Maharashtra still accounts for 1/3rd of the Farmer suicides in the country
The NCRB recently released the ‘Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India’ report for 2016 after…
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Only Half the State parties submitted their audit & contribution reports till date
Of the 50 odd recognized state parties, only 22 have submitted annual audit reports as…
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…
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…
Both BJP & Congress are yet to submit their Annual Audit reports to the ECI for 2018-19
Access here Comprehensive Data on Electoral Bonds (as of February 2024) Political parties are supposed to submit…
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…
What is the status of Crime in the 19 large Indian cities?
In two previous stories about the NCRB report on Crime in India-2017, we looked at…
Adult Literacy: Reviewing the ‘Saakshar Bharat’ programme
India made considerable progress in ‘Adult Literacy’ in the last few decades. However, as per…
Part 2: Does NCRB crime data present an accurate picture of crime on ground?
In part 2 of this series, we look at various categories of violent crime and…
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…
