CIVIL SERVICES EXAM-2008 RESULT

From unconfirmed sources [insider] in UPSC, CSE-2008 Mains result is going to be announced on 6Thu March 2009. The interview will commence from 23rd March to 24Th April 2009. This may be due to upcoming Lok Sabha election. All the best for the aspirants. I will keep you update about the interview schedule. Keep blogging.

REPLY TO Smitha

Hello,thanks for a visit on my blog....It is a nice feeling that you too have your friend in the same academy. But I am unable to meet Mr Naveen so far....you can search his whereabouts on orkut. If I will get him here,I will surely tell about you. All the best and keep blogging. Any further query is welcome.

REPLY TO Mr Sameer,Mr Srinivas & Mr Shailesh

Hello, thank you for pouring nice words about me as well as about this blog. Now I try to reply individual questions.
To Mr Shailesh: It is really nice time to get in to the civil services as number of seats are enough to compete. This trend will continue for some more years. Thus put your hard effort to get in to.
To Mr Sameer: I can understand your anxiety and zeal to get in to this service. Friend,it is difficult for me to give you the details about my friends in Rajinder Nagar on this blog. You can write me on mailto:neutralviews@gmail.com. I can give you some details about them. But still the information which you want can be provided by any of the coaching institute located in Mukherjee Nagar or Rajinder Nagar. You can meet any one of them. Or if you have any specific doubts I can also provide you some details. Regarding Hindu News paper...you can easily leave out page-2,3,4...editorial page you should go through,next page you can read occasionally,you must go through all other pages except last page. Regarding websites,there is not much requirement. you can visit some government websites for updates..that is all I think. Any further query is welcome.Good Luck for 2010 exam.
To Mr Srinivas : Regarding History as a PT optional,I don't have much idea really as mine was Pub ad.....still you can make your attempt successful with 75 correct questions in Optional and 65 in GS...regarding cut off..it varies each year..in negative marking system it is now easy to get in to with low score and cut off also generally low...Regarding salary during probation period...after 6Th Pay commission,21000/- we got during foundation[ rest of the salary we got as an arrears in our respective academies] and now we are getting 25700/- after pension and other necessary deductions. So I think package is sufficient now. Good luck for CSE-2009.
I hope I have answered your queries. Keep blogging.

CIVIL SERVICES EXAM -2008 MAINS RESULT

UPSC is going to announce the CSE-2008 mains result likely on 6th of March.WE got the information from inside sources that around 2100 candidates are going to be called for interview.The total number of vacancies will be around 900 including 198 in IRS[C&CE] and 200 in IRS[IT]....so hope for the best and prepare well for the interview. Since interview marks are huge enough to decide the final rank and services so kindly don't leave anystone unturned...I wish you a very best of luck for the coming result.
F0r the assistance of the aspirants I will try to publish the mark sheets of those candidates who will not qualify in this mains as soon as UPSC will publish it. For this I shall require only the roll numbers of the candidates. So kindly send your request for mark sheet of any candidate with the roll numbers. All the best. keep blogging.

UPDATES FROM NACEN FARIDABAD

Hello everybody....after a longtime I am updating this blog.....Actually We went for NARCOTICS attachment [a part of field training] in Mandsaur[M.P.]...It was quite a unique experience for me...First time in my life I saw opium cultivation...IT was quite beautiful to see lancing...I also visited NEEMUCH opium factory...there I saw heroine,cocaine,ganja and other drugs...I have seen their testing method too.I realised the importance of vigilance on use of these drugs as It destroyed not only the life of an individual but the whole social fabric. The central narcotics board is working quite efficiently to check this menace in this country.

Now We all are moving to our next attachment..that is for Central Excise...I will update you about the current happenings.....keep blogging...

WHAT IS GOING ON???

