Naxalism is a social, economic and developmental issue manifesting as a violent internal security threat. In this context, discuss the emerging issues and suggest a multilayered strategy to tackle the menace of Naxalism.

Show that the strategy that ended LWE combined security, development and rehabilitation, and that the emerging issue is now preventing resurgence.

• Home Ministry's 8 April 2026 letter: no district is LWE-affected; 37 'Legacy and Thrust' districts and West Singhbhum as 'District of Concern' still need attention.
• Development layer: over 15,000 km of roads, over 9,500 mobile towers, nearly 175 Eklavya schools and about 50 ITIs in LWE areas, per the PM.
• Violent incidents fell from 870 in 2014 to 234 in 2025; deaths from 310 to 100.

• The PM addressed security forces in Bastar, Chhattisgarh, on Diwali, 8 November 2026, calling it the first Diwali with every district free of Naxalism.
• He said over 230 districts in about 20 States were once affected, and that in the past year no CRPF jawan died on duty for the first time in 47 years.
• On 8 April 2026, the Home Ministry told nine States that no district remains in the LWE-affected category, after the 31 March 2026 deadline.