Capital : New Delhi

Land Area : 3,287,590 sq km

Head of Government : Prime Minister The Hon Manmohan Singh (May 2004)

Population : 1,080,264,388 (July 2005 est.)

Major Languages : English, Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit

Major Religion(s) : Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census)

Date of Joining : 1947

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Articles in CHRI Newsletter :

• UN Special Rapporteurs to Give Fillip to Struggle for Dalit Rights, Rahul Kumar, Deputy Director, One World South Asia, CHRI Newsletter, Volume 12, Number 2, Summer 2005.
• Moral Policing or Moral Terrorism, Duhita Das, Former Consultant, World Health Organisation, CHRI Newsletter, Volume 12, Number 2, Summer 2005.
• A New Right to Information Bill- Will we finally get what we deserve?, CHRI Newsletter, Volume 12, Number 1, Spring 2005.
• National Convention Celebrates a Decade of Right To Information in India, CHRI Newsletter, Volume 11, Number 4, Winter 2004.
• Human Rights and Anti-Terror Laws: India Sets an Example, CHRI Newsletter, Volume 11, Number 3, Autumn 2004.
• Needed: More Effective Human Rights Commissions in India, CHRI Newsletter, Volume 11, Number 2, Summer 2004.
• The India-Naga Conflict: A Long-Standing War with Few Prospects of Imminent Solution, Katherine Phillips, Intern, Commonwealth Policy Studies Unit - London, CHRI Newsletter, Volume 11, Number 2, Summer 2004.
• Excerpt from CHRI's Submission to the POTA Review Committee, CHRI Newsletter, Volume 10, Number 4, Winter 2003
• Health in Madhya Pradesh Prisons, Junie Wadhawan, Research Assistant, Police, Prisons & Human Rights Unit, CHRI Newsletter, Volume 10, Number 3, Autumn 2003.
• Right to Information Implementation Audit- Testing the extent of real access to information in Bangalore, CHRI Newsletter, Volume 10, Number 2, Autumn 2003.
• Death for Rapists; And Justice for All…?, CHRI Newsletter, Volume 10, Number 1, Spring 2003.
• Poaching on Innocents, Kumar Badal, tehelka.com journalist, take from the Hindustan Times- 28 January 2003, CHRI Newsletter, Volume 10, Number 1, Spring 2003.
• Police-Community Interaction- an idea for the times?, CHRI Newsletter, Volume 10, Number 1, Spring 2003.
• Anatomy of Despair - Stories of Gujarat, Navaz Kotwal, Research Officer, CHRI Newsletter, Volume 9, Number 4, Winter 2002.
• Right to Information - The Madhya Pradesh Experience, Swasti Rana, Research Officer, CHRI Newsletter, Volume 9, Number 2, Summer 2002.
• Terror Assured Lawless Law!, Dr. Doel Mukerjee, Project Officer, Police, Prisons & Human Rights Programme, CHRI Newsletter, Volume 9, Number 1, Spring 2002.

E-Magazine:

• Police Act, 1861: Why we need to replace it, Commonwealth Police Watch E-Magazine, Vol. 5, December 2005.
• Corruption Inspector-General wins Queen's Award, Vaishali Mishra, Commonwealth Police Watch E-Magazine, Vol. 1, December 2004.
• The 'modern' day messenger, Commonwealth Police Watch E-Magazine, Vol. 2, April 2005.
• Know your justice system, Twenty Do's of Law in India, Mandeep Tiwana, Commonwealth Police Watch E-Magazine, Vol. 2, April 2005.

Articles from RTI updates:

