The minister also said the geographical spread of the violence has also significantly reduced and only 191 police stations of 46 districts reported LWE-related violence in 2021 as compared to a high of 465 police stations in 96 districts in 2010. The decline in the geographical spread is also reflected in the reduced number of districts covered under the SRE scheme and the number of these districts reduced from 126 to 90 in April 2018 and further to 70 in July 2021, according to data provided by him.
