There are several components of Government of India’s response to Naxalism. These include deployment of paramilitary forces and dedicated anti-Naxal forces, Modernization of Police forces, Investment in security...
The Naxal affected areas are tribal dominated districts in the interiors of the states where the administrative architecture and development has not reached. The discontent among the population...
Currently, Left Wing Extremism has been identified as the gravest internal security threat to India, surpassing terrorist movements in Kashmir and the North-eastern insurgencies in overall impact. Red...
Naxalism originated as a peasant rebellion from Naxalbari in West Bengal. We use the terms Naxalism and Maoism interchangeably for the same Left Wing Extremism (LWE) in India....
The leftist ideology believes that all existing social and state structures in an elitist or capitalist society are exploitative by nature and this exploitation can be ended only...
Left-wing refers to an outlook supporting social equality and opposing social hierarchy. The terms left and right have their roots back to the French Revolution and refer to...
In April 2015 several outfits of North East (based in Myanmar) such as United Liberation Front of Assam (Independent), Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang, Kamatapur Liberation Organization (KLO)...
The Government of India had set up the Department of Development of North Eastern Region in September, 2001 and upgraded it to a Ministry in May, 2004 underscoring...
There are two components of centre’s counter insurgency (COIN) strategy in North East viz. Use of Force and Dialogue and negotiations. Use of (proportionate) Force In 2011, the...
There are several components of Government of India’s repose to insurgencies in the North East India. These include: Meeting the political aspirations of the ethnic groups by giving...
