Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the country would see an end to Maoist insurgency by March 31, expressing confidence that sustained security operations and development measures have pushed the movement to its weakest phase in decades. He was speaking at a review meeting on Left Wing Extremism attended by senior officials from affected states and central agencies.
Amit Shah said the government’s strategy of combining aggressive security action with infrastructure development and welfare outreach had significantly reduced violence in recent years. According to official data, the number of districts classified as severely affected by Maoist activity has steadily declined, while incidents and casualties have dropped sharply.
He also credited coordination between state police forces and central armed units for creating continuous pressure on insurgent groups. Officials present at the meeting said operations in core forest zones have disrupted supply routes and leadership networks, forcing cadres to surrender or retreat from traditional strongholds.
The Home Minister stressed that development remains central to the government’s approach. He said road connectivity, mobile networks, banking access and welfare schemes have helped integrate remote tribal regions into the mainstream, reducing local support for extremist groups.
Security analysts caution that while violence has reduced, isolated pockets of Maoist presence still exist in dense forest corridors across central India. However, the government maintains that the current momentum of operations and improved intelligence capabilities have created conditions for a decisive conclusion to the decades old insurgency.