Lok Sabha Question No. 3065 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-08
Subject: Left Wing Extremism
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Singh, Sushil Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3065

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 8 TH  AUGUST, 2023/ SRAVANA 17, 1945 (SAKA)

LEFT WING EXTREMISM

3065. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH: SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has any special policy to tackle the Left Wing Extremism (LWE);

(b) if so, the specific security measures taken by the Government to deal with LWE during the last five years;

(c) the details and the number of LWE incidents during the last five years, State-wise;

(d)  whether  a  steep  decline  in  LWE  has  been  observed  in  terms  of  the number of affected  districts,  geographical  regions  and  the  incidences  of violence in the said regions; and

(e) if so, the details thereof including Jharkhand?

ANSWER

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

(a to e) (i) As  per  Seventh  Schedule  of  the  Constitution  of  India,  subjects  of Police  and  Public  Order  are  with  the  State  Governments.  However,  the Government of  India  (GoI)  has  been  supplementing  the  efforts  of  States affected  by  Left  Wing  Extremism  (LWE).  To  address  the  LWE  menace

holistically,  a  National  Policy  and  Action  Plan  to  address  LWE  was approved in 2015. It envisages a multi-pronged strategy involving security related measures, development interventions, ensuring rights and entitlements of local communities etc.

On security front, the GoI assists the LWE affected State Government by providing  Central  Armed  Police  Forces  battalions,  training,  funds  for modernization  of  State  police  forces,  equipment  &  arms,  sharing  of intelligence,  construction  of  Fortified  Police  Stations  etc;  During  last  05 years Rs. 4931 crore have been released for capacity building of the LWE affected  states  under  the  Special  Infrastructure  Scheme  (SIS),  Security Related Expenditure (SRE) and Special Central Assistance (SCA) schemes. Further,  Rs.  764  crore  have  been  given  to  Central  Agencies  for  use  of helicopters and addressing critical infrastructure in security camps in LWE affected areas, under the Assistance to Central Agencies for  LWE Management (ACALWEM) Scheme.

On  the  development  side,  apart  from  flagship  schemes,  Government  of India (GoI) has taken several specific initiatives in LWE affected States, with special thrust on expansion of road network, improving telecommunication connectivity, skilling and financial inclusion.

(ii) The resolute implementation of the policy has resulted in consistent decline in violence and constriction of geographical spread. In comparison to high of 2010 t he LWE related violence incidents have reduced by 76% in 2022 , while  resultant deaths (Civilians + Security Forces) have reduced by 90% from all time high of 1005 in 2010 to 98 in 2022.

The  number  of  Police  Stations  reporting  LWE  related  violence  has  also come down significantly from 465 Police Stations of 96 districts in 2010 to 176  Police  Stations  across  45  districts  in  2022.  Decline  in  geographical spread is also reflected in the reduced number of districts covered under Security  Related  Expenditure  (SRE)  scheme.  Number  of  SRE  districts reduced from 126 to 90 in April 2018 and further to 70 in July 2021.

The year wise data of LWE related violence incidents and resultant deaths (Security Forces + Civilians), including Jharkhand, during last 05 years is given in annexure.

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 3065 FOR 08.08.2023

ANNEXURE

## THE YEAR-WISE DETAILS OF LWE RELATED INCIDENTS

| State          | 2018   | 2019   | 2020   | 2021   | 2021   | 2022   | 2022   |
|----------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|                |        |        |        | V.P.M. | S.I.I. | V.P.M. | S.I.I. |
| Andhra Pradesh | 12     | 18     | 12     | 8      | 3      | 3      | 0      |
| Bihar          | 59     | 62     | 26     | 20     | 6      | 11     | 7      |
| Chhattisgarh   | 392    | 263    | 315    | 188    | 67     | 246    | 59     |
| Jharkhand      | 205    | 200    | 199    | 100    | 30     | 96     | 36     |
| Kerala         | 0      | 3      | 2      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| Madhya Pradesh | 4      | 5      | 16     | 15     | 4      | 16     | 5      |
| Maharashtra    | 75     | 66     | 30     | 15     | 16     | 16     | 4      |
| Odisha         | 75     | 45     | 50     | 11     | 21     | 16     | 6      |
| Telangana      | 11     | 8      | 15     | 4      | 1      | 9      | 1      |
| West Bengal    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| Total          | 833    | 670    | 665    | 361    | 148    | 413    | 118    |

From 2022, the data is maintained separately for number of incidents perpetrated by Left Wing Extremists & Incidents initiated by Security Forces.

## THE YEAR-WISE DETAILS OF RESULTANT DEATHS (CIVILIANS + SECURITY FORCES) IN LWE RELATED VIOLENCE

| State          |   2018 |   2019 |   2020 |   2021 |   2022 |
|----------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| Andhra Pradesh |      3 |      5 |      4 |      1 |      1 |
| Bihar          |     15 |     17 |      8 |      7 |      1 |
| Chhattisgarh   |    153 |     77 |    111 |    101 |     61 |
| Jharkhand      |     43 |     54 |     39 |     26 |     12 |
| Kerala         |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| Madhya Pradesh |      0 |      2 |      2 |      3 |      2 |
| Maharashtra    |     12 |     34 |      8 |      6 |      8 |
| Odisha         |     12 |     11 |      9 |      3 |     11 |
| Telangana      |      2 |      2 |      2 |      0 |      2 |
| West Bengal    |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| Total          |    240 |    202 |    183 |    147 |     98 |