I am very disturbed by seeing the pictures released from Israel-Palestine war front. It is very pathetic to fell helpless....to not to go there and take guns and shoot the perpetrators.....If this type of gross injustice will continue without any check then the day will come when all of us will feel to become terrorist...We shall not be in a position to not to justify the terrorism....Israel-Palestine issue is very old....Now it is the right time to take some solid steps to resolve this burning issue....If not the whole world will be suffered from the fallout of this incidence.

UPDATES FROM NACEN,FARIDABAD

Today was a holiday for us. Institute has arranged a bus tour to Delhi for those who are quite new to the city. The tour started at 9:30am and returned to Institute at 7:30pm. Probationers are happy and thankful to the academy. Since Delhi and NCR is chilling now a days...we all are looking forward for such more tours to nearby locations e.g. Agra,Shimla,Puskar,Ajmer,etc. In the batch of 128,all except five from Bhutan civil services belongs to IRS and undergoing different aspects of indirect taxation in India. Our field attachment for narcotics is going to start in February and afterwards we will proceed for excise attachment.
In the chilling winter,I will keep you updates on the happening at NACEN Faridabad.....till then enjoy blogging.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009

Hello friends, happy new year to all of you...I wish that God fulfill your all unfulfilled desires this year.....have faith in God in true sense then I feel HE will do rest of your work.
Regarding the query posed by Mr Srinivas, State PCS exams are similar in nature to UPSC in the sense that syllabus and plan of the examination [i.e Pre,Mains & Interview] are a bit similar....but nature of the questions are different sometimes...you can get the idea about it by going through the last years question papers.....Regarding the job aspects of Dy collector or DSP,though they are similar to IAS and IPS but rank and profile is different in the sense that they will be junior to IAS and IPS in their respective fields. Regarding their promotion aspects,constitution says that 33% of the vacancies should be fulfilled by promotion from PCS officers each year in to the respective cadres.....but the problem is that seats are very limited in IAS and IPS in any state in a particular year.....Thus it is prudent to apply for sate PCS along with UPSC because with same preparations you can qualify in those exams and increase your security aspect. I hope I have answered your query....for any future query you are welcome...you can also register in this blog through your E mail id so that you can get auto updates on this blog....Wish you a very happy and prosperous year...

REACHED AT NACEN FARIDABAD

Finally we have reached at our respective academies.....We too have settled some how...though there is huge accommodation problem but somehow we have manged it...today was the first day ..it was devoted to formal joining at NACEN.....If we compare the infrastructure with MCR HRD of AP,then NACEN scores quite less...WE have to create some pressure on the academy to at least maintain the available infrastructure....keep blogging,i will update about the happenings at NACEN regularly...

A REPLY TO THE QUERY

Hello Srinivas..once again thanks for showing interest in my blog.....regarding BP ...it is not a major problem in UPSC....you should not worry about your BP level as it is a temporary phenomena.....you just prepare for it...all other aspects are trivial in nature...so far as I know nobody has been disqualified for low/high BP......for any other medical related details kindly go through Employments News or UPSC website i.e. upsc.gov.in ....regarding the schedule for upsc examination they are a bit same as you have mentioned......so enjoy the upsc preparation...
Our foundation training is over now...almost 80% of my colleagues have left the institute....I am leaving tomorrow...It is really a very emotional moment for all of us...here faculty members are also very emotional......
keep blogging..for any other query feel free to write......
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AN ANSWER TO THE QUERY

Hello Srinivas...thanking you for showing interest in my blog.....Regarding your questions.....yes there is strict height requirement for IPS i.e 165 cm .....But there is no such criteria for services like IAS,IFS,IRS,etc....There is a compulsory medical test for everybody immediately after the interview.....UPSC ask everyone who have appeared in interview to go through medical test in different hospitals in Delhi e.g. Guru Teg Bahadur,sahadara, Lok Nayak,Pahar ganj,etc....In the medical test all the basic things are going to be tested e..g eye,blood,blood pressure,ears,x-ray,etc....so there is a detailed medical check up.....regarding cadre...it is being done during training...for ex IAS and IPS selected in year 2007 have not been allotted cadre so far...they may be allotted next year....the total training for IAS,IPS and other services varies...for ex for IAS -2 years,IPS-18 months approx,IFS-3years etc but this training schedule is very unique type....actually you have to undergo some field postings too during training itself.....you can read all the details in the notification issued by UPSC in "Employment News" for civil services examination 2009.......I hope I have answered all your questions...for any further query you can write me.......enjoying blogging....

