225 ex-Maoist given jobs: Mamata

Kolkata May 2 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said as many as 225 Maoists who surrendered have been enrolled for employment as per state government norms.

Our government issued notification for the surrender and rehabilitation of Naxalites (Maoists) with incentives providing gainful employment and entrepreneurial opportunities so that they become part of the mainstream Banerjee said.

The Trinamool Congress supremo said so far in West Bengal 328 Left Wing extremists have surrendered. This includes 111 Maoists in 2017 (till date).

Already 205 surrenderers have been enrolled as Special Home Guards. Now 11 more are being enrolled as Special Home Guards and another nine cases are in process. Thus total of 225 surrenderers will be enrolled for employment till date she said.

Apart from employment surrendering Maoists get financial incentives as well as assistance for housing medical and child education as per norms set up by the government she added.

--IANS
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