Under current law, rapists can face sentences ranging from 7 years to life imprisonment.
Last month India passed a new bill containing harsher punishments, including the death penalty, for rapists.
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Last month, India passed a new law detailing harsher punishments for rapists, including the death penalty.
Many offenders, including rapists and arsonists, were escaping with just a caution, he claimed.
Some activists say the death penalty would be a major deterrent for potential rapists.
"We need better enforcement of the laws, " she said, adding she favors harsher sentencing for rapists.
In the Rajya Sabha, the upper house, MPs also demanded strict action against rapists.
Some protesters called for harsher punishments for convicted rapists, such as chemical castration and the death penalty.
The panel had called for faster trials and longer sentences for convicted rapists, but not the death penalty.
The government-approved panel had called for faster trials and longer sentences for convicted rapists, but not the death penalty.
Both men agreed to provide samples but complained at being bracketed with serious offenders such as rapists and murderers.
Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said a change in the law was clearly necessary, and promised even tougher measures against rapists.
Labour has called on the government to rethink its position warning that the changes could make it harder to catch rapists.
The legislation contains harsher penalties for rapists, including the death penalty, and up to 10 years in jail for acid attacks.
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Meanwhile, India's political parties are taking part in previously scheduled meetings to discuss harsher punishment for rapists, including the death penalty.
The bill, containing harsher punishments for rapists, including the death penalty, was cleared by the lower house of parliament on Tuesday.
Both men agreed to give DNA samples but have complained at being bracketed with serious offenders such as rapists and murderers.
Britain, for example, has had its share of serial killers, homicidal rapists, and prisoners who have taken hostages and repeatedly assaulted staff.
And some people are pushing for it to be used against rapists.
Its report, submitted to the government in January, paved the way for India's tough new anti-rape laws containing harsher punishment for rapists.
Jon Collins, spokesman for the Fawcett Society campaign group, said the tactics could help to "ensure that more rapists are caught and convicted".
The government has also said that it will post the photos, names and addresses of convicted rapists on official websites to shame them.
India's president has approved harsher punishment for rapists, including the death penalty, after the gang rape of a student sparked demands for tougher laws.
They handed in their 630-page report on 23 January in which they suggested amendments to criminal laws to provide for higher punishment to rapists.
Two weeks ago, Conservative leader David Cameron called for tougher sentences for rapists, saying too many men "think they can get away with it".
The commission, headed by retired chief justice JS Verma, has called for faster trials and longer sentences for convicted rapists, but not the death penalty.
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He said he did not agree with calls for the death penalty for convicted rapists, fearing it would encourage murder so victims could not report crimes.
He gives an account of his life inside several Italian prisons, where he befriended rapists and murderers, played with cockroaches and scrubbed the cells of dirt and mold.
The move could be counter-productive, she argued, because victims of serial rapists were encouraged to come forward when the names of their attackers were announced in the media.
Women's groups say other measures like punishing police officers who refuse to take action on a rape complaint, and speeding up court procedures against rapists, would be more effective.
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