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V. A Strategy of SuccessThe Indian Police Journal warrants a multi-disciplinary, multi-departmental and unconventionalcannot tackle the deep-seated malaise, and the history of the last about40 years has proved it. Such an unconventional problem cannot bedemolish the pillars of strength of the Maoist Movement. Many maynot agree, but it requires the same strategy that is being employed bythe extremists themselves, with only one difference that we have toput the gears of their strategy in reverse order. Following are some ofthe measures for maiming the moorings and slashing the strength ofMaoist Movement:1. Winning the Minds and Hearts of Local PeopleThis is the most important requirement for the State Administration tobe successful against this low - (not any more) intensity and protractedHow is it possible?• Every human society wants its progress. Tribals and locals arenot the exception to it. So, creating a stake of locals in their owndevelopment is the foremost requirement.• Some people have an erroneous assumption that along with thedevelopment of an area, the Maoist problem will automaticallyvanish. This is not true, as insurgencies have occurred at all levelsof economic development except at the highest or the massconsumption level. Interestingly, in Latin America, insurgencyhas occurred in countries with high levels of development asCuba, Venezuela and Colombia.• One of the few comprehensive studies on the relationshipbetween economic factors and insurgencies found a curvilinearrelationship between Gross National Product (GNP) per capitaand political violence. It suggested that there is no simplerelationship between economic factors and the outbreak ofviolence. The study of 24 insurgencies since 1946 in differentparts of the world, as quoted by Jerry Tinkar revealed that the levelof economic development of a country provides no immunity toJanuary - March, 201363