Context: Recently, Union Home Minister chaired the meeting to review the security and other developmental aspects in the Left-Wing Extremism (LWE)-hit States.
Key Points

• According to data provided by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the geographical influence of Maoists has contracted to only 41 districts in the country.
• Earlier, in 2010, 96 such districts in 10 States accounted for Left Wing Extremism (LWE).
• The Chief Ministers of Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Telangana, Maharashtra and Odisha were present, while Chhattisgarh, West Bengal and Kerala were represented by Directors-General of Police and Chief Secretaries. Andhra Pradesh was represented by its Home Minister.
• The LWE-affected districts in the State can avail Rs 33 crore under the Special Central Assistance (SCA) and Security Related Expenditure (SRA) scheme for infrastructure-related projects.
• Security Related Expenditure Scheme is under implementation since 1996. The objective of the scheme is to supplement the efforts of the States to deal with the Naxalite problem effectively.
• As per norms, State governments have to reimburse the amount incurred on the deployment of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) in a State.

Left Wing Extremism(LWE)

• It is the term used to describe Maoist insurgency in selected states in India.
• LWE movement has its roots in the Naxalbari area of West Bengal in the late 1960s.
• The Maoist insurgents started running a parallel system of administration in parts of central and eastern India.
• It is one of the biggest internal security threats facing the country today.