A Safer India - Since 2014, new norms of security saved lives and prevented attacks

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Last Updated22/02/2022

The recent verdict by a special court in the 2008 Ahmedabad bomb blasts case has brought back memories of the dark era.

UPA government(2004): repeal of the Prevention of Terrorism Act.
The message went to the terrorists was unmistakable - India is open to attack now.
Train commuters in Mumbai, shoppers in Delhi, devotees in Kashi and students in Bengaluru - everyone was a target, no one was safe.
2008: Indian Mujahideen (IM) attacked cities like Jaipur and Bengaluru while the UPA government contented itself with doing “kadi ninda” for public consumption.
2008: the IM targeted Ahmedabad,
It was the leads provided by the Gujarat police investigation that eventually led to the Batla House encounter and liquidation of dreaded terrorists and the arrest of many more.
Some of those arrested were among the 49 convicted by the Ahmedabad special court and awarded the death sentence.
2013: Akhilesh Yadav became the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, first acts was seeking to withdraw cases against terrorists who were later convicted.
During this phase, as many as 14 cases against terrorists were sought to be withdrawn by the Akhilesh Yadav government.

Anti-terror laws like Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act have been strengthened.
NIA has been given more authorities & the investigating agencies have been modernized.
Terror financing has been squeezed through the creation of the Terror Funding and Fake Currency Cell in the NIA.
Insurgencies in the Northeast were ended with the signing of historic accords.
Incidents of Naxalism: reduced by 70% in 2020 as compared to 2009.
Fatalities (civilians and security forces): reduced by 80% in 2020 as compared to 2010.
Armed forces were given a free hand to deal with Pakistan through strikes.
Terrorism and terror financing was consistently brought onto the agenda of the G20 through PM Modi’s interventions.
Pakistan has been on the FATF gray list since 2018.

With the Progressive policies in safety and security(A new norm under the Modi government) any threat to the nation is treated as a threat to every Indian.
The Modi government has modernised investigative agencies, cracked down on terror and terror financing.
Because of this, India has emerged as a nation that has attracted $80 billion in FDI even during the pandemic.
India created 42 unicorns in just one year and is the fastest-growing major economy in the world post the pandemic.