CURBING NAXALISM

CURBING NAXALISM

The Left Wing Extremists perpetrate violence and kill innocent civilians and Security Forces as they believe in violence as the means to capture State power. In past few decades, this has resulted in spiraling cycle of violence in some parts of the country.

The poor and marginalized sections of the society especially the tribals have borne the brunt of this violence as majority of civilians killed by Left Wing Extremists are tribals, often branded as ‘Police Informers’ before being brutally tortured and killed. Ironically, it is the same tribals and the economically underprivileged sections, whose cause the Maoists claim to espouse have been the biggest victims of the so called ‘protected peoples war’ of the Left Wing Extremists against the Indian State. The LWE affected areas are marred by dual challenges of a vicious circle of backwardness and the security concerns arising out of LWE influence. Poverty, low levels of literacy, poor health standards, lack of infrastructure and connectivity are all manifestations of LWE violence.

involving   security   related   measures,   development   interventions, ensuring rights and entitlements of local communities etc.

– Since 2014-15,

For capacity building of states, Rs.3364.32 crore have been released to LWE affected states, for operational expenditure of forces, expenditure incurred on training State Police Forces, rehabilitation of surrendered LWE cadre, ex-gratia to families of civilians killed in LWE violence/martyred security force personnel etc. under Security Related Expenditure (SRE) scheme. Works of Rs. 1740 crore have been sanctioned to LWE affected states for strengthening  of  State’s  Special  Forces,  State Intelligence

Branches    (SIBs), District    Police and construction of Fortified Police Stations (FPS) under Special Infrastructure Scheme (SIS).

– 621 Fortified Police Stations have been constructed in LWE affected states, of which 543 have been constructed since 2014.

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ANNEXURE

DEVELOPMENTAL ACHIEVEMENTS IN LWE AFFECTED STATES SINCE 2014

 

STATE

ROAD CONSTRUCTED ( IN KM)

MOBILE TOWERS COMMISSIONED

EMRSS SANCTIONED

ITI FUNCTIONAL

SDC FUNCTIONAL

POST OFFICES

BANKING TOUCH POINTS IN MOST LWE AFFECTED DISTRICTS

BANK BRANCHES

ATMs

Bank CORRESPONDENTS

AP

1184

1507

22

01

–

320

–

30

257

BH

1868

363

03

08

–

264

171

38

7874

CG

3535

1420

36

09

14

1382

297

268

5044

JH

2600

1589

73

16

20

1240

349

352

21357

KER

–

83

01

–

–

–

–

–

–

MP

244

162

08

01

02

568

–

–

–

MH

720

600

07

02

–

845

82

25

704

OD

792

2421

59

06

10

541

66

93

1481

TEL

566

319

11

–

02

514

150

131

1133

UP

503

78

–

01

01

224

–

–

–

WB

–

98

–

01

–

01

–

–

–

TOTAL

12012

8640

220

45

49

5899

1115

937

37,850

This was stated by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Shri Nityanand Rai in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.