India opens bank accounts for former Maoist fighters
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Amit Shah, India’s Union home minister, announced that the central government opened bank accounts for 7,328 of the 8,526 Maoists, also known as Naxalites, who surrendered.
These accounts provide access to financial services for people who previously did not have them. Shah detailed that this is part of a wider effort to rehabilitate people affected by Naxalism, which includes providing jobs, housing, land, skill training, and civic infrastructure.
The government is also converting former security camps into community centers called Shaheed Veer Gundadhur Seva Dera to offer basic amenities to communities previously impacted by the conflict. This follows Shah’s earlier declaration that India is free of Naxalism, and the government is working to eliminate all traces of it. Beyond bank accounts, the government has distributed reward money to 1,620 people, provided incentives to 7,882, and offered jobs to 455 former Naxalites.
They have also built homes for over 4,000 people and provided skill development training to more than 2,300 tribal people.