UPDATES FROM MCR HRD

Finally the day has come to say adieu to MCR HRD......yesterday We had our valedictory function .....Mr C. Rangarajan was the chief guest.....Our DG sir distributed the passing certificates.....Now just four days to go to leave Hyderabad..There were lot of moments in our memory where we have enjoyed like anything......indeed these were the golden days of my life perhaps......On 12th Dec.. all our friends will move to their respective academy for further training......day after tomorrow we have India Day celebration....some of us are preparing for that moment......but for me ,I am trying to enjoy each and every moment of FC life....rest is all fine here....keep blogging....

UPDATES FROM MCR HRD

Some of the photographs of our village visit:

Now we are back again to campus from village visit. The villages in Andhra Pradesh are really developed. We were sent to Guntur District. We got very good reception by DM and SP . In our village there were few problems e.g. huge disparity,caste,roads and floride problem,etc. Rest of the things were simply fantastic.
Now, we are facing very tight schedule. Our presentation on village visit has been over. Now we are working on hope project and its presentation ./ Life has become a bit busy here. Yesterday we have performed well in FETE. My stall has earned Rs. 3000/-......Rest of the things are ok....I will update you about any major happenings at campus.....keep blogging...

UPDATES FROM MCR HRD...HAPPY DEEPAWALI

Hello,wishing all of my readers a very happy Diwali..... We are enjoying the best of our time at the institute...it is mainly due to ongoing "AK Sinha One Act Play" where all officers have to participate. The gentry here is really talented. So far we have seen outstanding performances by the officers. Today we have another three plays. We are looking forward to this evening.
Yesterday, during Diwali celebration one officer mistakenly fired bomb from wrong side...this caused burn injury to several OTs. I hope you all guys did not repeat these mistakes during celebrations. Once again wish you all a very happy Diwali.....from 1st November we are going for a village visit for 10 days. I will update you all about it.

UPDATES FROM MCR HRD

Today we had our esteemed guest Swami Agnivesh with us to deliver a lecture on contemporary affairs in India. Though the lecture was a bit interesting and only few of us went asleep during it but whatever he said was a bit idealistic. We all want to see India as a great nation free from all biases,cast,and regional politics but it requires a huge will power which must come from political system as well from bureaucrat. We can't say that only political system is responsible for this degeneration.
Any way apart from other regular activities,classes are not very interesting here. There is hardly any time left for other activities.Now a days we all probationers are engaged in preparing for one act play.Several scripts are coming every half an hour and just went like that. Let us see which act finally come on stage for the performance.....keep on blogging...

UPDATES FROM MCR HRD

Now,it is a time for fun at MCR HRD...We all are back from trekking and preparing for our next mega event "ONE ACT PLAY"....I don't have any script as such for this event [all are big scripts..]because time limit is only 30 Minutes....I am eagerly searching for it. But we all are really enjoying this preparation...some of our Friends even agree to play a role of a tree,animal,etc....Since it is mandatory that everyone of us will have to act ...so for some of us it is going to be a daunting task.....the only problem with this FC is its hectic schedule...we have class from 9:30AM to 5:30PM.....after that I have some social commitments in near by area.....then time for other activities...really it is not an easy job to do....but as usual the real motto of FC is to make realise every probationer about coming busy life....so I am fully ready for this challenge....keep on blogging....

