With the Prime Minister describing Naxalism as the single-biggest security threat to the country, the Centre has put in place a multi-tier structure in place to deal with it. This includes an Empowered Group of Ministers headed by Home Minister Shivraj Patil. An inter-ministerial group has been trying to focus on the socio-economic development of Naxal-affected areas.
On the funding front, the government reimburses money spent on modernising the police through the Security Related Expenditure scheme. For development, it has put in place the Backward Districts Initiative (BDI) and the Backward Regions Grant Fund programme.
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