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999 incidents of Naxal violence this year

August 16-31, 2011

During the current year (up to July 26), India witnessed 999 incidents of Naxal violence in which there were 333 deaths (241 civilians and 92 security forces). The state-wise details of Naxal violence is given below:

The Minister of State for Home Affairs has said in the Parliament that the Central Government has adopted an integrated two-pronged approach to deal with left-wing extremism. The first approach is development. The Integrated Action Plan with an outlay of Rs. 1,500 crore in 2010-11 and Rs. 1,800 crore in 2011-12 is an example of the many development plans that are being implemented in the affected districts. The second step is maintenance of law and order, and state governments have taken calibrated police action to apprehend extremists.