Overview

• Modi said the spread of Maoist violence has fallen from about 125 districts before 2014 to 11 now, according to official assessments.
• Only three of the remaining districts are still under Maoist influence, he added.
• More than 100 districts once listed as affected are now described as free to celebrate Diwali in peace, Modi said.
• He pointed to new roads, schools and hospitals in former Red Corridor areas that previously saw attacks on infrastructure and medical staff.
• The remarks, delivered to personnel aboard INS Vikrant, doubled as a morale message praising police and security forces for the decline in left-wing extremism.