GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1374

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1 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 5 TH MARCH, 2013/PHALGUNA 14,1934 (SAKA) LEFT WING EXTREMISM SHRI GANESH SINGH: DR. RAGHUVANSH PRASAD SINGH: SHRI TATHAGATA SATPATHY: SHRI P.C. GADDIGOUDAR: SHRI SAMEER BHUJBAL: SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI: SHRIMATI BOTCHA JHANSHI LAKSHMI: SHRI RATAN SINGH: SHRI A.K.S. VIJAYAN: SHRI SURESH KUMAR SHETKAR: SHRI E.G. SUGAVANAM: SHRI HAMDULLAH SAYEED: SHRI AMBICA BANERJEE: SHRI S.S. RAMASUBBU: SHRI RAMKISHUN: SHRI M. KRISHNASSWAMY: Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state: (a) w hether the Government has any proposal to declare more districts under Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected districts in the country; (b) if so, the details thereof along w ith names of districts affected by LWE as on date, State-w ise; (c) w hether cases of collection of levy by coercive means or extortion by naxalites are rampant in the country; (d) if so, the details of such cases reported during each of the last three years and the current year, State-w ise; and (e) the measures taken by the Government to check the collection of levies/extortion by naxalites? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI R.P.N. SINGH)..2/-

2 -2- L.S.U.S. Q.NO FOR (a) & (b): A total number of 106 districts in 9 States of the country are covered under the Security Related Expenditure (SRE) Scheme for the purpose of reimbursement of expenditure incurred by the State Governments on counter-left Wing Extremism (LWE) measures. The list of 106 districts covered under the SRE Scheme is annexed. These 106 districts constitute a mix of severely LWE affected, moderately LWE affected and slightly LWE affected districts. At present, there is no proposal to include more districts under the Scheme. (c) to (e): The Left Wing Extremists raise money in the affected areas from a variety of sources w hich, inter-alia, include extortion from contractors, businessmen, industries, government servants etc; confiscation of properties of the rich or land ow ners; looting of public/ private banks etc. How ever, many cases of extortion are not reported for fear of violent reprisal from the LWE groups. Police and Public Order being State subjects, the law and order related matters including action w ith respect to LWE activities in the State are directly dealt w ith by the State Governments concerned. Cases related to extortion of money by the Left Wing Extremists are registered, investigated and prosecuted by the State Governments. The Central Government closely monitors the situation and supplements the effort of the State Governments in dealing w ith Left Wing Extremism. The Government of India has referred some offenses committed by Left Wing Extremists for investigation by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). * * * * *

3 PAGE 1 OF 1 OF ANNEXURE I [L.S. U.S. Q. NO FOR ] List of 106 districts covered under the SRE Scheme for LWE affected States S. State Number Name of Districts No. of Districts 1. Andhra Pradesh 16 Anantapur, Adilabad, East Godavari, Guntur, Karimnagar, Khammam, Kurnool, Medak, Mehboobnagar, Nalgonda, Prakasam, Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Warangal and Nizamabad. 2. Bihar 22 Arw al, Aurangabad, Bhojpur, East Champaran, Gaya, Jamui, Jehanabad, Kaimur, Munger, Nalanda, Naw ada, Patna, Rohtas, Sitamarhi, West Champaran, Muzaffarpur, Sheohar, Vaishali, Banka, Lakhisarai, Begusarai and Khagaria. 3. Chhattisgarh 16 Bastar, Bijapur, Dantew ada, Jashpur, Kanker, Korea (Baikunthpur), Narayanpur, Rajnandgaon, Sarguja, Dhamtari, Mahasamund, Gariyaband Balod, Sukma, Kondagaon and Balrampur. 4. Jharkhand 21 Bokaro, Chatra, Dhanbad, East Singhbhum, Garhw a, Giridih, Gumla, Hazaribagh, Koderma, Latehar, Lohardagga, Palamu, Ranchi, Simdega, Saraikela- Kharasw an, West Singhbhum, Khunti, Ramgarh, Dumka, Deoghar and Pakur. 5. Madhya Pradesh 1 Balaghat 6. Maharashtra 4 Chandrapur, Gadchiroli, Gondia and Aheri 7. Odisha 19 Gajapati, Ganjam, Keonjhar, Koraput, Malkangiri, Mayurbhanj, Navrangpur, Rayagada, Sambhalpur, Sundargarh, Nayagarh, Kondhamal, Deogarh, Jajpur, Dhenkanal, Kalahandi, Nuapada, Bargarh and Bolangir 8. Uttar Pradesh 3 Chandauli, Mirzapur and Sonebhadra, 9. West Bengal 4 Bankura, West Medinipur, Purulia and Birbhum Total 106

