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Cover Story

Years
of Vikas Yatra
Impact of government policies
n 92% of the weapons seized from Naxalites had been looted
from the police. Formation of Special Courts
n The Naxalite General Secretary, Basavaraju, was neutralized. and Investigative Agencies
n Hidma, who was responsible for the murder of 27 people, n The NIA has been significantly strengthened,
was neutralized. and State Investigative Agencies (SIAs) have
n Gajurella Ravi, active for 11 years, was neutralized. also been established in Left-Wing Extremism
(LWE) affected states.
n Kadri Satyanarayana Reddy, active for 46 years, was
neutralized. n Four LWE Special Courts were operationalized
n Ganesh Uike, active for 44 years, was neutralized. in Chhattisgarh, and exclusive courts were also
established in other states.
n Venugopal and Palluri Prasad Rao Chandana, active for 46
years, surrendered. Curbing Naxal Finances
n Vasudev and Ramdev Manjhi Debu, active for 36 years, An aggressive strategy was adopted to curb Naxalite
surrendered. financing by actively engaging the National Investigation
Agency (NIA). This resulted in a depletion of their
n Tipri Tirupati, active for 44 years, has also surrendered. financial resources.

n All remaining top-tier armed Maoist leaders have been
neutralized. encompassing:

Naxalbari The movement that of the country’s of its population.
17%
began in Naxalbari
More
10%
spread across 12
than
states,
Modernization of Police Forces
landmass
n Efforts to equip and modernize state
Operations for Naxalite Elimination police forces were supported under the
“Modernization of Police Forces” scheme.
n Under this scheme, the Central Government
assisted state governments in procuring
weapons, IT equipment, communication
systems, training, construction of police
stations, mobility assets, police housing, and
other police infrastructure.
Operation Octopus: Operation Bheemburg:
Conducted in the Budha Pahad Conducted in Munger during n Under the Special Infrastructure Scheme (SIS),
region of Bihar in 2022. June-July 2022. projects worth ₹1,761 crore
were sanctioned for LWE-
Operation Double Bull: Operation Chakrabandha: affected states to support
Conducted in the Gumla, Conducted in the Gaya and their Special Forces,
Lohardaga, and Latehar districts Aurangabad districts of State Intelligence
of Jharkhand in February 2022. Bihar in 2022. Branches (SIBs),
All three districts have since been Operation Black Forest: District Police, and
liberated from Naxalism.
Conducted in 2025 on the construction
Operation Thunderstorm: a hill spanning 50 km in of Fortified
Conducted in the Seraikela, West length and 37 km in width, Police
Singhbhum, and Khunti districts situated along the border of Stations
of Jharkhand in Sept 2022. Telangana and Chhattisgarh. (FPS).