In February 2009 , the Indian central government announced Expressing_publicly a new nationwide initiative to be called Name_conferral the Integrated Action Plan ( IAP ) for broad co-ordinated operations aimed Aiming at combatting Hostile_encounter and underming support Supporting for the Naxalites in Karnataka , Chhattisgarh , Odisha , Andhra Pradesh , Maharashtra , Jharkhand , Bihar , Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal .

After the first full year of implementation of the national IAP program , Karnataka was removed Removing from the list of Naxal-affected states in August 2010 .