Lok Sabha Question No. 1985 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-14
Subject: Crime on Women and Children
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: MUTHAMSETTI SRINIVASA RAO (AVNTHI), K. C. VENUGOPAL, R. GOPALAKRISHNAN, RAMESWAR TELI, RAYAPATI SAMBASIVA RAO, CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI, C.S. PUTTARAJU, SAUGATA ROY, DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH, REKHA ARUN VERMA, RADHESHYAM BISWAS, CHANDU LAL SAHU, MEKAPATI RAJAMOHAN REDDY, SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE, A.P. JITHENDER REDDY, SATYA PAL SINGH, Adhikari Dibyendu, MANOJ KUMAR TIWARI, RAJESH VERMA, SIRAJUDDIN AJMAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1985

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 14 TH  MARCH, 2017/ PHALGUNA 23, 1938 (SAKA)

## CRIME ON WOMEN AND CHILDREN

1985.

SHRI MUTHAMSETTI SRINIVASA RAO (AVANTHI):

SHRI K.C. VENUGOPAL:

SHRI R. GOPALAKRISHNAN:

SHRI RAMESWAR TELI:

SHRI RAYAPATI SAMBASIVA RAO:

DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR:

SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

SHRI C.S. PUTTA RAJU:

PROF. SAUGATA ROY:

SHRI D.K. SURESH:

SHRIMATI REKHA VERMA:

SHRI RADHESHYAM BISWAS:

SHRI CHANDU LAL SAHU:

SHRI M. RAJA MOHAN REDDY:

SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE:

SHRI A.P. JITHENDER REDDY:

DR. SATYAPAL SINGH:

SHRI DIBYENDU ADHIKARI:

SHRI MANOJ TIWARI:

SHRI RAJESH VERMA:

SHRI SIRAJUDDIN AJMAL:

## Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether various types of crimes against women and minor girls are on the rise in the country, if so, guilty persons arrested and the action taken against them under Nirbhaya Act during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has paid compensation to such victims;
- (c)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  total  funds  granted  to  rape  victims during the said period, State-wise;

## L.S.US.Q.NO.1985 FOR 14.3.2017

(d) whether there are reports that the Government has not been successful in curbing crimes against women and children even after implementing the recommendations  of  Justice  Verma  Committee  and  if  so,  the  details thereof and the reasons therefor;

(e) whether the Government is aware about the availability of rape videos in the markets and if so, the details thereof and the action taken by police in this regard;

(f)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  make  amendments  in  the Protection  of  Children  from  Sexual  Offences  (POCSO)  Act  and  if  so,  the details thereof; and

- (g)  the  other  corrective  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  amend  the relevant laws relating to crime against women and children along with the efforts made to provide safety/security to women particularly at the work place and educational institutions?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a): National  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB)  has  provided  the  following data on crimes against women and minor girls:

| Crime                                                            |   2014 |   2015 |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|
| Rape                                                             |  36735 |  34651 |
| Sexual Harrassment                                               |  21938 |  24041 |
| Assault or use of criminal force to women with intent to disrobe |   6412 |   8613 |
| Voyeurism                                                        |    674 |    838 |
| Stalking                                                         |   4699 |   6266 |
| Acid Attacks                                                     |    137 |    140 |

Year wise State wise details of Crime against women & Children are placed in Annexure-I

## L.S.US.Q.1985 FOR 14.3.2017

(b) & (c): Under the  Central  Victim  Compensation  Fund  (CVCF)  Scheme, financial assistance of Rs  200  Crore as one  time grant  has  been sanctioned from Nirbhaya Fund and allocated to States/UTs for compensating women victims on crimes committed against victims on acid attacks, rape, trafficking etc.  The revised CVCF guidelines were issued on 13 th   July  2016,  which  are  available  in  the  website  of  Ministry  of  Home Affair viz www.mha.nic.in. State wise fund releases are given at AnnexureII

(d) & (e): As  per  the  Seventh  Schedule  to  the  Constitution  of  India, 'Police'  and  'Public  Order'  are  State  subjects  and,  as  such  the  primary responsibility of prevention, detection, registration, investigation  and prosecution of crime lies with the States/UT Administrations.