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5 REVISED GUIDELINES FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF SECURITY RELATED EXPENDITURE TO LWE AFFECTED STATES UNDER THE SRE SCHEME. (1) Criteria for inclusion of States under the SRE Scheme: (i) (ii) Existence of and activities by one or more of the organizations (which have been declared unlawful associations/terrorist organizations either under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention Act, 1967 or any other Act in the State). Enactment of legislation by a State to tackle activities of naxal extremists or similar organizations. (iii) Raising of India Reserve Battalions by the concerned States for curbing the activities of extremists. (iv) Inadequate development of affected area due to hindrances created by extremist activities (2) Criteria for inclusion of districts under the SRE Scheme: (i) (ii) Intensity of naxal violence over a period of say, five years. Exceptions can be made in some cases where it is found that a particular district which was earlier not affected or marginally affected, has, over the past 2/3 years, been reporting a large number of cases of naxal violence. The organizational consolidation attained by the various naxal outfits in the affected district. Whether the districts are having librated areas or guerilla zones where the extremist outfit(s) virtually run a parallel administration even though the overall violence profile may not be very high. (iii) The presence of armed dalams, their free movement and their fire power which would determine the potentiality of an extremist outfit to commit violent acts and be a serious threat to internal security. The sophistication in arms holding has to be a determining factor. (iv) (v) The spread of active mass front organizations of the naxal groups that lend constant and effective support in terms of logistics and safe refugee to the armed cadres needs to be taken into consideration to judge the extent to which particular district are affected. Extent of pro-active measure initiated by the police/administration to counter the naxal extremist.

6 (3) States and Districts covered under the SRE Scheme: The names of the States and the Districts to which the revised scheme would be applicable are given in the following table: S.No State No of Districts Districts 1. Andhra Pradesh 08 Anantapur, East Godawari, Guntur, Kurnool, Prakasam, Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram. 2. Bihar 22 Arwal, Arurangabad, Bhojpur, East Champaran, Gaya, Jamui, Jehanbad, Kaimur, Munger, Nalanda, Nawada, Patna, Rohtas, Sitamarhi, West Champaran, Muzaffarpur, Sheohar, Vaishali, Banka, Lakhisarai, Begusarai and Khagaria. 3. Chhattisgarh 16 Bastar, Bijapur, Dantewada, Jashpur, Kanker, Korea (Baikunthpur), Narayanpur, Rajnandgaon, Sarguja, Dhamtari, Mahasamund, Gariyaband Balod, Sukma, Kondagaon and Balrampur. 4. Jharkhand 21 Bokaro, Chatra, Dhanbad, East Singhbhum, Garhwa, Giridih, Gumla, Hazaribagh, Koderma, Latehar, Lohardagga, Palamu, Ranchi, Simdega, Saraikela- Kharaswan, West Singhbhum, Khunti, Ramgarh, Dumka, Deoghar and Pakur. 5. Madhya Pradesh 01 Balaghat. 6. Maharashtra 04 Chandrapur, Gadchiroli, Gondia and Aheri. 7. Odisha 19 Gajapati, Ganjam, Keonjhar, Koraput, Malkangiri, Mayurbhanj, Navrangpur, Rayagada, Sambhalpur, Sundargarh, Nayagarh, Kondhamal, Deogarh, Jajpur, Dhenkanal, Kalahandi, Nuapada, Bargarh and Bolangir. 8. Telangana 08 Adilabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Medak, Mehboobnagar, Nalgonda, Warangal and Nizamabad. 9. Uttar Pradesh 03 Chandauli, Mirzapur and Sonebhadra. 10. West Bengal 04 Bankura, Midnapore Purulia and Birbhum. Total 106 (4) Item eligible for Reimbursement under the SRE Scheme: S.No Item Rate of Reimbursement 1. Ex-gratia Payment : Remarks a) to the family of a civilian kill. b) to the family of Security personnel killed. 100% with a maximum ceiling of Rs. 1 lakh. 100% with a maximum ceiling of Rs. 3 lakh

