More than 70% of the under-trial prisoners are either illiterate or have studied only up to Class X
The NCRB’s 2017 report on prison statistics reveals that the proportion of under-trials in Indian…
Author Pavithra K M
Pavithra K M
A bachelor’s degree in mathematics and master’s in social science, she is driven by ardent desire to work with this unique combination to create her own path instead of following the herd. Having served a stint as the college union chairperson, she is a strategist who is also passionate about nature conservation, art and loves solving Sudoku.
In 2017, most Prisoners escaped from Gujarat while most Jailbreaks took place in West Bengal
The Prison Statistics report of the NCRB provides data on various facets of the prison…
The Southern states account for 58% of the value of goods produced by prison inmates in 2017, lead the way in reformation
Reformation of inmates is one of the primary goals of prisons. The NCRB 2017 report…
Adult Literacy: Reviewing the ‘Saakshar Bharat’ programme
India made considerable progress in ‘Adult Literacy’ in the last few decades. However, as per…
What changed in the NCRB’s ‘Crime in India’ report 2017?
Every year, the NCRB includes, excludes & merges some of the data in its flagship…
Gujarat & Delhi account for more than 50% of the Fake Currency seized in the country
The NCRB’s Crime in India report provides data on the Fake currency notes seized by…
In 2017, the number of Theft cases increased by 15% while the value of Property stolen is down by 50%
The NCRB finally released the ‘Crime in India’ report for 2017 after a long delay.…
Fact Check: How true are Congress party’s claims about ODF?
The Congress party made certain claims disputing the BJP government’s declaration that India is 100%…
Explainer: What is Consumer Confidence Survey and what does it indicate?
The RBI recently published the results of the September 2019 round of the Consumer Confidence…
Part-3: Only about 10% of the SRTUs are profitable
In the third & final part of the series on SRTUs, we look at the…
