Naxalism a self employment programme
Naxalism has degenerated into a self employment programme for a number of unemployable youth. Extortion from industrialists, politicians,government officials is a source of income for the movement. Bank robberies also constitute another source of income.Any movement needs money to survive. If an organization runs short of money, it has to go slow and finally close down. Hence Naxalites have to instill fear by gun and resort to extortion to survive.In the early days of Naxlite movement, impressionable and intelligent youth joined the movement. A number of engineering and medical students from Warangal joined. They wanted to reform the society and usher in communistic society. But as the economy grew, students began to lose interest. Now few students are in the Movement. Most of the naxalites who are now active, called "Annalu"(Brothers) are from so called backward communities with little skills to make a living. The tag of naxalite and a gun ensures respect,fear and a living. There is no denying the risks involved. India is a fragmented society. On one hand, one can find people who are among the richest in the world and on the other hand, vast chunk of the people are the poorest in the world. A vast majority of the poor people are unskilled. Indian government always talks of "Garibi Hatao" . But it does little on the ground. Corruption eats away the funds intended to the poor. Pumping money into the poor is only a half solution. Unskilled poor have to be turned into skilled persons. A national movement of "Skill development" has to be taken up by governments,NGos etc.A vast unemployed or party employed youth is in rural areas. The skill development programmes should be taken up in rural areas. Skills like carpentry,masonary,handling machines like lathes,boilers, driving skills, processing of agriculture produce etc, shall be imparted at government's cost. A skilled person can easily find an employment either in India or overseas.India's weakness of huge population should be turned into an advantage. Sincere efforts would yield results.The poor youth find Naxalims less interesting and more risky.
