NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, INDIA
2.34 Apart from complaints about atrocities by police, police inaction or abuse of power by the police,
the Commission received numerous complaints on violation of human rights of vulnerable
sections of society and other sensitive areas concerning the society including the following:
Table 2.1: Nature and Number of complaints
Nature of complaints of violation
Number of complaints received
Children
1019
Women
6796
Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes
2405
Differently abled
297
Project affected persons
83
Communal violence
119
Health
1284
Business and Human Rights
57
Violations in Educational Institutions
466
Pollution Issues
458
Rights of Labour
1894
Violation of High Seas
11
Panchayati Raj Institutions
189
Denial of retiral benefits
1083
Inaction by concerned government
8268
Irregularities in implementation of government schemes
172
Death due to electrocution
377
Denial of benefit of government housing scheme
190
Rehabilitation of Homeless
67
Mob lynching
45
ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20
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