NORTHEAST INDIA-Underdevelopment and growth of Extremism
STUDENTS,
On the topic of Underdevelopment and growth of Extremism, first you must get an overview of the Insurgent groups in North East India. Read this Wikipedia article on it
After this read this paper by Mohammed Taher'sir, from one of his popular book on North EAst India. Here he gives an outline of the role of Ethnicity & Insurgency. He traces the origin of Insurgent groups in various states of NE India.
Finally this specific paper is written by the authors P. R. Bhattacharjee & Purusottam Nayak (North Eastern Hill University) which makes an assessment of the nexus between insurgency
and underdevelopment in North East India. To achieve this end first
various dimensions of insurgencies towards achievement of different
goals in different states in the region are narrated. The impact of
insurgency on infrastructure, industry including petroleum and tea, and
environment are then analyzed.
The origin and persistent existence of
ethnic separatism in the form of insurgency is explained through the
theory of Cooperative Conflicts. The authors state that it is not easy
to break the vicious circle of insurgency and underdevelopment. The
problem cannot be tackled solely by administrative, political or
economic measures in isolation. It requires a holistic approach and a
great deal of patience and understanding of the specific problems of
different socio-cultural-ethnic groups.
Since conflict between equity
and efficiency is very sharp in the region, development projects must
have social approval at the grass-root level given the diversities of
population. Besides, projects must be ecologically sustainable.
Centrally allocated fund to the region need to be matched by significant
amount of resource generation at local levels in order to make the
ethnic groups realize the hazards of wasteful expenditure and the sense
of responsibility towards nation building.