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Naxalites have Rs 60 cr budget for weapons: Govt

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Posted online: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 01:42:18


New Delhi, March 12: Naxalites are reported to have a budget of Rs 60 crore for procurement of weapons and explosives during 2007-09, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

Giving the information in a written reply, Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal said an arrested extremist had stated this during interrogation by Jharkhand police.

He said no other details in this regard are available.

In reply to another question, he said as per information available, Maoists have sophisticated weapons and communication systems.

The extremists primarily get a substantial bulk of their weapons by looting and they also get them from illicit weapon manufacturing units, Jaiswal said.

Responding to another query, he said Chhattisgarh police has reported that 42 pairs of pants and shirts and 40 metres of cloth meant for Naxalites were recovered in Bilaspur from a tailoring shop run by the wife of a Railway employee at her husband's railway quarter.

He said the case is under investigation.

The total number of naxalite incidents has increased from 1,509 in 2006 to 1,565 in 2007, he said.

There has, however, been a dip in the statistic since 2005, with 1,608 such incidents reported in that year.

The number of causalities of security forces has gone up from 157 in 2006 to 236 in 2007, while in the same period, the number of civilian casualties decreased from 521 to 460.

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Naxalites hv 60 cr budget - officially i.e. by aryan on 13 Mar 2008

obviosly the customer has sensibilities of our neighbor (ok china) and its spokesperson or front (ok our commies) in mind, when talking about primary source of funds. Naxalites have all the moral backing of our commies. Let us say our commies attitude to naxalites is the same as what congress has it for all the separatist outfits who kill and maime our innocent citizens - "mislead youths who need to be brought to mainstream". Some indian secularism this.

Politicians fear naxalites by ramesh on 12 Mar 2008

Politicians are afraid of the naxalites and hence they don't criticise them. But ask them to turn on their own countrymen, one will find cats turing into tigers. Casteist/communists/ regionalists have the same approach. In several states dead terrorists are venerated while innocent people are hounded out in the name of social welfare.

naxalities budget... by rameshkumar on 12 Mar 2008

who is breeding maoist in this country.the cooked report you have subitted thanks for that and sleep well and cover yourself with bedsheet.Nothing can be expected from u to face them.their budght is is not like your votbank budget.they are exorting money from your budget and you are taking their support with the help of fishy left

Foreign power have it planned very well for themselves by India on 12 Mar 2008

Can these Maoist, Naxal fight for useful cause such as political reforms i.e election of PM and CM directly by people instead of feudal or dynastic system to begin with??Foreign system want to utilize India/World talent in India or in foreign countries to enhance their designs/wellness/power OR waste them (into horrible conditions, terrorism) such that they are of NO use to their own nation(such as India) or be a threat.LONG DISCUSSION, we Indian have lost few centuries (colonization, bad politicians, etc. ) to miss the technology curve to gain world markets and have military/science hold, can we afford to waste more??

INVESTIGATE COMMIES by rajababu on 12 Mar 2008

60 CRORS? PLEASE FIND PUT WHO IS FUNDING THEM, THE PEOPLE WHO FUND THE NEXALITES ARE THE COMMIES, WHO ARE SUPPORTING UPA

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