POLITICS

Commendable  work of AP Govt for students

Through the combined effort of AP Skill Development and AP government, 35,980 students have been trained in soft skills for the first time in the country according to Chief Minister Jagan. He said about 1.62 lakh people have been trained in soft skills in 40 departmental courses. The state government has spent Rs.25,000 to Rs.50,000 on each student for training to relieve the students of financial burden.

Yogi Model is in news again

NCRB has released its 69th edition of annual ‘Crime in India’ report for the year 2021 recently which is the oldest and the most prestigious publication brought out by NCRB since 1953. Over the years the report has evolved as “a principal reference document for the stakeholders for evaluation of the prevalent situation, planning policies and creating deterrence for future occurrence of crime in the society”. The Socio-demographic changes, scarce economic opportunities & technological advancements have brought about significant changes in patterns of crime and also thrown ever newer challenges for the LEA’s. Against this backdrop it needs to be mentioned that often we are victims of a historical fallacy of judging Policing in a state through the lens of absolute statistics of crime.  Media & political narrative based on absolute statistics of crime puts Police on the defensive leading to minimisation of crime which adversely affects the people and the system as a whole.  Rise in crime’ and ‘increase in registration of crime by police’ are clearly two different things, a fact which requires better understanding”, says the NCRB, adding that ‘higher’ numbers for crimes may not always be a bad sign: “Increase in crime numbers in a state police data may in fact be on account of certain citizen-centric police initiatives, like launching of e-FIR facility or women helpdesks, etc.” The increasing empowerment of the citizens & accountability of the Police organisations on account of social media is also a fact which has to be factored into any analysis of crime at present. Also, since actual numbers will be mostly higher for the bigger states, therefore “crime rate” is the only pertinent barometer for judging the effectiveness of Policing in a state which is the ratio of crime calculated per lakh of population. The state of Uttar Pradesh has often been the subject matter of many a Bollywood flicks because of the bewildering variety of crime & the crime-politics- corrupt cops nexus.  Crime in India, 2021 comes as  a breather for chief minister Yogi Adityanath as on the parameter of crime rate the state of UP has fared really well as compared to other populous states.  Out of a total of 36,63,360 Indian Penal Code (IPC) crimes registered in the country in 2021, UP recorded 3,57,905 cases.  As per crime rate, UP ranks 23rd in total IPC crimes, 36th in acid attack & kidnapping for ransom cases, 16th in crime against women, 28th in crime against children, 21st in POCSO cases, 19th in molestation cases, 24th in murder and 27th in attempt to murder cases. Uttar Pradesh has often been assailed for sensational crime against women but the outstanding performance in conviction as per NCRB data has a cause for cheer for team UP Police.

The state has secured the first place in Conviction in Crimes against Women in India. UP has the highest conviction rate of 59.1 per cent in crime against women among all states in the country, more than double the national average of 26.6 per cent. The state also ranks first in the country in conviction of cyber crime cases and total IPC crimes.  The prosecution success story of UP Police deserves a special mention and stands out tall in it’s long list of achievements. The coordinated efforts of Police & Prosecution under close supervision of chief minister has enabled UP to grab many a firsts to its credit.

Uttar Pradesh ranks first in the entire country for the completion of trial cases in the shortest period of time by various courts for IPC and SLL (Special and Local Law) offences. The maximum number of 1310 cases have been convicted in the District and Sessions Courts in just one month in Uttar Pradesh which is the highest in the entire country. Similarly, in awarding punishments in just one month in trial cases by the Fast Track Courts, Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of 202 such convictions in the entire country, which is 67 percent of the total such sentences awarded in the entire country. In awarding punishments within 1 to 3 months in trial cases by the Fast Track Courts, Uttar Pradesh again ranks first in the country with convictions in 417 cases.  In awarding punishments within 3 months in trial cases by the Special Courts, Uttar Pradesh ranks first in the country with convictions in 2195 cases. In awarding punishments within 3 months in trial cases by the SC/ST Courts, Uttar Pradesh again ranks first in the country. It is needless to say that such an illustrious performance In maintenance of sound law and order and controlling crime has only been possible due to the zero tolerance towards crime of Chief minister UP flanked by his rock solid & hard working commanders like outgoing ACS Home, DGP UP & ADG L&O.

Draft National Digital Communications Policy, 2018 ready

The DoT has uploaded the   draft of the National Communication Policy 2028. Comment and suggestions can be posted on its website.

UK PM race: Sunak going to lose

The race for the new prime minister of Britain has reached the final stage and as per information,  former finance minister Rishi Sunak (of Indian origin) is going to lose the race. Liz Truss is reportedly far ahead and she will be declared the next PM by the ruling party on D-day, September 5. It is said that many in the Conservative party are not happy the way Sunak dislodged the Johnson govt and the PM Boris Johnson was forced to resign from the post.