Lok Sabha Question No. 1182 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-09
Subject: Domestic Violence Act
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: GOWDAR MALLIKARJUNAPPA SIDDESHWARA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1182 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.02.2018

## DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT

## 1182.   SHRI G.M. SIDDESHWARA

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

- (a)     the budgetary allocations made for implementation of the Domestic Violence Act, 2005 during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (b)          the  details  of  reported  cases  of  domestic  violence  against  women  during  the  said period, State/UT-wise; and
- (c)          the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  reduce  the  number  of  cases  of  domestic violence and for stringent implementation of the Act?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR)

- (a) There  is  no  such  budgetary  allocation  made  for  implementation  of  the  Domestic Violence Act.  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. State Governments/UT Administrations are responsible  for  implementation  of  the  Protection  of  Women  from  Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA), 2005.
- (b) As  per  National  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB),  the  State/UT-wise  details  of number of cases registered under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PDWVA), 2005 during 2014,  2015 and 2016 is at Annexure-I.
- (c) All the State Governments/UT Administrations are responsible for implementation of  the  Protection  of  Women  from  Domestic  Violence  Act  (PWDVA),  2005. However, The Central Government has been emphasising upon the need to impart training  to  First  Class  Judicial  Magistrates/Metropolitan  Magistrates  to  deal  with cases  under  Domestic  violence  Act  through  National/State  Judicial  Academies. Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  has  issued  advisories  for  combating  crimes  against women  which  are  available  on  www.mha.nic.in.  Continuous  awareness  creation among men and women in the society through workshops, seminars, street plays, Nariki Chaupals, Beti Janmotshav are being undertaken at the district level. Further, advertisements in the press and electronic media educating peoples about issues of domestic  violence  are  also  being  published.  Through  Sabla  programme  of  this Ministry, adolescent girls in the age group of 11 to 18 years are imparted training with regard to legal rights of women.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to Part (b) to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1182 for 09.02.2018 by Shri G.M. Siddeshwara regarding Domestic Violence Act

State/UT-wise Cases Reported (CR) under Protection of Women from Domestic  Violence Act, 2005 during 2014, 2015 and 2016

| Sl   | State/UT          |   2014 |   2015 |   2016 |
|------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh    |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 3    | Assam             |      1 |      0 |      2 |
| 4    | Bihar             |    112 |    161 |    171 |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh      |      0 |      2 |      3 |
| 6    | Goa               |      2 |      0 |      0 |
| 7    | Gujarat           |      2 |      2 |      0 |
| 8    | Haryana           |      4 |     11 |     10 |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh  |      5 |     15 |     11 |
| 10   | Jammu &Kashmir    |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 11   | Jharkhand         |      5 |      0 |      0 |
| 12   | Karnataka         |      0 |      1 |      0 |
| 13   | Kerala            |    140 |    132 |    111 |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh    |     53 |     91 |     90 |
| 15   | Maharashtra       |      4 |      8 |      2 |
| 16   | Manipur           |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 17   | Meghalaya         |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 18   | Mizoram           |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 19   | Nagaland          |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 20   | Odisha            |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 21   | Punjab            |      2 |      2 |      2 |
| 22   | Rajasthan         |     17 |     14 |      4 |
| 23   | Sikkim            |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu        |      4 |      4 |      0 |
| 25   | Telangana         |      1 |      6 |      1 |
| 26   | Tripura           |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh     |     66 |      4 |     23 |
| 28   | Uttarakhand       |      0 |      0 |      1 |
| 29   | West Bengal       |      1 |      2 |      5 |
| 30   | A &NIslands       |      0 |      2 |      0 |
| 31   | Chandigarh        |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 32   | D&N Haveli        |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 33   | Daman &Diu        |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 34   | Delhi UT          |      7 |      4 |      1 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep       |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 36   | Puducherry        |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|      | Total             |    426 |    461 |    437 |

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