NCRB will collect data on attacks on journalists, whistle-blowers and RTI activists

The Business Standard reports, "The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), for the first time, will begin collecting data from across the country on attacks on Right to Information (RTI) activists, journalists, social activists and whistleblowers." It also reports, "But the manner in which the data is being collected is likely to lead to under-reporting of the cases in the government database."

In this regard, NCRB has circulated a new template to the states, to collect data from police stations.

News report in this regard can be seen in the Business Standard dated 23 July 2015.