'Most affected' Naxal districts down to just six from 12: Amit Shah

India has achieved significant progress in reducing Left-wing extremism, with the number of affected districts decreasing from 38 to 18 across seven states. Most-affected districts have halved, leading to substantial declines in LWE incidents and deaths, showing a successful government effort in combating Naxalism.

Bharti Jain is senior editor with The Times of India, New Delhi. She has been writing on security matters since 1996. Having covered the Union home ministry, security agencies, Election Commission and the ‘prime’ political beat, the Congress, for The Economic Times all these years, she moved to TOI in August 2012.

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