11% fall in Environment related crimes

Q.  Environment related crimes in the country fell by what percent in 2015 compared to 2014 according to the NCRB?
- Published on 02 Sep 16

a. 10
b. 11
c. 12
d. 13

ANSWER: 11
 
Environment related crimes fell by over 11 percent compared to 2014, in the year 2015.
  • But there was no decline in states liken UP, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Assam where the number of violations increased over the past years.
  • As per data released by National Crime Records Bureau, the number of green crimes in 2015 came down to 5156 from 5835 in 2014.
  • Rajasthan contributed a large measure to the decrease with the number of green violations coming down significantly from 2927 in 2014 to 2074 last year.
  • Despite the improvement, the state still reported the highest number of violations while UP’s green crimes rose from 1597 in 2014 to 1779 in 2015.
  • Rajasthan and UP accounted for close to 74 percent of green crimes in the country in the past year.
  • Analysis of NCRB data revealed nearly 77 percent of the crimes were related to violations of the Indian Forest Act.
  • This marks the second time when the NCRB has come out with data on green crimes.
  • The number of environmental crimes also rose in Jharkhand and Assam.

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