Lok Sabha Question No. 3308 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-16
Subject: Special Central Assistance to Odisha
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Sarmistha Sethi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3308

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 16 TH   MARCH, 2021/ PHALGUNA 25, 1942 (SAKA)

SPECIAL CENTRAL ASSISTANCE TO ODISHA

3308.  SHRIMATI SARMISTHA SETHI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  funds  released  under  the  Special  Central  Assistance (SCA) for the Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected districts for the State of Odisha during the last three years;
- (b) whether  there  has  been  any  change  in  the  number  of  LWE  affected districts in the States of Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the  districts  of  Odisha  which  have  witnessed  the  largest  decline  of LWE influence?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

(SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a): Funds released to Odisha under Special Central Assistance (SCA) Scheme during the last 03 years and current financial year are as under:

(Rs. in crore)

| State   |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |
|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Odisha  |        10 |     66.67 |     66.66 |     14.25 |

## L.S.US.Q NO. 3308 FOR 16.03.2021

- (b) & (c): The  LWE  Affected  districts,  covered  under  Security  Related Expenditure (SRE) Scheme, were reviewed in April-2018. Presently 54 districts  of  Odisha,  Jharkhand,  Chhattisgarh  and  Andhra Pradesh are covered under SRE Scheme w.e.f. 01.04.2018. Prior to  April-2018,  64  districts  of  these  States  were    covered  under SRE  Scheme.  List  these districts in the States of Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and  Andhra Pradesh is at Annexure-I.
- (d): 15 districts of Odisha are covered under Security Related Expenditure (SRE) for Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected areas. Of  these,  7  districts  namely  Boudh,  Sambhalpur,    Nayagarh, Angul,  Deogarh,  Navarangpur,  and  Sundergarh  have  reported  no LWE violence incidents in the year 2020.

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## LIST OF DISTRICTS COVERED UNDER THE SRE SCHEME

| State          | Districts Prior to April-2018   | Districts Prior to April-2018                                                                                                                                                                                        | Districts w.e.f. 01 st April-2018   | Districts w.e.f. 01 st April-2018                                                                                                                                                                |
|----------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                | Number                          | Name                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Number                              | Name                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Andhra Pradesh | 08                              | Anantapur, East Godavari, Guntur, Kurnool, Prakasam, Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram.                                                                                                                     | 06                                  | East Godavari, Guntur, Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, West Godavari.                                                                                                                   |
| Chhattisgarh   | 16                              | Bastar, Bijapur, Dantewada, Jashpur, Kanker, Korea (Baikunthpur), Narayanpur, Rajnandgaon, Sarguja, Dhamtari, Mahasamund, Gariyaband, Balod, Sukma, Kondagaon and Balrampur.                                         | 14                                  | Balod, Balrampur, Bastar, Bijapur, Dantewada, Dhamtari, Gariyaband , Kanker, Kondagaon, Mahasamund, Narayanpur, Rajnandgaon, Sukma and Kabirdham.                                                |
| Jharkhand      | 21                              | Bokaro, Chatra, Dhanbad, East Singhbhum, Garhwa, Giridih, Gumla, Hazaribagh, Koderma, Latehar, Lohardagga, Palamu, Ranchi, Simdega, Saraikela- Kharaswan, West Singhbhum, Khunti, Ramgarh, Dumka, Deoghar and Pakur. | 19                                  | Bokaro, Chatra, Dhanbad, Dumka, East Singhbhum, Garhwa, Giridih, Gumla, Hazaribagh, Khunti, Koderma, Latehar, Lohardagga, Palamu, Ramgarh, Ranchi, Simdega, Saraikela-Kharaswan, West Singhbhum. |
| Odisha         | 19                              | Gajapati, Ganjam, Keonjhar, Koraput, Malkangiri, Mayurbhanj, Navrangpur, Rayagada, Sambhalpur, Sundargarh, Nayagarh, Kondhamal, Deogarh, Jajpur, Dhenkanal, Kalahandi, Nuapada, Bargarh and Bolangir 64              | 15                                  | Angul, Bargarh, Bolangir, Boudh, Deogarh, Kalahandi, Kandhmal, Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabrangpur, Nayagarh, Nuapada, Rayagada, Sambhalpur, Sundargarh                                              |
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