People's War
The Maoists have spread and grown rapidly from
55 districts in 9 States in 2003 to
105 districts in 13 States in 2004 to
170 districts in 15 States in 2006.
India is divided into 28 states and seven union territories,
and has approximately 600 districts
The above map mainly shows the areas where the CPI(Maoist)
is waging People's War.
-They have around 10,000 armed cadres with 50,000 active supporters and
15 to 20,000 weapons of all makes including AK-47's and INSAS rifles.
-There are 1500 illegal arms manufacturing units in Bihar alone and an
indeterminate number in dense forests of other States.
-A recent study by Amnesty International and OXFAM estimated that out of 75 million illegal arms worldwide, 40 million guns were in central India. The annual budget is approximately Rs 200 crore supported by taxations amounting to Rs 250 crore.
-It is estimated that they run 80 training camps and train 300 Maoists at any one time.
-The people's militia which is currently untrained and does not possess
many weapons easily runs into a couple of millions.