Terrorism and India: an economic perspective Alam Khan 1 • Mario Arturo Ruiz Estrada 1 • Zarinah Yusof 1 Published online: 24 June 2015 Ó Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015 Abstract This study seeks to evaluate the terrorism and economic performance of the economy of India from the year 2004 to the year 2013. The analysis of the study is based on the model of Economics of Terrorism Monitoring Model (ETM-Model) introduced by Khan et al. (Qual Quant, 2015). The main objective of this research study is to scrutinize the terrorism situation in the economy of India. The effects of terrorism on the economic performance is measured by economic desgrowth. The economic desgrowth generated from economic growth rate due to terrorism in the year 2004 for the Indian economy is -0.91 %, while the economic desgrowth for the year 2013 of the same economy is -2.05 %. The study concludes that terrorism is one of the main issue of the Indian economy from the economic perspective. Indian government may work with Pakistan to resolve the issue of Jammu and Kashmir to overcome the terrorism issue. It is also needed for the Indian economy to make harmony between Muslims and Hindu with in the territory of India. Keywords Terrorism  Economic desgrowth  India JEL Classifications R11  R12 & Alam Khan alameconomist85@gmail.com Mario Arturo Ruiz Estrada marioruiz@um.edu.my Zarinah Yusof zarinahy@um.edu.my 1 Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 123 Qual Quant (2016) 50:1833–1844 DOI 10.1007/s11135-015-0239-4