• Government considering Kalam's points on Right to Information Law, Tribune News Service, 25 June 2005.
• Information Bill: Centre rejects Kalam's suggestions, NDTV, 1 July 2005.
• Kalam gives go-ahead to Information Bill, NDTV, 21 June 2005.
• Supplementary Submission to Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice on the Indian Right to Information Bill 2004, CHRI, February 2005.
• An update of the NAC Meeting 14 August 2004, forwarded by Shekhar Singh, Convener of NCPRI (National Campaign for People's Right to Information), 14 August 2004.
• Update on the Discussions of the NAC, July and August 2004.
• Submission to the National Advisory Council (NAC) meeting - scheduled for 14 august 2004, Submitted By The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, August 2004.
• Supreme Court sets deadline on FOI law, Subamaniam Vincent, co-founder and a lead editor at India Together, July 2004.
• Statement on the Common Minimum Programme, National Campaign for People's Right to Information, 16 July 2004.
• Citizens inspect government work in New Delhi, This story was provided in an email received by CHRI from Parivartan on 25 March 2004.
• FOI Act and Fighting Corruption, This story is taken from an email received from Parivartan by CHRI on 15 March 2004.
• Online land records available in Rajasthan, Aditi Datta, CHRI, 27 October 2003.
• Case for whistleblowing law in India, Aditi Datta, CHRI, 25 March 2003.
• Ushering in knowledge economy in India's remote parts, Kumar M Tiku, National Information Officer, UNDP India, Terra Green, News to Save the Earth, Issue 46, 15 October 2003.

Bills/ Laws/ Acts from RTI updates:

• Right To Information Act 2005, A Summary, CHRI, May 2005.
• Latest Analysis of New India Right to Information Law: "Good, Bad, and Ugly (maybe)" Says Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, 24 June 2005.
• Detailed Analysis of the Indian Right to Information Bill 2004 & Recommendations For Amendments, CHRI, February 2005.
• The Right To Information Bill, 2004.
• Comparative analysis of the RTI Bill 2004 with the Freedom of Information Act 2002, the NAC recommendations and the draft RTI Bill of the Department of Personnel and Training, drafted by the NCPRI, December 2004.
• Right to Information Bill, 2004, A Summary, CHRI.
• Freedom of Information Rules, 2004, Notification, Government of India, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Personnel and Training, August 2004.
• Suggested Amendments To The Freedom Of Information Act Passed By The Parliament Of India In 2002, National Campaign for the People's Right to Information, 28 July 2004.
• Order by the Supreme Court of India, regarding notification of the Central Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2002, 20 July 2004.
• Detailed Analysis of the Indian Freedom of Information Act 2002 & Recommendations For Amendments, Submitted by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, July 2004.

Reports from RTI updates:

• Status of Applications under DRTI Act up to May - 2005, Department Of Govt. Of Nct Of Delhi.
• Conference Report - Effective Implementation: Preparing to operationalise Right to Information Act, 2005.
• Third Report on the Right to Information Bill, 2004, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, 21 March 2005.
• Summary of the Third Report on the Right To Information Bill 2004, CHRI, March 2005.
• Comparative Reading of the Third Report on the Right to Information Bill, 2004, CHRI, March 2005.
• National Common Minimum Programme of the Government of India, May 2004.

Articles from Police Reforms:

• Politics of Moving and Removing, G.P. Joshi, CHRI, February 2004.
• Moral of the Story: Reform or Perish, G.P. Joshi, CHRI, Indian Express 7 December 2003.
• What R.K. Sharma tells us, G.P. Joshi, CHRI, Indian Express 25 September 2002.
• Can a law be more fake than this?, G.P. Joshi, CHRI, Indian Express, 21 August 2002.
• The murder of Stephen Lawrence, The Gujarat police can learn some lessons from this British case, G.P. Joshi, CHRI, Indian Express 03 June 2002.
• In search of lost credibility, The carnage in Gujarat underlines the need for police reform, G.P. Joshi, CHRI, Indian Express 5 April 2002.
• Union government should take the lead, G. P. Joshi, CHRI, The Statesman- 17 January 2001.
• The CVC Bill, Undermining the Spirit of Law, G.P. Joshi, Times of India, 26 December 2000.
• A Requiem for the NPC?, Seminar- 483, G.P. Joshi, CHRI, November 1999.
• Will apex court's scheme ensure CBI autonomy?, G.P. Joshi, CHRI, Times of India, 18 March 1998.
• Sectarian virus in the police force, G. P. Joshi, CHRI, Hindustan Times, 12 November 1996.
• The Central Govt & Crime Control, G.P. Joshi, CHRI, The Hindustan Times, 12 April 1996.
• Police & Politics, Call For Freedom From Interference, G.P. Joshi, CHRI, Statesman 28 October 1995.
• The Declining Standards In Public Life, G.P. Joshi, CHRI, Indian Express, 14 October 1995.
• Policing since Independence, G.P. Joshi, CHRI, Pioneer 1 October 1995.
• Motivating the efficient Performance appraisal in government, G.P. Joshi, Times of India 19 January 1983.
• Police limitations in curbing crime, G. P. Joshi, Indian Express, 3 August 1981.
• Police Brutality in Perspective, G. P. Joshi, The Times of India, 27 February 1981.
• The Central Bureau of Investigation and its Credibility, G. P. Joshi, unpublished.
• The Police and the Rule of Politics, G.P.Joshi, unpublished.
• October 21- the Police Memorial Day, G.P.Joshi, unpublished.
• Militarisation of the Indian Police, G.P.Joshi, unpublished.
• Crime and its Fear, G.P.Joshi, unpublished.
• National Human Rights Commission-Need for Review, G..P.Joshi, unpublished.
• Recent Developments in Kerala Police, G.P.Joshi, unpublished.

