The Punjab Insurgency in India (1978-1993) took the lives of over 20,000 people. Yet, there has been little research on the economic causes and consequences of the conflict in Punjab, which has been classified as a civil war and also an insurgency. In this article, I delve into some of the...

Armed conflicts have been a permanent feature of Northeastern region since Indian independence. Surprisingly, relentless conflicts in this remote region of India have received little attention in the literature. Although some studies on conflicts in India made important contributions in...

This paper studies if devolution of political power in conflict affected areas can reduce violence by providing an institutional means to address people's grievances. In particular, I look at the impact of a local government, introduced in tribal districts in 1996, on Maoist insurgency in India....