GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1817 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 22nd JULY, 2014 / ASHADHA 31, 1936 (SAKA) NAXAL VIOLENCE IN BIHAR 1817. SHRI KIRTI AZAD: Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state: (a) whether there are reports of more incidents of naxal violence in the State of Bihar in comparison to other Left Wing Extremism affected States; (b) if so, the details of such cases reported along with the number of security personnel and civilians injured/killed during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise; (c) the amount of financial assistance released and utilised under Security Related Expenditure, Special Infrastructure Scheme and Integrated Action Plan during the said period; and (d) the measures taken by the Government in co-ordination with the State Governments to deal with naxalism? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU) (a) & (b): In terms of levels of LWE violence in the current year, Bihar is the third worst LWE affected State after Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. The State-wise details of incidents of LWE violence, civilians killed and security forces killed during last three year and in the current year (up to 11th July, 2014) are given at Annex 1. The details of civilians injured and SFs injured is not maintained. (c): The state-wise details of funds released and utilized under the Special Infrastructure Scheme and Integrated Action Plan during last three years and in the current year are given at Annex 2. The Security Related Expenditure (SRE) Scheme, being reimbursable in nature, the expenditure is first incurred by the State Governments, which is reimbursed by the Central Government. Cont…2/- -2- L.U.S.Q.NO. 1817 FOR 22.07.2014 (d): The Central Government has a four pronged strategy to tackle LWE insurgency - Security Related Measures; Development Related Measures; Ensuring Rights & Entitlements of Local Communities and Public Perception Management, wherein it supplements the efforts of the State Governments over a wide range of schemes and measures. In security related interventions, apart from directly deploying Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), the Government of India provides assistance for capacity building of the states through schemes like the Security Related Expenditure (SRE) Scheme, the Special Infrastructure Scheme(SIS), the Construction/ Strengthening of Fortified Police Stations Scheme etc. In addition, other security related interventions include providing helicopters to States, setting up of Counter Insurgency and Anti Terrorism (CIAT) schools, assistance to raise India Reserve Battalions (IRB), modernization and upgradation of the State Police and their Intelligence apparatus under the Scheme for Modernization of State Police Forces (MPF scheme) etc. On the development front, the Central Government is implementing special schemes for LWE affected areas like the Additional Central Assistance (ACA) Scheme (in place of old Integrated Action Plan), the Road Requirement Plan-I (RRP-I) etc. To ensure Rights & Entitlements of local communities, the Central Government has enacted the Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 to recognise and vest the forest rights and occupation in forest land in forest dwelling scheduled tribes and other traditional forest dwellers, who have been residing in such forests for generations, but whose rights could not be recorded. The Rules were notified on 01.01.2008 have been further amended on 06.09.2012 to ensure better implementation. The Ministry of Tribal Affairs have also issued comprehensive guidelines on 12.07.2012 on issues relating to implementation of the Act. Under Public Perception Management, the Central Government is implementing the Media Plan to convey the Government’s view to the people of LWE affected areas through the Media. It is the belief of the Government of India that a combination of calibrated police action, focused development efforts and improvement in governance are the effective instrumentalities to combat LWE insurgency in the long-term. ***** L.S. U.S.Q. NO. 1817 Page 1 / 2 of Annex 1 State-wise details of