-The Hindu Despite an increase in the number of cognisable crimes in India during 2014, the rate of conviction rose as well. There were over 9.4 lakh cases under the IPC pending investigation at the end of 2013 (over a third from Assam, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu alone), to which 28 lakh cases registered during 2014 were added. Cause for concern While theft accounted for the largest number of pending cases, rash driving added...
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delhi is now India’s rape capital, show NCRB data -Rukmini S
-The Hindu Number of cases proportionate to women population earns it infamy For the first time in history, delhi is officially the “rape capital” of India. Even while the pace of increase in the number of reported rapes in the city has slowed down, the number of such cases proportionate to its women population was higher than for any other city or State last year. During the past years, delhi reported a larger...
More »Digitization of ration cards in 26 states to plug PDS leakage -Dipak K Dash
-The Times of India NEW delhi: In significant progress made by states to check leakage of foodgrains under the public distribution system (PDS), 26 states and Union Territories have completed 100% digitization of ration cards in the past one year. Six states have digitized the supply chain for better monitoring of grain moving from godowns to the doorstep of consumers. According to food ministry sources, the overall digitization of ration cards across...
More »Sanitation woes continue to plague girl students -Ashwaq Masoodi
-Livemint.com Every time she felt her bladder was full, 12-year-old Madhuri Kumari left her classroom and ran to her nearby home to use the toilet. At her government-run school in Sangam Vihar, South delhi, this was the norm for many students for years. The primary school with 1,300 boys and an equal number of girls had neither a toilet nor a drinking water facility. What was more embarrassing for the girl than...
More »No proof required: Sons, daughters, class -Ravinder Kaur & Surjit S Bhalla
-The Indian Express Prior to the advent of Modi’s “unscrupulous doctors” practising abortion of the girl foetus, Indian parents had enforced a son-preference society through neglect or infanticide of the girl child. In his Independence Day address a year ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the unpleasant reality that India was a kudi-maar (daughter killing) nation. He said: “Have we seen our sex ratio? Who is creating this imbalance in society? Not...
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