The major reason for all the lack of law and order in India is simply this : the police to population ratio is just 130 per 100000 people, well below the minimum police strength of 222 per 100000 people recommended by the UN.
Law and order is needed for healthy progress of the country in all sectors, and this is essentially provided by a good and effective police force.
All developed and progressive nations have a very good police to population ratio. France (356), Germany (298 ),Great Britain( 307 ), U.S.A (256),Spain (511),Belgium(373), Malaysia (370),Singapore(752) are examples.
Good law and order ensures a healthy society and a good background for economic development as well for obvious reasons.
If India aspires to be a developed nation, it should first increase the police to population ratio from its measly 130 at present to at least the UN recommended minimum police strength of 222.
Otherwise all these crimes and protests will keep on happening without any end at sight.
Re: Increase the police to population ratio....
by hawkeye on Dec 27, 2012 08:53 PM
The Indian government need not get tense and worried about the costs of maintaining a 222 strong police to population ratio, as the strong economic development that comes with good law and order will more than compensate for the greater investment in the policing sector.
These incidents only serve to reflect the lack of quality in the nation's police force.
These rape incidents and the ill-treatment of the protesting students by the police are major reflections of the shortcomings and lack of quality of the Indian police force.
What is truly needed at the moment is the revamping of India's police force and upgrading them both qualitatively and quantitatively.
Good law and order is the foundation of a healthy and prosperous society and a developed nation. And this can be enforced effectively only with a professional, well-trained, well-equipped and well-resourced police force.
The inability to proactively prevent the rape incidents, and actions of the police forces against the protestors only reflected their shortcomings in training and resources, and this is why the law and order in the country is in shambles.
Re: How about 2002 rapists? Is Narenda Modi going to be hung?
by Mihir Shah on Dec 27, 2012 08:13 PM
How about the Mozzis who burnt the train at Godhra? Are they going to be hung?
why is idea wringing the whole page and causing irritation to the eye sight has idea got license to intrude evey wher any time TRAI should beapproached for nausiating ads fast tracks court decide then it goes in appeal convict is given parole and never returns police files summery that convict not traceable ... as he is hiding in some minister's or polic eofficers house house
One Billion indians know the pet names&birthdates of Bollywwod actors&actresses, BUT do not know who is Sage Vyas!Sadly our culture is made now by bollywood films, kollywood films and regional language films whcih make us a nation of eve-teasers&rapists! what a shame! Shame our women rights activists and human rights activists intellectuals are acting as cheer leaders of crooked rulers& looters& bollywood actors and actresses for the past 50 years! It is time that rulers study the reasons for harassment, teasing and violence against girls& women& not make knee jerk reactions only!We need to take more aggressive&logical steps to prevent crimes and rape,etc agsinst women and girls and not just knee jerk reactions,folks! All women and girls are not angels and sometimes they are willing accomplices too! Shame that india has not banned Bollywood and useless and poverty-producing Test cricket even now! Just watch the bollywood and kollywood moveis and one can see the heores openly teasing and harassing girls and women and this has been going on for past 50 years and more too! To prevent rapes and sexual exploitation and harassment of women all over india, first and foremsost bollywood and kollywood movies and masala serials in TV channeles, and obscene and provocative advertisements makins girls and women as sexx objects all the time etc MUST be Banned, No other easy solution to prevent rapes and sexual exploitation and harassment of women now
Re: Surprised that we have so few rape cases in our Banana Republ
by Murali Krishnan on Dec 27, 2012 07:42 PM
Dont forget India was ruled by Muslims and British for centuries.
