46% of the Suicides in 2016 were due to Family Problems & Illness
A total of 1.31 lakh suicides were recorded in India in the year 2016. More…
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Family Problems account for 33% of the Suicides in India’s Megacities
In the year 2016, the 53 mega cities reported more than 20,000 suicides, accounting for…
Explainer: What is Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) or 112
In February this year, the government launched the Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) or the…
More than 50% of the Convicts in Prisons by the end of 2017 were serving Life Imprisonment
By the end of 2017, there were a total of 1.39 lakh convicts serving their…
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…
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…
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…
