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DIA is the nodal agency for all defence related intelligence, thus distinguishing it from the other Indian intelligence internal and external agencies. DIA controls the Indian Armed Forces' technical intelligence assets – the Directorate of Signals Intelligence, a tri-service agency, and the Defence Image Processing and Analysis Centre (DIPAC ...
Threats to the general peace may range from minor civil unrest, large scale violence, or even an armed insurgency.Threats to internal security may be directed at either the state's citizens, or the organs and infrastructure of the state itself, and may range from petty crime, serious organized crime, political or industrial unrest, or even domestic terrorism.
India has a number of intelligence agencies, of which the best known are the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), India's external intelligence agency, and the Intelligence Bureau (IB), the domestic intelligence agency, responsible for counter-intelligence, counter-terrorism and overall internal security.
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The IB is a constitutional body under the Schedule VII of the Constitution of India. [5] The Union List within Schedule VII includes "Central Bureau of Intelligence". [14] IB is also listed in the Schedule of the Intelligence Organisations (Restriction of Rights) Act, 1985, which recognizes organisations "established by the central government for purposes of intelligence or counter ...
The Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) was a controversial law passed by the Indian parliament in 1971 giving the administration of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Indian law enforcement agencies very broad powers – indefinite preventive detention of individuals, search and seizure of property without warrants, and wiretapping – in the quelling of civil and political disorder in ...
The PD Act 1950 was enacted and it continued to be on the statute book until the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) was enacted in 1971. The MISA was repealed in 1977. And the only period in the Indian republic without any preventive detention law was the three-year period, beginning with the repeal of MISA in 1977 to the promulgation ...
Article 355 places duties on the central government to protect states against "external aggression and internal disturbances" and to ensure that the governance of all states is in accordance with the constitution. [3] [4] This article is often used in conjunction with Article 356 to declare President's Rule in a state. The Supreme Court of ...