Lok Sabha Question No. 966 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-21
Subject: Attack on Journalists
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.966

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2017

## ATTACK ON JOURNALISTS

## 966.   SHRI  SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI:

## Will the Minister of INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING be pleased to state:

- (a) Whether the incidents  of attack on journalists in the country has grown up in recent times;
- (b) If so, the number of such incidents reported in the country during the last five years;
- (c) The  action  taken  by  the  respective  State  Governments  and  the  support extended to the families of the victims; and
- (d) The present status and implementation of Majithia Wage  Board Notification by the Media Organisation thereof, State-wise ?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING [(COL RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE (Retd.)]

- (a) to  (c): State/UT-wise cases registered and persons arrested under attack on media persons (under section 325,326, 326A and 326B of IPC) during 20142016 is enclosed at Annexure-A as National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) has started  maintaining  data  in  this  regard  since  2014  only.  This  data  of  NCRB reveals  that  there  is  a  substantial  decrease  in  number  of  cases  of  attack  on journalists from 114 in 2014 to 47 in 2016.

Police and Public Order are State subjects under Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. The responsibilities to maintain law and order, protection of life and property rest primarily with the respective State Government.

- (d): Statement showing  state-wise present status and implementation of Majithia Wage  Board  Notification by the Newspaper  Establishments, is annexed as Annexure-B

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## ANNEXURE-A

State/UT wise cases registered (CR) and persons arrested (PAR) for attacks on media persons (under section 325, 326, 326a & 326bof IPC) during 2014-2016

| SI.No.                                 | State/UT                               | 2014                                   | 2014                                   | 2015                                   | 2015                                   | 2016                                   | 2016                                   |
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|                                        |                                        | CR                                     | PAR                                    | CR                                     | PAR                                    | CR                                     | PAR                                    |
| 1                                      | Andhra Pradesh                         | 4                                      | 1                                      | 1                                      | 0                                      | 6                                      | 9                                      |
| 2                                      | Arunachal Pradesh                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 3                                      | Assam                                  | 2                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 2                                      | 4                                      |
| 4                                      | Bihar                                  | 22                                     | 3                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 5                                      | Chhattisgarh                           | 0                                      | 0                                      | 1                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 6                                      | Goa                                    | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 7                                      | Gujarat                                | 3                                      | 4                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 1                                      | 4                                      |
| 8                                      | Haryana                                | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 9                                      | Himachal Pradesh                       | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 10                                     | Jammu& Kashmir                         | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 11                                     | Jharkhand                              | 3                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 12                                     | Karnataka                              | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 2                                      | 0                                      |
| 13                                     | Kerala                                 | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 1                                      | 1                                      |
| 14                                     | Madhya Pradesh                         | 7                                      | 10                                     | 19                                     | 32                                     | 24                                     | 14                                     |
| 15                                     | Maharashtra                            | 5                                      | 6                                      | 1                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 16                                     | Manipur                                | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 9                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 17                                     | Meghalaya                              | 1                                      | 2                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 18                                     | Mizoram                                | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 19                                     | Nagaland                               | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 20                                     | Odisha                                 | 1                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 21                                     | Punjab                                 | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 22                                     | Rajasthan                              | 0                                      | 0                                      | 5                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 23                                     | Sikkim                                 | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 24                                     | Tamil Nadu                             | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 25                                     | Telangana                              | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 26                                     | Tripura                                | 2                                      | 2                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 5                                      | 4                                      |
| 27                                     | Uttar Pradesh                          | 63                                     | 4                                      | 1                                      | 0                                      | 3                                      | 3                                      |
| 28                                     | Uttarakhand                            | 1                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 3                                      | 2                                      |
| 29                                     | West Bengal                            | NR                                     | NR                                     | NR                                     | NR                                     | NR                                     | NR                                     |
|                                        | Total (State)                          | 114                                    | 32                                     | 28                                     | 41                                     | 47                                     | 41                                     |
| 30                                     | A &NIslands                            | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 31                                     | Chandigarh                             | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 32                                     | D &NHaveli                             | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 33                                     | Daman &Diu                             | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | NR                                     | NR                                     |
| 34                                     | Delhi                                  | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 35                                     | Lakshadweep                            | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 36                                     | Puducherry                             | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
|                                        | Total (UTs)                            | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
|                                        | Total (All India)                      | 114                                    | 32                                     | 28                                     | 41                                     | 47                                     | 41                                     |
| Source : National Crime Records Bureau | Source : National Crime Records Bureau | Source : National Crime Records Bureau | Source : National Crime Records Bureau | Source : National Crime Records Bureau | Source : National Crime Records Bureau | Source : National Crime Records Bureau | Source : National Crime Records Bureau |

