Maoist insurgency in India: grievances, security threats and counter-strategies

Ahlawat, Dalbir

doi:10.1080/18335330.2018.1478114

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“…The government has scored some major successes in the form of arrests and surrender of key Maoist leaders. The figures associated with key indicators of violence like a number of incidents, arrests and surrender also support the narrative that "insurgency is on the downward spiral since 2014" (Ahlawat, 2018). Figure 1 shows the trends in the number of Maoist related incidents.…”

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Enticing the Maoist Guerrilla – India’s Coin Strategy and Evolving Surrender and Rehabilitation Policy

Shapoo

2019

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Debates about the utility of different COIN models in the Indian scenario continue to evoke extreme reactions. Experts believe that Indian COIN efforts have invariably preferred trading “hearts and minds” approach with highly kinetic enemy centric tactics. It is argued that Indian security leadership feels that an enemy centric approach is best suited for Maoist insurgency, where the fear of population seceding from India is remote. India is blamed for not having a focused or a formal COIN strategy against the Maoist insurgency. It is only in the last decade that individual states have begun to harmonize their COIN responses with one another and with the Government of India (GoI) policies. A national surrender and rehabilitation policy were formulated in 2014; considered to be an important component of the new approach. Following federal guidelines, states have formulated their surrender policies. It may be myopic to assess these policies in isolation and these need to be evaluated in whole as a part of comprehensive COIN approach. The verdict till now is a mixed bag, while some states have tasted success with the scrupulous implementation of the new surrender policies, others have resorted to sham surrenders to shore up the numbers. Policies like surrender and rehabilitation can give a representative sense to the rebels that the government cares for them if they(rebels) are willing to shun the violent path. Proper implementation and timely disbursal of benefits add to the credibility of the policy and the government too. The multi-pronged approach of sustained military pressure, robust economic development program and a sensitive surrender cum rehabilitation policy stand to deliver favourable results in India’s fight against Maoist insurgency.

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Enticing the Maoist Guerrilla – India’s Coin Strategy and Evolving Surrender and Rehabilitation Policy

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2019

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“…On the one, hand, we were closing upon our territory, but spheres of newer challenges were carving out at the other end (Nayar, 2003;Singh, 2013). Since then, the country's internal security was seen with surmountable confrontations (Watson and Fair, 2013;Singh, 2013;Ahlawat, 2018).…”

Section: Compromised Internal Security Through Unforgettable Timesmentioning

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“…The last two decades are racked up with more dogmatically driven and internationally sponsored terrorism in the hinterland. What it is in J&K has crept in and crumpled the in-house security nationally (Ahlawat, 2018;Nayar, 2003).…”

Section: Compromised Internal Security Through Unforgettable Timesmentioning

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Transcending Natural Resource Management towards Clinch of Internal Security: Some Evidences from India

Vishwakarma

Quazi

2020

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India is indisputably on the advancing front of progress where its hefty natural resources serve the greatest assets to reckon with. The progress of any country is directly dependent upon the quality and quantum of available natural resources with it. For a country like India having vast continentality, these natural resources are catalysts in programs associated with human development and sustainability. However, with the enormous rise of population and dwindling resource pools, the society suffers from critical disturbances in internal security across the country’s length and breadth. There exists a proven causal relationship of a significant association between shocks to natural resources and the intensity of civil conflicts in a region. The episodes resulting from a disrupted state of internal security pose a massive challenge to government functionaries inkeeping pace with worldwide socio-economic development. The obvious choice of Natural Resource Management (NRM) provides one of the promising keys to handle this menace effectively. Thepresent work explores this meticulous strategy of assuring internal security through an improved pragmatism and judicious use of natural resources in states marred with recurring incidences of chaos and human violence. The planning and monitoring of internal security with peoples’ stake depend evidently upon the technical capability of government in handling resources with a vision for Possibilism. NRM, thus, conceptualize a framework of governance where exploitation of resources and sustenance of internal security in India go hand-in-hand prudently. The paper attempts to resolve a deteriorating internal security situation by strategizing a development-cumsustainability approach to keep a large nation safe and secure.

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The Case of India

Chasdi

2024

Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications

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Maoist insurgency in India: grievances, security threats and counter-strategies

Cited by 9 publications

References 6 publications

Enticing the Maoist Guerrilla – India’s Coin Strategy and Evolving Surrender and Rehabilitation Policy

Enticing the Maoist Guerrilla – India’s Coin Strategy and Evolving Surrender and Rehabilitation Policy

Transcending Natural Resource Management towards Clinch of Internal Security: Some Evidences from India

The Case of India

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