Bhadra
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The issue of funding of intel agencies the world over is a thorney one. CIA, KGB or Mossad or ISI have been known to indulge in raising criminal activities money through various ways - drug trafficking being one of the ways or illegal sale of weapons being the other. These activities when controlled and known or loosely accounted for somehow is tolerated. But if such funds start being used for political purposes become dangerous and harmful for the country and the system.That's how intel runs their show all over the world. Israeli intel runs almost exclusively on drug trade.
One of our family friend's is an IB guy. He said that each one is given an area of responsibility. It's his job to keep that area pacified. For that, they need to hire local khabri. Obviously, the khabri doesn't get a standard salary. The IB guy has to sometimes pay for his groceries, sometimes cash for the kid's school etc. This cash is raised from the hafta vasooli that the police do from vegetable vendors. Life comes a full circle.
There is no separate gormint sanctioned funds to put the khabri on sarkari payroll with pension benefits. The IB guy has to raise the money himself so a certain level of corruption is not just tolerated, but expected. Most of the times, they end up feeding that khabri's family out of their own salary. It's not a for-profit business. If you don't collect enough hafta then your own survival is at stake. And if any law and order problem happens in his area, then this IB guy gets a hammering from his bosses so there's no easy way out.
It might feel sad but in a country where only 3% people pay taxes, where is the gormint going to bring the money? It's public money being spent for protecting the public. The public doesn't pay taxes so it pays hafta. The TECH-INT might have gormint funding but all the HUM-INT is run on hafta money.
Imagine such money being used to fund Bhindranwale, Hurriyat in Kashmir, ULFA in Assam or the LTTE in Sri Lanka, to defeat a constitutional political party in elections !! That gives tremendous undue and illegal political power to these organisations and that is why ISI has become the political master of Pakistan. That also diverts these agencies from their primary tasks where they have known to fail jeopardize national security. The failures of Indian int agencies is largely attributed to this factor.
The solutions lie in state generating larger financial resources and provide unaudited funds to int agencies rather than making them smugglers and gun runners. On our LAC the int agency sources going across are the best guides of terrorists. It is never a one way road. If Army tries to kill them, IB is always present to save them.
I have myself caught many int chaps that would even supply weapons to forces fighting the Army. One can not shoot an SIB or IB chap even if one deserves it!............