Lok Sabha Question No. 4034 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-20
Subject: Financial Assistance to the Family Members of Martyred Personnel
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: SADHU SINGH, RAM CHARITRA, K. MARAGATHAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4034

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 20 TH  MARCH, 2018/ PHALGUNA 29, 1939 (SAKA)

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF MARTYRED PERSONNEL

4034.

PROF. SADHU SINGH: SHRI RAM CHARITRA NISHAD: SHRIMATI K. MARAGATHAM:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  from  September,  2016  to  August,  2017  more  than 3893 policemen were martyred and if so, the details thereof, force and  Statewise;
- (b)  the  details  of  the  facilities  and  financial  assistance  provided  to  the  family members of the martyred police personnel;
- (c)  the  funds/compensation  provided  to  the  family  members  of  the  martyred police personnel during each of the last three years and the current year, force and State-wise; and
- (d)  whether  the  Government  has  any  proposal  to  increase  the  facilities  and financial  assistance  to  the  family  members  of  such  personnel  and  if  so,  the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR) (a) to (d):- National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) collects data from States/UTs on an annual basis (Calendar Year). A total of 731, 737 and 659 police personnel were killed on duty in the country during 2014, 2015 and 2016 respectively, as per Annexure. The amount of ex-gratia lump sum released to the Next of Kins of the  deceased  Central  Armed  Police  Forces  (CAPFs)  &  Assam  Rifles  (AR) personnel during last three years and the current financial year are as under:-

| Year                     | Amount (Rupees in crores)   |
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 2014-15                  | Rs. 23.80                   |
| 2015-16                  | Rs. 22.15                   |
| 2016-17                  | Rs. 54.53                   |
| 2017-18 (as on 14.03.18) | Rs. 58.50                   |

## LS.US.Q.NO.4034 FOR 20.03.2018

This  Ministry  does  not  have  information  about  assistance  given  to  martyred State Police personnel as 'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.

## State/UT-wise Total number of Police Personnel Killed / Injured

Annexure on duty during 2014-2016

| SL                | State/UT          | 2014   | 2014    | 2015   | 2015    | 2016   | 2016    |
|-------------------|-------------------|--------|---------|--------|---------|--------|---------|
| SL                | State/UT          | Killed | Injured | Killed | Injured | Killed | Injured |
| 1                 | Andhra Pradesh    | 15     | 123     | 15     | 84      | 27     | 81      |
| 2                 | Arunachal Pradesh | 2      | 5       | 0      | 0       | 1      | 18      |
| 3                 | Assam             | 6      | 20      | 2      | 5       | 2      | 31      |
| 4                 | Bihar             | 16     | 49      | 22     | 33      | 4      | 13      |
| 5                 | Chhattisgarh      | 28     | 107     | 55     | 121     | 31     | 60      |
| 6                 | Goa               | 1      | 1       | 0      | 2       | 4      | 8       |
| 7                 | Gujarat           | 55     | 89      | 62     | 148     | 34     | 63      |
| 8                 | Haryana           | 46     | 122     | 57     | 10      | 52     | 29      |
| 9                 | Himachal Pradesh  | 1      | 5       | 1      | 0       | 2      | 0       |
| 10                | Jammu &Kashmir    | 33     | 360     | 20     | 456     | 24     | 6725    |
| 11                | Jharkhand         | 26     | 8       | 25     | 34      | 8      | 25      |
| 12                | Karnataka         | 13     | 186     | 27     | 191     | 11     | 343     |
| 13                | Kerala            | 3      | 445     | 7      | 575     | 2      | 475     |
| 14                | Madhya Pradesh    | 38     | 120     | 20     | 122     | 22     | 159     |
| 15                | Maharashtra       | 82     | 285     | 64     | 370     | 56     | 428     |
| 16                | Manipur           | 4      | 3       | 1      | 4       | 3      | 31      |
| 17                | Meghalaya         | 4      | 6       | 5      | 16      | 0      | 2       |
| 18                | Mizoram           | 0      | 4       | 3      | 4       | 0      | 0       |
| 19                | Nagaland          | 1      | 0       | 0      | 21      | 1      | 0       |
| 20                | Odisha            | 11     | 74      | 2      | 41      | 3      | 60      |
| 21                | Punjab            | 64     | 28      | 40     | 25      | 70     | 7       |
| 22                | Rajasthan         | 52     | 242     | 37     | 253     | 59     | 169     |
| 23                | Sikkim            | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0       |
| 24                | Tamil Nadu        | 64     | 143     | 49     | 276     | 50     | 153     |
| 25                | Telangana         | 25     | 50      | 28     | 20      | 8      | 14      |
| 26                | Tripura           | 2      | 9       | 0      | 5       | 0      | 12      |
| 27                | Uttar Pradesh     | 95     | 251     | 152    | 218     | 134    | 119     |
| 28                | Uttarakhand       | 6      | 0       | 5      | 0       | 16     | 3       |
| 29                | West Bengal       | 20     | 229     | 22     | 188     | 20     | 136     |
|                   | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 713    | 2964    | 721    | 3222    | 644    | 9164    |
| 30                | A & N Islands     | 0      | 2       | 0      | 25      | 0      | 2       |
| 31                | Chandigarh        | 2      | 26      | 2      | 35      | 0      | 11      |
| 32                | D&N Haveli        | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0       |
| 33                | Daman &Diu        | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0       |
| 34                | Delhi UT          | 16     | 236     | 14     | 204     | 15     | 140     |
| 35                | Lakshadweep       | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0       |
|                   |                   | 0      | 6       | 0      | 0       | 0      | 3       |
| 36                | Puducherry        | 18     | 270     | 16     | 264     | 15     | 156     |
|                   | TOTAL UT(S)       |        | 3234    | 737    | 3486    |        |         |
| TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 731    |         |        |         | 659    | 9320    |

Source: Crime in India