Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

Due to external and internal challenges, there is a great need for national security in our country. Our own experience of the armed military and transnational terrorism in Punjab earlier and in Jammu and Kashmir more recently, clearly demonstrates the complexities involved in the management of national security. We have had to deal with not only the internal security aspects of the situation involving various dimensions but also concurrently cope with diplomatic challenges of internationalism of the situation by a determined adversary which receives support in the process from many quarters. 
Geo-politically, the international order underwent fundamental changes with the end of the cold war. The task of assessment for national security in the increasingly complex dimension is not easy. After all, even the countries like the United States, which have had far more sophisticated and well-ruled national security machines had totally failed to forecast the collapse of their primary adversary, and they have yet to reconcile to the altered scenario.
The government had set up a National Security Council in 1990 which did not grow roots. Another National Security council was set up by the previous government. But these steps did not bring about a change in the method or process of managing national security policy. In any case, in a parliamentary democracy like ours, a National Security Council has to be a committee of the council of ministers chaired by the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister will always have discretion in the composition of such a committee although ministers of defense, home, external affairs, and finance are obvious, almost inevitable members. The crux of the issue, therefore, is not the council, but the supporting system and the processes for it to take appropriate decisions. This is apparently the basis for the recommendation of the Standing Committee on Defense (1995-96) in its sixth report that the 'Government should urgently come up with formal institutional mechanism with adequate support structures to monitor the state of our defense preparedness.
To start with, a culture of shared information and evaluation of alternatives have to be strengthened. Similarly, greater emphasis will be needed on scenario-building and crisis management techniques and processes. A future-oriented assessment and policy involving process are required. The greater the complexities and non-linear nature of national security management, the greater will be the task of the staff structures.