In his foreword in the "Government of the UPA: Report to the People", Singh said the UPA government has always adopted a nuanced approach in dealing with Left-wing extremism.
Admitting there is a development deficit in areas affected by Left-wing extremism, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said his government is determined to address the deficit, while maintaining that the menace remains a "major problem."
In his foreword in the "Government of the UPA: Report to the People", Singh said the UPA government has always adopted a nuanced approach in dealing with Left-wing extremism.
"We will deal firmly with extremism but we also recognise that there is a development deficit in the areas affected by left-wing extremism and we are determined to address this deficit," Singh said.
He said the government launched an Integrated Action Plan for accelerated development of 60 selected Tribal and Backward districts in 2010-11 which will be continued in 2011-12 also.
On external security, Singh said the government continued its focus on modernisation of armed forces and indigenous production of advanced weapon systems.
"During 2010-11, the indigenously developed light combat aircraft, Tejas, was cleared for operations by the Air Force and the first indigenously designed and built stealth frigate -- INS Shivalik was commissioned," Singh said.
He said two regiments of the indigenous main battle tank, Arjun, were operationalised by the Army.
The report noted that except for an attack on foreign tourists in Delhi and a low intensity bomb blast in Varanasi, there was no major terrorist incident in 2010-11.
Dwelling on the internal security measures taken by the government, the report said the National Investigation Agency has now been fully operationalised, with headquarters in Delhi and branch offices in Cyberabad and Guwahati.
"23 cases have been entrusted to it, out of which charge-sheets have been filed in 15 cases," the report says.
On steps to counter Left-wing extremism, the report said these included setting up of a unified command in each of the states of Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Orissa, and launching of a new scheme to assist State governments in construction or strengthening of 400 fortified police stations at Rs2 crore each in left wing extremism affected district.
The report said to ensure the defence preparedness of the country, the UPA government continued its focus on modernisation of the armed forces and indigenous production of advanced weapons systems.
"A new Defence Production Policy was drawn up, with the objective of achieving self reliance in defence production," the report said.
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