QUESTION 20
GS3
12.5 marks
Border management is a complex task due to difficult terrain and hostile relations with some countries. Elucidate the challenges and strategies for effective border management.
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9 min
200 words
What the examiner wants
Elucidate border-specific challenges from terrain and hostile neighbours and strategies to manage them.
ElucidateExplain the statement clearly and bring out its meaning with examples.
Demand-wise check
- 1Challenges: Pakistan (infiltration, tunnels, drones), China (undemarcated LAC, infrastructure gap), Bangladesh (riverine, illegal migration, smuggling), Nepal (open border), Myanmar (Free Movement Regime, insurgents)≈45 words
- 2Terrain: mountains, deserts, rivers, mangroves, jungles≈45 words
- 3Strategies: smart fencing, border infrastructure, one border one force, intelligence coordination, Vibrant Villages, cooperation with neighbours≈45 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
Border-wise challengesTerrain issuesStrategiesConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Generic points without border-specific challenges
- Ignoring maritime borders
Draw this
- Map of India's land borders with key issues marked for each
Value addition
- ReportGroup of Ministers (2001) recommended the 'one border, one force' principle.GoM Report, 2001
- SchemeCIBMS smart fencing with BOLD-QIT launched at Dhubri on the Brahmaputra in 2019.MHA, 2019
- SchemeVibrant Villages Programme (2023) develops villages on the northern border.MHA, 2023
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- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 50 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
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