GS3 · 15 marks · 250 words

India's response to left wing extremism needs to integrate soft approaches like socio-economic policies and dialogue along with hard security measures to address the root causes of Naxalism. Discuss.

Answered by 9 toppers · CSE 2022–2025

Syllabus: Linkages between development and spread of extremism.

How toppers approached it

From all 9 answers · about 220 words · 100% drew a diagram.

Opening

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Body

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  • Points44%

Close

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The toppers’ answers

Raghav JhunjhunwalaAIR 4 · CSE 2025 · 217 wordsTheir whole copy

Opening · a figure

As per recent MHA update; LWE violence fed by 40% and around 28% reduction in casualty in past 10 yrs & Red corridor shrunk to < 25 districts showing rapid progress in LWE eradication.

D. Bandopadhyay committee highlighted 'Trigger happy' culture of forces.

Body · points and prose

Diagram
- Need to incorporate SOFT Approach - Paramilitary Panacea is not the complete solution - The actual frustration of people who pick up arms is often ignored - lack of stakeholder based approach fails to satisfy root causes

Root causes of LWE

  1. Governance deficit ↳ non implementation of FRA, 2006 ↳ PESA, 1996
  2. Economic Backwardness ↳ Infra deficit ↳ Physical: Roads, Telecom ↳ Social: Health, Edn
  3. Land Reforms failure
  4. Socio-Cultural ↳ caste based discrimination ↳ Tribal deprivation
  5. Industrial & mining disputes 5.1 ↳ Forced Eviction without Proper Rehab. 5.2 ↳ Non-implementation of LARR, 2013 to ensure 4X compensation

Govt measures

Social Audit Promotion

Special package worth ₹10,000 cr. for Infra creation

₹15,000 cr. allocated in 24-25 Budget to promote land Reforms by state

PM-VISHWAKARMA

Janjatiya Gaurav Divas

Complementing with Hard measures

(1) Border Contacts ↳ CBMS, etc. being implemented ↳ Cross border Jt. operations with Bhutan, Myanmar.

(2) Special Forces ↳ states like Andhra Pradesh have raised Greyhound Spl. forces for expert dealing.

(3) Technological Boost

Close · a way forward

↳ Breaking communication contacts ↳ Curbing social media misuse & propaganda

There have been increased instances of All-women cadres like Krantikari mahila Sangathan which depict deep rooted anguish towards non-inclusive development. The [SAMADHAN] strategy of govt. needs to be comprehensively implemented.

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