(f) & (g): There is no proposal at present for amendment in Protection of Children  from  Sexual  Offences  Act,  2012.    Continuous  awareness  in  the society through workshops, seminars street plays are being undertaken at the district level. Advertisements educating people about issues relating to domestic violence, Child- Sex Ratio and Child Marriage, etc are issued in the print and electronic media. International Women's Day and the National Girl  Child  Day  are  celebrated  to  create  awareness  on  issues  related  to women and girl children.

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## State/UT-wise cases registered and % variation under Rape (Section 376 IPC), Sexual Harassment (Section 354A IPC), Assault or use of criminal force to women with intent to Disrobe (Section 354B IPC), Voyeurism (Section 354C IPC), Stalking (Section 354D IPC)  and acid attacks on women (section 326A  IPC) during 2014-2015

| Code         | State/UT                      | Rape         | Rape           | Rape                              | Sexual Harassment (Section 354A IPC)   | Sexual Harassment (Section 354A IPC)   | Sexual Harassment (Section 354A IPC)   | Assault or use of criminal force to women with intent to   | Assault or use of criminal force to women with intent to   | Voyeurism (Section 354C IPC)   | Voyeurism (Section 354C IPC)   | Voyeurism (Section 354C IPC)   | Stalking (Section 354D IPC)   | Stalking (Section 354D IPC)   | Stalking (Section 354D IPC)   | Acid Attacks on Women (section 326A IPC)   | Acid Attacks on Women (section 326A IPC)   | Acid Attacks on Women (section 326A IPC)   |
|--------------|-------------------------------|--------------|----------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| Code         | State/UT                      | 2014         | 2015           | % Variation during 2015 over 2014 | 2014 2015                              | % Variation during 2015 over           | Disrobe 2014                           | (Section 2015                                              | 354B IPC) %Variation during 2015 over 2014                 | 2014                           | 2015 % Variation during 2015   | over 2014                      |                               | 2015 % Variation during 2015  | over 2014                     |                                            | 2015                                       | % Variation during 2015 over 2014          |
| 1            | Andhra Pradesh                | 961 1027     | 6.9            | 1072                              | 1070                                   | 2014 -0.2                              | 334                                    | 491                                                        | 47.0                                                       | 71 112                         | 2014 57.7                      | 504                            | 551                           | 2014 9.3                      | 5                             |                                            | 11                                         | 120.0                                      |
| 2 Arunachal  | Pradesh 83                    | 71           | -14.5          | 21                                | 15                                     | -28.6                                  | 0                                      | 1                                                          | #DIV/0!                                                    | 6                              | 1                              | -83.3 1                        |                               | 1 0.0                         | 0                             |                                            | 0                                          | -                                          |
| 3 Assam      | 1980                          | 1733         | -12.5          | 458                               | 499                                    | 9.0                                    | 399                                    | 808                                                        | 102.5                                                      | 0 46                           | -                              | 0                              | 59                            | -                             | 0                             |                                            | 1                                          | -                                          |
| 4 Bihar      | 1127                          | 1041         | -7.6           | 271                               | 78                                     | -71.2                                  | 61                                     | 42                                                         | -31.1                                                      | 0                              | -100.0                         | 7                              | 2                             | -71.4                         |                               | 2                                          | 5                                          | 150.0                                      |
| 5            |                               | 1436         | 1560 8.6       | 649                               | 507                                    | -21.9                                  | 76                                     | 67                                                         | -11.8                                                      | 4 9                            | 9                              | 0.0                            | 72                            | 4.2                           |                               | 0                                          | 0                                          | -                                          |
| 6            | Chhattisgarh Goa              | 95           | 86 -9.5        | 50                                | 58                                     | 16.0                                   | 7                                      | 4                                                          | -42.9                                                      | 11                             | 5                              | -54.5                          | 25                            | 75 20                         | -20.0                         | 0                                          | 0                                          | -                                          |
| 7 Gujarat    |                               | 841          | 503 -40.2      | 405                               | 536                                    | 32.3                                   | 51                                     | 63                                                         | 23.5                                                       | 7                              | 24                             | 242.9                          | 62                            | 92                            |                               | 5                                          | 3                                          | -40.0                                      |
| 8            | 1174                          |              | 1070 -8.9      | 599                               | 688                                    | 14.9                                   | 229                                    | 249                                                        | 8.7                                                        | 26                             | 28 7.7                         |                                | 284                           | 338                           | 48.4                          | 5                                          | 3                                          | -40.0                                      |
| 9            | Haryana Himachal Pradesh      | 283          | 244 -13.8      | 159                               | 99                                     | -37.7                                  | 18                                     | 15                                                         | -16.7                                                      | 3                              | 1 -66.7                        | 62                             |                               | 52                            | 19.0 -16.1                    | 0                                          | 1                                          | -                                          |
| 10           | 331                           |              | 296 -10.6      | 242                               | 244                                    | 0.8                                    | 123                                    | 140                                                        | 13.8                                                       | 0                              | 1                              | -                              | 1                             | 4 300.0                       |                               | 1                                          | 0                                          | -100.0                                     |
| 11           | Jammu &Kashmir Jharkhand      | 1050         | 1053           | 114                               | 531                                    | 365.8                                  | 65                                     | 179                                                        | 175.4                                                      | 0                              | 5                              | -                              | 5                             | 6                             |                               | 1                                          | 0                                          | -100.0                                     |
