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Left Wing Extremism (LWE) Division This Division was created w.e.f. October 19, 2006 in the MHA to effectively address the Left Wing Extremist insurgency in a holistic manner. The LWE Division implements security related schemes aimed at capacity building in the LWE affected States. The Division also monitors the LWE situation and counter-measures being taken by the affected States. The LWE Division coordinates the implementation of various development schemes of the Ministries/Departments of Govt. of India in LWE affected States. The States of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Bihar, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh are considered LWE affected, although in varying degrees. Role and Functions of the Division  Deployment of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) in LWE affected States. Reimbursing security related expenditure incurred by the LWE affected States under the Security Re...

In order to holistically address the LWE problem in an effective manner, Government has formulated National Policy and Action Plan adopting multi-pronged strategy in the areas of security, development, ensuring rights & entitlement of local communities etc. Backward Regions Grants Fund- It is designed to redress regional imbalances in development . The fund will provide financial resources for supplementing and converging existing developmental inflows into 250 identified districts. This aims at filling local infrastructural gaps, strengthening local government institutions and building mechanisms for professional help to these local bodies. Panchayat (Extension to Schedule Areas) Act of 1996 (PESA)- This act (PESA) exempted scheduled areas (Schedule V) from certain provisions of 73 rd  amendment. It also modified certain other provisions. Through PESA certain powers are given to  gram sabha , which under 73 rd amendment might not ...

 1.   Expansion in adjoining areas due to hard combat : Hard combat against the Naxals pushes them out temporarily but they use other states to regroup and rearm. This can be associated with the Andhra Pradesh model, where the intensive use of Greyhounds had led to a lot of spill over to other states. 2. Expansion due to increasing association with Anti-state forces : New territory in new states may result in a corridor for Naxals to collaborate with other insurgent groups who are essentially ideologically different but are anti-state. There has been increasing collaboration between the Naxals and the Pro-Azadi leaders in J&K and ULFA training  the naxal cadres. 3. Expansion of Naxal activities due to international collaboration : The likely collaboration with international maoist movements, may give it a much more dangerous dimension, to tackle which India seems to be unprepared. There is also an increasing threat of rising terror outfit...

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described Naxalism as the most significant threat to internal security being faced by the country. This proposition is true as it highlights India’s interior weaknesses, which make India vulnerable to external threats. It affects several areas including the economy, security and foreign affairs, its citizens and the rule of law: Charu Majumdar, the pioneer of the Naxalite movement had said: “China’s Chairman is our Chairman and China’s path is our path”. While India is sensitized about the ongoing proxy war by Pakistan, there is very little or no consciousness that Maoism or Naxalism is actually a proxy war by China being waged against India for last five decades. Security dangers are aptly described by a former Pakistani Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence and his description of India’s foreign affairs. He equated India being busy with internal security problems to having two extra divisions in the Pakistani army for...