Jharkhand State PCS

• 11 Jun 2024

Naxal Issue Confined

Why in News?

According to the Director General of Police (DGP), the joint attacks on Naxalites in Jharkhand have contained their operations to just 5 out of the total 24 districts, with Chaibasa facing the most impact.

Key Points

• Naxalism originated as rebellion against local landlords who bashed a peasant over a land dispute.
  • The rebellion was initiated in 1967, with an objective of rightful redistribution of the land to working peasants under the leadership of Kanu Sanyal and Jagan Santhal.
• Started in West Bengal, the movement has spread across Eastern India; in less developed areas of states such as Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.
• It is considered that Naxals support Maoist political sentiments and ideology.
  • Maoism is a form of communism developed by Mao Tse Tung.
  • It is a doctrine to capture State power through a combination of armed insurgency, mass mobilization and strategic alliances.
• Efforts are currently in place to combat drug trafficking, leading to the apprehension of drug peddlers and significant seizures of opium under the the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.

Drug Trafficking

• Drug trafficking refers to the illegal trade involving the cultivation, manufacture, distribution, and sale of illicit drugs.
• It encompasses a wide range of activities associated with the illegal drug trade, including the production of drugs such as cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and synthetic drugs, as well as the transportation and distribution of these substances.
• Drug trafficking operates within a complex network of criminal organisations that span across borders, regions, and even continents.

The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985

• It prohibits a person from producing, possessing, selling, purchasing, transporting, storing, and/or consuming any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance.
• The National Fund for Control of Drug Abuse was also created under a provision of the NDPS Act, 1985, to meet the expenditure incurred in the implementation of the Act.