National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC)'s latest data on SCs

According to the latest data released recently by the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC), Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan lead the country in the number of crimes registered against the Scheduled Castes.

Highlights:

• UttarPradesh:  with 20 per cent of India’s Dalit population accounts for 17 per cent of the crimes against them. The numbers — ranging from 7,078 to 8,946 from 2013 to 2015 — are high, but so is the population of Dalits in the State.
• Rajastan: With 6 per cent of India’s Dalit population, the State accounts for up to 17 per cent of the crimes against them across India. 52 to 65 percent of all crimes in Rajasthan have a Dalit as the victim. State’s SC (Dalit) population is just 17.8 per cent of its total population.
• Bihar:  with 6,721 to 7,893 cases in the same period, contributing 16-17 per cent of the all-India crimes against Dalits with just 8 per cent of the country’s SC population. While the State has 15.9 per cent Dalits, 40-47 per cent of all crimes registered there are against Dalits.
• Gujarat’s numbers of crimes against Dalits had jumped to 6,655 in 2015 from 1,130 in 2014.