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NCRB data on Missing Women
Why is it in the news?
- According to a study by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), the highest number of women and children who go missing in the country are from Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh respectively.
- The NCRB study was based on the annual Crime in India Report compiled by the agency for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018.
More in the news
- The Supreme Court in 2019, had directed the NCRB to analyse the data on missing persons [especially on women and children].
- The purpose was to identify the areas prone to persons being trafficked.
- Findings of the Study:
(1) The States where the highest number of women went missing in the three years are Maharashtra, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh.
(2) In 2016, as many as 28,316 women went missing in Maharashtra, followed by 29,279 in 2017, and 33,964 in 2018.
(3) In West Bengal, the number of missing women in 2016, 2017 and 2018 was 24,937, 28,133 and 31,299, respectively.
(4) Madhya Pradesh recorded 21,435, 26,587 and 29,761 missing reports of women in the three years.
(5) In Madhya Pradesh, Indore reported the highest number of missing children, with 596 in 2017 and 823 in 2018.
Source
The Hindu.