-Press release by Common Cause dated 27th August, 2019
New Delhi, August 27, 2019: Common Cause and Lokniti Programme of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), launched the Status of Policing in India Report (SPIR) 2019 on the tough working conditions of the police in India at the India International Centre today. The release was followed by a panel discussion on ‘Indian Police and the Rule of Law
in Practice.’
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The participants of the panel discussion were Aruna Roy, social activist and founder of Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan, Prakash Singh, Former DGP, Uttar Pradesh, Assam and Border Security Force and Vrinda Grover, human rights lawyer and social activist. The discussion was chaired by Justice Jasti Chelameswar, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India and Former Chief Justice, Kerala and Gauhati High Courts.
The report examines the conditions in which the Indian police function across the country and shines the spotlight on their resources, opinions, experiences and attitudes. The report is based on data analysed from two sources — official time-series data released by the government agencies to measure state-wise adequacy levels of the State police as well as data from a comprehensive face to face survey of police personnel across 21 major Indian states.
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