MHA claims Naxal violence decreased by 77 per cent in 2021
By Express News Service
NEW DELHI: Incidence of Leftwing extremism decreased by 77 per cent from an all-time excessive of two,258 instances in 2009 to 509 in 2021, the Ministry of Home Affairs stated in response to a query within the Rajya Sabha right here as we speak.
Indicating a pointy decline within the Naxal violence throughout six states – Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Odisha and Bihar – the MHA stated that deaths (of civilians and safety males) ensuing from the Maoist insurgency additionally decreased by 85 per cent from the height of 1,005 in 2010 to 147 in 2021.
Chhattisgarh, nevertheless, took the lead within the variety of deaths of safety personnel. While 22 paramilitary power jawans and policemen have been killed in 2019, the quantity went as much as 36 the subsequent years and adopted by 45 in 2021.
Only six safety males have been killed in Leftwing extremist violence until June this 12 months.
“The geographical spread of the violence has also reduced as only 46 districts reported LWE-related violence in 2021 as compared to 96 districts in 2010. The decline in geographical spread is also reflected in reduced number of districts covered under the Security Related Expenditure scheme. The number of SR districts reduced from 126 to 90 in April 2018 and further to 70 in July 2021,” the MHA stated.
The authorities stated that the curb in Naxal-related violence was the result of a nationwide coverage and motion plan launched in 2015.
The police, in keeping with the MHA, envisages a “multi-pronged strategy involving security-related measures, development interventions, ensuring rights and entitlements of local communities etc”.
NEW DELHI: Incidence of Leftwing extremism decreased by 77 per cent from an all-time excessive of two,258 instances in 2009 to 509 in 2021, the Ministry of Home Affairs stated in response to a query within the Rajya Sabha right here as we speak.
Indicating a pointy decline within the Naxal violence throughout six states – Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Odisha and Bihar – the MHA stated that deaths (of civilians and safety males) ensuing from the Maoist insurgency additionally decreased by 85 per cent from the height of 1,005 in 2010 to 147 in 2021.
Chhattisgarh, nevertheless, took the lead within the variety of deaths of safety personnel. While 22 paramilitary power jawans and policemen have been killed in 2019, the quantity went as much as 36 the subsequent years and adopted by 45 in 2021.
Only six safety males have been killed in Leftwing extremist violence until June this 12 months.
“The geographical spread of the violence has also reduced as only 46 districts reported LWE-related violence in 2021 as compared to 96 districts in 2010. The decline in geographical spread is also reflected in reduced number of districts covered under the Security Related Expenditure scheme. The number of SR districts reduced from 126 to 90 in April 2018 and further to 70 in July 2021,” the MHA stated.
The authorities stated that the curb in Naxal-related violence was the result of a nationwide coverage and motion plan launched in 2015.
The police, in keeping with the MHA, envisages a “multi-pronged strategy involving security-related measures, development interventions, ensuring rights and entitlements of local communities etc”.
