The population enumeration was supposed to be carried out from February 9 to 28, 2021 with a revision round from March 1 to 5, 2021. This crucial part of the census was also could not be carried due to the pandemic.
Home panel expresses concern over ‘abysmal’ conviction rate in cases of violence against women
March 15, 2021
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs has expressed concern over the decreasing conviction rate in the cases of violence against women. Quoting the National Crime Records Bureau Data, the panel’s report tabled here on Monday, said the conviction rate was 24.6 per cent in 2017, 23.1 per cent in 2018 and 23.7 per cent in 2019.
Describing the conviction rates as “abysmally low” the Committee said it shows a serious mismatch between the measures adopted and their implementation. The panel asked the Home Ministry to ensure that all States use the analytical tool “Online Investigation Tracking System for Sexual Offences” to monitor and track investigations within two months as per the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018.
India News: The home ministry has informed a parliamentary panel that Census fieldwork, stalled due to Covid-19 pandemic, may begin this year and indicated a broa
"The committee takes note of the ongoing vaccination process for COVID-19 and observes that, till now, less than 1 per cent of the Indian population has been vaccinated and at this rate, it will take many years to vaccinate the whole population," the report said.
(MENAFN - IANS) y Rajnish Singh
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Of the two major road connectivity projects being run in Left Wing Extremist (LWE)-affected regions of the country, the rate of progress of the recent one launched in 2016 is under criticism for its slow pace as it could only complete one-fifth of the sanctioned road length in over three-and-half years. With the current speed calculation, the 9,338 km project will take over 15 years in completing its goal.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has faced strong criticism over the issue by a parliamentary committee for the abysmally slow progress of Road Connectivity Projects in LWE affected Areas (RCPLWE) one of the major developmental initiatives of the government in nine key Maoist-hit states covering 44 districts.