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Cover Story

                                                                                              Years
                                                                                       of Vikas Yatra



                                                                                       A Secure India
                                   Zero Tolerance Against Terrorism
                                                                                       Through Robust

                                                    n  On August 2, 2019, amendments   Policies
                                                      to the NIA Act incorporated new   n  A 70% reduction in terrorist
                                                      offenses and empowered the NIA     incidents over the past 10
                                                      to conduct investigations abroad   years.
                                                      as well.                         n  The NIA delivers a 95 percent

                                                    n  Amendments to the UAPA            conviction rate in UAPA
                                                      have granted the authority to      cases—a testament to a strong
                                                      confiscate the assets of terrorists   counter-terrorism policy.
                                                      and to designate individuals as
                                                      terrorists.                       Ban Imposed on Over 15
                                                                                       Organizations as Terrorist
                                                    n  The current Central Government         Entities
                                                      has, for the first time, provided a
                                                      legal definition for terrorism.
                                                      Terrorist Incidents                           Decrease of 95%













                                                                                                 55      28
                                      Decrease of 95%
                                                                                          Civilian deaths
                                                                     Decrease of 82%
                                228     12                      91      16                    2018     2025
                          Terrorist Incidents
                                                        Death of security personnel
                             2018     2025
                                                             2018     2025

                                                                                     Some nations support
                                                                                   terrorism as part of their
                                                                                foreign policy. These nations
                                                                                    must be isolated. There
                                                                               should be absolutely no ‘ifs’ or
                                                                                     ‘buts’ regarding this.

                                                                                   Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
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