<span style="color: #222222;">Ministry of Home Affairs has commissioned the Bureau of Police Research and Development to conduct a pan-India survey called, All India Citizens Survey of Police Services. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The survey will be conducted through the National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The aim is to understand public perceptions about Police, gauge the level of non-reporting of crimes or incidents to Police, timeliness and quality of police response and action, assess citizens' perception and experience about women and children's safety. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The survey commencing next month will cover a representative sample of 1.2 lakh households spread over 173 districts across the country, based on the National Sample Survey framework. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">All States and Union Territories will be included in the survey. It will be completed in nine months. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Home Ministry said, States and Union Territories have been requested to extend full cooperation to the conduct of the survey. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">They have also been asked to adopt this good practice and prepare their Police for undertaking such surveys on their own, in future. </span><br />