The quiet wars inside the border.

Maoists, the North East, Kashmir, the borders and terror money.

Violence down almost everywhere.

126 → 2 Districts hit by Maoist violence: 2014 to 2026.
1,936 → 234 Maoist incidents: 2010 peak to 2025.
−64% North East insurgency incidents: 2014 to 2024. Civilian deaths −86%.
286 → 40 Terror incidents in J&K: 2019 to Nov 2024.

Sources: PIB, 19 Jun 2026; MHA, 18 Dec 2025; MHA via Kashmir Reader, 14 Nov 2024.

Theatre by theatre.

Maoist violence: Declared effectively over on 31 Mar 2026. Incidents fell to 234 and deaths to 100 in 2025. Forces stay in Chhattisgarh to stop a return; camps are becoming service centres. PIB, Naxal-Free India, 19 Jun 2026 · Tribune, 19 May 2025
North East: Ten peace accords since 2019, including Bodo (2020), Karbi Anglong (2021) and ULFA (2023). AFSPA withdrawn fully from Tripura and Meghalaya and from most of Assam. MHA, Peace initiatives in the North East, 18 Dec 2025
Manipur: Ethnic violence from May 2023 killed at least 260. President’s Rule from Feb 2025 to Feb 2026. Y. Khemchand Singh is now Chief Minister. Tribune
Jammu and Kashmir: Article 370 abrogated on 5 Aug 2019 and upheld by the Supreme Court on 11 Dec 2023. Assembly elections in 2024 drew 63.88%. Statehood not yet restored. DD News, 3 Oct 2024
Borders: 15,107 km of land border with seven neighbours. 79% of the Bangladesh border is fenced. The coastline was remeasured at 11,099 km in 2025. Lok Sabha, 4 Feb 2025 · Manorama Yearbook
Border villages: Vibrant Villages Programme II: ₹6,839 crore for 1,954 villages on the land borders, approved Apr 2025. Tribune
Central armed police: About 10.04 lakh serving against 10.74 lakh sanctioned across CRPF, BSF, CISF, ITBP, SSB and Assam Rifles. Rajya Sabha reply, 29 Jul 2026
Terror money: FATF placed India in regular follow-up in Jun 2024, a status only four other G20 members share. Pakistan has been off the grey list since 2022; the Oct 2026 plenary may revisit it. All India Radio · FATF, Jun 2026