Left Wing Extremist (LWE) Data

Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Shri Gurudas Kamat in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on March 16, 2011 gave the following details about Left Wing Extremist (LWE) violence:

During 2010 Left Wing Extremist (LWE) violence was reported from 96 districts in 11 States. Left Wing Extremism is primarily a law and order problem, but it has socio-economic dimensions too. The Naxalites operate in the vacuum created by absence of administrative institutions, espouse local demands and take advantage of the disenchantment among the exploited population and offer an alternative system of governance which promises emancipation from the clutches of "exploiter class" through an "armed struggle." Naxalites also terrorise local people and have no compunction in terrorizing / killing people, including tribals, who they feel do not subscribe to their views.

The State-wise, year-wise incidents of Naxal violence during 2008, 2009 and 2010, till date and deaths of civilians and security forces are as under:

State	2008			2009			2010			2011((Till March, 7)
	Incidents	Civilians killed	Security Forces killed	Incidents	Civilians killed	Security Forces killed	Incidents	Civilians killed	Security Forces killed	Incidents	Civilians killed	Security Forces killed
Andhra Pradesh	92	45	1	66	18	0	100	24	0	5	2	0
Bihar	164	52	21	232	47	25	307	72	25	60	5	1
Chhattisgarh	620	157	85	529	163	127	625	171	172	85	19	4
Jharkhand	484	169	38	742	140	68	501	132	25	94	19	3
Maharashtra	68	17	5	154	41	52	94	35	10	11	0	0
Madhya Pradesh	7	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	1	-	0	0
Orissa	103	28	73	266	36	31	218	62	17	35	4	2
Uttar Pradesh	4	0	0	8	2	0	6	1	0	-	0	0
West Bengal	35	19	7	255	144	14	350	221	35	45	21	0
Others	14	3	1	5	0	0	4	0	0	-	0	0
Total	1591	490	231	2258	591	317	2212	718	285	335	70	10

Source: Press Information Bureau of India, Government of India.