| 12           | Karnataka                     | 1324         | 0.3 589 -55.5  | 253                               | 535                                    | 111.5                                  | 163                                    | 510                                                        | 212.9                                                      | 8                              | 23                             | 64                             | 127                           | 20.0 98.4                     | 2                             |                                            | 1                                          | -50.0                                      |
| 13           | Kerala                        | 1347         | 1256 -6.8      | 980                               | 1145                                   | 16.8                                   | 398                                    | 129                                                        | -67.6                                                      | 18                             | 32                             | 187.5 77.8                     | 37                            |                               | 1                             |                                            | 5                                          | 400.0                                      |
| 14           | Madhya Pradesh                | 5076         | 4391           | -13.5 3163                        | 2559                                   | -19.1                                  | 132                                    | 80                                                         | -39.4                                                      | 86                             | 54                             | -37.2 401                      | 357                           | 61                            | 64.9 -11.0                    |                                            | 5                                          | -28.6                                      |
| 15           | Maharashtra                   | 3438         | 4144 20.5      | 4052                              | 4751                                   | 17.3                                   | 309                                    | 434                                                        | 40.5                                                       | 105                            | 120                            | 14.3                           | 797                           | 1399                          | 2                             | 7                                          | 6                                          | 200.0                                      |
| 16           | Manipur                       | 75           | 46             | -38.7 5                           | 2                                      | -60.0                                  | 4                                      | 7                                                          | 75.0                                                       | 0                              | 2                              | -                              | 2                             | 4                             | 75.5 100.0                    | 0                                          | 0                                          | -                                          |
| 17           | Meghalaya                     | 118          | 93 -21.2       | 0                                 | 22                                     | -                                      | 10                                     | 2                                                          | -80.0                                                      | 1                              | 0                              | -100.0                         | 4                             | 3                             | -25.0                         | 0                                          | 0                                          | -                                          |
| 18           | Mizoram                       | 120          | 58 -51.7       | 53                                | 53                                     | 0.0                                    | 12                                     | 9                                                          | -25.0                                                      | 2                              | 1                              | -50.0                          | 6                             | 1                             | 0                             |                                            | 0                                          | -                                          |
| 19           | Nagaland                      | 30           | 35 16.7        |                                   | 5 6                                    | 20.0                                   | 5                                      | 0                                                          | -100.0                                                     | 0                              | 0                              | -                              | 1                             | 2                             | -83.3 100.0                   | 0                                          | 0                                          | -                                          |
| 20 Odisha    |                               | 1978         | 13.8           | 802                               | 886                                    | 10.5                                   | 1142                                   | 1957                                                       | 71.4                                                       | 28                             | 65                             | 132.1                          | 134                           | 225                           | 67.9                          | 8                                          | 5                                          | -37.5                                      |
| 21 Punjab    |                               |              | 2251 886       | 344                               | 400                                    | 16.3                                   | 41                                     | 70                                                         | 70.7                                                       | 48                             | 9                              | -81.3                          | 48                            | 68                            | 41.7                          | 5                                          | 2                                          | -60.0                                      |
| 22 Rajasthan |                               | 981 3759     | -9.7 3644 -3.1 | 727                               | 649                                    | -10.7                                  | 235                                    | 228                                                        | -3.0                                                       | 23                             | 8                              | -65.2                          | 88                            | 126                           | 43.2 3                        |                                            | 0                                          | -100.0                                     |
| 23 Sikkim    | 47                            |              | 5 -89.4        | 14                                | 5                                      | -64.3                                  | 1                                      | 0                                                          | -100.0                                                     | 0                              | 1                              | -                              | 2                             | 100.0                         | 1                             |                                            | 0                                          | -100.0                                     |
| 24 Tamil     | Nadu                          | 455          | 421            | -7.5 46                           | 197                                    | 328.3                                  | 71                                     | 38                                                         | -46.5                                                      | 1                              | 9                              | 800.0                          | 4 1 11                        | 1000.0                        |                               | 6                                          | 7                                          | 16.7                                       |
| 25           |                               | 979          | 12.9           | 620                               | 620                                    | 0.0                                    | 176                                    | 200                                                        | 13.6                                                       | 45                             | 52                             | 15.6                           | 426                           | 766                           | 79.8                          | 0                                          | 1                                          | -                                          |
