Not long ago, Citing unrest in other neighbouring countries like Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, Chidambaram said, India is in the middle of a "fire ring". "We are in the middle of fire ring. But we should not be singed in that big fire. We are trying to douse the fire and we don't want it to spill over, although it has already spilled over a bit in the form of home-grown terror outfits like the Indian Mujahideen," he said.
Yesterday, this myth is officially shattered by Prime Minister Manmohan singh who stated that the government is struggling against the naxalites in the north and north eastern regions of India. Expressing concern over increasing incidents of Naxal violence which he termed as the "gravest internal security threat", Singh regretted that the level of violence in the affected states continued to rise despite ongoing efforts to contain it.
Contending that Naxalism cannot be treated as a law and order problem, he said dealing with Maoists requires a "nuanced" strategy, a "holistic approach". "Despite its sanguinary nature, the movement manages to retain the support of a section of the tribal communities and the poorest of the poor in many affected areas. It has influence among certain sections of civil society, the intelligentsia and youth. It still retains a certain elan. All this adds to the complexity of the problem," Singh said. Referring to insurgency in the north-east, he said the situation in the region is "far from comfortable", especially in Manipur and Assam where current levels of violence were cause for concern.
These are regions in India that have not benefitted at all like the Indian neighboring states. A drastic policy overhauling is to made at the earliest. The review of the results of SEZs in India
is a good start. Such a review is already being held in Maharastra.
Asking state government to take the review of special economic zone (SEZ) policy, state planning commission has observed SEZs will lead to an imbalance growth in the state. Executive chairman of the Maharashtra's planning commission Ratnakar Mahajan released the outline of the targets state wishes to achieve in the 11th plan.
Out of 400 odd SEZs coming up in the country maximum are coming up in Maharashtra. Around 73 SEZs are proposed in the state, out of which 48 have so far received an in-principle approval from the state government.In this backdrop, a negative comment on SEZs from the state planning commission is going to provide much needed ammunition to opponents of SEZs. Most of the SEZs are coming up in the golden triangle of Mumbai-Pune-Nashik, which is already better developed area compared to other parts of the state. With the forthcoming SEZs in these areas, it is no doubt state's industrial growth will be multifold, but it will create further regional imbalance in the state, says the chapter on the SEZ.
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