RETURNED FROM TREKKING...UPDATES FROM MCR HRD

Hello everybody,I have returned back to the institute on Saturday night safely...safely because it was a dangerous trek ,not properly planned.....some routes were close to 35km and some were just 8km......since it was quite new to us, so almost all enjoyed it like anything..specially ooty and Nilgiris.....I have enjoyed beautiful tea estates...this place is really worthseeing..one should go at least once to this region...people are also very good there..as we had to stay in a community hall at Solur...there,local people had arranged everything for us.....barring few unpleasant incidents our trekking was full of joy...now We are back in the Institute so again we are facing boring classes from 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM.....We are looking forward to next scheduled village visit...I will upload some photographs of this trekking within one or two days...keep blogging...

EXAM IS OVER....GOING FOR TREKKING

Hello friends...Our exams at MCR HRD, Hyderabad are over now...We are free for time being to enjoy our life...no tension at all....we are moving for trekking today in Nilgiris...Hopefully it is going to be a memorable trek for our life time.....we have purchased several things like i-pod,digital camera,etc to make it a successful sortie....I will publish photographs when we will be back in our campus...here everybody is excited about this mega event of 82nd foundation...We are moving by bus at 2:30 Pm today....in the mean time I will hardly have the access of computer so there will not be any update till 13th Oct.....till then enjoy blogging...

INDIA’S MAOIST DILEMMA

NOTE AND WARNING: This essay has been submitted to an Essay Competition conducted by Indian Army. I have published it on this blog to help the civil services aspirant going to be appear in this year's CSE-2008. The exact reproduction and use of this Essay for any other purposes will attract penalty.
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At a meeting of chief ministers and senior officials in April 2006, the prime minister described the Maoist violence as India’s greatest internal security threat. It was a grudging admission that the State had failed to contain an armed insurrection which has infected around 165 of India’s 602 districts. This is indeed a serious issue ought to be considered immediately.

