Abstract/Sommario: After the Chintalnad massacre of 78 men of the Central Reserve Police Force, in the district of Chhattisgarh, the strategy being followed in the war on Maoists has to be reworked. Unless mainstream politics is able to come up with concrete programmes that address the social, economic and cultural problems of he neglected areas of rural India, the Maoist base will only grow); In the war zone / A. A. Mahaprashasta (Government insensitivity and the failure of the administrative mechanism ...; [Leggi tutto...]
After the Chintalnad massacre of 78 men of the Central Reserve Police Force, in the district of Chhattisgarh, the strategy being followed in the war on Maoists has to be reworked. Unless mainstream politics is able to come up with concrete programmes that address the social, economic and cultural problems of he neglected areas of rural India, the Maoist base will only grow); In the war zone / A. A. Mahaprashasta (Government insensitivity and the failure of the administrative mechanism have seen Maoists occupy political space over the past 20 years and gain the support of the tribal population in Bastar region); Gaining ground (Maoist penetration in several states in the North and the East has reached alarming portions: Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal. The Maoists are steadily penetrating urban Uttar Pradesh, while Gujarat seems ready to become an extension of the Red Corridor); Economic offensive / V. Ramakrishann (development schemes are announced after almost every major incident involving naxalites. But doubts persist whether the targeted populations benefit from them); Reclutant reform / V. Venkatesan (Serious laks in the modernisation of State police forces); Firming up the forces / P. S. Tripathi ( faced with a severe manpower crunch in the internal security apparatus, the government is all set to overhaul police recruitment)