NCRB Current Affairs, GK & News
NCRB or National Crime Records Bureau is a government agency under the ministry of home affairs and is responsible for collecting and analysing crime data in India. It was established in 1986 and is headquartered in New Delhi. It was established to empower the Indian Police with intelligence and information technology. Some of its projects include the CCTNS (Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems), MVCS (Motor Vehicle Coordination System), etc. Recently, the 36th inception day of the NCRB was celebrated.
Maharashtra Police: Operation Blackface, TRACE and Crawler
Context in Current Affairs: The cyber wing of Maharashtra police has recently acquired a software called the “Crawler” from the INTERPOL that will help to track down child pornography. A core unit of 12 officers has been formed to implement a mission involving the software. These twelve officers went for training to the South Asian ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: Defence Current Affairs • India Nation & States Current Affairs • International Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: Child Pornography • Internal Secuirty • Interpol • Maharashtra • National Crime Records Bureau • NCRB • TRACE
Mission Shakti launched in Uttar Pradesh
On October 17, 2020, the Uttar Pradesh Government launched “Mission Shakti” for women empowerment in the state. It aims to reduce crime against women in the state. Highlights Under the scheme, the state will have a separate room for women complainants in 1,535 police stations spread all over the state. The State government is widely ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs • India Nation & States Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: Crimes against women • Government Schemes India • Hathras rape case • NCRB • Women Empowerment
NCRB releases “Crimes in India” report
On September 29, 2020, the National Crime Record Bureau released a report titled “Crime in India”, 2019. According to the report, crimes against women increased by 7.3% between 2018 and 2019. Key Findings of Women Uttar Pradesh reported highest number of cases in both the categories, crimes against women and crimes against scheduled castes Assam ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Crimes • Crimes against women • National Crime Records Bureau • NCRB • Scheduled Castes • Sex crimes • Sexual assault
NCRB report on Road Accident
In September 2020, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has released the annual report on Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India (ADSI) for the year 2019. Key highlights According to the report, road crash deaths in the country have increased by 1.3 per cent to 1,54,732 from 1,52,780. Road traffic injuries constitute the 8th leading ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: annual report • Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Act • NCRB • Road accidents
Government Approval of Artificial Facial Recognition System
The Ministry of Home Affairs has given its approval for the use of Artificial Facial Recognition System (AFRS) for identification of missing children, unrecognised corpses and criminals. AFRS: The AFRS is to be an application for identification and verification of target individuals by comparing images from CCTV footage with an existing database. This is to ..
Topics: Automated Facial Recognition System • CCTNS • NCRB • neural networks