| 26 Tripura   | Telangana                     | 1105 239 213 | -10.9          | 82                                | 28                                     | -65.9                                  | 184                                    | 169                                                        | -8.2                                                       | 1                              | 0                              | -100.0                         | 8                             | 0                             | -100.0                        | 2                                          | 0                                          | -100.0                                     |
| 27 Uttar     | Pradesh                       | 3467         | 3025 -12.7     | 4435                              | 5925                                   | 33.6                                   | 1066                                   | 1093                                                       | 2.5                                                        | 75                             | 61                             | -18.7                          | 835                           | 519                           | -37.8                         | 42                                         | 51                                         | 21.4                                       |
| 28           | Uttarakhand                   | 270          | 283 4.8        | 22                                | 51                                     | 131.8                                  | 24                                     | 17                                                         | -29.2                                                      | 1                              | 6                              | 500.0                          | 7                             | 15                            | 114.3                         | 0                                          | 0                                          | -                                          |
| 29 West      | Bengal                        | 1466         | 1199           | -18.2 1045                        | 674                                    | -35.5                                  | 687                                    | 1054                                                       | 53.4                                                       | 57                             | 93                             | 63.2                           | 259                           | 231                           | -10.8                         | 27                                         | 20                                         | -25.9                                      |
| TOTAL        | STATE(S) 34530                |              | -6.4           | 20688                             | 22833                                  | 10.4                                   |                                        | 8056                                                       | 33.8                                                       | 636                            | 768                            | 20.8                           | 4143                          | 5119                          | 23.6                          | 125                                        | 127                                        | 1.6                                        |
| 30 A         | &NIslands                     | 32           | 32328 36       | 12.5 18                           |                                        |                                        | 6023                                   | 2                                                          | 100.0                                                      | 1                              | 1                              | 0.0                            | 4                             | 5                             | 25.0 0                        |                                            | 0                                          | -                                          |
| 31           |                               | 59           | 72             | 22.0 31                           | 23 22                                  | 27.8 -29.0                             | 1 3                                    | 2                                                          | -33.3                                                      | 2                              | 1                              | -50.0                          | 10                            | 13                            | 0                             |                                            | 0                                          | -                                          |
|              | Chandigarh                    |              |                | 0                                 |                                        |                                        |                                        |                                                            |                                                            | 0                              | 0                              |                                |                               |                               | 30.0 -                        |                                            |                                            |                                            |
| 32           | D&N Haveli                    | 5            | 8              | 60.0                              | 0                                      | -                                      | 0                                      | 0                                                          | -                                                          |                                | -                              |                                | 0                             | 0                             | 0                             |                                            | 0                                          | -                                          |
| 33 Delhi     | Daman &Diu UT                 | 2 2096       | 5 150.0 2199   | 3 4.9                             | 3 1186 1150                            | 0.0                                    | 0 379                                  | 0 547                                                      | - 44.3                                                     | 0                              | 0 65                           | - 0 91.2                       | 541                           | 2 1124                        | - 107.8                       | 0 12                                       | 0 13                                       | - 8.3                                      |
| 34 35        | Lakshadweep                   | 1            | 0 -100.0       |                                   | 0                                      | -3.0 -                                 | 0                                      |                                                            | 0 -                                                        | 34 0                           | -                              | 0                              |                               | 0                             | -                             | 0                                          | 0                                          | -                                          |
|              |                               |              | -70.0          | 0                                 |                                        |                                        |                                        |                                                            |                                                            |                                | 0                              |                                |                               |                               |                               |                                            |                                            | -                                          |
| 36           | Puducherry                    | 10           | 3              | 12                                | 10                                     | -16.7                                  | 6                                      | 6                                                          | 0.0                                                        | 1                              | 3                              | 200.0 1                        |                               | 3                             | 200.0                         | 0                                          | 0                                          |                                            |
|              | TOTAL UT(S) TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 2205 36735   | 2323 34651     | 5.4 1250 -5.7 21938               | 1208 24041                             | -3.4 9.6                               | 389 6412                               |                                                            | 557 43.2 8613 34.3                                         | 38 674                         | 70 838                         | 84.2 556 24.3                  | 4699                          | 1147 6266                     | 106.3 33.3                    | 12 137                                     | 13 140                                     | 8.3 2.2                                    |

