| The most important component of any solution to | | | | comfortable while interacting with the government |
| the Maoist problem has to be an effective police | | | | and its representatives. They become more open to |
| force in the affected areas. Without the effective | | | | the idea of seeking help through due process rather |
| implementation of the law, any attempt to | | | | than using the violent ways propagated by the |
| rehabilitate the affected populations will fail. That is | | | | Maoists. |
| because the inefficiency of the laws is what the | | | | One essential dimension to any solution will have to |
| Maoists use as a tool to sell their way of life. The | | | | be an openness on the part of the government to |
| frustration of the rural populations with the local | | | | abandon its inflexible stance and give some thought |
| policemen and the judiciary is what fuels this fire | | | | to creating special regulations to speed up the pace |
| called maoism. | | | | of development in these areas through private |
| Another important concept in the fight against the | | | | players. Things like tax discounts for companies |
| insurgency is infrastructure development. Most of the | | | | setting up offices in these areas is one such method. |
| outlying areas do not have good roads or other basic | | | | Another method could be to give special relaxed |
| infrastructure. This leads to an accessibility problem of | | | | norms for small industries in these areas. The strict |
| immense proportions. Aid cannot reach these areas in | | | | licensing structure that is prevalent in most of India |
| case of an emergency or calamity. A lot of times | | | | has to be relaxed in these areas to bring more of |
| because of the bad roads the maoists are able to | | | | the entrepreneurial initiative to the front. |
| stop security forces in their tracks. Also the lack of | | | | The maoist problem has reached alarming proportions |
| basic infrastructure is the cause of frustration among | | | | in most of central and east India. They are spreading |
| the rural populations, and lend credence to the | | | | their roots now to the south and to the west. If |
| Maoists point of view - that the Indian government | | | | they are handled with the same foot dragging that |
| has forsaken the rural populations. | | | | the government is generally known for, then very |
| Education is the third most effective tool to use. The | | | | soon we will have a full fledged war on our hands. On |
| fight against the Maoists cannot be won in a day. Nor | | | | the one hand will be the maoists with their cadres of |
| can they be removed after a military exercise of any | | | | the illiterate poor and on the other a lethargic |
| sort. The illiteracy among the rural populations will | | | | administration with their legions of corrupt and |
| ensure that the maoists keep receiving fresh recruits, | | | | inefficient police personnel. Such a situation is a |
| who can easily be brainwashed with tall stories and | | | | potential breeding ground for a long terms disaster |
| promises. Also education helps to make the weaker | | | | which may not be fixable in the near future! |
| sections of the rural population to feel more | | | | |