How many districts are affected by Naxal?
How many districts are affected by Naxal?
Maoist influence down to just 41 districts: Centre.
Which state was highly affected by Naxalites?
West Bengal (8 districts): Jungle Mahals area and Lalgarh are the worst affected by Maoist violence.
How many Naxal district are there in Bihar?
PATNA: The Ministry of Home Affairs has declared six out of 16 Naxal-affected districts in Bihar as Naxal-free, thus reducing the activities of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) in the state to only 10 districts.
How many districts of India has the Naxalite movement spread?
At their pinnacle, the Naxalites had influence over as many as 18 districts in the state, out of a total 27. Indeed, beginning in the late 1980s, the 40,000-sq-km Bastar region—made up of the Dantewada, Bijapur, Narayanpur, Bastar and Kanker districts—became the nerve centre of Maoist militancy in India.
Which is the most affected state by Naxalites?
Of these states, Bihar has the highest number of districts affected by Naxalite activities, followed closely by Jharkhand, which has 21 affected districts, Odisha, 19 districts, Chhattisgarh, 16 districts, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, 8 districts each.
How many districts in Bihar are naxal free?
With the exclusion of six more districts, only 10 districts in Bihar have been found with Naxal-activities at the Ministry of Home Affairs review meeting. Published: 30th June 2021 11:26 AM | Last Updated: 30th June 2021 07:35 PM | A+ A A- For representational purposes. (Photo | PTI)
Which is the most affected district in Chhattisgarh?
Eight districts in Chhattisgarh where a large number of violence took place in last three years are Bastar, Bijapur, Dantewada, Kanker, Kondagaon, Narayanpur, Rajnandgaon and Sukma. Jharkhand’s eight districts which have been considered as badly affected are Garhwa, Giridih, Gumla, Khunti, Latehar, Palamu, Simdega and West Singhbhum.
Which is the new district added to MHA list?
The new districts that have been included in the list are West Godavari (Andhra Pradesh), Kabirdham (Chhattisgarh), Mandla (Madhya Pradesh), Angul and Boudh (Odisha), Malappuram, Palakkad and Wayanad (Kerala). After the review, 90 districts in 11 states are now covered under the Security Related Expenditure scheme.