Red corridor

The Red Corridor is a term used to describe an impoverished region in the east of India that experiences considerable Naxalite communist terrorist These are also areas that suffer from the greatest illiteracy, poverty and overpopulation in modern India, and span parts of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal states.

According to Govt. of India, as of July 2011, 83 districts (including proposed addition of 20 districts) across nine states are affected by Left Wing Extremism

Economic situation

The districts that comprise the Red Corridor are among the poorest in the country. Bihar has the lowest per-capita State Domestic...
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