Re: Is Naxals/Maoists is internal problem or something else?
@Ray sir can you show some light in this regards as you were posted in North eastern state.
The problem is not only economic, but as in most insurgencies, there are external forces at work, working most unobtrusively but persuasively with total compassion, as if working in the interest of the tribal and others.
We are well aware of the Baptist Mission's work in 'civilising' the Nagas and entrenching themselves as the Naga 'conscience' and the following consequences. It will also be noticed that insurgency and general unrest is mostly from areas where the Churches of various denomination are working hard to 'save' the souls. Take the case of Bodos, Rajbonshis, Jharkhand, MP, Odisha, et al.
It is not Christians who are at work, it is, what is said are the foreign agent provocateurs under the cover of the Church who are at work.
The NGOs too are at work. Note how the Christian world including the so called western intellectuals getting together and rallying for Binayak Sen who was propagating the Maoist cause and was arrested for sedition. He was not only released but made his way into Sonia Gandhi's 'Kitchen Cabinet' the National Advisory Council. Imagine a person who has been arrested for sedition had made his way to the extra constitutional body that formulated the destiny of India. In fact, if one sees the NAC, one finds Harsh Mander, the former IAS officer and Action Aid India man. He worked formerly in the Indian Administrative Service in the predominantly tribal states Madhya Pradesh and Chhatisgarh for almost two decades.
Mander also supports the demand for removal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 from Kashmir and North-eastern states.
Mr. Mander's another organization – 'Centre for Equity Studies'(CES). This is a foreign funded (with partial funding from Christian organizations and church) NGO, headquartered in Delhi.
In 2011, Mr. Mander's NGO received highest amount of aid from Netherlands based 'Partnership Foundation' for "welfare of children".
One interesting source of donation is the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) – the bank that was in news for alleged dubious money transfers.
America based Indian Muslim Relief & Charities is another donor of Mander's NGO. The same Muslim organization helped Shabnam Hashmi's ANHAD
Then CES has received nearly Rs 90 lakh are as donation from Denmark based Christian organization DAN Church AID.
Rs 10 lakh received from America based Association for India's Development(AID). This organization called AID also supports Medha Patkar in her Narmada movement and anti-Delhi Mumbai corridor movement.
AID supported the movement to free Binayak Sen who was allegedly connected to Naxals and therefore jailed, but released later. Arvind Kejriwal is AID Saathi. What is AID Saathi? Well, AID recognizes certain activists in India with "Saathi" awards and support them in a manner that allows them freedom to operate without the constraints of a specific time-bound project. The program creates a mutually enriching relationship between AID and the Saathi and entails not only support in the form of a stipend, but also non-monetary involvement and strategic support from AID volunteers.
So, you will notice that it is not only economic reasons that keeps the Maoist going, but effective foreign aid through Indian proxies.
I am merely given the case of Harshubhai, but imagine how many such Harshus are involved
See this
This might also be interesting to your question.
"Hillary Clinton likes to operate through NGOs, which are given funding through indirect channels, and which target individuals and countries seen as less than respectful to her views on foreign and domestic policy in the target countries," a retired US official now based in Atlanta said. He claimed that "rather than US NGOs, (the former) Secretary of State Clinton favoured operating through organisations based in the Netherlands, Denmark and the Scandinavian countries, especially Norway" as these were outside the radar of big power politics. These NGOs were active in the agitation against the Russian nuclear power plant at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu, with "funding coming mainly from a religious organisation based in Europe that has close links with France".
http://www.sunday-guardian.com/news/obama-quietly-reverses-hillarys-get-modi-policy