During the current year (till December 12), Left Wing Extremism (LWE) activity has been reported from 194 districts of India, while LWE violence has been reported from 80 districts.

            The influence of Maoists in LWE affected areas is assessed on the basis of both overground activities by Front Organizations and violent activities by Underground Cadres.  The profile of both these activities keep changing in different districts at different times.  The total number of districts which have witnessed some form of LWE activities since 2007 are as under:-

These figures indicate that LWE activity has reduced since 2007.

While 285 security forces personnel were killed by naxalites in 2010, 140 security forces personnel have been killed in 2011 (up to December 10).

            The Government has given a call to the banned CPI(Maoist) party to abjure violence and come for talks.  The CPI(Maoist) have not responded to this offer.

This information was given by Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Shri Jitendra Singh  in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.

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