The recent surge in Naxalite violence once again confirms that it is more than a mere law and order problem. There is also an increasing evidence of their extra-national links with forces hostile to the interests of this country. This calls for a renewed thrust in coping with the issue. Even, Army intelligence points to a close connection between the Maoists and the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
Maoism etymologically means the thoughts and teachings of Mao Ze dong, who was Chinese leader. His thought is a variant of Marxism which was prevalent in the Communist Party of china till Chinese economic reforms in 1978. It aims at creation of a socialist society through socialist military construction and also provides guidelines for a socialist revolution for the same. Today Maoist organizations exists in numerous countries of the world like Peru, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Bhutan etc. and engaged in continuous armed battle with the respective Governments . They are against the imperialist influence in their countries. In India Maoism emerged in the form of Naxalism.
Naxalite or Naxalism is an informal name given to communist groups. Ideologically they belong to various trends of Maoism. Initially the movement had its centre in West Bengal . In recent years, they have spread into less developed areas of rural central and eastern India, such as Chattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh through the activities of underground groups like the Communist Party of India (Maoist).
This term originally comes from Naxalbari, a small village in West Bengal, where a section of Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) led by Charu Majumdar and Kanu Sanyal led a violent uprising in 1967, trying to develop a "revolutionary opposition" in opposition to the CPI(M) leadership. The insurrection started on May 25, 1967 in Naxalbari village when a peasant was attacked by hired hands over a land dispute. Local peasants retaliated by attacking the local landlords and the violence escalated.Majumdar greatly admired Mao Zedong of China and advocated that Indian peasants and lower classes must follow in his footsteps and overthrow the government and upper classes whom he held responsible for their plight. He engendered the Naxalite movement through his writings, the most famous being the 'Historic Eight Documents' which formed the basis of Naxalite ideology . In 1967 Naxalites' organized the All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries(AICCCR), and later broke away from CPI(M). Uprisings were organized in several parts of the country. In 1969 AICCCR gave birth to Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist).
Practically all Naxalite groups trace their origin to the CPI(ML). A separate tendency from the beginning was the Maoist Communist Centre, which evolved out of the Dakshin Desh-group. MCC later fused with People's War Group to form Communist Party of India (Maoist). Another tendency is that of the Andhra revolutionary communists, which was mainly presented by UCCRI(ML), following the mass line legacy of T. Nagi Reddy. That tendency broke with AICCCR at an early stage.
During the 1970s the movement was fragmented into several disputing factions. By 1980 it was estimated that around 30 Naxalite groups were active, with a combined membership of 30 000. More recent figures put the strength of the movement at 15,000, and claim the guerrillas control an estimated one fifth of India's forests.
The reasons behind this stealthy spread of Maoist practice and intent entrenched are the social inequality and the State’s abdication of responsibility. While India’s policy-makers gloat over the economy that will rank third in the world in a few decades, the National Sample Survey Organization estimates put a third of India’s rural population as living on less than Rs 12 a day. Apathy breeds anger and, then, violence. The rebellion survives and spreads by feeding on the anger of the deprived. The newly acquired prosperity of the landlords, bourgeois traders and bureaucrats further annoys and frustrates them. They believe that the benefits of the Panchayati Raj have been cornered by a handful of well-do-peasants. Hence, they have declared all landlords, big or small, and all bourgeois, powerful or petty, as class enemies and have been working for their elimination through violent means. Now,Maoist violence has spread from 156 districts in 13 states in September 2004 to 170 districts in 15 states in February 2005, affecting about 40 per cent of the geographical area of the country and 35 per cent of its population, going by intelligence reports. With the objective of establishing a “Compact Revolutionary Zone” as typified by the Red Corridor, extending from North Bihar to the underdeveloped hinterland of Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and West Bengal, the Naxalites want to use this stretch for eventual seizure of the state power. Whether it is the activism of Salwa Judum in Chhattisgarh, the attack on Jehanabad jail (resulting in freeing of about 340 prisoners and their leader Ajay Kanu) in Bihar, the killing of Sunil Mahato, the JMM MP or the attack on a police camp in Bastar killing about 56 policemen, the extremists have demonstrated greater precision, penetration, organization and audacity in striking their chosen targets at will.
They are now trying to transform themselves into a modern guerrilla force, equipped with sophisticated weapons and communication system. With the formation of a united outfit namely CPI(Maoist) along with the raising of an armed wing called the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army through the merger of Maoist Communist Centre (MCC) and the People’s War Group (PWG), the movement has been able to resolve infighting. There has also been a shift in focus and strategy. Today, they are not only logistically better organized and better trained; they are also better motivated and better led.
The new strategy adopted by them is one of protracted armed struggle whose objective is not seizure of land, crops or other immediate targets, but the seizure of state power. Within this perspective, participation in elections and engagements with the prevailing bourgeois democracy are rejected, and all efforts are focused on revolutionary activities to undermine the state and seize power. They plan to mount further attacks against the symbols of “feudalism, imperialism and comprador bureaucratic capitalism’ and they don’t mind supporting the struggle of nationalities for their self-determination, including the right to secession. They are believed to be working on a counter-strategy to intensify the people’s war by increasing their mass base across the country and strengthening its armed cadres. If we try to examine the pattern, breadth and precision of extremist violence in the country, we will notice that they have not only been successful in strengthening the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), the military wing of the CPI-Maoist, but have also succeeded in recruiting more cadres. They have done this through militant, but populist mass movements against the neo-liberal policies of globalization, liberalization, and privatization. Their strategies are aimed at expanding the armed struggle from “guerrilla war” to “urban and mobile warfare”, focusing on industrial areas. With Singur and Nandigram coming into focus, the extremists are placing more emphasis on an agrarian revolution and a protracted people’s war as the path towards a “new democratic revolution”, as witnessed during the heyday of the Naxalbari upsurge in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The Naxalites have cashed in on the popular resistance to the proposed land acquisitions in Singur and Nandigram, if reports of their expanding mass base in such areas are any indication. They further plan to use resistance to the SEZ phenomenon as a means to extend their presence to new areas. Today, as many as 250 proposals to establish SEZs in 21 states are awaiting approval and Naxalites are reportedly busy drawing up plans for more such flare-ups. Taking a cue from their Nepalese counterparts, the home-grown Maoists are believed to be in collusion with sundry revisionist and secessionist forces in order to expand their support base. The Maoists in Nepal had declared their support to eight minority autonomous regions during their armed struggle. In return, they received support from these areas. Naxalites here have also been supporting demands for separate states like Telengana and Vidarbha. They also support the secessionist movements in the North-east and Kashmir and as such pose a bigger threat to national security than we have cared to believe so far.

