Data

Question 1

A/T RTI Satark Nagrik sangathan report

Answer 1

> 3 Lakhs appeals pending with ICs
<40 of ICs provide E filing facility

Question 2

Self Help Groups (SHGs ) in India

Answer 2

All women member self help group – 88 % of total SHGs
Bank Loan repayment rate of SHGs is 98 % (Ministry of Rural development)

Question 3

NGOs in India

Answer 3

More than 30 Lakhs NGOs, 1 NGO/ 400 citizen each

Question 4

Social Audit

Answer 4

Only 14% of planned social audits completed in FY22 (Ministry of Rural
Development)

Question 5

Lokpal and Lokayukta

Answer 5

• Vacancy: Only 40% of Lokpal’s sanctioned strength is filled.
  Performance: Lokpal has not been able to investigate even 1% of the total
  complaints received. Zero prosecution till date.
• Lokayukta: Only 50% of states have Lokayukta.

Question 6

Parliamentary Functioning

Answer 6

• Decline in sitting days in Lok Sabha: from 121 (1952-70) to 68 days since 2000.
• Decline in bills referred to Parliamentary Committees: Since 2004, only 45%
  of the total Bills referred.
• Criminalization of Politics: Nearly 50% of Lok Sabha MPs have criminal cases
  against them (Source: ADR).

Question 7

Women in Politics
(Global Gender Gap Report, 2022)

Answer 7

• 15% women MPs in Parliament; <10% in Ministerial positions.
• <10% of MLAs are women.

Question 8

Bureaucracy in India

Answer 8

• ~10 lakh post vacant in central government ministries & departments (> 3000 vacancies in IAS, IPS & IFS).
• Women in Bureaucracy: <13% of Total Government employees are women.
• < 15% Secretaries in the IAS were women (2022)
• > 1/3rd women recommended in Civil Services Examination, 2022

Question 9

Police System (BPR&D)

Answer 9

• Police to Population ratio: 137 per lakh person (UN recommends 222).
• Vacancies: 20% of sanctioned strength vacant across India.
• Expenditure on Police: 3% of Central & State Budget
• Women in Police: Only 10% of Police force (BPRD)

Question 10

Judiciary in India

Answer 10

• Judge Population Ratio: 21 judges per million population (50 recommended by Law Commission).
• Judicial Pendency: > 4.5 crore pending cases at all levels (87% in Subordinate courts, >12% in high courts).
• Judicial Vacancies: High Courts - >30% sanctioned posts vacant, Subordinate Court – 25%
• Undertrials: form 70% of total prisoners.

Question 11

Corruption Perception Index
(Transparency International)

Answer 11

• India ranked 85th out of 180 (Improved but still low score).
• Economic Cost of Corruption: impacts economic growth by raising cost of
  doing business by 10% (according to WEF)