Workshop report from Police Reforms:

• National Workshop on Media on Police Reforms, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative & Press Institute of India, 23 -24 March 2005, New Delhi.
• "Policing - A Human Rights Perspective", Ministry of Home Affairs, CHRI and Delhi Police, New Delhi, 12February 2004.
• Report of the Roundtable Conference On Police Reforms, CHRI, Southern India Chambers of Commerce and Industry, 30 August 2003, Chennai.
• Report of the Roundtable Conference on Police Reform, CHRI and THE PRESS CLUB, TRIVANDRUM, 26 - 27 June 2003.
• Report of the National Roundtable on Police Reforms 2002, CHRI and Editors Guild & Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, New Delhi 4 October 2002.
• A Workshop Report on M.P. Police Vidheyak, 2001, CHRI, 3-4 May 2002.

Publications from Police Reforms:

• Police Reforms and You, CHRI, February 2003.
• Police Organisations in India, CHRI, 2002.
• FIR and You, CHRI, 2001.
• Arrest and Detention - Your Rights, CHRI.
• Police and You - Know Your Right, Legal Aid and Advice, CHRI.
• Scheduled Cast and Scheduled Tribes, CHRI.

Research Papers from Police Reforms:

• Police Accountability in India, G.P.JOSHI, CHRI.
• Police Reform Initiatives in India, Dr. Doel Mukerjee, CHRI, 2 July 2003.
• Police Practices: Obstructions To Poor People's Access to Justice, G.P. Joshi, CHRI, 2003.
• The Padmanabhaiah Committee on Police Reforms- A Critical Analysis of Some Important Recommendations, G.P. Joshi, CHRI, 2001.
• Some Selected Recommendations of the National Police Commission.
• Summary of Ribeiro Committee's Recommendations.
• Summary of Recommendations made by the Padmanabhaiah Committee on Police Reforms.
• The Story of the Central Vigilance Commission Bill, 2003, G.P. Joshi, CHRI, 2003.
• Submissions by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative on the Questionnaire designed by the Ribeiro Committee on Police Reforms, G.P. Joshi, CHRI, 1999.
• Report of the Ribeiro Committee on Police Reforms, A Critical Analysis, G.P. Joshi, CHRI, 1999.

News Updates from Prison Reforms:

• Report on Women in Custodial Establishments in the state of Madhya Pradesh, CHRI, April 2005.
• Women in Custodial Establishments, Assessment of Custodial Institutions in Tamil Nadu, CHRI, April 2005.
• Bhopal Central Jail bags the ISO 9001-2000 certificate, CHRI, 29 June 2004.
• Kerala: One killed, 2 hurt in clash at Central Jail, The Hindu, 7 April 2004.
• Kerala: Judicial probe sought into jail clash, The Hindu, 8 April 2004.
• Kerala: Judicial probe sought into jail clash, The Hindu, 12 April 2004.
• Kerala: Prison Review Committee recast, The Hindu, 12 April 2004.
• 13 escape from jail, The Hindu, 23 March 2004.

Publications from Prison Reforms:

• Prison Visiting System in India, R.K. Saxena, 2005.
• Handbook for Prison Visitors, Sree Kumar, 2003.
• Prison Visiting System - Pamphlet, Junie Wadhawan, 2003.
• Behind Bars…A Closer Look: Prison Visiting System, Madhya Pradesh, Neha Jain and R. Sreekumar, 2000.
• Prisons and Human Rights, CHRI, 1998.