India is hurting. Its people are being terrorized and killed. And the Government is in a quandary to find a solution to quell the wave of violence and bloodshed unleashed across its Eastern and Central villages by the Maoist Communist rebels, commonly known as Naxalites. Indian establishment is on the cross road to handle this problem.
While Nepal has witnessed reconciliation with the Maoists, as reflected in the latter’s participation in the new government, India continues to be a victim of their violence. With the extremists joining the mainstream, the movement ought to end in Nepal. India is still groping in trying to assess the problem and formulate a strategy. Therefore a synergized strategy is imperative for our country to come out from a dilemma about tackling this growing menace. The Bhubaneswar meeting of the National Naxalite Coordination Committee was a step in this direction
Primarily, India’s maoist dilemma is all about the adoption of an appropriate strategy to tackle this growing menace. Indian leadership seems to be confused to take a particular stand among the following :
[1] Development and law and order strategy
[2] Onetime crackdown with heavy hand
[3] Creation of conducive conditions to assimilate these sons and daughters in to main stream.
The second strategy will never give a permanent solution to this age old problem because of the local support enjoyed by Maoist. This has clearly been demonstrated by the failure of “Salawa judum” experiment in Chattisgarh.It happened despite the fact that tribals have taken the lead in this experiment.
Thus we have to search other options. Initial measures implemented by the Government have proven to be inadequate in uprooting the Naxalite extremist faction propagating the rebellion. Its attempts have caused the Naxalites to retaliate with increased aggression on vulnerable villages. We can obtain pointers from the late peace leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. In spite of India's complicated diversity of peoples and languages, Gandhi had given it a new ideal and had presented to the world a new ideal of India. Non-violence became an ingrain source of Hindu action. The bare-footed Mahatma Gandhi, had reached into the heart of a convoluted and incongruent country, and roused its vast population to win the greatest victory modern India has ever witnessed with his new message: "Satya, Satyagraha, and Ahimsa" (Truth, Resistance in the Cause of Truth and Nonviolence). Under his tutelage, the nation of India embraced peace in the height of great turmoil and British repression. He single handedly led India to Independence. Had he lived he would be ashamed to see beggars forgetting their Hindu customs and leading armed revolt against their leaders and kinfolks.
The central government along with the state governments has to formulate a comprehensive strategy to speed up the development process. It must start from land reforms. This development strategy should cover wholistic develomental requirements of the pople i.e. social,economic and political. It is the duty of the state to ensure equitable distribution of the benifts.
Apart from it ,government must also ensure that all its agencies work in a just and transparent manner. Justice should be delivered without any further delay.Corruption should be weed out from the governent secor. It should be ensured that state apartus is not being utilised to exploit weaker sections.
When this happens, the supply chain of the maoist will be disturbed. When people will get the justice from the state,education from government schools,health from governemnt hospitals and adequate employement near to their homes, they will definitely think twice before joining Maoist movement.
But,this requires a strong political will to provide legal framework to expedite the process.Maoist should be properly persuaded to join mainstream. For this,government must have a proper and attractive rehabilitation packege. The vocational training can also be provided for gainful employment.
In other words, the memorandum of Peace between government and Maoist should include:
[1] Dialogue between Government and the extremist leaders to discuss grievances and methods to alleviate such.
[2] Government's denouncement of the violence perpetrated by the Naxalite rebels in the village attacks.
[3] An Order for Naxalites to cease its attack immediately.
[4] Punishment for those violating the order.
[5] A strengthening of armed police presence in Naxalite targeted villages.
[6] A reform of policies to provide more jobs for the jobless.
[7]Policy to help alleviate poverty in the targeted villages.
[8] An open door policy between local government and villagers terrorized by the Naxalites.
[9] A Justice System more sensitive to the oppressed.
[10] Policy for economic development in outlying villages.
[11] An Education policy incorporating deprived children in the outlying villages.
However,along with this political approach,law and order machinery is also need complete overhauling.Unfortunately, the state governments are shockingly ill-equipped to fight the Maoists. The police know precious little about the terrorist outfit and its leaders, how it functions, its goals and its tactics. There is no clear strategy to tackle and defeat the Maoists. This is outrageous, considering the fact that the Maoists have been around for many years now and have been gaining in strength steadily. The growth of the Maoists would surely have been detected by an efficient and strong intelligence radar. It is high time the states and central intelligence agencies, and the state police's own intelligence-gathering machinery, are revamped and infused with not only fresh blood, but meritorious officers and personnel are posted there and allowed a free hand to do their job. At the same time, a special force such as Greyhounds of Andhra Pradesh to hunt down and exterminate these terrorists needs to be raised immediately and this force be trained in jungle and urban combat.
The state cannot afford to be soft in tackling terrorism. Yes, the root cause of terrorism--and in this case, it is excruciating poverty caused by abject state neglect of the tribal and rural areas and endemic corruption that causes colossal leakage of developmental funds meant for these areas--must be tackled. But we've seen in the past that Maoists have stalled developmental projects since they know that these projects, aimed at benefiting the poor, would lead to loss of their influence and stranglehold on the poor and the tribal. They want the status quo to continue because they can grow only if the poor and the tribal continue to live in poverty and neglect, without access to healthcare, education and other amenities But this should not deter the state machinery from pushing development projects like roads, schools, healthcare facilities and schemes for providing work, housing etc very aggressively in the affected areas. At the same time, a fierce effort should be launched to wipe away the Maoists. And then, a determined endeavor should start to ensure that the ugly blot of Maoism does not stain impressionable minds. Getting back to the war on Maoists, it ought to be realised that there's no alternative to hunting the Maoists down and annihilating them. That's the only way terrorism can be, and has been, tackled. All such outfits which were defeated across the world--the Baader-Meinhof in Germany, the Red Army in Japan, Italy's Red Brigade, Punjab's Khalistanis and even the Naxals in Bengal--had to be put down with a heavy hand. Terror has to be fought with terror, like what they teach at the Indian Army's Counter Insurgency & Jungle Warfare School: "Fight the guerilla like a guerilla". Replace 'guerilla' with 'terrorist'.
conclusion


