Chaitanya Mungi asked: What are the steps taken by the government to tackle Naxalism or to end it?

Reply: Refer to the text of lecture by former Home Secretary, Mr. G. Balachandran BalachandranK. Pillai, on “Left-Wing Extremism in India” at IDSA on March 5, 2010 Also, refer to the following IDSA publications: Measures to Deal with Left-Wing Extremism/Naxalism By P. V. Ramana, IDSA Occasional Paper No. 20, 2011 Strategy and Tactics in Countering Left Wing Extremists in India By Giridhari Nayak, Strategic Analysis, 34 (4), July 2010 Countering the Naxals By Harinder Singh, IDSA Issue Brief, June 11, 2010 Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) in India By G K Pillai, Journal of Defence Studies, 4 (2), April 2010 Naxalite Movement in India: The State’s Response By Raman Dixit, Journal of Defence Studies, 4 (2), April 2010 The Naxal Muddle – of Intellectual Haze, Governmental Clarity and Operational Realities By Raj Shukla, March 9, 2010 A Critical Evaluation of the Union Government’s Response to the Maoist Challenge By P. V. Ramana, Strategic Analysis, 33 (5), September 2009