Districts and States affected by Naxal Activities

106 districts in the States are considered as Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected. Of these, Bihar has maximum 22 districts, followed by Jharkhand,- 21, Odisha-19, Chhattisgarh-16, Andhra Pradesh & Telangana,- both 08 each, West Bengal & Maharashtra,- both 04 each, Uttar Pradesh,- 03 and Madhya Pradesh, 01. The year-wise details on number of districts in the country which has witnessed some form of LWE activities are as under:-

It is clear that number of districts which witnessed some form of LWE activities have been decreasing.

Apart from the above, it is worth mentioning that the numbers of incidents of LWE violence and resultant deaths have also significantly declined during the last four years from 2011 to 2014. The year-wise details of numbers of incidents of LWE violence and resultant deaths are as follows:

In order to bring Left Wing Extremists (LWE) into the mainstream, the State Governments have their own surrender and rehabilitation policies. In order to supplement the efforts of the State Governments, the Central Government reimburses the expenditure incurred by the State Governments on rehabilitation of surrendered Left Wing Extremists under the Security Related Expenditure (SRE) Scheme for Left Wing Extremism affected States in terms of its own policy in this regard.

The Government of India has revised the guidelines for ‘Surrender-cum-Rehabilitation Scheme of Left Wing Extremists in the affected States’ with effect from 1.4.2013. As per the revised policy, the Central Government provides reimbursement of expenditure incurred on an immediate grant for surrendered LWE cadres subject to a ceiling of Rs. 2.5 lakh for higher ranked LWE cadres and Rs. 1.5 lakh for middle/lower ranked LWE cadres. The additional incentives given for surrender of weapons/ ammunition is also reimbursed which ranges from Rs. 10 to Rs. 35000 per weapon depending on type of weapon surrendered from detonator to Light Machine Gun, Rocket Launcher etc. In addition, the monthly stipend paid to the surrenderee while undergoing vocational training is also reimbursed subject to the ceiling of Rs. 4000 per month per surrenderee for a maximum period of 36 months. The revised policy envisages formation of the Screening-cum-Rehabilitation Committees by the State Governments which are involved in the process of identification and rehabilitation of surrendered LWE cadres.

This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary in a written reply to a question by Smt. Sasikala Pushpa in the Rajya Sabha today.