Lok Sabha Question No. 2071 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-28
Subject: Safety of Women in Cabs
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: R. PARTHIPAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2071

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.07.2017

## SAFETY OF WOMEN IN CABS

## 2071.  SHRI R. PARTHIPAN :

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  increasing  cases  of  sexual  harassment  of  women commuters in the cabs;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (c) whether the Government has any concrete guidelines/mechanism for the safety of women commuters in the cabs and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI  KRISHNA  RAJ)

- (a)      & (b)  : As per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, a total number of  121 cases in 2014 and 315  cases in 2015 were registered under the category of insult to the modesty  of  women  (section  509  of  IPC)  occurring  in  public  transport  system  which includes  cases  of  sexual  harassment  of  women  commuters  in  the  cabs.  The  State-wise details  of  number  of  Cases  Registered  (CR)  during  2014  and  2015  are  attached  at Annexure-I .
- (c) :    The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued notification on 28 th November, 2016 regarding fitment of vehicle Location Tracking Device  and Alert Buttons on certain public service vehicles. According to this notification, it is compulsory for certain public service  vehicles  to  be  equipped  with  vehicle  location  tracking  device  and  one  or  more panic/emergency buttons, which would be fitted by manufacturer or their dealer or the respective operator.

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Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  Part  (a)  &  (b)  to  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question No.2071 for 28.07.2017 regarding Safety of Women in Cabs

## No. of Cases Registered (CR) under insult to the modesty of women (section 509 of IPC) occurring in public transport system during 2014 and 2015

| Sl. No.   | State/UT          |   2014 |   2015 |
|-----------|-------------------|--------|--------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |     65 |     24 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |      0 |      0 |
| 3         | Assam             |      0 |     14 |
| 4         | Bihar             |      0 |      0 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |      0 |      0 |
| 6         | Goa               |      0 |      0 |
| 7         | Gujarat           |      0 |      2 |
| 8         | Haryana           |      2 |      1 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  |      0 |      0 |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir    |      6 |     10 |
| 11        | Jharkhand         |      0 |      1 |
| 12        | Karnataka         |      1 |      7 |
| 13        | Kerala            |     11 |      8 |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    |      3 |      1 |
| 15        | Maharashtra       |      8 |     28 |
| 16        | Manipur           |      0 |      0 |
| 17        | Meghalaya         |      0 |      0 |
| 18        | Mizoram           |      0 |      1 |
| 19        | Nagaland          |      0 |      0 |
| 20        | Odisha            |      1 |      8 |
| 21        | Punjab            |      0 |      0 |
| 22        | Rajasthan         |      2 |      6 |
| 23        | Sikkim            |      0 |      0 |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        |      0 |      0 |
| 25        | Telangana         |      3 |    179 |
| 26        | Tripura           |      0 |      0 |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     |      3 |      1 |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       |      0 |      0 |
| 29        | West Bengal       |      8 |      4 |
| 30        | A &NIslands       |      0 |      0 |
| 31        | Chandigarh        |      0 |      1 |
| 32        | D &NHaveli        |      0 |      0 |
| 33        | Daman &Diu        |      0 |      0 |
| 34        | Delhi             |      8 |     19 |
| 35        | Lakshadweep       |      0 |      0 |
| 36        | Puducherry        |      0 |      0 |
|           | Total             |    121 |    315 |

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