QUESTION 19
GS3
15 marks
What are the major challenges to internal security and peace process in the North-Eastern States? Map the various peace accords and agreements initiated by the government in the past decade.
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11 min
250 words
What the examiner wants
Identify internal security and peace process challenges in the Northeast and map the peace accords of the past decade.
DiscussExplain the different sides of the issue, use evidence, and finish with a balanced view.
Demand-wise check
- 1Challenges: ethnic conflicts (Manipur since May 2023), insurgent groups in Myanmar camps, porous Myanmar border and free movement regime, drug trafficking, illegal migration, inter-state border disputes, AFSPA debate≈65 words
- 2Accords (2015–2025): Naga Framework Agreement (2015), Bru-Reang agreement (2020), Bodo Accord (2020), Karbi Anglong Agreement (2021), Assam–Meghalaya boundary MoU (2022), Adivasi groups accord (2022), ULFA (pro-talks) accord (2023), Tripura (NLFT/ATTF) accord (2024), Assam–Arunachal Namsai Declaration (2023)≈65 words
- 3Way forward≈65 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
ChallengesAccords timelineOutcomesGapsConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Not 'mapping' the accords with years
- Ignoring Manipur
Draw this
- Map of the Northeast marking each accord and year
Value addition
- FactAFSPA has been withdrawn from large parts of Assam, Nagaland and Manipur since 2022.Ministry of Home Affairs
- FactThe tripartite ULFA peace accord was signed in December 2023.Ministry of Home Affairs
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Aniket Ranjan · AIR 48 · Page 50 ↗Same syllabus reference
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