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Rajya Sabha
There is no proposal, at present, to set-up a unified command to fight naxalism. Keeping in view that the naxal problem is not merely a law and order problem, the Central Government has adopted a multi-pronged counter strategy which takes into account the security as well as development aspects of the problem.
The Government has asked the naxal affected States to intensify anti-naxalite operations keeping the door for a peace dialogue with naxal groups open. Besides reviewing and co-ordinating the steps taken by the States to counter the menace of naxalism by the Coordination Centre and the Task Force on Naxalism, the MHA provides financial assistance to the naxal affected States in the form of reimbursement of the security related expenditure under the Security Related Expenditure (SRE) scheme. Funds are also provided for modernization of State Police forces for upgrading the weaponry, equipment mobility, training etc. under the Police Modernization (PM) Scheme to enable them to effectively meet the threat to internal security and law and order posed by the naxals.
On the development side, the Central Government has advised the States to accord a higher priority in their annual plans for the accelerated integrated development of the naxal affected districts. On its part, the Central Government has included 55 districts in 9 states badly affected by naxalism under the Backward Districts Initiative (BDI) component of the Rashtriya Sam Vikas Yojana (RSVY).
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home, Shri Sriprakash Jaiswal in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
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