Crimes against SCs, STs increased in 2019: Govt tells Rajya Sabha
Crimes against SCs, STs increased in 2019: Govt tells Rajya Sabha
Crime against members of Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) saw an increase of over 7.3 per cent and 26.5 per cent respectively in 2019, as per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
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UPDATED: February 3, 2021 19:06 IST
The government informed Rajya Sabha that crimes against SC and ST communities had gone up in 2019 (Picture Credits: PTI)
The government on Wednesday told Rajya Sabha that crimes against members of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the country increased by 7.3 per cent and 26.5 per cent respectively in 2019.
New Delhi, India – New Delhi-based schoolteacher Sunita Sharma was very excited about her wedding in November 2019 to her neighbour, an electrician. The 26-year-old had saved up $2,000 from her monthly salary of $200 for the wedding expenses.
But that was not enough. Her mother also had to sell off the family’s small piece of land to buy her only daughter a trousseau – furniture, a television and a refrigerator. The rest of the money went into booking a small wedding hall, hiring a local music band and catering for a party of 200 guests.
However, a last-minute demand from her fiancé’s father sent the Sharmas into a panic. He wanted his son to be given a car as well. Sunita pleaded that a car would be out of their budget as they had already exhausted all their funds. Besides, her father had died when she was 19 and so, as the oldest of four, she had worked very hard to feed her family.
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