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Union Government to redraw Red Corridor

Union Government has decided to reduce the number of Maoist-affected districts by about a fifth.

•    As per reports, about 20 out of 106 districts described as being Maoist-affected and part of the Red Corridor may soon no longer be part of the list.
•    Dropping of these districts from the list will result in drying of the financial aid given to the districts. The aid was being provided to the tune of 30 crore rupees annually for various developmental work.
•    The red corridor expands in 106 districts of 10 states of the country. The ten states are Bihar, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Telangana, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
•    These districts are described as those affected by Left Wing Extremism (LWE) and constitute the Red Corridor.
•    44 districts of these 106 are said to be the worst affected districts. In total India constitutes of 683 districts.

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