Lok Sabha Question No. 512 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-25
Subject: Development of Naxal Affected Districts
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Kaushalendra Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 512

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 25 TH  JUNE, 2019/ ASHADHA 4, 1941 (SAKA)

DEVELOPMENT OF NAXAL AFFECTED DISTRICTS

512.

SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the schemes being implemented by the Government for the development of Naxal affected districts of Bihar;
- (b) the current status of the above-mentioned schemes;
- (c) the amount of funds spent so far;
- (d)  the  measures taken to equip the police force with modern weapons and paraphernalia  in  all  the  districts  of  the  country  which  are  affected  by naxalism; and
- (e) the details of the amount spent in this regard, location and State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a,  b  &  c):  The  Government  of  India  has  a  holistic,  multi  pronged  strategy envisaged in Action Plan-2015  to combat LWE, which include development as an important prong. Apart from flagship/developmental Schemes  being implemented by the line Ministries/ Departments, some specific schemes are also being implemented in LWE affected areas. Details are as follows:

- (i) Special Central Assistance (SCA) for filling critical gaps in public infrastructure and services of emergent nature in the most LWE affected districts.  This Scheme is for 3 years i.e. from 2017-18 to 2019-20 with an outlay of Rs.3000 crore. Rs.163.33 crore was released to Government of Bihar till now.

- (ii) Road Requirement Plan-I: The scheme envisages construction of 5,422 km  roads  for LWE  affected  areas, of which  4,809  km  have  been constructed, including 674 km in Bihar.

(iii)    Road  Connectivity  Project  for  LWE  affected  Areas:  The  scheme envisages construction of 5,412 km roads including 1050 km for Bihar. Of which 108 km have been constructed in Bihar.

(iv) Skill  Development  in  the  LWE  affected  districts:  The  scheme envisages  construction  of  47  ITIs  (01  ITI  per  district)  and  68  Skill Development Centers (02 SDCs per district) by 2018-19, of which 09 ITIs and 12 SDCs are sanctioned for Bihar.

(v)  Education Initiatives: Department of School Education & Literacy has sanctioned  7  New  Kendriya  Vidyalayas  (KVs)  and  6  new  Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) in the most LWE affected districts, which did not  have  any  KVs/JNVs.  Under  Rashtriya Madhyamik  Shiksha  Abhiyan (RMSA),  1590  new/upgraded  Schools  and  349  girl's  hostels  have  been sanctioned  in  most  LWE  affected  districts  including  236  new/upgraded schools and 86 girls' hostel in Bihar.

(vi)    Installation  of  Mobile  Towers  in  the  LWE  affected  districts:    2335 mobile towers have been installed in Phase-I of the project including 250 mobile  towers  for  Bihar.  Under  Phase-II,  the  Government  has  approved installation  of  4072  mobile  towers  in  10  LWE  affected  States,  including 412 mobile towers in Bihar.

(vii) Financial inclusion as in LWE areas: For financial inclusion 627 new bank branches & 947 ATMs have been opened in 30 most LWE affected Districts  in  last  4  years  between 01.04.2015 and 31.03.2019. In addition 1759 Branch Post Offices have been opened since 01.04.2017 in 32 LWE affected districts. These include 108 new bank branches, 48 new ATMs and 34 new post offices in LWE affected areas of Bihar.

(d)&  (e):  Government  of  India  provides  funds  for  Police  Modernisation  to  all the  States.  Funds  are  also  being  provided  under  'Special  Infrastructure Scheme (SIS)'  for  strengthening  the  Special  Forces  of  the  States  and  State Intelligence  Branches  (SIBs)  to  LWE  affected  states.  Construction  of  250 Fortified Police Stations in LWE affected States is also envisaged under the scheme.  The  total  outlay  of  the  Scheme  is  Rs.  1006  crore.  The  scheme  is implemented  re-imbursement  basis.  State-wise  details  funds  released  since 01.04.2017 is given below:

|   S. No. | States         |   Funds released (in crore) |
|----------|----------------|-----------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh |                      103.76 |
|        2 | Bihar          |                       31.61 |
|        3 | Chhattisgarh   |                       29.24 |
|        4 | Jharkhand      |                       25.82 |
|        5 | Madhya Pradesh |                       77.34 |
|        6 | Maharashtra    |                       22.81 |
|        7 | Odisha         |                       72.67 |
|        8 | Telangana      |                      103.11 |
|        9 | Uttar Pradesh  |                      194.26 |
|       10 | West Bengal    |                       95.87 |
|       11 | Kerala         |                       35.33 |

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