This House deeply expresses its serious concern over the rising incidents of violation of Human Rights in various parts of the country and urges upon the Government to take effective steps to curb the occurrence of such incidents. I am a Member of this House ffor the last 32 years. I have never seen this House ever had a structured debate on a very important subject pertaining to millions and millions of people of our country. We debated and we raised the issue whenever there was any incident of human rights violation, but there had note been a structured debate on this important subject which is agitating the people of the country. Today, i am raising this subject because i found that even after constitution of National human Rights Commission in 1993, the number of incidents of violation of human rights has not reduced and it is increasing day-by-day. I have the figures for the last three years where you will find how the number of incidents has increased. In 2006-07, it was around 82,000, next year it increased to approximately one lakh and then it came down slightly to 90,000 but it is still more than the number of incidents that had taken place in 2006-07. You will be surprised to know that in one year, the incidents of custodial death have increased to more than one thousand and so also the cases of murder. The Right to Life is a Human Right and a Fundamental Right. The right to have a decent living is a Fundamental Right. But what is the situation today in our country? A substantial percentage of the population do not have decent living, if one-fourth of the population has to go empty stomach daily even after 65 years of independence, will it be treated as decent living? This is the situation today prevailing in our country. If a substantial percentage of women are suffering from malnutrition, is it a decent living? The Prime Minister had called it a national shame. Lakhs and lakhs of people are living in slums without any amenities, without any facilities in unhygienic condition.