Thursday, August 19, 2010

Crime In India..........

CRIME IN INDIA

A. General
There were 61.8 million criminal cases
reported in 1998 with a rate of 6366 per
million population. 77.8% of cases
investigated were chargesheeted in a court
of law. There were 5.7 million cases
pending in courts of which trail was
completed in 15.8% of cases and of these,
37.4% cases ended in conviction. There are
41.6 police personnel per sq. kilometers and
1360 per million population. 634 police
personnel were killed on duty during 1998.

B. Organized Crime
In India, organized crime is at its worst
in the commercial capital of India, the city
of Mumbai. The first well-known organized
gang to emerge was that of Varadharaj
Mudaliar in the early sixties. His illegal
activities included illicit liquor, gold
smuggling, gambling, extortion and
contract murders. Three other gangs
emerged shortly thereafter namely, Haji
Mastan, Yusuf Patel and Karim Lala. Haji
Mastan and Yusuf Patel resorted to gold
smuggling whereas Karim Lala operated
in drugs. During Emergency in 1975 when
there was crackdown on the Mafia, new
gangs emerged. Dawood Ibrahim, the most
successful, came in conflict with the Pathan
gangs of Alamzeb and Amirzada which led
to bitter internecine gang warfare. The
Pathan gangs were liquidated to leave the
field free for Dawood Ibrahim. In 1985,
there was increased police pressure which
made Dawood Ibrahim to flee. In March
1993, Dawood Ibrahim was behind the
serial bomb blasts in Mumbai in which 257
persons died and 713 were maimed. Public
and private property worth several millions
of rupees was destroyed. Investigation
revealed transnational character of the
conspiracy the objective of which was to
cripple the economy, create communal
divide and spread terror in the commercial
capital of India. Dawood Ibrahim, Tiger
Memon and Mohammed Dosa are
operating from Dubai. Their field of
activity is to extort money from builders
and film producers, mediate in monetary
disputes, and undertake contract (Supari)
killings. There have been instances of
investment of the dirty money in business
with the result that unsuspecting
businessmen have fallen prey to the Mafia
warfare. The killings of Thaquiuddin
Wahid of East West Airlines in 1996, Sunil
Khatau of Khatau Mills in 1994, Om
Prakash Kukreja of Kukreja Builders in
1995 and Ramnath Payyade, a prominent
hotelier in 1995 are grim reminders of
Mafia in Mumbai.

The other gangs of Mumbai indulging
in organized crime are those of Chhota
Rajan (Drug Trafficking and Contract
Killings), Arun Gawli (Contract Killings
and Protection Money), Late Amar Naik
(Protection Money) and Chhota Shakeel.
State of Maharashtra has enacted
Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime
Act, 1999.Other forms of organized crime
in India are kidnappings for ransom, gun-
running, illicit trafficking in women and
children, money laundering etc.


Organized crime exists in other cities
too, though not to the same extent as in
Mumbai. Ahmedabad city has been the
hotbed of liquor mafia because of
Prohibition policy (Banning of liquor). The
Mafia became synonymous with the name
of Latif who started in mid seventies as a
small time bootlegger and grew up to set
up a 200 strong gang after eliminating
rivals with intimidation, extortion,
kidnappings and murders. He won
municipal elections from five different
constituencies with strong political
patronage. He was killed by police in an
encounter in 1997.

There are several gangs operating in
Delhi from neighbouring State of Uttar
Pradesh indulging in kidnapping for
ransom. The going rate was around Rupees
10-50 millions. Land Mafia has political
connections and indulges in land grabbing,
intimidation, forcible vacation etc. Of late,
the ganglords of Mumbai have started
using Delhi as a place for hiding and
transit. Chhota Rajan group is
strengthening its base in Delhi.

Boom in construction activities in
Bangalore city has provided fertile
breeding for the underworld. Builders are
used for laundering black money. Forcible
vacation of old disputed buildings is a
popular side business for the underworld.
The local gangsters in the State of
Karnataka have connections with the
underworld of Mumbai. One of the
Mumbai gang operating here is the Chhota
Rajan gang.

II. ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFICKING

India is geographically situated between
the countries of Golden Triangle and
Golden Crescent and is a transit point for
narcotic drugs produced in these regions
to the West. In India opium is grown under
official control of Narcotics Commissioner

in three states namely Uttar Pradesh,
Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. It is
exported to foreign countries for medicinal
purposes. Indian opium is considered best
in world. Turkey & Australia are the other
licit opium growing countries in the world.
A part of the licit opium enters the illicit
market in different forms. Besides, there
is illicit cultivation of opium in the hill
tracks of some states. There is a
moderately sized chemical industry
producing precursor materials for lawful
purposes. The illicit cultivation of opium
as well as the precursor chemicals can be
used for manufacture of heroin. However,
there is a great price differential between
India and the West. A Kilogram of Heroin
that goes for a hundred thousand Rupees
in India may fetch Rupees ten million in
the international market. Illicit drug trade
in India has centered around five major
substances, namely heroin, hashish,
opium, herbal cannabis and methaqualone.
The Indo-Pak border has traditionally been
most vulnerable to drug trafficking. Drugs
trafficking through India consists of
Hashish and Heroin from Pakistan,
Hashish from Nepal, White Heroin from
Myanmar and Heroin from Bangladesh. In
the early eighties, the Border State of
Punjab became affected with
narcoterrorism with the smuggling of
narcotic drugs and arms from across the
border. This was also the time when drug
Mafia emerged in Golden Crescent
countries. There were a number of seizures
of a mixed consignment of narcotic drugs
and arms in Punjab. In 1996, 64 % of the
heroin seized was from the Golden
Crescent. Although opium production is
strictly under Goverment control in India,
illicit poppy plantations have been reported
in some places.

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Poverty In India...........

Poverty in India: Current Situation

Poverty is one of the main issues, attracting the attention of sociologists and economists. It indicates a condition in which a person fails to maintain a living standard adequate for a comfortable lifestyle.

Though India boasts of a high economic growth, it is shameful that there is still large scale poverty in India. Poverty in India can be defined as a situation when a certain section of people are unable to fulfill their basic needs. India has the world's largest number of poor people living in a single country. Out of its total population of more than 1 billion, 350 to 400 million people are living below the poverty line. Nearly 75% of the poor people are in rural areas, most of them are daily wagers, landless laborers and self employed house holders. There are a number of reasons for poverty in India. Poverty in India can be classified into two categories namely rural poverty and urban poverty.

Reasons for Rural Poverty

Some of the basic reasons of rural poverty in India are:
  • Unequal distribution of income.
  • High population growth.
  • Illiteracy.
  • Large families.
  • Caste system.
Problems Of Rural Poverty
  • Presence of malnutrition, illiteracy, diseases and long term health problems.
  • Unhygienic living conditions, lack of proper housing, high infant mortality rate, injustice to women and social ill-treatment of certain sections of society.
Steps Taken by Government to Reduce Rural Poverty
The government of India has been trying its best to remove poverty. Some of the measures which the government has taken to remove rural poverty are:
  • Small farmer’s development Programme.
  • Drought area development Programme.
  • Minimum needs Programme.
  • National rural employment Programme.
  • Assurance on employment.
  • Causes for Urban Poverty.
Causes for Urban Poverty

The causes of urban poverty in India are:
  • Improper training
  • Slow job growth.
  • Failure of PDS system
Problems Of Urban Poverty
  • Restricted access to employment opportunities and income.
  • Lack of proper housing facilities
  • Unhygienic environments
  • No social security schemes
  • Lack of opportunity to quality health and educational services.
The steps taken by government to remove urban poverty are:
  • Nehru Rozgar Yojna.
  • Prime Minister Rozgar Yojna.
  • Urban Basic services for the poor Programme.
  • National social Assistance Programme.
But these processes can be helpful only if the policies go to those people for whom it is meant. The clash between the central government and the state government often results in the lack of implementation of these policies. So it is very important that the governments do not play power politics when it comes to a serious issue such as poverty.


YearAll India %Rural %Urban%
197354.956.449.0
197851.353.145.2
198344.545.740.8
198838.939.138.2
199436.037.332.4
199926.127.123.6




How to Remove Poverty

Well as you know that India is the 2 most populated country in the world and it is impossible to remove poverty from India.
why we can't remove poverty from India?
because of the uneducated people whom are the vote bank. they won't NWT to be educated that's way they have big families (this is the biggest fact why India is most populated and poor) .

Also

We can remove poverty from India only when we deal with the underlying social and cultural problems which Indians face.

People refuse to use toilets, they crap outside and so the water is polluted, so they are always getting diseases. Access to clean water is critical to public health and hence poverty eradication.

Women are discouraged from getting any education (especially in rural areas), so half the potential workforce of the country is totally undeveloped.Education is very bad, and even basic literacy is only at about 40% of population.

The population is exploding, especially among the poor. This makes all the problems above even worse

We need to change the culture and the people's mindset, in order to remove poverty.


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