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Updated: November 8, 2015 02:04 IST
Border youth may get martial arts training - The Hindu
The idea is to have first line of defence at times of aggression
The new Border Area Development Plan drawn up by the Union government lays emphasis on providing “martial arts” training to the young population living close to the Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and China borders, say new Union Home Ministry guidelines.
The Border Security Force, posted along the Bangladesh and Pakistan borders; the Sashastra Seema Bal, along the Nepal and Bhutan borders; and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force, along the China border, will be asked to encourage “martial arts” among the youth and train them in shooting, archery and boxing.
The paramilitary forces have been asked to provide training platforms and coaches, the guidelines say.
There is no compulsory military training in India, but nations such as China, Singapore, Israel and South Korea have conscription.
After the India-China war in 1962, the Special Service Bureau had been providing some sort of armed training to the border population till 2001. In Jammu and Kashmir, a similar practice exists in the form of village defence committees, which work under the State police and are provided with licensed weapons to fight militants.
The Border Area Development Plan was started in 1986-87 for the balanced development of areas bordering Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Gujarat and Rajasthan. The plan was later extended to all land borders. After it came to power, the National Democratic Alliance government modified the plan, which was allotted Rs.990 crore this fiscal. The Ministry, which will be implementing the scheme, has decided to include the ‘Swacch Bharat Abhiyan’ in it.
In Jammu and Kashmir, a similar practice exists in the form of village defence committees, which work under the State police and are provided with licensed weapons to fight militants.
The Border Area Development Plan was started in 1986-87 for the balanced development of areas bordering Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Gujarat and Rajasthan. The plan was later extended to all land borders. After it came to power, the National Democratic Alliance government modified the plan, which was allotted Rs.990 crore this fiscal.
‘Strategic villages’
The government has decided to extend the plan to cover all villages within 10 km of the International Border. These villages in 381 blocks are located in 106 border districts in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal. They will be referred to as “strategic villages”.
The Ministry, which will be implementing the scheme, has decided to include the “Swacch Bharat Abhiyan” in it. Emphasis will be laid on building toilets in border villages using Central funds.
“The NDA government has decided to make the border areas accessible to civilians. We want to train the border population for any kind of eventuality and they would be made self-sustainable. There are the first ones to be affected by any kind of ulterior activity from across the border and have to be taken into confidence,” a senior government official pointed out.
Border youth may get martial arts training - The Hindu
The idea is to have first line of defence at times of aggression
The new Border Area Development Plan drawn up by the Union government lays emphasis on providing “martial arts” training to the young population living close to the Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and China borders, say new Union Home Ministry guidelines.
The Border Security Force, posted along the Bangladesh and Pakistan borders; the Sashastra Seema Bal, along the Nepal and Bhutan borders; and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force, along the China border, will be asked to encourage “martial arts” among the youth and train them in shooting, archery and boxing.
The paramilitary forces have been asked to provide training platforms and coaches, the guidelines say.
There is no compulsory military training in India, but nations such as China, Singapore, Israel and South Korea have conscription.
After the India-China war in 1962, the Special Service Bureau had been providing some sort of armed training to the border population till 2001. In Jammu and Kashmir, a similar practice exists in the form of village defence committees, which work under the State police and are provided with licensed weapons to fight militants.
The Border Area Development Plan was started in 1986-87 for the balanced development of areas bordering Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Gujarat and Rajasthan. The plan was later extended to all land borders. After it came to power, the National Democratic Alliance government modified the plan, which was allotted Rs.990 crore this fiscal. The Ministry, which will be implementing the scheme, has decided to include the ‘Swacch Bharat Abhiyan’ in it.
In Jammu and Kashmir, a similar practice exists in the form of village defence committees, which work under the State police and are provided with licensed weapons to fight militants.
The Border Area Development Plan was started in 1986-87 for the balanced development of areas bordering Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Gujarat and Rajasthan. The plan was later extended to all land borders. After it came to power, the National Democratic Alliance government modified the plan, which was allotted Rs.990 crore this fiscal.
‘Strategic villages’
The government has decided to extend the plan to cover all villages within 10 km of the International Border. These villages in 381 blocks are located in 106 border districts in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal. They will be referred to as “strategic villages”.
The Ministry, which will be implementing the scheme, has decided to include the “Swacch Bharat Abhiyan” in it. Emphasis will be laid on building toilets in border villages using Central funds.
“The NDA government has decided to make the border areas accessible to civilians. We want to train the border population for any kind of eventuality and they would be made self-sustainable. There are the first ones to be affected by any kind of ulterior activity from across the border and have to be taken into confidence,” a senior government official pointed out.
