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Internal SecurityEXAMINEYear 201915 Marks
Concept / Statute•Directive•Institution / Stakeholder
Cross-border smuggling of narcotics and psychotropic substances is directly linked with illicit terror funding. Discuss India's multi-agency institutional response.
Exact Syllabus Pointer
Linkages between development and spread of extremism, external state and non-state actors, cyber security, money laundering, border management.
Connected Questions Across All Papers
Discovered through overlapping concepts: Narco-Terror Nexus, Terror Funding, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)
Recurring Theme Trend: “Narco-Terror Nexus”
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