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Economic and political factors have alienated populations in tribal areas and given a fillip to the Maoist insurgency. They include inefficient and corrupt governance, skewed economic growth and heavy handedness of the state. The genesis of the movement can be traced to two developments in the 1980s. The first was the setting up of public sector units in tribal areas; the second, the Forest Act of 1980. The two developments alienated large sections of the tribal population.