source:http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=76575
What is
objective of LW extremists?
- their objective
is the violent overthrow of the Indian state
- their basic
ideology is a complete rejection of parliamentary democracy
how to
tackle them?
- we need a
two-track approach--one that deals with the leadership of the Naxals,
who wish to overthrow the Indian state and the other, which focuses
on the concerns of the people they pretend/claim to serve
what are
the current flaws?
- affirmative action programmes like reservations have had a very
marginal impact on the welfare of the central and eastern Indian
tribal communities.
- Govyt has
identified 60 naxalism affected districts for integrated action plan
program
- Under this 25
cr is given to each district for undertaking local developmental works
like school, water, roads etc
- However the
“block” and not the district should be the basic unit
for identification
- for instance, Guntur in
Andhra Pradesh and Raipur in Chattisgarh, are not part of
this 60 but there are certain blocks which are badly affected
characteristics
of naxalism affected regions?
- substantial
population of tribal communities
- significant area
under good quality forest cove
- rich in minerals
- remote from the
seat of power and have large administrative units.
- tri-junction
areas of different states.
- key
tri-junction areas are
- Chattisgarh-Maharashtra-Andhra Pradesh,
- Orissa-Chattisgarh-Andhra Pradesh,
- Orissa-Jharkhand-Chattisgarh,
- Orissa-West
Bengal-Jharkhand
What is
the way forward?
- challenge is to
quickly improve infrastructure—roads and bridges more specifically—that
enables basic developmental activities to be carried out
- there is
no alternative to the Central government stepping in for financing
and executing these tri-junction infrastructure works
- transform
administration in tribal areas so as not only to give people a
sense of participation and involvement but, more fundamentally,
to preserve and protect their dignity”
- Empowering the tribals, who
are essentially victims, by giving access to basics, by giving them what
is theirs by right and by securing their livelihoods is an
absolute undiluted must
- interventions to
ensure the speedy settlement of land-related disputes to be high
priority in the LWE-affected districts
- more humane
policy of land acquisition with focus on effective rehabilitation and
resettlement (R&R) is the need of the hour
- it is the
singular failure of successive governments both in states
and governments to protect the dignity and the Constitutional rights
of the poor and the disadvantaged that has created a fertile breeding
ground for violence and given the Naxals space to speak the
language of social welfare
- We need to work
concertedly to restore people’s faith in the administration to be
fair and just, to be prompt and caring, to be prepared to redress the
injustices of the past, and to be both responsible and responsive in
future
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