
India is facing multi fold thread from external states & non state actors on internal security of the country. State actor includes representative government and their agencies whereas non state actors may include economic institutions like IMF World Bank , International NGOs, Multinational companies, terrorist and religious groups, hackers etc. But non state actors do not represent any countries government but they possess capacity to create significant cross border impacts.
Role of external state Actors in creating challenges to internal security
1) The state may carry out a limited war against Indian state and this might have ramifications for our internal security too
2) They might support the various insurgent groups, Naxalites, or separatist groups through funding, training or logistics
3) There have been instances where state actors have been responsible for carrying out a limited cyber warfare through hacking and other espionage
Role of Non state Actors in creating challenges to internal security
1) Non state actors from the neighboring country have been carrying out a proxy war since decades in order to “bleed India to death”
2) Certain dubious NGOs and so called civil society organizations also work in a clandestine manner to provoke discontent sections of Indian society which creates internal security issues.
3) Various dubious non state actors run fake currency rackets and drug rackets which pose a challenge to the economic and social security of India.
Apart from above challenges organized attacks on cultural values through media channels, ethnic tensions due to cross border migrations in north east and drugs supplies issues in punjab are also some of the threats to countries internal security. To counter these threats multidimensional approach like NATGRID is welcoming step. Role of citizens is also very important in countering these challenges.