Government’s Approach to Tackle Left-Wing Terrorism

The Government of India has adopted a holistic approach to address the LWE insurgency. This approach is built around simultaneous implementation of a security agenda, developmental activities and promotion of good governance.

• The National Policy and Action Plan to address LWE problem, formulated by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in 2014, essentially incorporates four elements - an integrated multi-pronged strategy comprising security related measures; development related initiatives, ensuring rights and entitlement related measures, and management of public perception.
• Under the plan, the Central Government has been implementing various flagship developmental schemes in coordination with the affected state governments.

Some of the prominent schemes are

The ‘Integrated Action Plan’ (IAP) or ‘Additional Central Assistance’ (ACA) for LWE affected districts for creating public infrastructures and services in affected areas; ‘Road Requirement Plan–I’ (RRP– I) for improving road connectivity in 34 LWE affected districts; skill development in 34 Districts of LWE under the ‘Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna’ (PMKVY); ‘Fortified Police Stations’ by construction and strengthening of 400 police stations in 10 LWE affected states; and installation of mobile towers in the affected states for better communication network.

Recommendations of the 14th Finance Commission

Government of India has also accepted the suggestions of the 14th Finance Commission and enhanced the net proceeds of Union Taxes to the States from 32 percent to 42 per cent. Consequently, some schemes run in LWE affected States have been de-linked from Central assistance and transferred to the respective States. It will give the States sufficient flexibility to conceive as well as implement schemes suited to local needs and aspirations