The persisting drives of the Government for development of large industries in backward areas have resulted in isolating tribal population and farmers who face multiple displacements. With Malkangiri and Naxalbari foci, discuss corrective strategies needed to win Left Wing Extremism-affected citizens back into the mainstream of social and economic growth.
What the examiner wants
With Malkangiri and Naxalbari examples, discuss strategies to bring LWE-affected tribal and farmer populations into the mainstream.
Demand-wise check
- 1Causes: displacement by dams, mines, industry; poor rehabilitation; land alienation; forest rights denied≈35 words
- 2Malkangiri: Balimela reservoir cut off villages (cut-off area), weak access; Naxalbari 1967: landlord exploitation≈35 words
- 3Strategies: implement PESA and FRA, consent-based projects, fair R&R (LARR 2013), roads and mobile connectivity, health, education, Aspirational Districts≈35 words
- 4Security plus development: SAMADHAN, surrender policy, trust-building≈35 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
Where marks usually go
- Not using the two named places
- Only police measures
Draw this
- Map with Malkangiri and Naxalbari marked; flow from grievance to insurgency
Value addition
- ExampleThe Gurupriya bridge (2018) connected Malkangiri's cut-off area, isolated by the Balimela reservoir.Government of Odisha, 2018
- CaseOrissa Mining Corporation v MoEF (2013): gram sabhas in Niyamgiri decided on bauxite mining; all rejected it.Supreme Court, 2013
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Aniket Ranjan · AIR 48 · Page 50 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
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