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As many as 290,440 people, including 63,400 children, went missing in India in 2016, according to the the first centrally compiled state-wise data on missing children and persons, published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
Among the missing children, 22,340 are boys and 41,070 girls. Adding the missing yet unrecovered children of previous years, as the NCRB report claims, the cumulative missing people total 549,000, including 111,570 children.
Maharashtra accounts for the most number of missing persons in India at 50,000 in 2016. But the startling fact was that Odisha could recover only 10% of its missing
Among the missing children, 22,340 are boys and 41,070 girls. Adding the missing yet unrecovered children of previous years, as the NCRB report claims, the cumulative missing people total 549,000, including 111,570 children.
Maharashtra accounts for the most number of missing persons in India at 50,000 in 2016. But the startling fact was that Odisha could recover only 10% of its missing
