Title:
MEASURES To COUNTER THE NAXAL PROBLEM

Authors:
Avneesh Kumar Verma ,India

Abstract:
In 2006, Prime Minister Shri Manmohan Singh had said that the Left Wing Extremism is the biggest threat for internal security of India. Studies indicates that till 2010 the incidents of Naxal activities had reached its peak. After 2010 a continuous decline has been registered in the incidents of Naxal violence. But the Naxal threat has still not completely been eradicated. According to Ministry of Home Affairs data Naxalism is still active in 90 districts of 10 States despite continuous effort by both the Union and State to counter the Naxal threat. The government of India has adopted a multi pronged strategy to counter the Naxal threat which included the Coercive and Non – Coercive measures. How Coercive and Non – Coercive measures would help in combating the Naxalism has been discussed in detail. For example – it is discussed in the paper that use of security forces is not the permanent solution of this problem rather we need to hit the root cause of this problem. To hit the root of this problem we need developmental approach along with Coercive measures. This paper has discussed both the Coercive and Non – Coercive measures and tried to suggest measures which would be useful in dealing with the Naxal threa