Thursday, March 15, 2012

Classifying the Maoist-affected states, the ministry puts four states - Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha n Bihar/under d category of 'severely affected

Classifying the Maoist-affected states, the ministry puts four states - Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha and Bihar - under the category of 'severely affected', followed by two - West Bengal and Maharashtra - under 'partially affected' and two others - Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh - in the 'slightly affected' bracket.

It claims that there is a major improvement in Andhra Pradesh that was earlier considered 'severely affected'. But, Maoists' area of influence is not restricted to these nine states.

The ministry points out that some armed cadres of CPI (Maoist) - the largest and most violent naxal group - exist in Karnataka, and they are making incursions into Assam and Arunachal Pradesh that has serious long-term strategic ramifications.

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