An MHA report has indicated that there has been a 20 percent decrease in violence related to Left Wing Extremism (LWE) from 2013 to 2017 in the country, along with a 34 percent reduction in deaths "The geographical spread of the LWE violence has also shrunk from 76 districts in 2013 to 58 in 2017," it added. An official statement said: "This follows the implementation of the government's National Policy and Action Plan in 2015 for a multi-pronged strategy involving security- and development-related measures. The list of most LWE-affected districts has been pruned to 30 from 36." The MHA had categorized 106 districts in 10 states as LWE-affected. These districts are covered under a security-related expenditure scheme entailing reimbursement to the affected states for security-related expenditure like transportation, communication, the hiring of vehicles, stipend for surrendered Maoists, and temporary infrastructure for the forces. A significant feature of the new policy has been zero-tolerance for violence, coupled with a big push to developmental activities in the affected areas, the statement added.