New Delhi: India has been ranked 6th in the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) report produced on the basis of data obtained and studied from the Global Terrorism Database (GTD) for the year 2013 by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), which provides a comprehensive summary of the key global trends and patterns in terrorism over the last 14 years during 2000 and 2013.
IEP calculated the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) for India as 7.86 out of 10 with sixth rank only below the five worst terrorism-hit countries Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria and Syria.
While the main reason assigned for the terrorism in these five countries is Islamist extremism but for India the main cause and threat is observed as violent communist activities.
The second edition of the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) report released on November 16 observed that terrorism increased in India by 70 per cent from 2012 to 2013, with the number of deaths increasing from 238 to 404 while the number of attacks increasing with 55 more in 2013 than 2012.
For the year 2013, the report notes 624 incidences to be the terrorist act in India responsible for 404 deaths and 719 injuries to the Indians that include police, private citizens, government servants and others.
It mentions May 25, 2013 attack in Chhattisgarh that killed 17 Congress men including Mahendra Karma, a powerful Congress tribal leader, as the worst terrorist attack in the country that was blamed on Communist Party of India – Maoists (CPI-M).
The report categorizes into three the number of 42 terrorist groups in the country: Islamists, separatists and Communists.
Source: http://twocircles.net/2014nov21/1416548 ... G-tt_mSyCn
What are your thoughts on this? I am personally happy that the Maoists are kicking bourgeois and land lord ass in India.