LWE AFFECTED DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTRY

December 2024

At present there are 38 districts affected by Left Wing Extremism (LWE) in the country.

During the last five years, 60 districts have been freed from the menace of Left-Wing Extremism

“National Policy and Action Plan to address LWE” was approved in 2015 by the central government to support the states.

During the last 05 years between 2019-20 to 2023-24 Rs. 4350.78 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.

Under Civic Action Programme, Central Armed Police Forces (CRPF, BSF, SSB and ITBP) deployed in LWE affected areas undertake various civic activities for welfare of the local people and to wean away the youth from the influence of the Maoists.

The number of LWE related violent incidents have come down by 73% in 2023 in comparison of 2010.

The number of resultant deaths (Security Forces + Civilians) have also reduced to 138 in 2023 from 1005 in 2010, a reduction of 86%.

State - Districts excluded from LWE-affected districts list during last 5 years (Between 2018 and 2024)

1. Andhra Pradesh - East Godavari, Guntur, Parvathipuram Manyam, Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, West Godavari.

2. Bihar - Arwal, Aurangabad, Banka, East Champaran, Gaya, Jamui, Jehanabad, Kaimur, Lakhisarai, Munger, Muzaffarpur, Nawada, Nalanda, Rohtas, Vaishali, West Champaran.

3. Chhattisgarh - Balod, Balrampur.

4. Jharkhand - Bokaro, Chatra, Dhanbad, Dumka, East Singhbhum, Garhwa, Hazaribagh, Khunti, Koderma, Palamu, Ramgarh, Ranchi, Simdega, Saraikela-Kharaswan.

5. Kerala Malappuram, Palakkad.

6. Maharashtra - Chandrapur.

7. Odisha - Angul, Bargarh, Boudh, Deogarh, Koraput, Nayagarh, Sambhalpur, Sundargarh.

8. Telangana - Adilabad, Jayashankar-Bhupalpally, Khamman, Komaram-Bheem, Mancherial, Peddapalle, Warangal Rural.

9. Uttar Pradesh - Chandauli, Mirzapur, Sonebhadra.