This document defines terrorism as unlawful acts of violence intended to intimidate governments or societies in order to achieve political, religious, or ideological goals. It discusses the causes of terrorism, including the intent to produce fear and gain attention for a cause, as well as a brief history noting the rise of religiously-motivated terrorism in recent decades. The document also outlines different types of terrorism and their impacts, both economic and social, before concluding with suggestions for mitigating terrorism such as providing economic opportunities, education, and democracy.

1. TERRORISM
Indira Priyadarsini
Hemanth
Bharath
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2. INDEX:
• DEFINITION
• CAUSES AND HISTORY OF TERRORISM
• IMPACT OF TERRORISM
• TYPES OF TERRORISM
• HOW TO MITIGATE TERRORISM
• CONCLUSION
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3. DEFINITION:
• Unlawful act of violence
• Intimidates governments or societies
• Goal is to achieve political, religious or ideological objectives
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4. CAUSES OF TERRORISM:
All terrorist acts are motivated by two things :
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5. THE INTENT OF TERRORISM
• Produce widespread fear
• Obtain worldwide, national, or local recognition for their cause
by attracting the attention of the media
• Steal or extort money and equipment, especially weapons and
ammunition

6. • Destroy communication in order to create
doubt that the government can provide for
and protect its citizens
• Discourage foreign investments, tourism
• Free prisoners

7. MODERN HISTORY OF TERRORISM
• Middle 20th century, terrorism became a tool used by both sides of
colonial conflicts.
• The last 20 years of the 20th century religious based terrorism became
more and more frequent.
• Another format is economic terrorism, which destructs industry and
agriculture system.

8. TYPES OF TERRORISM:
• State terrorism
• Bioterrorism
• Cyberterrorism
• Narcoterrorism
• Ecoterrorism
• Nuclear Terrorism
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10. IMPACT OF TERRORISM
• Economic & Social Cost:
Resources diverted from productive activities to destruction- A double loss
Value of lost production- Instead of repairing roads & expanded agriculture
production, govt. recruits more soldiers & buys weapons and ammunitions.
Cost of repairing destruction- Roads that were damaged by tanks and destroyed
by bombs, must be rebuilt before they can work again.
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11. • Causes suspicion and tension among different ethnic and
religious groups
• Causes paranoia and fear
•Counter-terrorism legislation that infringe on individual
freedom and personal privacy
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12. Short term impacts
• Investor Behavior
• Loss of Human Capital
• Short Term Financial Loss
• Retrenchment effect on Specific
Industries
Long term impacts:
• Political Instability
• Global Implications
• Long Term Financial Loss
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16. Total loss- Rs. 4000 cr.
Deaths- 179 people, including 22 foreigners & 6
Americans.
Around 50% drop in occupancy rate.
Estimated drop in no. of foreign tourists to India-
30 to 40%
In the first weekend after 26/11, Pantaloon
(Mumbai) observed 4.2% fall in overall sales.
Multiplexes in Mumbai suffered 20% drop in seat
occupancy.

17. India
ranks 4th among terror
affected countries…

18. HOW TO MITIGATE TERRORISM
THE PREVENTION OF TERRORIST ACTIVITIES ACT(POTA)
CONCEPTS TO PREVENT TERRORISM:
• ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
• EDUCATION
• DEMOCRACY
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19. ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
• POVERTY ALLEVIATION
• REDUCE UNEMPLOYMENT
• INCLUSIVE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
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20. EDUCATION
• Understand the differences in cultures, religions, beliefs and
human behaviors
• Think of the peace, freedom and equality of all human beings,
not just “my group of people”
• Eliminate the root of terrorism
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21. DEMOCRACY
• Provides safety valve to people.
• Gives vent to frustration in a
perfectly legal way.
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22. CONCLUSION
• Terrorism may create localized economic damage
• Negative effects on regional development (e.g., Basque country)
• Negative effects on certain sectors of an economy (e.g., tourism)
• Increase coordination between RAW, IB, CBI, CID
• A change in foreign policy against entry of neighbor country people
like India has issued a new visa regulation to maintain a two month gap
between exiting the country and re-entering it.
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23. BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Terrorism.about.com
• http://www.terrorism-research.com/
• Wikipedia
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