Jaipur: Crimes against children in the state increased by 39% from 2016 to 2020, revealing the analysis of the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) carried out by the rights of children and you (crying).
This level is more than double the crime rate of children in the past five years, which stands at 17%.
This analysis is based on the findings of the latest crime in the Indian report (2020) by NCRB.
The total number of crimes against children reported in 2016 in this country reached 4,034.
This increased to 6,580 in 2020.
However, when compared to 2019, there was a decrease of 10.9% in the total number of cases recorded.
Despite strict restrictions during pandemic, on average, eight children are reported missing in every day.
Creating light on the status of lost children, Soha Moitra, regional director, crying, “although there were strict restrictions and supervision to prevent any movement during last year’s locking months, 3,179 children were reported missing in the state.
More worrying, In 82% of such cases, the victims were women.
Crying, through status reports, ‘Covid and lost childhood’ released earlier this year, has raised concerns over the gloomy problems of missing children in the state.
NCRB report 2020 Increasingly proven the urgent need to see problems.
“At an average of eight children was reportedly kidnapped or kidnapped per day by 2020.
According to NCRB data, 2,769 kidnapping and kidnapping cases were reported in the state in 2020 and 2,835 children were kidnapped or kidnapped.
However, this figure has decreased compared to the previous year.
Also, the percentage of kidnapping and kidnapping is the highest among all types of crimes against children.
Overall, 42% of the overall crime cases against children reported by 2020 were kidnapping and kidnapping.
The state also reported the highest number of children’s rape in the country in 2020 revealed NCRB data.
In all 1,279 small rape cases registered in the state last year, on average four cases every day.
This figure is 19% of the overall crime against children in the state.
“Crime in India’s report is very important because it gives a glimpse of the situation of crime in this country, including child protection during Covid pandemic.
School closure during Covid, limiting mobility contains the spread of pandemics coupled with an economic slowdown in disproportional and marginalized economic and food resilience .
Therefore, it is very possible that it contributes to increasing the vulnerability of children towards child labor, marriage, trade and gender-based violence, especially in countries such as Rajasthan where crimes against children are very high, “he said.
“Child marriages and labor are a problem that represents complex interactions of socio-economic and cultural practices, and, therefore, despite having laws on these practices, continues below reported.
According to NCRB 2020 data, a total of 30 Cases of child labor and only 3 marriages of children reported in Rajasthan were very lacking compared to the previous year.
In 2019, this number was 48 and 19 each.
This could cause these possibilities of these cases reported in this state, “Soha said.
“The implementation of various schemes has really caused certain progress in overcoming crime against children in the state.
However, with a pandemic adding more challenges, there is a need to adopt an innovative strategy,” he said.