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2014.
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| Summary/Abstract |
An analysis of Left Wing Extremism (LWE) related incidents show's a welcome declining trend over the last three years. The _year 2008 witnessed 1,591 incidents of Naxal violence, which rose to over 2,200 in both 2009 and 2010. Since then, there has been a dip to 1,760, 1,415 and 1,129 incidents across the country for the years 201 1, 2012 and 2013 respectively.' The fatalities due to Naxal violence have also registered a sharp decline over the last three years (see Fig 1)? The trends indicate improved capability of the state governments and their security forces to deal with attacks by Maoists, especially on police posts. However, they do not indicate any appreciable degradation in the strength of the armed Wing of the Maoist groups, most notably the People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) of the Communist Party of India (Mam), [CPM(M)] which does not appear to have been weakened in any appreciable manner.
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