India, March 27 -- The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles and publishes data on crimes, including crimes against women, in its publication "Crime in India", which provides detailed State-wise and category-wise statistics is available on the NCRB's official website (https://ncrb.gov.in).

The latest report of National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), provides data for the period 2019-2021, which reveals that the percentage of ever-married women aged 18-49 years who have ever experienced spousal violence (physical and/ or sexual violence) has reduced to 29.3% as compared to 31.2% reported in NFHS-4 for the period 2015-2016.The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA), 2005 has been enacted keeping in view the rights g...