Lok Sabha Question No. 248 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-18
Subject: Women Police Stations
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: BANSHILAL MAHTO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 248

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 18TH JULY,  2017 / ASHADHA 27, 1939 (SAKA)

WOMEN POLICE STATIONS

248. DR. BANSHILAL MAHATO:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to set up more police stations for the disposal of women related cases within the stipulated timeframe;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of women police stations functioning at present in the country, State-wise including Chhattisgrah;
- (d)  whether  setting  up  of  women  police  stations  has  led  to  a  decrease  in  the cases of crime against women;
- (e) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (f) the steps taken by the Government to set up more women police stations in the country.

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (f): As 'Police' is State subject falling in List-II of seventh schedule of the Constitution of India, it is the responsibility of the State Governments to implement  various  police  reform  measures.  However,  police  strengthening measures in  the  states  are  also  supplemented  through  the  funds  released under  the  Scheme  for  Modernisation  of  State  Police  Force  (MPF)  by  this Ministry,  which  inter-alia  supports  the  police  requirements  in  setting  up women police stations in the States.

## L.S.US.Q.No. 248 FOR 18.07.2017

A total of 586 women police stations are functioning in the country, as on 01.01.2016.    As  far  as  State  of  Chhattisgarh  is  concerned,  there  are  four women Police Stations. The State-wise details of women Police stations are given at Annexure-I.

Specific details of decrease in case of crime against women on account of establishment of women police stations are not available with Government of India.

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## Annexure-I to Lok Sabha US Question No. 248 for 18.7.2017.

Number of Women Police Stations in India as on 1.1.2016

| Sl.No.          | States/Uts        |   as on 1.1.2016 |
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
| 1.              | 2.                |                3 |
| 1.              | Andhra Pradesh    |               18 |
| 2.              | Arunachal Pradesh |                1 |
| 3.              | Assam             |                1 |
| 4.              | Bihar             |               40 |
| 5.              | Chhattisgarh      |                4 |
| 6.              | Goa               |                1 |
| 7.              | Gujarat           |               32 |
| 8.              | Haryana           |               22 |
| 9.              | Himachal Pradesh  |                5 |
| 10.             | Jammu &Kashmir    |                2 |
| 11.             | Jharkhand         |               24 |
| 12.             | Karnataka         |               20 |
| 13.             | Kerala            |                8 |
| 14.             | Madhya Pradesh    |               10 |
| 15.             | Maharashtra       |                0 |
| 16.             | Manipur           |                9 |
| 17.             | Meghalaya         |                7 |
| 18.             | Mizoram           |                0 |
| 19.             | Nagaland          |                0 |
| 20.             | Odisha            |                6 |
| 21.             | Punjab            |                8 |
| 22.             | Rajasthan         |               40 |
| 23.             | Sikkim            |                0 |
| 24.             | Tamil Nadu        |              200 |
| 25.             | Telangana         |               14 |
| 26.             | Tripura           |                7 |
| 27.             | Uttar Pradesh     |               71 |
| 28.             | Uttarakhand       |                2 |
| 29.             | West Bengal       |               30 |
| 30.             | A &NIslands       |                0 |
| 31.             | Chandigarh        |                1 |
| 32.             | D &NHaveli        |                0 |
| 33.             | Daman &Diu        |                0 |
| 34.             | Delhi             |                0 |
| 35.             | Lakshadweep       |                0 |
| 36.             | Puducherry        |                3 |
| All India Total |                   |              586 |