Amit Shah unveils PRAHAAR, a whole-of-society strategy against terror

NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday unveiled 'PRAHAAR - counter terror Policy and strategy'. The Conference deliberated upon the seven pillars of PRAHAAR including Prevention, Response, Aggregating Internal Capacities, Human Rights, Attenuating Conditions for Terrorism, Aligning International Efforts and Recovery & Resilience through a whole-of-society approach. The conference was attended by DGPs of 15 States, ATS Chiefs of all the States and UTs.

In his address, Shah said that focus should be on percolation of the tenets of PRAHAAR up to the thana level and impressed upon adopting a proactive approach towards every aspect of the PRAHAAR initiative.

Mentioning various steps undertaken for mitigating terrorist threats, he advocated institutionalizing an automated counter terrorism response at every level of the framework. Impressing upon the necessity of result-oriented approach towards each pillar of PRAHAAR, Shah called for coordination among the stakeholders to prevent any delay in action.


Shah said, from 2019 to 2026, the Modi government successfully brought back 288 fugitive criminals to India from 36 countries.

As a result of better coordination among agencies, more than 40 modules of Shahzad Bhatti network involved in cross-border smuggling of weapons, explosives and narcotics were busted, more than 100 FIRs were registered and 350 individuals were arrested across 15 states.