On April 28, 2010 the Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Ajay Maken provided information about SRE Reimbursement Scheme to Naxal Affected & NE States in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Parliament).
Under Security Related Expenditure (SRE) Scheme reimbursement is made to the States for the expenditure incurred on operations. Naxal affected States covered under SRE scheme are Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh & West Bengal. Insurgency affected States which are covered under SRE scheme are Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya & Arunachal Pradesh..
Details are as under
Reimbursement made to Naxal affected areas
(Rs. In lakhs)
State
Andhra Pradesh
Bihar
Chhattisgarh
Jharkhand
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Orissa
Uttar Pradesh
West Bengal
Total
Reimbursement made to North Eastern States
States
Assam
Nagaland
Manipur
Tripura
Meghalaya
Arunachal
Reimbursement made to J&K and Himachal Pradesh
SRE(P)
SRE(RR)
The admissible items on which reimbursement is made under SRE inter alia include ex-gratia payment to family of civilian and security personnel killed in Naxal and extremist violence, transportation communication and logistic support for Central Para Military Forces, ammunition, training of State Police Forces, community policing, honoraria to Special Police officers, deployment of Home Guards, Village Defence Parties, rehabilitation of surrendered Naxalites and militants etc. The scheme has been quite helpful to the States.
Source: Press Information Bureau, Government of India