Prevalence of domestic abuse against women in India 2015-2019
In 2019, over 19 women out of every 100 thousand across India experienced domestic abuse in some form. In the past few years, the number of these cases went down gradually except in 2019. The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act was enacted by the Indian parliament in 2005 protects women from domestic violence. However, many varieties of crime go unreported.