{"id":53017,"date":"2019-10-12T10:32:57","date_gmt":"2019-10-12T05:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=53017"},"modified":"2019-10-12T10:33:04","modified_gmt":"2019-10-12T05:03:04","slug":"answered-examine-the-economic-and-strategic-significance-of-border-area-development-for-india-what-are-various-challenges-related-to-border-area-management-and-development","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-examine-the-economic-and-strategic-significance-of-border-area-development-for-india-what-are-various-challenges-related-to-border-area-management-and-development\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] Examine the economic and strategic significance of border area development for India. What are various challenges related to border area management and development?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Demand of the question<\/strong>
Introduction. <\/strong>Contextual Introduction.
Body.<\/strong> Significance of border infrastructure. Various challenges related to border area management and development.
Conclusion. <\/strong>Way forward. <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

India is bordering 17 states having the international borders with Pakistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and Bangladesh. All of this border comprised of unique topography, culture and varied socio-economic challenges. Considering unity of the nation and neighbourhood first policy of India, it is imperative to develop modern and competitive border road infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significance of border\ninfrastructure:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. One of the most important\nadvantages is development of legal and amicable trade relations with neighbouring\ncountries. Examples of it are trade through Attari-Wagha border and Border\nHaats with Bangladesh and many more with Nepal, Bhutan, etc.<\/li>
  2. Proper border road infra will\nreduce trafficking and smuggling, which is currently a big cause concern for\nIndia and neighbouring countries.<\/li>
  3. Another major economic benefit is\ninclusive growth and development. Border road infrastructure, especially in\nharsh terrains such as northeast and Jammu & Kashmir provides avenue for\nself-employment and boost to traditional small scale Industries.<\/li>
  4. Furthermore, tourism in Himalayas\nhas not reached to its full potential due to improper road infrastructure. To\ntap full potential of natural tourism avenues we must further improve our\nborder road infra.<\/li>
  5. One of the major advantages is that\nthrough border road infra India will be successful in pushing for her ambitious\nneighbourhood first and act east policies. It will act as soft power in terms\nof creating people to people contacts. Best example of this is the most recent\nproject of Kartarpur Corridor.<\/li>
  6. Border road infra helps in\nmaintaining peace and stability by controlling the security concerns related to\ninter-region and intra-region issues.<\/li>
  7. The task of national integration\nwhich started with independence of India and still going on will be incomplete\nwithout border road infra. Connectivity and inclusivity are the important tools\nfor national integration of far-flung areas such as Northeastern states and\nLadakh, etc.<\/li>
  8. Another important advantage of\nborder roads is in proper and swift disaster management. Difficult and harsh\nterrains of Indian borders and relatively low development of bordering\ncountries make it inevitable for India to prepared and self-sufficient to\nhandle any kind of disasters.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Various challenges related to border area management and development:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Lack of implementation: <\/strong>Even after about 10 years of\nimplementation of BADP, the border blocks are yet to be opened up and are in\nutter backwardness due to their isolation and inaccessibility.<\/li>
    2. Limited sources: <\/strong>The\nState Government, though handicapped by its limited resources, is committed to\naccelerate the pace of development and is trying its best for development of\nthe border areas.<\/li>
    3. Irrational funding:<\/strong>\nPresently, 10% of BADP 6 fund allotted to the State Government is earmarked for\nsecurity related schemes to be implemented by the state police and paramilitary\nforces and the balance 90% fund is equally distributed amongst the bordering\nblocks.<\/li>
    4. Other issues:<\/strong>\nNational credit registry politics in Arunachal Pradesh, Sinhalese prosecution\nin Sri Lanka are some of the other domestic politics. Rough and difficult\nterrain, tough Weather and Climatic conditions, Seismically active areas in\nmost of the border, Inadequate manpower, funds with Border Road organisation\n(BRO), Redtapism and bureaucratic delays in projects also act as hindrance.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      BRO has been frequently in news due to delays and other lacunae with regard to border road infrastructure Proper and defined autonomy with respect to 3F: Funds, Functions and Functionaries will help to boost the rapid development of border road infra, ultimately leading to economically integrated and strategically amiable South Asia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Demand of the question Introduction. Contextual Introduction. Body. Significance of border infrastructure. Various challenges related to border area management and development. Conclusion. Way forward. India is bordering 17 states having the international borders with Pakistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and Bangladesh. All of this border comprised of unique topography, culture and varied socio-economic challenges. Considering… Continue reading [Answered] Examine the economic and strategic significance of border area development for India. What are various challenges related to border area management and development?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":49132,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-53017","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}