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More than 7,400 Maoists person been arrested, and 5,880 person surrendered since 2019, with incidents of Left Wing Extremism-perpetrated unit coming down by 88% from 1,936 successful 2010 to 234 successful 2025, the Lok Sabha was informed connected Tuesday (February 3, 2026).
Replying to a query, Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, said that successful 2025, the information forces neutralised 364 Maoists, arrested 1,022, and facilitated 2,337 surrenders.
Left Wing Extremism (LWE), which has been a superior situation to interior security, has been importantly curbed successful caller times and restricted to lone a fewer pockets, Mr. Rai said.
“The fig of LWE-affected districts reduced from 126 successful 2018 to lone 8 successful December 2025, with lone 3 districts present remaining the astir affected. The fig of constabulary stations reporting LWE-related unit has importantly reduced from 465 successful 2010 to 119 successful 2025,” Mr. Rai said.
The Minister besides said a peculiar absorption has been laid connected the fiscal choking of LWE activities and the unearthing of the nexus betwixt CPI (Maoists) and its fiscal supporters.
“For effectual enactment towards choking of funds and different resources to LWE, coordinated actions are being taken by the State constabulary successful coordination with the Central agencies by assorted means,” Mr. Rai said.
On the improvement front, isolated from the flagship schemes of the government, respective circumstantial initiatives person been taken successful the LWE-affected areas, with peculiar thrust connected expanding the roadworthy network, improving telecommunication connectivity, education, accomplishment development, and fiscal inclusion, helium said.
The Minister said that to amended telecom connectivity successful the LWE-affected areas, 9,233 towers person been commissioned and 15,016 km of roads person been constructed nether 2 circumstantial schemes — the Road Requirement Plan (RRP) and the Road Connectivity Project for LWE Affected Areas (RCPLWEA).
Citing different improvement schemes successful the affected areas, Mr. Rai said 46 Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) and 49 Skill Development Centres (SDCs) person been opened.
In addition, 179 Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) for prime acquisition successful the tribal areas person been made functional, 6,025 station offices, 1,804 slope branches and 1,321 ATMs person been opened successful astir LWE-affected districts.
