Topic: Security challenges and their management in border areas – linkages of organized crime with terrorism.
6. The development of infrastructure along India’s Borders with its neighbours is crucial for strategic and security reasons. Analyse. (250 words)
Difficulty level: Tough
Reference: The Hindu
Why the question:
At an unscheduled briefing during a Parliament session this week, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar released details of the government’s projects on border infrastructure and connectivity. It focused on initiatives in the north and east along India’s 3,488 km border with China (Line of Actual Control or LAC), including ramping up infrastructure on the Indian side in Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh, as well as projects connecting India to “friendly” neighbouring states such as Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Myanmar.
Key Demand of the question:
To write about the importance of border infrastructure for strategic and security reasons.
Directive word:
Analyse – When asked to analyse, you must examine methodically the structure or nature of the topic by separating it into component parts and present them in a summary.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Start by giving status of border infrastructure of India.
Body:
First, write about the strategic reasons for development of border infrastructure – strategic autonomy, strengthen regional connectivity, improve overall political relations between the countries etc.
Next, write about the security reasons for development of border infrastructure – prevent encroachment, prevent infiltration, guard against cross border terrorism, check smuggling and trafficking etc.
Conclusion:
Conclude by summarising.