7 2. Provision for transportation, communication and other logistic support for CPMFs deployed in the State for anti-naxalite operations. It will also include expenditure incurred on Petrol/POL used by the Joint Teams of State Police and the CPMFs to undertake anti-naxalite operations 3 Ammunition used by the State Police Personnel for anti-naxalite activities. 4 Training to the State Police Forces 5 Community policing by the local police i.e., organizing health camps, social functions etc., for the welfare of the local population. 6 a) Expenditure incurred by Village Defence Committee / Nagarik Suraksha Samiti 100% 100% 100% This is to clarify that his item will include TA/DA paid by the State Government to Police personnel deputed for such training and also the cost, if any, charged by the Training Institute. Expenditure incurred by the training institute such as Greyhounds/State Training Institute Centre on providing training material etc., which are consumable in nature(other than the items included under the Police Modernization Scheme:, will also be admissible. This will, however, not include office/equipment/establishme nt expenses of the training institute 100% with a maximum ceiling of Rs. 10 lakhs per naxal affected district per year. 100% with a maximum ceiling of Rs lakhs per Village Defence

8 comprising local youth for creation of security related infrastructure in the village. (b) Honorarium to Special Police Officer (SPO). The SPOs shall be ex-army / ex-policemen. A list of the SPOs will be approved by the SRE Standing Committee. The selection procedure and tasking will be specified and the State Government will obtain prior approval of the Ministry for the number of SPOs to be deployed for security purposes. Committee (VDC / Nagarik Suraksha Samiti(NSS) per year subject to 20% of the total outlay under the SRE Scheme. 100% of the honorarium with a ceiling of Rs. 3,000 per month per SPO. (80:20 basis) 7. Rehabilitation of a hardcore, underground naxalite cadre and a member of Dalam who surrenders in accordance with the comprehensive surrender and rehabilitation policy being implemented by the State Government. a) Without arms b) with regular weapons; 8. Premium for insurance of police personnel engaged in anti-naxalite operations 9. Expenditure incurred on need based hiring of weapons / vehicles including helicopters and communication equipment 100% with ceiling of Rs.10,000/- per surrenderee 100% with ceiling of Rs.20,000/- per surrenderee 100% subject to a maximum of Rs. 1,000/- per security personnel per year. 100% This has been replaced by the new Revised Surrender cum-rehabilitation Scheme of Left Wing Extremists in the affected States effective from

9 in emergent situations with the prior approval of the SRE Standing Committee. 10. Miscellaneous expenditure recurring in nature for strengthening of Police Stations / Check Posts / Police Out Posts by barbed fencing, watchtowers, lighting with cost of diesel etc. i.e. the items not covered under the Police Modernization scheme. 11. Publicity material for disseminating information about various welfare and developmental schemes of the Govt., benefits of peace, lack of development in the affected areas due to fear and extortion of naxalites, etc. to expose unlawful activities and misdeeds of naxal outfits and their leaders, etc. 100% This will not include expenditure on construction of additional structures in the Police Stations/Police lines which being in the nature of capital works are covered under the Police Modernization Scheme. 100% with a maximum ceiling of Rs. 5 lakhs per naxal affected district. (5) The revised SRE Scheme shall be subject to the following conditions: (i) (ii) Advance/ad-hoc releases will be made under the SRE scheme in the first quarter of the Financial Year on a prescribed basis so that certain funds are available with the States to incur expenditure for the items admissible under the Scheme. The claims for reimbursement of funds will be made after verifying that the advance so given has been utilized in accordance with the guidelines of the scheme and for the items prescribed under the Scheme. This will be done with the approval of the SRE Standing Committee. The expenditure for reimbursement will be considered on the basis of audited accounts in this regard. However, to ensure that the State does not suffer because of delay in audit of accounts, adhoc releases will be made on the basis of accounts furnished by the State Government and due scrutiny by IFD, MHA. These adhoc payments will be adjusted after final audited accounts are made available.

10 (iii) Any expenditure on the above items which has been incurred with Central assistance will not be eligible to the extent that Central assistance has already been availed of for that purpose. (iv) The States shall ensure that the amount claimed under the SRE scheme is not claimed under the Police Modernization Scheme or any other scheme of the Government of India i.e., there shall not be duplication of the claim. The States shall give an undertaking/certificate that no reimbursement has been claimed for these items under any other scheme. (v) The revised guidelines will be applicable from the financial year i.e., the expenditure incurred by the States with regard to new districts or new items in the remaining period of the financial year will be considered for reimbursement in the financial year *****