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77 pc Naxal violence reduced from all time high in 2009: MoS Home

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New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Wednesday said that incidents of Left Wing Extremism (LWE) violence has been reduced by 77 per cent from an all-time high of 2258 in 2009 to 509 in 2021.

"The steadfast implementation of the National Policy & Action Plan to address Left Wing Extremism (LWE) -2015' has resulted in a consistent decline in violence. The incidents of LWE violence have been reduced by 77 per cent from an all-time high of 2258 in 2009 to 509 in 2021," Rai informed Rajya Sabha in a written reply.

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