Lok Sabha Question No. 3851 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-19
Subject: Creation of Incredible India Tourist Police
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: RAYAPATI SAMBASIVA RAO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3851 ANSWERED ON 19.03.2018

## CREATION OF INCREDIBLE INDIA TOURIST POLICE

## 3851. SHRI RAYAPATI SAMBASIVA RAO:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management  (IITTM)  has  recommended  for  creation  of  a special  'Incredible  India  Tourist  Police'  for  safety  of  foreign tourists;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  number  of  attacks  on  foreign  tourists  reported  in  the country  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year, State/UT-wise; and
- (d) the steps/initiatives taken by the Government to prevent such incidents  and  ensure  proper  safety  and  security  of  foreign tourists?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SHRI K.J. ALPHONS)

(a) to (d): IITTM in its study titled 'Functioning of Tourist Police in States/UTs and Documentation of Best Practices' has recommended introduction of Tourist Police with uniforms sporting Incredible India Logo for the safety and security of the tourists.

It has been recommended that the Tourist Police should work under the control of District Police Administration of the concerned State with policing power exclusively for maintaining the safety and security of tourist.

National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) has reported a total of 384, 271 and 284 cases were registered under total crime against foreign  tourists  (Indian  Penal  Code.  +  Special  and  Local  Laws)

during  2014,  2015  and  2016  respectively,  showing  a  mixed  trend with a decline of 29.4% in 2015 over 2014 and an increase of 4.8% in 2016 over 2015. State/UT-wise  cases  registered,  cases  charge-sheeted,  cases convicted,  persons  arrested,  persons  charge-sheeted  and  persons convicted  under  total  crime  against  foreign  tourists  during  20142016  is  enclosed  as  Annexure.    Latest  data  pertains  to  the  year 2016. Furthermore,  to  provide  a  sense  of  safety  and  security  to foreign  tourists  the  Govt.  has  launched  the  24x7  Toll  Free  MultiLingual Tourist Info-Helpline on the toll free number 1800111363/short  code  1363  in  12  Languages  including  Hindi  and English in February 2016. With the efforts of the Ministry of Tourism, a total number of 14 State  Governments/Union  Territory  Administrations  have  deployed the tourist  police  namely Delhi, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in one form or the other.

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ANNEXURE

STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.3851  ANSWERED  ON  19.03.2018  REGARDING  CREATION  OF INCREDIBLE INDIA TOURIST POLICE.

State/UT-wise  Cases  Registered  (CR),Cases  Charge  Sheeted  (CCS),Cases Convicted  (CON),Persons  Arrested  (PAR),Persons  Charge  Sheeted  (PCS)  and Persons  Convicted  (PCV)  under  Total  Crimes  Committed  Against  Foreign Tourists during 2014-2016.

| SL. No.   | State/UT          | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2015   | 2015   | 2015   | 2015   | 2015   | 2015   | 2015   | 2016   | 2016   | 2016   | 2016   | 2016   | 2016   | 2016   | 2016   | 2016   | 2016   | 2016   | 2016   | 2016   |
|-----------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| SL. No.   | State/UT          | CR     | CCSCON |        | PAR    | PCS    | CR     | PCV    | CCS    | CON    | PAR    | PCS    | PCV    | CR     | CCS    | CON    | PAR    | PCS    | PCV    | PCV    | PCV    | PCV    | PCV    | PCV    | PCV    | PCV    |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 2      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 2      | 1      | 2      | 2      | 1      | 4      | 1      | 1      |        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 3         | Assam             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 4         | Bihar             | 13     | 5      | 0      | 10     | 10     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 8      | 7      | 7      |        | 7      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 6         | Goa               | 66     | 27     | 2      | 43     | 32     | 4      | 26     | 22     | 1      | 23     | 29     | 1      | 22     | 16     |        | 18     | 16     | 3      | 3      | 3      | 3      | 3      | 3      | 3      | 3      |
| 7         | Gujarat           | 3      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 2      | 3      | 0      | 3      | 3      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 8         | Haryana           | 6      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 2      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 2      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  | 2      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 4      | 2      |        | 6      | 4      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 1      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 11        | Jharkhand         | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      |        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 12        | Karnataka         | 11     | 7      | 0      | 16     | 16     | 0      | 12     | 5      | 0      | 3      | 3      | 0      | 9      | 6      |        | 18     | 18     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 13        | Kerala            | 7      | 5      | 0      | 4      | 2      | 0      | 7      | 6      | 0      | 3      | 3      | 0      | 13     | 12     | 1      |        | 11     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    | 2      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 2      | 0      | 2      | 2      | 0      | 2      | 2      |        | 2      | 2      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      |
| 15        | Maharashtra       | 25     | 8      | 1      | 3      | 3      | 1      | 36     | 8      | 0      | 38     | 18     | 0      | 18     | 5      | 1      | 6      | 5      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      |
| 16        | Manipur           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 17        | Meghalaya         | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 18        | Mizoram           | 1      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 2      | 1      | 0      | 2      | 2      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 19        | Nagaland          | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 20        | Odisha            | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 2      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      |        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 21        | Punjab            | 3      | 2      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 13     | 1      | 0      | 2      | 1      | 0      | 6      | 0      | 0      | 2      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 22        | Rajasthan         | 31     | 8      | 0      | 12     | 12     | 0      | 20     | 5      | 1      | 7      | 7      | 1      | 18     | 3      | 10     |        | 10     | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      |
| 23        | Sikkim            | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        | 2      | 1      | 0      |        |        | 0      | 2      | 0      | 0      |        | 0      | 0      | 3      |        | 0      |        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
|           |                   |        |        |        | 1      | 1      |        |        |        |        | 0      |        |        | 4      |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
| 25        | Telangana         | 2      | 2      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 26        | Tripura           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     | 64     | 30     | 0      | 38     | 34     | 0      | 32     | 10     | 0      | 11     | 11     | 0      | 6      | 5      | 0      | 7      |        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 28 29     | Uttarakhand       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |        |        |        |        | 0      |        |        |        |
|           | West Bengal       | 4      | 2      | 0      | 8      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      |        | 0      | 1      | 6      | 6      | 6      | 6      | 6      | 6      | 6      | 6      |
|           | TOTAL             |        |        |        |        |        |        | 158    | 63     | 4      |        |        |        |        | 67     | 0      |        |        | 0      | 7      | 94     | 85     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 30        | STATE(S) A & N    | 245    | 100    | 4      | 138    | 114    | 6      |        | 0      | 0      | 94     | 79     | 4      | 121    | 0      |        |        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
|           | Islands           | 0 2    | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0    | 0      |        | 0      | 0      |        |        |        | 0 0    | 0 0    |        | 1      | 0      | 0      |        | 0      |        |        |        |
| 31        | Chandigarh        |        |        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |        |        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |        | 0      |        |        | 0      |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
| 32        | D&N Haveli        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |        |        |        |        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |        |        |        |

| 33   | Daman & Diu       |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
|------|-------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
| 34   | Delhi UT          | 135 |  34 |   1 |  52 |  52 |   1 | 113 |  11 |   1 |  18 |  17 |   1 | 129 |  21 |   4 |  35 |  27 |   4 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep       |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 36   | Puducherry        |   2 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |  33 |  28 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)       | 139 |  34 |   1 |  52 |  52 |   1 | 113 |  11 |   1 |  18 |  17 |   1 | 163 |  49 |   4 |  35 |  27 |   4 |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 384 | 134 |   5 | 190 | 166 |   7 | 271 |  74 |   5 | 112 |  96 |   5 | 284 | 116 |  11 | 129 | 112 |  10 |

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