[Lecture] Keeping India Safe - The Dilemma of Internal Security

Описание: By 2030, India is expected to emerge as the most populous country in the world with a population of 1.5 billion souls. Yet the responsibility of its internal security is dispersed among a fragmented police force divided between 29 states with no concurrent role by the Central government except in grave emergencies. The separation of responsibility extends to terrorism too. The Central Police forces are not empowered to act on their own. This peculiar system does not exist anywhere else in the world. As a result, India is unable to maintain the rule of law despite having the biggest police system (3.1 million police personnel) in the world.

Mr Vappala Balachandran will share some insights on resolving the issue.

Points are derived from a public lecture by Mr Vappala Balachandran at the LKY School on the topic: "Keeping India Safe - the Dilemma of Internal Security".

Watch the highlight version here:    • [Highlights] The Dilemma of Internal Secur...  

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The speaker, Mr. Vappala Balachandran, is Former Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, Govt.of India.

This lecture is moderated by:
Prof Kanti Pajpai, Director of Centre on Asia and Globalisation and Wilmar Professor of Asian Studies at the LKY School.

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