National Security Strategy (India)

The National Security Strategy (NSS) is a document prepared periodically by the executive branch of the Government of India which outlines the major national security concerns of the India and how the administration plans to deal with them.

The Defence Planning Committee, a senior decision-making mechanism created In April 2018 by the Central Government of India, according to the notification issued by Indian Government the DPC, will have several mandates including a task to prepare a draft National Security Strategy for India.[1]

Background

In 2007, a draft National Security Strategy was prepared by the Integrated Defence Staff, but was not approved by the Cabinet Committee of Security.[2]

See also

• National Cyber Security Policy 2013

References

1. "Doval chairs first meet of defence panel". The Hindu. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
2. Pandit, Rajat (2 May 2018). "New defence panel to focus on national security, reforms in 1st meeting". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.

Further reading

• PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow (10 April 2020) Rethinking National Security in an Age of Pandemics. Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF).
• Arvind Gupta (20 October 2011). A National Security Strategy Document for India. Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA)
• Lt Gen (Retd) AS Lamba. Review: The New Arthashastra: A Security Strategy for India. Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS)