in february 2009, the indian central government announced a new nationwide initiative to be called the integrated action plan (iap) for broad co-ordinated operations aimed at combatting and undermining support for the naxalites in karnataka, chhattisgarh, odisha, andhra pradesh, maharashtra, jharkhand, bihar, uttar pradesh and west bengal. this plan included funding for grass-roots economic development projects in naxalite-affected areas as well as increased special police funding for better containment and reduction of naxalite influence. after the first full year of implementation of the national iap program, karnataka was removed from the list of naxal-affected states in august 2010. in july 2011, the number of naxal-affected areas was reduced to 83 districts across nine states. in december 2011, the national government reported that the number of conflict-related deaths and injuries nationwide had gone down by nearly 50% from 2010 levels.