Economic Dimensions of a Peace Process: The Indian Experience

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Economic Dimensions of a Peace Process The
Indian Experience

• Mohan Guruswamy
• Centre for Policy Alternatives, New Delhi
• cpasind_at_yahoo.com
• www.cpasind.com

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Introduction

• We analyse three conflict-ridden Indian states
  Jammu and Kashmir Manipur and Nagaland
• These three states are compared to Bihar, Uttar
  Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

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A Socio-economic Comparison
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Indirect Costs of Conflict
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Cost of Government
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Share of General Services to NSDP

• General Services includes expenditure on
  policing, salaries, pensions, etc.

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Annual Grants-in-Aid
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Per capita Development Expenditure
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Employment Effects of Conflict
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Government Employees in JK vs. Rajasthan
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Number of Police Constables recruited annually
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Direct Costs of Conflict
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Direct Central Budgetary Expenditure on Conflict
control
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Annual Police Expenditure in JK (Rs. crore)
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Estimate of Counter Insurgency Costs in JK
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Annual Deaths due to Terrorism
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Annual Deaths due to Extremist Left-Wing Movements