Police

This paper argues that internal security reforms are crucial not only for India's own security and that of its immediate neighbourhood, but also for its rise as an Asian and world power.

• Sandy Gordon
• 2010
• IDSA Occasional Papers

Raising a Central Marine Police Force and wasting resources on their training and equipment is neither necessary nor advisable given that the country already has a central organisation to protect the coast – the Indian Coast Guard.

• Pushpita Das
• June 21, 2016
• IDSA Comments

The government should instead aim to create a single Security Group consisting of a training establishment specializing in security issues and a number of units to meet different areas of security as per the requirement.

• V. Mahalingam
• February 18, 2013
• IDSA Comments

For the Indian Police to avoid the mistakes of the past, a multi-pronged approach must be taken on a nation-wide basis to rectify shortcomings and to improve the ability of police units to respond to a Mumbai type of fidayeen attack.

• Sanjay Badri-Maharaj
• April 2009
• Journal of Defence Studies