There is a need to pursue a multifaceted and integrated policy and strategy for dealing with this menace. This may include action on the security front to effectively counter and check violence by Naxalites, create a secure environment and promote development and economic growth in the affected areas with the objective of providing the necessary economic and social infrastructure and employment opportunities.

No form of government has proved to be better than democracy. And Indian democracy is remarkably resilient. If the Maoists still feel differently, they must come forward to discuss the issues across the table. The government has responded to the standard charges of “inequitable and in egalitarian development”. It has come forward with a series of development proposals to address the inequity. The Maoist support to secessionist and separatist movements is misplaced and points to a garbled conception of politics. By indulging in the brazen and unprincipled acts of violence, they are not only hurting the cause of development, but are also playing into the hands of our enemies. The government, on its part, needs to strengthen the capabilities of the police and the Intelligence network

UPDATES FROM MCR HRD HYDERABAD

Today we have appeared in our first exam in 82nd foundation course. It was on e-governance. Though this exam is not supposed to check our capability but because it was an exam, some of our colleague were not able to sleep properly.....it started at 4:30 pm ...question was of elementary level e.g. what is e governance,use of websites,etc......so at the end of the day we are relaxed....day after tomorrow we are having law exam which is quite tough.....we have to work hard for it....but still as we all are aware about the fact that this exam does not have much significance so I am quite relaxed and thinking about the forthcoming trekking in Nilgiris...hope we all will enjoy......next update will be on Friday....so till then good night....