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PM Narendra Modi's principle of keeping friendly relations with neighbours but as equals and not inferiors, the government is planning to impart "military training" to people living in areas close to the China-Indian border. The idea is to integrate the border population with overall vigilance and security apparatus in the northeast and Jammu & Kashmir. Sources within home ministry said the government plans to train border populations at the level of a paramilitary force and even give them arms training so that in times of emergency they can be utilized. The development comes days after fresh aggression from China in Pangong lake in Ladakh.
This is in keeping with the NDA government’s policy to make the border areas accessible to civilians and develop infrastructure and roads on a war footing. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has already proposed spending Rs 5,000 crore to encourage villagers to settle along the China border in Arunachal Pradesh. The proposal is pending clearance from the Finance Ministry.
However, a similar practice is still prevalent in Jammu and Kashmir in the form of village defence committees, which work under the state police and are armed with licensed weapons to fight militants. Meanwhile, the MHA is already working on a plan conceived during the UPA government’s tenure to double the presence of the Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) force in Arunachal.
As per the plan, around 54 new outposts are set to come up along the China border, and the number of security personnel will be increased to 30,000.
This is in keeping with the NDA government’s policy to make the border areas accessible to civilians and develop infrastructure and roads on a war footing. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has already proposed spending Rs 5,000 crore to encourage villagers to settle along the China border in Arunachal Pradesh. The proposal is pending clearance from the Finance Ministry.
However, a similar practice is still prevalent in Jammu and Kashmir in the form of village defence committees, which work under the state police and are armed with licensed weapons to fight militants. Meanwhile, the MHA is already working on a plan conceived during the UPA government’s tenure to double the presence of the Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) force in Arunachal.
As per the plan, around 54 new outposts are set to come up along the China border, and the number of security personnel will be increased to 30,000.