Home Minister Amit Shah said the Narendra Modi government is taking several steps to speed up the development in Left Wing Extremism -affected states.
Development is being done to areas like road construction, telecommunication, financial inclusion, skill development and education, he said.
The Home Minister said the centre government has launched more than 14,000 projects under the Special Central Assistance (SCA) scheme to accelerate development in the districts most affected by LWE.
He said more than 80 per cent of these projects have been completed and Rs 3,296 crore released to LWE-affected states under the scheme.
Amit Shah said under the Special Infrastructure Scheme (SIS), projects worth Rs 992 crore have been sanctioned for the construction of fortified police stations, strengthening of state intelligence branches and special forces of LWE-affected states.
In last nine years, the Modi government has more than doubled the Security Related Expenditure in comparison to the earlier period.Amit Shah on Friday said Left Wing Extremism will be totally eliminated from the country in two years and stressed the need for constant surveillance in the areas freed from Naxals so that the problem does not revive there again.
Chairing a meeting to review the security situation in LWE-affected states, Shah said the Modi government has adopted a policy of zero tolerance against left wing extremism since 2014.
