Ministry of Home Affairs says security situation in the Northeast has improved since 2014.
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DIMAPUR — The Ministry of Home Affairs reported significant improvements in the North Eastern (NE) states’ security situation since 2014, with a 64% reduction in insurgency incidents in 2024 compared to 2014.
Similarly, in this period, security forces’ casualties have come down by 85% and civilian deaths by 86%.
As per data available with the Ministry of Home Affairs, from January 2025 till November 30, 2025, 143 incidents were reported in the entire Northeast region, 23 extremists were killed, 1330 extremists arrested, two security forces and five civilians killed. 136 extremists surrendered along with 77 arms, 322 arms recovered and 63 people were kidnapped.
In 2025, among the seven Northeast states, Manipur reported the highest number of incidents with 95, followed by Nagaland with 26 and Arunachal Pradesh 17.
While extremists and civilians killed were nil for Nagaland, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh reported four each extremists killed and Manipur reported 15 killed. Arunachal Pradesh reported 1 civilian killed while Manipur reported 4 civilians killed.
As per the MHA report, 12 extremists surrendered in 2025 in Arunachal Pradesh, 52 in Assam, 2 in Meghalaya, 70 in Nagaland and nil in Manipur.
It also stated that the numbers of extremists arrested in Arunachal Pradesh was 19; 8 in Assam; 1148 in Manipur; 151 in Nagaland and 3 in Tripura.
Interestingly, in 2025, kidnappings were reported only in Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, and Nagaland, with 21 persons kidnapped in each state.
The number of arms surrendered was highest in Nagaland (61), followed by Assam (12), and Arunachal Pradesh (4). Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, and Tripura reported no arms surrendered.
Security situation in North Eastern Region as a whole from 2021 to November 2025
Year | Incident |
Extremist killed |
Extremist arrested |
SF’s killed |
Civilians killed |
Extremists surrendered |
Arms surrendered |
Arms recovered |
Person kidnapped |
2021 | 209 | 40 | 686 | 8 | 23 | 1473 | 471 | 368 | 94 |
2022 | 201 | 4 | 563 | 2 | 7 | 2023 | 394 | 279 | 103 |
2023 | 243 | 40 | 407 | 8 | 38 | 1595 | 459 | 147 | 99 |
2024 | 294 | 31 | 571 | 3 | 30 | 975 | 184 | 220 | 189 |
2025 | 143 | 23 | 1330 | 2 | 5 | 136 | 77 | 322 | 63 |
State-wise security situation in NE states from January till November 2025
State | Incident | Extremist killed | Extremist arrested | SF’s killed | Civilians killed | Extremists surrendered | Arms surrendered | Arms recovered | Person kidnapped |
Arunachal Pradesh | 17 | 4 | 19 | ---- | 1 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 21 |
Assam | 5 | 4 | 8 | -- | -- | 52 | 12 | 13 | -- |
Manipur | 95 | 15 | 1148 | 2 | 4 | -- | -- | 236 | 21 |
Meghalaya | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- |
Mizoram | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Nagaland | 26 | -- | 151 | -- | -- | 70 | 61 | 58 | 21 |
Tripura | -- | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- |