
- ii. A  Terror  Funding  and  Fake  Currency  Cell  (TFFC)  has  also  been established in the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to investigate and prosecute terrorist funding and  Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) cases.
- iii. A FICN Co-ordination Centre (FCORD) is also functioning to share the intelligence/ information amongst the different security agencies of Centre/States to counter the circulation of Fake Indian Currency Notes within the Country.

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- iv. Monitoring of suspicious financial transactions, NGOs and hawala channels  through  coordinated  actions  with  financial  intelligence agencies.
2. (c): Various sanctions as imposed against terrorist organizations and its members through United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs) 1267, 1373 and section 51(A) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967  include  freeze,  seize  and  attaching  funds/properties;  restricting flowing  of  funds  of  terrorist  entities  and  travel  restrictions  on  the members of a terrorist organization and designated individual terrorists.

(d): India has fully functional Joint Working Groups on Counter-Terrorism (JWG-CT) with 26 countries and 5 multi-lateral forums (ASEAN, BIMSTEC, BRICS, European Union (EU), QUAD-CTWG); and one Stand-Alone Dialogue with Tunisia. Details of the countries have been attached at Annexure- A.

(e):  Intelligence  and  security  agencies  of  Centre  and  States  work  in tandem to keep a close watch on the elements involved in terror offences. This includes round the clock intelligence sharing through Multi Agency Centre (MAC) at the Central level and State Multi Agency Centre (SMAC)

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at  the  State  level,  setting  up  of  Joint  Command  and  Control  Centres, strengthening of Technical and Human intelligence, better cooperation amongst the Security Forces, district police and intelligence agencies, thrust  on  generation  of  real  time  intelligence  and  creation  as  well  as strengthening of State Intelligence Bureaus (SIBs).

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## Details of the countries/multi-lateral groups with whom India has established Joint Working Group and Stand-alone dialogue on Counter Terrorism

|   S. No. | Name of the Country   |
|----------|-----------------------|
|        1 | Australia             |
|        2 | Canada                |
|        3 | China                 |
|        4 | Egypt                 |
|        5 | France                |
|        6 | Germany               |
|        7 | Indonesia             |
|        8 | Israel                |
|        9 | Italy                 |
|       10 | Japan                 |
|       11 | Kazakhstan            |
|       12 | Malaysia              |
|       13 | Maldives              |
|       14 | Mauritius             |
|       15 | Morocco               |
|       16 | Netherlands           |
|       17 | Philippines           |
|       18 | Russia                |
|       19 | Saudi Arabia          |
|       20 | Singapore             |
|       21 | Tajikistan            |
|       22 | Tanzania              |
|       23 | Turkey                |
|       24 | United Kingdom        |
|       25 | United States (USA)   |
|       26 | Uzbekistan            |

## Multi-lateral groups

|   Sl. No. | Name of the Regional Group   |
|-----------|------------------------------|
|         1 | ASEAN                        |
|         2 | BIMSTEC                      |
|         3 | BRICS                        |
|         4 | European Union               |
|         5 | QUAD-CTWG                    |

## Stand- Alone Dialogue

| 1.   | Tunisia   |
|------|-----------|