Lok Sabha Question No. 4290 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-29
Subject: Fight Against LWE
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Kumbakudi Sudhakaran

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4290

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 29 TH  MARCH, 2022/CHAITRA 8, 1944 (SAKA)

FIGHT AGAINST LWE

4290. SHRI KUMBAKUDI SUDHAKARAN:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government had chaired a meeting with Chief Ministers of 10 Naxal affected States including Kerala to push for fresh strategy in the fight against the Left-Wing Extremism (LWE);

- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the progress of the current situation in the State of Kerala and if not, the reasons therefor;

(c) whether the Government had given any funds to the State Government of Kerala for fighting LWE since 2016 until 2022;

(d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and

- (e)  the  number  of  persons  killed  in  the  Naxal  prone  areas  of  Kerala between the years 2000 and 2021, year-wise?

ANSWER

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

(a) to (e):

- i. Union  Home  Minister  reviewed  the  left-wing  extremism  (LWE) scenario  and  progress  on  the  various  initiatives/  schemes  with Chief Ministers of the LWE affected States on 26.09.2021. Kerala was represented  by  Chief  Secretary  and  other  senior  officers  of the State.

- ii. Satisfaction  was  expressed  in  the  meeting  over  the  consistent decline in violence, constriction of its geographical spread across the  country  and  the  coordinated  efforts  to  address  the  LWE menace.
- iii. The incidents of LWE violence have reduced by 77% from all time high  of  2258  in  2009  to  509  in  2021.  Similarly  resultant  deaths (Civilians+  Security  Forces)  have  reduced  by  85%  from  all  time high of 1005 in 2010 to 147 in 2021. The districts reporting LWE violence have come down from 96 in 2010 to 46 in 2021.
- iv. As regards  the  State  of  Kerala,  03  districts  of  the  State  namely Malappuram,  Palakkad  &  Wayanad  were  included  in  Security Related  Expenditure  (SRE)  scheme  with  effect  from  01.04.2018. Projects  worth Rs. 6 crore have been approved for Kerala under the  Special  Infrastructure  Scheme  (SIS).  An  amount  of  Rs.6.67 crore has been released to Kerala under the SIS and SRE scheme since the inclusion of these districts in the SRE scheme in 2018.
- v. There  has  not  been  any  death  of  civilian  or  Security  Force  (SF) between 2000 and 2021. However, 08 left wing extremist cadres have been killed during this period. Year-wise details are given in the annexure.

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## LWE VIOLENCE IN KERALA

| YEAR   |   LWE Violence Incidents |   Deaths of Civilians & SFs |   Death of LWEs |
|--------|--------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------|
| 2000   |                        2 |                           0 |               0 |
| 2001   |                        0 |                           0 |               0 |
| 2002   |                       11 |                           0 |               0 |
| 2003   |                       12 |                           0 |               0 |
| 2004   |                        5 |                           0 |               0 |
| 2005   |                        0 |                           0 |               0 |
| 2006   |                        2 |                           0 |               0 |
| 2007   |                        8 |                           0 |               0 |
| 2008   |                        2 |                           0 |               0 |
| 2009   |                        0 |                           0 |               0 |
| 2010   |                        3 |                           0 |               0 |
| 2011   |                        2 |                           0 |               0 |
| 2012   |                        0 |                           0 |               0 |
| 2013   |                        3 |                           0 |               0 |
| 2014   |                        8 |                           0 |               0 |
| 2015   |                       10 |                           0 |               0 |
| 2016   |                        5 |                           0 |               2 |
| 2017   |                        0 |                           0 |               0 |
| 2018   |                        0 |                           0 |               0 |
| 2019   |                        3 |                           0 |               5 |
| 2020   |                        2 |                           0 |               1 |
| 2021   |                        0 |                           0 |               0 |
| Total  |                       78 |                           0 |               8 |