Rad and Derad: MHA launches project to examine radicalisation of youth

The project will give security forces insight on why youth get radicalised and devise counter-measures to minimise it

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has launched a project to examine the causes behind radicalisation of youth in a bid to tackle the religious extremism in the country.

The programme, Rad and Derad, undertaken by National Police Mission programme (NPM) under the ambit of Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) wing of MHA, will give the security forces an insight on why youth get radicalised and a counter-measure to minimise it. The project will not focus on one religious but as a whole.

Introduced in 2005, NPM was formed to modernise police forces for emerging challenges and to