India's PRAHAAR counter-terrorism policy has placed cross-border terrorism, cyber-enabled threats, drone misuse and emerging technologies within one national security framework.
Government information channels said that the Ministry of Home Affairs unveiled the National Counter-Terrorism Policy and Strategy titled PRAHAAR on 23 February 2026. The policy sets out a whole-of-government approach and stresses zero tolerance for terrorism while retaining rule-of-law and human-rights language.
PRAHAAR expands the security lens beyond conventional terror incidents. Public reports and the policy document highlight cyber-attacks, misuse of information and communications technology, drones, robotics, organised terror networks and chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, explosive and digital risks.
Described PRAHAAR as an acronym covering prevention of attacks, swift and proportionate responses, aggregation of internal capacities, human-rights and rule-of-law based processes, attenuation of enabling conditions such as radicalisation, alignment with international efforts and recovery through societal resilience.
The policy matters because contemporary terrorism can combine online propaganda, encrypted communication, illicit finance, drones, cross-border handlers and local radicalisation. A single-agency response is unlikely to be enough.
The policy signals the need to coordinate police, intelligence, cyber, prosecution, social welfare, border, transport and disaster-response systems before a crisis occurs.
The next checks are the MHA PRAHAAR document, state police standard operating procedures, prosecution guidelines and cyber incident reporting protocols.
