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According to the ministry, Shah told the meeting that the Narendra Modi government was providing funds to the affected states without any discrimination for modernization of state police forces and assistance related to construction of fortified police stations. (File photo/News18)
Home Minister chairs apex level meeting of Home Ministry’s Parliamentary Consultative Committee on Left Wing Extremism in the capital
Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah chaired the apex level meeting of the Home Ministry’s Parliamentary Consultative Committee on Left Wing Extremism in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Shah said the Home Ministry is determined to destroy the entire ecosystem of Left Wing Extremists by choking them financially. He said the BSF Air Wing has been strengthened with induction of fresh pilots and engineers in the last one year to assist in operations in Left Wing Extremism affected areas and save lives of soldiers.
According to the ministry, Shah said in the meeting that Narendra Modi The government is providing funds to the affected states without any discrimination for modernization of state police forces and assistance related to construction of fortified police stations.
The minister said for the first time in four decades, the death toll of civilians and security forces has been brought down below 100 in 2022.
Amit Shah said that speedy development along with security in Left Wing Extremism affected areas is the main focus of the government’s policy under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the government is taking several steps for the all-round development of these areas. , He said that along with the flagship schemes of the Government of India, several special schemes are being implemented for the development of these areas.
In the meeting, Shah also said that construction of 17,462 km of road has been approved to improve road connectivity, out of which work on about 11,811 km has been completed.
In addition, under the Mobile Tower Project, 2,343 mobile towers have been installed in the first phase during the last eight years to improve mobile connectivity and have also been approved to upgrade them to 4G considering the advancement of technology. Apart from this, 2,542 new mobile towers are being installed in the second phase.
The minister said that since August 2019, the opening of Eklavya schools in tribal-dominated blocks affected by left-wing extremism has been kept in priority areas. 3 years, 103 EMRS have been sanctioned.
He said that so far 245 Eklavya schools have been sanctioned in 90 Left Wing Extremism affected districts and out of these 121 are operational. He said that 1,258 bank branches and 1,348 ATMs have been opened in the last 8 years in the worst Left Wing Extremism affected districts for financial inclusion of citizens.
In addition, in the 90 SRE (Security Related Expenditure) districts affected by Left Wing Extremism, 4,903 post offices have been opened in the last 8 years to ensure access to post offices within 3 km radius of each gram panchayat. Out of which 3,114 post offices have been opened in the last one financial year only.
“The scope of the skill development scheme has been increased from 34 districts to 47 districts in the year 2016 and under it 47 ITIs and 68 SDCs have been sanctioned, out of which 43 ITIs and 38 SDCs are functional. In the meeting, all the members gave their valuable inputs and appreciated the efforts of the Modi government in fighting Left Wing Extremism,” the press release said.
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