India, Dec. 17 -- For decades, Left Wing Extremism (LWE) was one of India's most pressing internal security challenges. Over the past decade, however, a unified and sustained counter-insurgency strategy has fundamentally altered the trajectory of the Naxal insurgency. The Narendra Modi government has combined sustained security operations, improved intelligence coordination, advanced surveillance technologies, and targeted development interventions in tribal regions to weaken Naxalism in the country. As a result, the number of LWE-affected districts has sharply declined, pushing the insurgency into its final phase. With violence continuing to fall, the government has set the goal of achieving a "Naxal-free" India by March 2026. As this time...