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Manipur tops in preventing crime and maintaining law & order, Haryana at the bottom

Manipur is right at the top in preventing violent crimes and atrocities as well as in policing. The other states in the top five are Tamil Nadu, Nagaland, Mizoram and Gujarat

GN Bureau | May 6, 2016

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The Public Affairs Centre, a not for profit organisation, assessed states and union territories using data available in the public domain in key areas of governance and came out with ‘Public Affairs Index’, presenting an inter-state comparison. The states were compared on 10 areas each and were given scores between 0 and 1, with 0 being the lowest score and 1 being the highest. Here’s a look at:

Crime, law & order

It comprised of three focus subjects (and their indicators)

1.Violent crimes

Rapes per ten lakh population
Murders per ten lakh population
Dowry deaths per ten lakh population

2.Atrocities

Custodial deaths per ten lakh population

3.Policing

Number of police firings
Number of police personnel per ten lakh population

Here are the rankings:

State/Union territory	PAI Index	Ranking
Manipur	0.795	1
Tamil Nadu	0.724	2
Nagaland	0.682	3
Mizoram	0.674	4
Gujarat	0.67	5
Kerala	0.658	6
Jammu and Kashmir	0.654	7
Himachal Pradesh	0.653	8
Punjab	0.65	9
Sikkim	0.645	10
West Bengal	0.641	11
Arunachal Pradesh	0.635	12
Uttarakhand	0.632	13
Maharashtra	0.622	14
Goa	0.614	15
Andhra Pradesh	0.603	16
Karnataka	0.597	17
Meghalaya	0.595	18
Chhattisgarh	0.554	19
Tripura	0.554	20
Bihar	0.537	21
Rajasthan	0.536	22
Odisha	0.51	23
Assam	0.51	24
Madhya Pradesh	0.499	25
Jharkhand	0.495	26
Uttar Pradesh	0.441	27
Delhi	0.415	28
Haryana	0.406	29

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