QUESTION 20
GS3
15 marks
Cross-border movement of insurgents is only one of the several security challenges facing the policing of the border in North-East India. Examine the various challenges currently emanating across the India-Myanmar border. Also, discuss the steps to counter the challenges.
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11 min
250 words
What the examiner wants
Examine security challenges along the India–Myanmar border beyond insurgent movement, and suggest steps.
Examine + DiscussGo into the details, test each point against evidence, and conclude on what it shows. Explain the different sides of the issue, use evidence, and finish with a balanced view.
Demand-wise check
- 1Challenges: drugs (Golden Triangle, methamphetamine), arms smuggling, wildlife trade, illegal migration and refugees (post-2021 coup), FMR misuse, ethnic links (Manipur conflict), Chinese influence≈50 words
- 2Terrain: dense forest, unfenced, porous≈50 words
- 3Steps: fencing and FMR end (2024), Assam Rifles, tech surveillance, cooperation with Myanmar, border haats and development≈50 words
- 4Conclusion≈50 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
ContextChallengesStepsConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Only insurgency
- Outdated FMR status
Draw this
- Map of the four NE states bordering Myanmar
Value addition
- FactThe government decided in 2024 to scrap the Free Movement Regime and fence the 1,643 km border.MHA
- DataManipur and Mizoram report large seizures of methamphetamine tablets smuggled from Myanmar.Assam Rifles / NCB
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- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 50 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
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