Bihar has been declared Naxal-free after the surrender of the last armed Maoist.
The Union government has set March 31, 2026, as the deadline for eradicating Left Wing Extremism (LWE) from India.
LWE, also called Naxalism or Maoism, began with the Naxalbari movement of 1967 in West Bengal.
It spread across the Red Corridor, affecting states like Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Maharashtra, Kerala, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, and parts of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.