Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India (ADSI) 2022

According to the Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India (ADSI) 2022 report, India reported over 1.7 lakh suicides in 2022.

Released by – National Crime Record Bureau’s (NCRB)
Maximum suicides – Maharashtra tops followed by Tamil Nadu Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Telangana.

No suicides of Farmers & Agricultural Laborers – 8 states and 4 UT’s.
Women status – Around 48,000 women died by suicide.
Among women suicides, homemakers were highest (about 14% of in total suicides) followed by students and daily wage earners..
Trans-persons – 28 were reported to have died by suicide.
Causes – Family problems and illness together accounted for almost 50% of all suicides followed by drug abuse, alcohol addiction, marriage related issues, etc.
Under the cause of ‘marriage related issues’ most were women specifically citing ‘dowry related’ as one of the causes.

Crime in India (2022) Report

It is an annual report released by NCRB.
Crimes against SC and ST persons – There is an overall increase where Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan reported with the highest incidents.
Mizoram, which had no cases of atrocities in 2021, reported atrocity cases in 2022.
Offences against the State – It had increased marginally than with about a 25% increase in cases registered under UAPA but there is a dip in sedition cases under IPC.
Fake Indian currency notes (FICN) – The government has seized FICN worth over Rs. 342 crore in 2022.

National Crime Record Bureau

Established- 1986
Headquarters- New Delhi
Nodal agency- Ministry of Home Affairs
Motto- Empowering Indian Police with Information Technology
Mandate- To compile and keep records of data on crime.
National warehouse- For the fingerprint records of Indian and foreign criminals, and assists in locating interstate criminals through fingerprint search.
National Cybercrime Reporting Portal- NCRB has been appointed as Central Nodal agency to manage technical and operational functions of the online cyber-crime reporting portal and associated work of Cyber Crime Prevention against Women & Children (CCPWC) scheme.
Crime Multi-Agency Centre (Cri-MAC)- NCRB has recently launched this application for flashing alerts or crime bulletins on important matters of crime and for inter-unit communication among disjointed police units across the country.
Publications-
- Crime in India
- Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India (ADSI)
- Prison Statistics India
- Report on Missing Women and Children
- Finger Prints in India

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