MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
(SHRI R.P.N. SINGH)
(a) The State-wise details of incidents of Maoist attacks, the number of civilians and security
personnel killed and the number of Maoists arrested/ killed in such incidents reported during
the current year is Annexed.
(b) Meetings with the Chief Ministers and the Chief Secretaries/Director Generals of Police of the
Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected States are held from time to time to review and monitor various
security and development related measures adopted to deal with LWE insurgency. The last meeting
with the Chief Ministers/ Governor of the LWE affected States was held on 5.6.2013. Similarly, the
Central Government conducts periodical review of the LWE situation with the State Governments
represented by the Chief Secretaries/ Director Generals of Police (DGsP). The last such meeting
with the Chief Secretaries and the DGsP of the 9 LWE affected States was held by the Union
Home Minister on 25.9.2013.
(c) It is a fact that the Left Wing Extremist groups, particularly, the CPI(Maoist) extort âlevyâ from
the contractors engaged in construction work in their stronghold areas of Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha,
Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra. Similar extortions to lesser extent are also reported from parts of
Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Till now, no cases of politicians financing Maoists have
been reported.
The cases relating to extortion of money by the Left Wing Extremists are registered, investigated
and prosecuted by the State Governments concerned.
(d) No, Madam. The Government is already aware of the extent of the problem
(e) The Central Government has adopted an integrated approach in dealing with Left Wing
Extremism (LWE) in the areas of security, development, ensuring good governance and public
perception management. The State Governments specifically deal with various issues related to LWE activities in the States. The Central Government monitors the situation closely and
supplements the efforts of the State Governments over a wide range of schemes on both the
security and development fronts.