Maharashtra government's Naxal surrender policy has yielded positive results with 502 Maoists giving up arms in the last 10 years and have been rehabilitated. Of these, 482 rebels have surrendered alone in Gadchiroli district, considered as a Naxal hotbed. The Maharashtra government had launched a Naxal surrender policy on August 29, 2005 which has been extended time and again till date, official sources from Anti-Naxalite Operations of Maharashtra Police said.