Indian Police - Changes Needed!! Reforms Needed!! |
I wanted to post this thread in mains generas discussions, but did not had access so i am posting it here.
Guys I feel the police and investigating agencies are far below in terms of modern tactics and equipments and mainly in terms of thinking..
The following article depicts a bitter reality of indian police.
There is a growind need of bringing some reforms in the system.
Kindly contribute your ideas and views as to what are the porblems, than the hinderences and the possible or say feasible solutions to the problem.
Source – BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8183158.stm)
Police in India are guilty of widespread human rights violations, including beatings, torture and illegal killings, a new report alleges.
The US-based group Human Rights Watch says India's policing system facilitates and even encourages abuses.
It says there has been little change in attitudes, training or equipment since the police was formed in colonial times with the aim to control the population.
It says the government must take major steps to overhaul a failing system.
There was no immediate response from the Indian authorities.
'Shocking'
The BBC's Damian Grammaticas in Delhi says the catalogue of abuses by India's police detailed in this report is long and shocking - arbitrary arrests, beatings and torture to force confessions, even the cold-blooded gunning down of innocent people.
"[M]y hands and legs were tied; a wooden stick was passed through my legs. They started beating me badly on the legs with lathis [batons] and kicking me," the report quoted a fruit vendor in the city of Varanasi as saying.
"They beat me until I was crying and shouting for help. When I was almost fainting, they stopped the beating... Then they turned me upside down... They poured water from a plastic jug into my mouth and nose, and I fainted," he said.
Human Rights Watch spent a year investigating claims of human rights violations to compile the 118-page report, entitled "Broken System: Dysfunction, Abuse and Impunity in the Indian Police".
It says the report is based on interviews with more than 80 police officers of varying ranks, 60 victims of police abuses and numerous discussions with experts and civil society activists.
The report says that "abysmal conditions for police officers contribute to violations".
Ill-equipped and under pressure to fight crime, police officers often take the law into their own hands, it says.
"Low-ranking officers often work in difficult conditions. They are required to be on-call 24 hours a day, every day. Instead of shifts, many work long hours, sometimes living in tents or filthy barracks at the police station.
"Many are separated from their families for long stretches of time. They often lack necessary equipment, including vehicles, mobile phones, investigative tools and even paper on which to record complaints and make notes."
Human Rights Watch says that as India has modernised fast, its police have been left behind.
"India is modernising rapidly, but the police continue to use their old methods: abuse and threats," said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch.
"It's time for the government to stop talking about reform and fix the system."
The authorities require a major overhaul - otherwise the beatings, torture and illegal killings will continue to stain India's democracy, the report adds.
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| Right to Education Bill |
Hi Folks,
As most of you may or may not know, Parliament passed the historic “Right to Education Bill”. This Bill will provide every child between the ages of 6 to 14 years the right to free and compulsory education. For your information, here are the excerpts regarding the “Right to Education Bill”
Right to Education Bill
(source: www.ilpnet.org/education.nic.in)
What is the bill about?
· The Bill seeks to achieve ten broad objectives which include free and compulsory education, obligation on the part of state to provide education, nature of curriculum consistent with Constitution, quality, focus on social responsibility and obligation of teachers and de-bureaucratisation in admissions. The Bill also provides for building up of neighbourhood schools in three years by the states.
· Every child between the ages of 6 to 14 years has the right to free and compulsory education. This is stated as per the 86th Constitution Amendment Act added Article 21A. The right to education bill seeks to give effect to this amendment
· The government schools shall provide free education to all the children and the schools will be managed by school management committees (SMC). Private schools shall admit at least 25% of the children in their schools without any fee
· The National Commission for Elementary Education shall be constituted to monitor all aspects of elementary education including quality.
Why is the Bill important?
The Bill is important because it is the first step in the direction of the government’s active role in ensuring implementation of the Constitutional Amendment. And as important, the Bill:
· Legislates provision of free and compulsory elementary and secondary education
· Provides for a school in every neighborhood
· Provides for a School Monitoring Committee – elected representatives of the community to ensure proper functioning
· Mandates that no child in the age group 6-14 shall be employed
All these are right steps to lay the foundation for the development of a common public school system that can provide quality education to all the children, thus preventing exclusion of socially and economically disadvantaged population.
Why is the chosen age group 6 - 14?
The bill focuses on providing primary to high school education compulsorily to all children and also the education given in this age group would be the ground work for their future.
Even though there's lot of scope to improve the approved Bill; I think, this is one of the best reforms so far in the Indian Education sector that will enable the government to achieve the goal of universal elementary education.
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