The Coordination
Centre, headed by the Union Home Secretary with Chief Secretaries
and Directors General of Police of the naxalite affected States,
as its members regularly reviews and coordinates steps taken by
the states to check left wing extremist activities. The Coordination
Centre has met 7 times during the years 2000, 2001, 2002.
Militarization of
the naxalite outfits, their expansion into new areas and their
continued attacks on security forces and issues relating to economic
development of the naxalite affected areas have been raised by
the State Governments. Proposals/Plans for development of the
affected areas, received from Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh,
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Orissa have been taken up with
the Planning Commission for further necessary action.
"Public order"
and "Police" being the State subjects, it is for the
concerned State Governments to devise various methods and take
concrete steps to curb left wing extremist violence. However,
the Central Government, besides convening the meetings of Coordination
Centre, also provides financial support to the naxalite affected
States for combating left wing extremism. It also shares intelligence
inputs and provides assistance of para-military forces on need
basis.
This was stated by
the Minister of State for Home, Shri Ch. Vidyasagar Rao in a written
reply in the Lok Sabha today.
