India, Nov. 2 -- The paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has not suffered a single operational fatality anywhere in the country over a year for the first time in 47 years. In 2025, eight out of nine CRPF personnel were killed in action in the Left Wing Extremism (LWE)-hit areas. One CRPF person died in field firing practice. In 2024, 12 deaths were reported from Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Manipur.

No fatalities since October 30, 2025, have coincided with the government's announcement in Parliament about meeting the March 31 deadline for ending LWE. There is no longer any Maoist-hit district in the country. India had over 100 LWE-hit districts at the peak of Maoism in the mid-2000s.

CRPF chief GP Singh called a fat...