Maoist Insurgency on Decline | 13 Jul 2024

In 2024, India has observed 162 Maoist-related fatalities, with Chhattisgarh accounting for 141 of these deaths.

This marks one of the highest casualty figures for extremists in the predominantly tribal state since the establishment of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) (CPI-M) in 2004.

"Operation Green Hunt," started in 2009 by involving the Central Reserve Police Force’s CoBRA force and Chhattisgarh police “search and comb” operations led to decline in Maoist activities in India.
While Maoist casualties have increased, the deaths of security force personnel have come down.
- In 2024, 14 security force personnel died in the insurgency, compared to the highest of 198 in 2007.
- The number of civilian deaths has also been at its lowest since 2014, with 23 people killed in Maoist attacks.
Bijapur and neighboring Sukma have 20 Border Security Force (BSF) camps due to intense operations.
In Kanker, a joint BSF and District Reserve Guard operation killed 29 Maoists, including a top commander. In Dantewada, declared 'Maoist-free' in 2021, only 15 Maoists were killed in 2024.

It is an elite anti-Maoist force raised in 1989 by IPS officer K.S. Vyas to combat the growing Maoist threat in Andhra Pradesh.
The members are well-trained in guerilla and jungle warfare.

Operation Green Hunt was a military operation by paramilitary forces and the states forces against the Naxalites.
The operation began in November 2009 along 5 states in the "Red Corridor."

The Red Corridor is the region in the central, eastern and southern parts of India that experience severe Naxalism–Maoist insurgency.
It includes the states of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Bihar, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Kerala