ABSTRACT
The chapter analyses the discourse on human security in India and its correlation with the mainstream national security discourse to assess the progress made in achieving security for its people. Utilising various indices developed by several international agencies as proxies for the status of different aspects of human security, the chapter undertakes an examination of the axes of non-traditional threats to human security enumerated as economic and social threats, including poverty, infectious diseases and environmental degradation to examine its vexed relationship with the orthodox notions of national security and to underline the missing threads in the discourse. The state of discourse in terms of measuring human security and in(security) is also delineated, along with a discussion of India’s performance across such indices to understand the state of human security discourse and practice in India, its pitfalls, promises and its implications for securing the well-being of its people.
