Home ministry, in a presentation to Niti Aayog, has said that the incidents of naxal violence and deaths resulting from them have show a steady decline since 2010. <br/><br/>It said, from 2,213 incidents and 1,005 deaths in 2010, the numbers have come down to 851 incidents and 225 deaths in 2017.<br/>'<br/>According to the data provided by the ministry, there are 106 left wing extremism affected districts in 10 states of which it identified 35 districts as worst affected. <br/><br/>It said, the worst affected districts are spread in Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand and West Bengal.<br/>'<br/>It said the ministry has taken number of initiatives through various ministries which include road connectivity project for LWE affected areas, mobile connectivity through installation of mobile towers.<br/>