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Left wing extremism

The Maoist insurgency, its decline, and the development and security response in the districts it held.

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After Maoism: Bastar's security camps become service centres and about 8,500 former cadres get rehabilitation

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BriefPrelims and Mains31 Oct 2026

  • In October 2026 the Home Minister said that the end of Maoism does not erase five decades of suffering, and set out the rehabilitation of victims and former cadres in Chhattisgarh's Bastar division, the last stronghold of left wing extremism.
  • About 8,500 Maoists have surrendered. The figure shows how far their rehabilitation has gone.
  • The government will convert security camps into service centres for health, education and jobs, the shift from operations to governance.
  • Lasting peace depends on land rights, forest rights and jobs for Adivasis, which is the harder task now that the armed groups have gone.

Exam lens: Bastar division, Chhattisgarh; about 8,500 surrenders; security camps to service centres; the government's deadline for ending left wing extremism was March 2026.

Bastar's surrendered cadres: where rehabilitation stands Chhattisgarh's Bastar division, the last stronghold of left wing extremism, as the Home Minister set it out in October 2026. About 8,500 Maoists have surrendered. 455 have jobs 129 have received land About 7,500 have bank accounts Forward security camps The instrument of the campaign that pushed the Maoists out of their territory. Service centres The camps become centres for health, education and jobs: the shift from operations to governance.
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  • The Hindu, 15 October 2026

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