QUESTION 10
GS3
10 marks
For effective border area management, discuss the steps required to be taken to deny local support to militants and also suggest ways to manage favourable perception among locals.
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7 min
150 words
What the examiner wants
Discuss steps to cut local support for militants in border areas and to build a positive perception among locals.
Discuss + SuggestExplain the different sides of the issue, use evidence, and finish with a balanced view. Propose specific, workable measures.
Demand-wise check
- 1Denial of support: intelligence, community policing, choking finance and over-ground workers, stopping radicalisation≈30 words
- 2Development: Vibrant Villages Programme, BADP, jobs, connectivity≈30 words
- 3Perception: civic action (Sadbhavana), sports, avoiding excesses, grievance redress, local recruitment≈30 words
- 4Examples: Kashmir and North-East≈30 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
ContextDenial stepsDevelopment stepsPerception managementConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Only military measures
- No perception-management ideas
Draw this
- Two pillars: deny support, win trust
Value addition
- SchemeVibrant Villages Programme (2023) develops villages along the northern border in Arunachal, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Himachal and Ladakh.Ministry of Home Affairs
- ExampleArmy's Operation Sadbhavana in J&K and Ladakh runs schools and welfare programmes.Indian Army
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 50 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
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