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…
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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…
Part 1: What does the NCRB report tell us about the State of Crime in India?
The NCRB report is the primary source of state level crime data. In a two-part…
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…
The intriguing case of data on ‘Communal Incidents’ in India
Year after year, there is discrepancy between the data on communal incidents reported by the…
