Naxal violence this year: 999 incidents, 333 deaths

Almost a thousand incidents of Naxal violence took place in the first seven months of this year. In the total cases of naxal violence 333 lives were lost of which 241 were civilians and 92 were security forces. Jharkhand recorded most number of naxal incidents at 281 incidents which resulted in 98 casualties. The state was closely followed by Chhattisgarh, which witnessed 261 incidents and 112 casualties. A close third was Bihar, where 202 incidents of Naxal violence took place resulting in 29 casualties.  Central Government under the Security Related Expenditure Scheme grants ex-gratia payment of Rs 1 lakhs to the family of civilian killed and Rs 3 lakhs to the family of Security personnel killed due to naxal attacks. Besides this, States governments have their own policy for payment of ex-gratia to the families of civilians and security personnel killed in naxal attacks. State wise and district wise details are not centrally maintained. [caption id=“attachment_52857” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“Over 300 lives has been lost in teh last seven months in naxal violence. Reuters”]  [/caption] The Central Government has adopted an integrated two-pronged approach to deal with left Wing extremism. The first prong is development. The Integrated Action Plan with an outlay of Rs 1500 crores in 2010-11 and Rs 1800 crores in 2011-12 is an example of the many development plans that are being implemented in the affected districts. The second prong is maintenance of law and order, and State Governments have taken calibrated police action to apprehend extremists. This was stated by Shri Jitendra Singh, Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.