## ANNEXURE-B

## REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MAJITHIA WAGE BOARDS

| Sl. No   | State/U.T.        | No. of Establishment   | Which have implemented   | Which have implemented   | Which have implemented   |
|----------|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| .        |                   |                        | Fully                    | Partially                | Not                      |
| 1        | 2                 | 4                      | 7                        | 8                        | 9                        |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 14                     | 13                       | 1                        | -                        |
| 2        | Assam             | 52                     | 6                        | 4                        | 40                       |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh | 7                      | 1                        | 5                        | 1                        |
| 4        | Bihar             | 44                     | 7                        | 5                        | 32                       |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 78                     | 23                       | 16                       | 34                       |
| 6        | Goa               | 9                      | 2                        | 5                        | 1                        |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 67                     | 4                        | 3                        | 40                       |
| 8        | Haryana           | 12                     | 2                        | -                        | 10                       |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | 94                     | 5                        | 4                        | 11                       |
| 10       | J & K             | 339                    | 5                        | 3                        | 52                       |
| 11       | Jharkhand         | 154                    | 2                        | -                        | -                        |
| 12       | Karnataka         | 563                    | 3                        | -                        | 226                      |
| 13       | Kerala            | 22                     | 11                       | 3                        | 2                        |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 424                    | 6                        | 1                        | 226                      |
| 15       | Manipur           | 15                     | -                        | 4                        | 11                       |
| 16       | Maharashtra       | 2757                   | 45                       | 23                       | 61                       |
| 17       | Meghalaya         | 22                     | 2                        | 5                        | 12                       |
| 18       | Mizoram           |                        | -                        | -                        |                          |
| 19       | Nagaland          | 3                      | 1                        | -                        | -                        |
| 20       | Odisha            | 164                    | 37                       | -                        | 1                        |
| 21       | Punjab            | 531                    | 5                        | --                       | 88                       |
| 22       | Rajasthan         | 893                    | 28                       |                          | 2                        |
| 23       | Sikkim            |                        | -                        | -                        |                          |
| 24       | Telangana         | 20                     | 0                        | 8                        | 1                        |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu        | 82                     | 81                       | 1                        | -                        |
| 26       | Tripura           | 14                     | -                        | -                        | 14                       |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh     | 70                     | 24                       | 5                        | 37                       |
| 28       | Uttrankhand       | 8                      | 7                        | -                        | 1                        |
| 29       | West Bengal       | 33                     | 7                        | 2                        | 13                       |
| 30       | A & N Island      | 32                     | -                        | -                        |                          |
| 31       | Chandigarh UT     | 8                      | 1                        | -                        | 7                        |
| 32       | Delhi             | 42                     | 7                        | 5                        | 30                       |
| 33       | Daman& Diu        |                        | -                        | -                        | -                        |
| 34       | D & N Haveli      |                        | -                        | -                        | -                        |
| 35       | Lakshadweep       |                        | -                        | -                        | -                        |
| 36       | Puducherry        | 8                      | 6                        | -                        | -                        |
|          | Total             | 6581                   | 341                      | 103                      | 953                      |