Incidents of LWE violence, Civilians killed and Security Forces (SFs) killed in the country during last three years and in the current year (up to 11.7.2014) State 2011 2012 Incidents Civilians killed SFs killed Incidents Civilians SFs killed killed Andhra Pradesh 54 9 0 67 12 1 Bihar 316 60 3 166 34 10 Chhattisgarh 465 124 80 370 63 46 Jharkhand 517 149 33 480 134 29 Karnataka 1 1 0 5 0 0 Kerala 2 0 0 0 0 0 Madhya Pradesh 8 0 0 11 0 0 Maharashtra 109 44 10 134 27 14 Odisha 192 39 14 171 31 14 Telangana 0 0 0 0 0 0 Uttar Pradesh 1 0 0 2 0 0 West Bengal 92 43 2 6 0 0 Assam 3 0 0 3 0 0 Total 1760 469 142 1415 301 114 L.S. U.S.Q. NO.1817 Page 2 / 2 of Annex 1 State-wise details of Incidents of LWE violence, Civilians killed and Security Forces (SFs) killed in the country during last three years and in the current year (up to 11.7.2014) State 2013 2014(11.07.2014) - Tentative Incidents Civilians killed SFs killed Incidents Civilians killed SFs killed Andhra Pradesh 28 7 0 12 1 0 Bihar 177 42 27 99 18 6 Chhattisgarh 355 67 44 184 35 37 Jharkhand 387 122 30 202 44 6 Karnataka 4 0 0 0 0 0 Kerala 3 0 0 1 0 0 Madhya Pradesh 1 0 0 2 0 0 Maharashtra 71 13 6 45 12 11 Odisha 101 28 7 67 14 0 Telangana 8 3 1 8 3 1 Uttar Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 West Bengal 1 0 0 0 0 0 Assam 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 1136 282 115 620 127 61 L.S.U.S.Q. No.1817 Page 1/3 of Annex-2 Security Related Expenditure (SRE) Scheme– Funds released during the year 2011-2012 to 2014-15 (as on 30.6.2014) (Rs. in lakh) 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2011-12 Andhra Pradesh 1072.77 1512.82 1798.02 509.56 Bihar 1364.91 786.83 1710.89 1344.67 Chhattisgarh 4237.08 5074.01 4214.41 1480.50 Jharkhand 7535.95 6754.94 4778.74 2471.30 Madhya Pradesh 27.50 65.05 55.75 70.00 Maharashtra 762.91 460.44 738.51 632.50 Odisha 2156.62 1531.34 4813.30 1823.31 Telangana - - - 509.56 Uttar Pradesh 200.01 550.11 533.28 133.12 West Bengal 1390.68 1330.70 2065.10 713.19 18748.43 18066.24 20708.00 9687.71 L.S.U.S.Q. No.1817 Page 2/3 of Annex-2 Special Infrastructure Scheme (SIS) Scheme – Funds released and utilized during the year 2011-2012 to 2014-15 (Rs. in lakh) States 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 Funds Funds *Funds Funds Funds Funds Funds released Utilized released released Utilized released Utilized Andhra Pradesh 2377.16 1032.15 Nil 999.00 Nil 700.00 Nil Bihar 3465.71 2387.71 Nil 1505.70 Nil - Nil Chhattisgarh 3040.53 2937.43 Nil 1634.09 Nil 1655.47 Nil Jharkhand 3561.35 1656.35 Nil 1652.33 Nil - Nil Madhya Pradesh 747.73 227.04 Nil - Nil - Nil Maharashtra 434.25 274.05 Nil - Nil - Nil Odisha 4047.27 3644.81 Nil 1622.25 Nil - Nil Telangana - - Nil - Nil 300.00 Nil Uttar Pradesh 440.84 433.03 Nil - Nil - Nil West Bengal 467.17 - Nil - Nil - Nil Total 18582.01 12592.57 Nil 7413.37 Nil 2655.47 Nil * Note: No funds was released during 2012-13 as the continuation of the Scheme was approved by the CCEA on 02.04.2013 i.e after expiry of financial year 2012-13. L.S.U.S.Q. No.1817 Page 3/3 of Annex-2 State-wise details of funds released/ allocated and utilized under ‘Additional Central Assistance (ACA) for LWE affected districts’ (earlier known as Integrated Action Plan) during last three years and in the current year (Rs. in Crore) State 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 Released Expenditure Released Expenditure Released Expenditure Allocation Expenditure# Andhra Pradesh 240.00 163.06 210.00 204.46 117.10 128.77 120.00 13.55 Bihar 270.00 150.32 190.00 185.39 158.38 275.69 330.00 34.58 Chhattisgarh 300.00 284.85 300.00 330.57 238.38 237.60 420.00 5.63 Jharkhand 510.00 531.01 510.00 346.45 184.19 336.22 510.00 89.95 Madhya Pradesh 240.00 221.35 300.00 276.65 148.38 245.53 300.00 33.86 Maharashtra 60.00 46.50 50.00 46.57 50.00 41.34 120.00 1.89 Odisha 540.00 527.30 540.00 396.38 222.57 577.36 540.00 28.47 Telangana* 0 0 0 0 0 0 120.00 0 Uttar Pradesh 90.00 24.74 60.00 61.10 60.00 90.85 90.00 6.49 West Bengal 90.00 58.71 90.00 94.04 30.00 33.86 90.00 2.29 Total 2340.00 2007.84 2250.00 1941.61 1209.00 1967.22 2640.00 216.71 * New State from Andhra Pradesh from 2014-15 (Telangana) # Expenditure as on 16.07.2014 .