Strengthening National Security, Well Equipped To Deal With All Challenges: Singh

The government has adopted a holistic approach to strengthening all aspects of national security, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said during an event on Monday in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

Minister said that national security encompasses the security of land and sea borders, air space, cyber, data, space, information, energy, economy and environment and it is essential for a sovereign nation to safeguard these elements.

“New kinds of threats are coming to the fore which have blurred the line between internal & external security. Besides terrorism, cyber war and information war are new security threats. In addition, there are problems like human trafficking and money laundering which are different in appearance but are related to one another. All the agencies must work in an integrated manner to deal with these challenges,” Singh said.

He pointed out that India has always withstood the invasions and threats to national security, with no other nation possessing such a rich tradition of national self-defence. He added, there is a need to outgrow the impact of slave mentality which has undermined its rich tradition of self-defence and security.

He also asserted that India has the potential to become the largest economy by 2047. He appealed to the citizens to play their part in making India one of the most powerful nations in the times to come.