Source: Crime in India

| Amount allocated to States/UTs under CVCF Scheme during 2016-17   | Amount allocated to States/UTs under CVCF Scheme during 2016-17   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Name of States                                                    | Amount allocated& Released (In Lakh)                              |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                    | 662                                                               |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                 | 33                                                                |
| Assam                                                             | 860                                                               |
| Bihar                                                             | 722                                                               |
| Chhattisgarh                                                      | 685                                                               |
| Goa                                                               | 50                                                                |
| Gujarat                                                           | 390                                                               |
| Haryana                                                           | 550                                                               |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                  | 120                                                               |
| Jammu & Kashmir                                                   | 170                                                               |
| Jharkhand                                                         | 450                                                               |
| Karnataka                                                         | 995                                                               |
| Kerala                                                            | 760                                                               |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                    | 2180                                                              |
| Maharashtra                                                       | 1765                                                              |
| Manipur                                                           | 34                                                                |
| Meghalaya                                                         | 50                                                                |
| Mizoram                                                           | 48                                                                |
| Nagaland                                                          | 10                                                                |
| Odisha                                                            | 1060                                                              |
| Punjab                                                            | 410                                                               |
| Rajasthan                                                         | 1545                                                              |
| Sikkim                                                            | 23                                                                |
| Tamil Nadu                                                        | 565                                                               |
| Telangana                                                         | 590                                                               |
| Tripura                                                           | 115                                                               |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                     | 2810                                                              |
| Uttarakhand                                                       | 125                                                               |
| West Bengal                                                       | 1265                                                              |
| TOTAL STATE(S)                                                    | 19042                                                             |
| A & N Islands                                                     | 15                                                                |
| Chandigarh                                                        | 23                                                                |
| D&N Haveli                                                        | 10                                                                |
| Daman & Diu                                                       | 10                                                                |
| Delhi UT                                                          | 880                                                               |
| Lakshadweep                                                       | 10                                                                |
| Puducherry                                                        | 10                                                                |
| Total UT(s)                                                       | 958                                                               |
| Grand Total                                                       | 2000                                                              |

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