Up to 75.6% of Karnataka is literate (national average: 74%) and the state’s capital, Bengaluru, has more colleges (911) than any Indian city.
Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra together account for more than 50% of all protests recorded by the police between 2009 and 2014. Except Madhya Pradesh, all other states have literacy rates higher than national average.
Between 2009 and 2014, 420,000 protests were held across India–an average of 200 protests every day nationwide (Table 1), and a 55% rise over five years.
The increase was mainly driven by Tamil Nadu and Punjab which, between them, registered nearly half the increase in protests nationwide.
Unrest grew across the country for varied reasons–communal (92%), government employee grievances (71%). political (42%) and labour (38%), our analysis shows.
(Sourced from agencies, feature image courtesy:oneindia.com)
