The National Security Strategy (NSS) of India has not been defined since its Independence in 1947. Framing an NSS has remained a major policy goal and challenge of successive Indian governments.
Background In 2007, a draft National Security Strategy was prepared by the Integrated Defence Staff, but was not approved by the Cabinet Committee of Security.
The Defence Planning Committee (DPC), a senior decision-making mechanism created In April 2018 by the Central Government of India, according to the notification issued by Indian Government the DPC, will have several mandates including a task to prepare a draft National Security Strategy for India.
In 2019, the Indian National Congress came out with a document 'India's National Security Strategy', also called the Hooda report, which was subsequently integrated into its manifesto.
In March 2021, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, at a talk at the College of Defence Management, stated that "some important steps that we need to take, include-- defining the national security strategy [...]."
The Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020 contains reference to the "National Security Strategy/Guidelines (as and when promulgated)".Raza, Mohd Rameez and Shekhar, Raj, Defence Acquisition Procedure, 2020: Great Boast, Little Roast (July 4, 2021). Law School Policy Review, 2021, Available at SSRN:
See also National Cyber Security Policy 2013
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Further reading
PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow (10 April 2020) Rethinking National Security in an Age of Pandemics. Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF). Arvind Gupta (20 October 2011). A National Security Strategy Document for India. Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA) Lt Gen (Retd) AS Lamba. Review: The New Arthashastra: A Security Strategy for India. Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS)