| ID | 133052 |
| Title Proper | Employment of armed forces against the Naxals |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Naik, PV |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The origin of the Noxal problem is attributable to sociopolitical and socio-economic repression. The poor and Scheduled Castes (SC) were downtrodden by the Zamindars. Land reforms were nowhere. Forest land was shrinking. Added to that there was no development, in tact, governance was sorely lacking. At tirst, the states sought to control the problem through the state police torces. Most of the police were in a poor state. Numbers, inlrastructure, weapons were minimal. They were swiltly rendered inetlective ond the Pora Military Forces (PMF) were called in. Additionally, the movement became more coordinated and stretched across state boundaries. |
| `In' analytical Note | Indian Defence Review Vol.29, No.3; Jul-Sep.2014 p.94-98 |
| Journal Source | Indian Defence Review Vol.29, No.3; Jul-Sep.2014 p.94-98 |
| Key Words | Armed forces ; Army employment ; Naxal ; Civil war ; Ethnic violence ; Para Military Forces - PMF ; Land Reforms ; Sociopolitical Repression ; Socio-Economic Repression ; Political Development ; Economic Development |