Category
Agriculture
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Agriculture, Black Economy, Governance
Rampant Corruption
Here’s an interesting dynamic. To counter Naxal efforts to disrupt the governance system (by building a black economy marketplace), the central government generally offers huge amounts of cash, ostensibly for development. Unfortunately, very little of this money trickles down to where it needs to – theft, kickbacks, and diverting to pet projects is rampant. This [...]
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Agriculture, Economic Effects, Escalating Threat, Infrastructure Systems
A Failing Agricultural Base
The New York Times has an article heralding the spike in wealth for India’s farmers. Here’s what they have to say: The Yadavs are members of a new economic caste in India: nouveau riche farmers. Land acquisition for expanding cities and industry is one of the most bitterly contentious issues in India, rife with corruption [...]
India’s Naxalite Rage
Shlok Vaidya analyzes the far-flung implications of a shifting Indian security environment with a focus on the globally-connected Naxalite insurgency.recent entries
- Firing Los Federales
- Estimated Cost per Naxal? ~$5,000
- Indicator: Madhya Pradesh’s Missing Explosives Convoy
- The Business of Terrorism
- India’s Hidden Innovation Engine and its $35 Tablet
recent comments
- Shlok Vaidya: Hmm. I’ll check my huge backlog of files to see if I can pull anything up. I had read a couple...
- Eric Randolph: I very much agree with this view, reliant as the Naxals are on the willing participation of...
- neil: Atleast they are helping the poor people God will bless them, were in india all politicians making money.
- siman: Dear Friends, Please Share your basic view regarding the naxlite increasing in india,bcoz we all know the...
- Zuo Qing: Thanks. It wasn’t really apparent in the article itself.