Maritime Security — Prelims Strategy

Prelims Strategy

Focus on memorizing specific institutional frameworks, legal provisions, and recent initiatives. Key areas for factual recall include: Coast Guard Act 1978 provisions, Coastal Security Scheme components, NMDAC establishment and functions, Operation Sankalp details, SAGAR doctrine principles, and international cooperation mechanisms like IONS and IFC-IOR.

Pay special attention to maritime boundaries (territorial waters 12 nm, EEZ 200 nm), key chokepoints (Strait of Hormuz, Malacca, Suez Canal), and recent technological developments. Common traps include confusion between Navy and Coast Guard roles, incorrect expansion of acronyms (especially IFC-IOR vs IFC-IOC), and mixing up operational areas of different maritime agencies.

Practice elimination techniques by understanding the distinct mandates of different agencies and the geographic scope of various operations. Current affairs integration is crucial - track recent naval exercises, bilateral agreements, and policy announcements.

Also build Paper II skills

Regional comparisons and process chains train the same coherence and inference habits CSAT passages demand. CSAT hub.

• Data interpretation
• Estimation techniques
• Logical deductions