Lok Sabha Starred Question no 202 -LWE Affected Districts

Lok Sabha Starred Question no 202 -LWE Affected Districts

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA

STARRED QUESTION NO. *202

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 6TH AUGUST, 2024/ SHRAVAN 15, 1946 (SAKA)

LWE AFFECTED DISTRICTS

†*202 SHRI SATISH KUMAR GAUTAM:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) the number of districts presently affected with the Left Wing Extremism (LWE);
(b) whether any decline has been witnessed in the number of districts affected with the LWE and in the violence affected geographical areas; and
(c) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
(SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the table of the house.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION

No. 202 FOR 06.08.2024

(a) to (c):

• To address the Left Wing Extremism (LWE) menace holistically, Government of India (GoI) approved “National Policy and Action Plan to address LWE” in 2015. The Policy envisages a multi-pronged strategy involving security related measures, development interventions, ensuring rights and entitlements of local communities, etc.
• The resolute implementation of the policy has resulted in consistent decline in violence and constriction of geographical spread. The LWE violence incidents have reduced by 73% from the high level of LWE violence incidents in 2010. The resultant deaths (Security Forces+ Civilians) have reduced by 86% from all time high of 1005 in 2010 to 138 in 2023. In the current year 2024 (up to 30.06.2024), there has been a sharp reduction of 32% in LWE perpetrated incidents and 17% in the resultant deaths of Civilians and Security Force Personnel in comparison to the figures of corresponding period of 2023.
• The geographical spread of LWE violence has also constricted substantially with reduction of LWE affected districts from 126 across 10 states in 2013 to only 38 districts in 2024 (with effect from April-2024) across 09 states. (List of 38 LWE affected districts is at Annexure)
• The number of Police Stations reporting LWE related violence has significantly reduced from 465 Police Stations of 96 districts in 2010 to 171 Police Stations across 42 districts in the year 2023. In 2024 (up to June 2024), the LWE violence is reported from 89 Police Stations across 30 districts.

LIST OF 38 LWE AFFECTED DISTRICTS