Page 24 - Mousumi
P. 24

Weaver                                                            Monomousumi.com


                    Naxalites are not concerned about the        means  to  its  goal  of  seizing  political
                    social  or  economic  welfare  of  these     power.
                    people and are simply using them as a
                    Cultural values:
                    The  states  believe  that  forest  areas    are  quite  clear.  The  government  has
                    must  be  utilized  to  build  major         made various laws like Rehabilitation
                    projects  and  this  is  leading  to  the    and  Resettlement  Policy  (2007),
                    evacuation  of  the  tribal  people  from    Chhattisgarh  Special  Public  Security
                    their  land.   The  conflict  between        Act (2006), Forest Rights Act (2006),
                    economic progress and the forest land        which     could    help    the    tribal
                    rights continues to fuel the Naxalite's      communities  and  could  reduce  their
                    activities.  Many  issues  could  be         sufferings but instead, these laws were
                    discussed under this apart from what         the  reason  behind  the  chaos  created
                    is mentioned above. After looking at         between the tribal communities.
                    the  causes,  the  remedies  to  be  done
                                                                 How to tackle Naxalism?
                    After  knowing  the  causes  and  the        resources,  multifaceted  forms  of
                    flaws in the government services, it's       exploitation,      social     atrocities,
                    time  to  understand  the  possible          displacement        and        deficient
                    solutions. The complexity in the laws        rehabilitation    programs,     political
                    and  the  negligence  in  these  regions     marginalization  and  suppression  of
                    for decades, it has become a must to         protests. If at this moment, we lack in
                    solve this internal security issue. This     finding the solutions to the problems
                    has its reflections on external security     mentioned  above  and  resolving  the
                    too. Among these groups persists low         issue,  the  repercussions  of  the  same
                    degree     of     employment       and       would be hazardous to  the state and
                    qualification, new forest policies with      ultimately to the country.
                    restriction  for  their  livelihoods,
                    cultural  humiliation,  weak  access  to     The  problem  seeks  solutions  in  the
                    health  care, education  and  electricity,   following terms:
                    restricted and limited access to natural
                    Social and economic development:
                    The  disparity  between  the  poor            A  good  percentage  of  the  national
                    people  in  the  tribal  communities  in      budget  must  be  allocated  addressing
                    rural  areas  and  rich  people  in  the      the  needs  of  these  regions.  When
                    urban  areas  is  what  fuelled  the          introducing  the  strategies  for  the
                    Naxalites. Attempts must be made to           economic  growth  of  the  nation,  the
                    grow  these  areas  concerning  its           government  must  always  keep  in
                    economy  to  reduce  the  barrier             mind  the  possible  effects  of  fast
                    between  the  people  in  the  society.       growth for all socio-economic groups
                    Along  with  this,  health,  education,       in India. If the social needs of these
                    social welfare, and rural development         marginalized  people  are  properly
                    should be encouraged at these places.         addressed, there will be no discontent





                                                           Page 22
   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28   29