UPSC Prelims 2024 Question:

Operations undertaken by the Army towards upliftment of the local population in remote areas to include addressing of their basic needs is called

Explanation:

• “Sadbhavana” literally means “goodwill among people.” The Indian Army has evolved a military strategy of winning hearts and minds, with this being just a phase in the broader war on terror.
  
  
• Operation Sadbhavana focuses on actions to address the border regions of Ladakh in the Himalayas. The government of India, in remote areas, strives against difficult conditions to provide essential services (including health care) to its population in an equitable manner.
  
  
• In the backdrop of the deteriorating security situation in the Gulf region, post attacks on merchant ships in the Gulf of Oman in June 2019, Indian Navy had commenced Maritime Security Operations, code named Op SANKALP, in the Gulf Region to ensure safe passage of Indian Flag Vessels transiting through the Strait of Hormuz.
  
  
• Operation Maitri was a rescue and relief operation in Nepal by the government of India and Indian armed forces in the aftermath of the April 2015 Nepal earthquake.
  
  
• Operation “Madad” has been launched by the Southern Naval Command (SNC) at Kochi since 09 Aug 2018 for assisting the state administration and undertaking disaster relief operations due to the unprecedented flooding experienced in many parts of Kerala.
  
  

Therefore, option (3) is the correct answer.

Subject: Polity| Miscellaneous(pol)