New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- The government of India is committed to the progressive and phased implementation of the 'PRAHAAR' strategy, India's first comprehensive National Counter Terrorist Policy and Strategy, which provides a national counter-terrorism framework for prevention of, and responding to terrorist activities and radicalization through coordinated "whole of government" and "whole of society" approaches, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) informed the Parliament on Wednesday.

Unveiled on February 23 this year, PRAHAAR, the MHA said, is predicated on pillars such as prevention of terror attacks to protect Indian citizens and interests; responses, which are swift and proportionate to the threat posed; aggregating internal capacities for...