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flag Maoist insurgency in India’s Bastar region, once supported for delivering services, has devastated schools, health centers, and livelihoods, but government military gains suggest its end amid lasting damage.

flag The Maoist insurgency in India’s Bastar region, fueled by poverty and state neglect, long provided essential services like healthcare and crop pricing that the government failed to deliver, winning local support. flag However, a new analysis reveals the conflict’s devastating toll: over 1,200 schools and 120 health centers destroyed, extreme poverty, high infant mortality, and an extortion economy. flag Despite some gains in infrastructure due to rebel pressure, violence and repression harmed tribal communities. flag With military advances, rehabilitation efforts, and key leader surrenders, the Indian government says the insurgency is nearing its end, though the long-term developmental setbacks persist.

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