Context:
Union Government has restructured reporting relationships within National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS).
National Security Council:
- A 3-tiered organization that oversees political, economic, energy and security issues of strategic concern.
- Formed in – 1998.
- Presided by – National Security Advisor (NSA)
- Operates within the executive office of the Prime Minister of India
- Members – Ministers of Home Affairs, Defence, External Affairs and Finance
- 3 tier Structure –
- Strategic Policy Group (SPG)
- National Security Advisory Board (NSAB)
- National Security Council Secretariat.
- SPG – Principal forum for inter-ministerial coordination and integration of the relevant inputs.
- Chaired by – Cabinet Secretary
- NSAB – Undertakes long-term analysis and provides perspectives on issues of national security.
- Functions –
- Liaising between the government’s executive branch and the intelligence services
- Advising leadership on intelligence and security issues.
- Agenda includes issues of external and internal security, military affairs, conventional and non-conventional defense, etc.
Source: The Indian Express
Previous Year Question
India is an important member of the ‘International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor’. If this experiment succeeds, what is the immediate advantage for India?
[UPSC Civil Service Exam – 2016 Prelims]
(a) It can use thorium in place of uranium for power generation
(b) It can attain a global role in satellite navigation
(c) It can drastically improve the efficiency of its fission reactors in power generation
(d) It can build fusion reactors for power generation
Answer: (d)