{"id":276319,"date":"2024-01-04T19:12:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T13:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=276319"},"modified":"2024-01-04T19:12:43","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T13:42:43","slug":"on-truck-drivers-protests-striking-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/on-truck-drivers-protests-striking-fear\/","title":{"rendered":"On Truck Drivers\u2019 Protests \u2013 Striking fear"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source:<\/strong> This post on Truck Drivers\u2019 Protests<\/strong> has been created based on the article \u201cStriking fear<\/strong>\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d<\/strong> on 4th January 2024.<\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus Topic: <\/strong>GS Paper 2 Governance \u2013 Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors.<\/p>\n

News:<\/strong> The article discusses the reasons behind the recent truck drivers\u2019 protests and the issues raised by them.<\/p>\n

Background: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Recently, truck drivers worried about the implications of Section 106 of<\/strong> Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) <\/strong>abstained from work. This has led the government to promise to implement the provision after consultations with the All India Motor Transport Congress.<\/p>\n

What are the provisions in the BNS that are being protested by truck drivers?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Section 106 in the BNS <\/strong>will replace Section 304A of IPC. It will treat hit-and-run accident cases as an aggravated form of the offence of causing death by rashness or negligence.<\/p>\n

First<\/strong>, Section 106 of the BNS prescribes a prison term of up to 5 years<\/strong>, besides a fine, for causing death due to rash or negligent acts. The existing section provides for a 2-year<\/strong> jail term.<\/p>\n

Second<\/strong>, road accidents in which, if the person involved in rash and negligent driving \u201cescapes without reporting it to a police officer or a Magistrate soon after the incident\u201d, the imprisonment may extend to 10 years<\/strong> and a fine.<\/p>\n

In other words, the jail term for accidents have been raised from the present 2 to 5 years in all cases, and to 10, in the case of failure to report them to the authorities.<\/p>\n

What are the issues being raised with the provisions?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  1. Additional criminal liability: <\/strong>Punishments have been made more stringent.<\/li>\n
  2. Fear of Lynching: <\/strong>Drivers usually run away from an accident scene out of a fear of lynching. It is a belief that such drivers can move away from the scene of crime and then report to the police. However, fleeing the scene would constitute a hit-and-run case, thus falling under \u2018causing death by rashness or negligence\u2019.<\/li>\n
  3. Lack of Focus on Wider Issues: <\/strong>Given that many accidents are caused due to poor road conditions<\/strong>, questions have been raised on the lack of a comprehensive accident prevention policy package<\/strong> covering imprisonment, compensation and safety. Merely raising prison terms may not solve the prevailing issues.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Question for practice:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Merely raising prison terms for road accidents cannot be the solution to improving road safety in India. Discuss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Source: This post on Truck Drivers\u2019 Protests has been created based on the article \u201cStriking fear\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 4th January 2024. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2 Governance \u2013 Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors. News: The article discusses the reasons behind the recent truck drivers\u2019 protests and the… Continue reading On Truck Drivers\u2019 Protests \u2013 Striking fear<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,162,9],"tags":[300,212,10498],"class_list":["post-276319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-polity-governance","category-public","tag-governance","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":34,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704411368},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}