Rudraksh Aneja and Laxman Chaudhary

For decades, India has lived with the reality of terrorism that include cross-border infiltration, urban attacks, ideological radicalisation, insurgencies, lone-wolf threats, and now digital recruitment networks. In the 2025 Global Terrorism Index (GTI) released in March 2025 by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), India is ranked 14th most impacted country , with a score of 6.41 , indicating that terrorism remains a significant national security challenge. Yet, despite this long...