Context
The Centre has doubled the allocation of fund under the Road Connectivity Project for Left Wing Extremism Affected Areas (RCPLWEA) for financial year 2024-25,
Background
Earlier, the Union Home Minister introduced that Left Wing Extremism could be “completely eliminated” in the country before March 2026.
About RCPLWEA
- It is a separate vertical under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY).
- It is geared toward supplying all-climate road connectivity with culverts and cross-drainage systems in 44 worst-affected Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) districts and adjacent districts in 9 states, that are “important from security and communication point of view”.
- Covered states: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh
- Major allocations include:
- Chhattisgarh: Rs 200 crore
- Jharkhand: Rs 200 crore
- Andhra Pradesh: Rs 150 crore
- Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh: Rs 140 crore every.
- Objectives: The venture ambitions to power socio-economic development, improve rural livelihoods, and deal with strategic security needs in LWE-affected areas, which have traditionally lacked infrastructure.
Other associated Efforts
- Constitutional Framework: Police and Public Order are nation subjects, but the Indian Government supplements state efforts in opposition to Left Wing Extremism (LWE).
- National Policy: Approved in 2015, it includes security features, improvement interventions, and ensuring local rights.
- Measures consist of imparting Central Armed Police Forces, education, modernizing country police, and infrastructure help.
- Other initiatives consist of instilling self assurance in development and calling on LWE-affiliated children to desert violence and be a part of national development efforts.
- Development Initiatives: Road Network: 14,395 km roads constructed, with 11,474 km in the last 10 years.
- Telecom Connectivity: 5,139 towers set up.
- Financial Inclusion: 1,007 bank branches, 937 ATMs, and 5,731 post offices opened.
- Skill Development: 46 Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) and 49 Skill Development Centres (SDCs) installed.
- Education: 130 Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) in tribal areas.
- Progress : Violence Reduction: LWE incidents down seventy three% from 2010 tiers; deaths reduced by 86%.
- LWE-affected districts reduced from 126 in 2013 to 38 in 2024.
- Reporting LWE violence reduced from 465 in 2010 to 89 in mid-2024.
- The security forces have notably impacted LWE’s financing and operational capacities.
- Significant reductions in violence and unfolding of LWE, with continued progress in infrastructure and development.
Source: The Indian Express