GS3 · 15 marks · 250 words

Treating border villages as first villages not just geographically but also in terms of facilities can be a key strategy for enhancing border security. Discuss. Also, highlight the measures being taken by the government in this regard.

Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2024–2025

Border ManagementInfrastructureInclusive Growth

Syllabus: Security challenges and their management in border areas - linkages of organized crime with terrorism.

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The toppers’ answers

Simrandeep KaurAIR 15 · CSE 2025 · 167 wordsTheir whole copy

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Security is not just a military problem. Border villages security & development is 'comprehensive security' which includes - Human welfare, shared development & resilience against any threat.

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Border Villages as First Villages.

  1. Vibrant Villages programme for border connectivity & development with modern facilities.

  2. Security forces can navigate difficult terrain through increased connectivity. e.g. Sela Tunnel

  3. Check against radicalization e.g. Operation Sadhvabhana in Pir Panjal Valley.

  4. Winning Hearts & Minds Strategy. → check to OGW stone pelters. → deep security to check terrorist infiltration. → Confidence building measure.

  5. First line of defence → Capacity building. e.g. successful seizing of illegal drones on Punjab side International border by Village Defence Communities (VDCs)

Diagram
Challenges in Border Villages - Geographical diversity → mountains, dense forests, creeks - Underdevelopment hulling dissent - Ethnic diversity & affinity cross-border e.g. FMR b/w N-E & Myanmar

Other measures by government

  1. Udan scheme to connect entrepreneurs of border villages of J&K to mainstream economy.
  2. Himayat mission for comprehensive development.
  3. Village Defence communities (VDCs)
  4. Operation Sadhvabhana.
  5. Infrastructural Development by BRO.

Close · a summary

Border Villages should be developed comprehensively to build human security in the region.

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