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999 incidents of Naxal violence witnessed this year: Jitendra Singh

New Delhi , Tue, 02 Aug 2011 ANI

New Delhi, Aug 2 (ANI): Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Jitendra Singh in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today the current year (up to July 26, 2011) witnessed 999 incidents of Naxal violence leading to 333 deaths (241 civilians and 92 security forces).

 

The State-wise details of Naxal violence is given below:State Incidents Civilians Security forces killed

 

Andhra Pradesh 15 03 00

 

Bihar 202 26 03

 

Jharkhand 281 71 17

 

Chhattisgarh 261 61 51

 

Madhya Pradesh 04 00 00

 

Maharashtra 61 29 06

 

Orissa 104 19 14

 

Uttar Pradesh 01 00 00

 

West Bengal 70 32 01

 

Total 999 241 92

 

"Central Government under the Security Related Expenditure Scheme grants ex-gratia payment of Rs. 1 lakh to the family of civilian killed and Rs. 3 lakhs to the family of Security personnel killed due to naxal attacks," said Jitendra Singh.

 

"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," he added.

 

Jitendra Singh further said 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," said Singh.

 

"The second prong is maintenance of law and order, and State Governments have taken calibrated police action to apprehend extremists," he added. (ANI)

 


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