Explainer: All about FASTag and implementation issues
FASTag is going to become mandatory at all NHAI toll plazas from 15 December 2019.…
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Explainer: Is there anything like a ‘Zero FIR?
Ever since it was reported that the police refused to register a FIR citing jurisdictional…
Explainer: Who is an Overseas Citizen of India? How can one apply?
Recently, author & writer Aatish Tasser’s OCI card was cancelled by the Government on allegations…
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…
One has to wait till October 2020 or more to know which parties benefitted from Electoral Bonds
Access here Comprehensive Data on Electoral Bonds (as of February 2024) More than ₹ 6,000 crore worth…
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…
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…
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…
