November 26, 2011 the three years on of Mumbai terror attack and what has Indian and Satate government have done in this case to rectify the many flaws in our national security apparatus the Mumbai attacks highlighted? The post - 26/11 momentum appears to have run out, with the two important initiatives mooted after the hanging fire. Both the proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre and the National Intelligence Grid - meant to centralize and ordinate terrorism - related data and analysis - have run into bureaucratic firewalls and inter-ministry squabbles. Matters are no better on the ground. Sate police across the country remain woefully unprepared, operating within an antiquated paradigm, lacking equipment, physical infrastructure and access to networked intelligence. Police reforms remain stillborn.
I strongly feel that the political will is required to overcome bureaucratic resistance and resolve sensitive issues such as privacy concerns has been conspicuous by its absence. It has been seen as the return to the same old scenario of the administration of the day lurching from one crises to another, while essential security concerns have been put on the back burner. It is all in keeping with our system of security reviews. We have just five so far since Independence and all have taken place in the aftermath of a crises and remained therefore reactive in nature. There has been no attempt to look at the shifting geo-strategic challenges likely be confront India in coming years and the challenges in our security architecture required to deal with them. The National Task Force report due by year's end holds out a glimmer of hope. But if that hope is to be realized, our politicians must show a great deal and resolve.
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