NEW DELHI: Amid a rising graph of crime against women in the country, they constitute just 7.28 per cent of the police force in India and at 2.47 per cent, their presence is the lowest in Naxal-hit Telangana, according to Government data.
In militancy-affected Jammu and Kashmir, there are just 3.05 per cent women in a police force which has a sanctioned strength of more than 80,000 police personnel, Union Home Ministry statistics said.
The Government data comes amid an increasing graph of crime against women in the country where overall crimes against them rose from 3,29,243 incidents in 2015 to 3,38,954 incidents in 2016.
The situation is pathetic despite the Union Home Ministry sending advisories in 2009, 2012 and 2016 to all the state Governments and Union territories to increase the strength of women police personnel to 33 per cent, a senior Ministry official said. (AGENCIES)
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