Overview

• Shah vowed to sustain anti-Naxal operations through the monsoon, denying rebels their usual seasonal pause.
• He laid foundation stones for a ₹268 crore National Forensic Sciences University campus and a Central Forensic Science Laboratory in Nava Raipur, slated for completion within three years.
• Over 427 Maoists have been killed in joint operations since the BJP government took office in Chhattisgarh.
• Shah ruled out dialogue with Maoists and urged cadres to surrender under the rehabilitation policy to rejoin mainstream development.
• An innovation hub for youth entrepreneurship and assurances of job placements through forensic education bolster the socio-economic dimension of the anti-Naxal effort.