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No LWE-hit districts in India, Centre tells states after review
Hindustan Times
|April 17, 2026
India now has zero districts categorised as “left wing extremism (LWE)-affected” —a first since May 1967 — the Centre has informed states citing a review conducted after the March 31 deadline ended, officials aware of the matter said on Thursday.
People aware of the matter said that the two districts last affected by LWE - Bijapur (Chhattisgarh) and West Singhbhum (Jharkhand) ~were removed based ona review by the Centre. This marks the first time since May 1967, when the Naxal movement began in Naxalbari, Darjeeling district, that India has no district officially classified as LWE-affected. At its peak in 2013, the country had at least 106 Naxal-affected districts spread across nine states. While West Singhbhum — where operations are ongoing to apprehend the last active Central Committee Maoist leader Misir Besra—has now been categorised as a “district of concern”, Bijapur has been moved to the “legacy and trust” category. As of March 31, these were the last two districts on the list of the most-affected Na
This story is from the April 17, 2026 edition of Hindustan Times.
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