The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) record on Crime in India was launched.
Highlights:
The Coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown resulted in a drop in regular crimes like theft, robbery, and assault on ladies and children in 2020.
There was a 28% increase in the registration of cases in 2020 in the country in contrast to 2019, especially owing to the violation of COVID-19 norms.
An nearly 21-fold bounce was recorded in instances of disobedience to the order duly promulgated by means of public servants.
Crimes against Scheduled Castes showed an increase of 9.4%. offences towards the Scheduled Tribe communities showed an increase of 9.3% over 2019.