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16 Mar, 4 tweets, 2 min read
#ParliamentQuestions: Electric Vehicles sold in the country Image
#ParliamentQuestions: Foreigners' Tribunals (FTs)
*Assam is the only state to have constituted 300 FTs. *Another 200 FTs have in-principle approval.
*1,40,050 cases pending till Dec 2020
* 8 retired Judicial officers working as Members
#ParliamentQuestion : CUSTODIAL DEATHS and COMPENSATION

Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal highest in Police custodial deaths in 2020-21. ImageImage
#ParliamentQuestion CONVICTION RATE (CVR) in CRIMES against WOMEN

*23.2% is the CVR across states
*Mizoram has the highest CVR at 88.3%
*J&K (3.4%), Assam (4.4%), Karnataka (4.8%), West Bengal (5.3%) have the worst CVR
*Populous Uttar Pradesh has 55.2% CVR Image

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