Lok Sabha Question No. 3842 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-19
Subject: Number of Ragging Cases
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KIRRON KHER, POONAM  MAHAJAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3842 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.03.2018

## Number of Ragging Cases

## 3842. SHRIMATI KIRRON KHER:

SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) the  total  number  of  ragging  cases  including  against  differently-abled  students  recorded  by  the Government during the last five years, year-wise and State/UT-wise;

(b) the number of ragging cases recorded among females, males and transgenders individually and also the immediate redressal mechanism available to students ragged in schools;

(c) whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  a  co-ordination  mechanism  has  been  adopted  by  the Ministry and the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to protect differently abled students from ragging and if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether  the  Government  has  made  anti-ragging  awareness  mandatory  in  private  educational institutions; and

(e) if so, the steps being taken by the Government to avoid ragging by teachers which is less frequent but existent?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

(a) to (e): Details of the total number of ragging cases recorded during the last five years, year-wise and  State/UT-wise  are  attached  in  Annexure.  No  separate  data  is  maintained  by  University  Grants Commission (UGC) for the complaints received against differently-abled students and transgenders. The UGC has received 4916 ragging complaints so far, out of which 4314 complaints are by males and 602 complaints by females. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has informed that whenever it receives any complaint of ragging in a school affiliated to it, it takes action as per the Affiliation Byelaws and existing guidelines which are available at www.cbseaff.nic.in and www.cbse.nic.in, respectively.

To address the issue of ragging in Higher Educational Institutions, the UGC has brought out the UGC Regulations on Curbing the Menace of Ragging in Higher Educational Institutions, 2009. These regulations  are  to  be  followed  by  all  Higher  Educational  Institutions  (HEIs)  including  the  private educational Institutions in the country. These Regulations provide equal protection against ragging to all the students including differentially-abled students. Further, to increase awareness against ragging among the students and the teachers, UGC also undertakes media campaign every year. It also sends advisories to  the  Vice-Chancellors  of  all  Universities  to  curb  the  menace  of  ragging.  An  Anti-Ragging  toll  free 'helpline'  1800-180-5522  in  12  languages  has  been  made  operational  by  the  UGC  with  Call  Centre facilities for helping victims of ragging, besides facilitating effective coordinated action by all concerned. The  UGC  has  developed  an  Anti-Ragging  Website  i.e.  www.antiragging.in.  The  Portal  contains  the record of registered complaints received and the status of the action taken thereon.

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Annexure State/UT-wise and Year-wise details of ragging cases during the last five years

| State                |   2013 |   2014 |   2015 |   2016 |   2017 |   Total |
|----------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|
| Andaman & Nicobar    |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| Andhra Pradesh       |     14 |     21 |     12 |     17 |     28 |      92 |
| Arunachal Pradesh    |      1 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      1 |       2 |
| Assam                |     15 |      8 |      9 |     10 |     33 |      75 |
| Bihar                |     33 |     39 |     21 |     24 |     53 |     170 |
| Chandigarh           |      1 |      0 |      1 |      0 |      3 |       5 |
| Chhattisgarh         |      4 |      7 |      9 |      4 |      9 |      33 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| Daman & Diu          |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| Delhi                |     10 |      7 |      8 |      8 |     13 |      46 |
| Goa                  |      0 |      0 |      1 |      1 |      0 |       2 |
| Gujarat              |     12 |     14 |     11 |      5 |     16 |      58 |
| Haryana              |      9 |      7 |      4 |     11 |     16 |      47 |
| Himachal Pradesh     |      5 |      3 |      4 |      4 |      6 |      22 |
| Jammu & Kashmir      |      6 |      7 |      4 |      2 |      7 |      26 |
| Jharkhand            |     24 |     13 |     19 |     15 |     20 |      91 |
| Karnataka            |     23 |     20 |     23 |     24 |     49 |     139 |
| Kerala               |     25 |     17 |     29 |     35 |     45 |     151 |
| Lakshadweep          |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| Madhya Pradesh       |     80 |     74 |     48 |     55 |    100 |     357 |
| Maharashtra          |     27 |     41 |     17 |     29 |     46 |     160 |
| Manipur              |      1 |      1 |      0 |      0 |      4 |       6 |
| Meghalaya            |      1 |      0 |      1 |      1 |      1 |       4 |
| Mizoram              |      0 |      0 |      1 |      1 |      3 |       5 |
| Nagaland             |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| Odisha               |     71 |     32 |     30 |     28 |     46 |     207 |
| Puducherry           |      4 |      7 |      3 |      0 |      8 |      22 |
| Punjab               |     12 |     11 |      9 |     15 |     16 |      63 |
| Rajasthan            |     39 |     28 |     16 |     20 |     40 |     143 |
| Sikkim               |      1 |      0 |      0 |      1 |      2 |       4 |
| Tamil Nadu           |     32 |     32 |     25 |     33 |     43 |     165 |
| Telangana            |      0 |      3 |      5 |     12 |     12 |      32 |
| Tripura              |      4 |      4 |      1 |      3 |      9 |      21 |
| Uttar Pradesh        |     94 |     80 |     51 |     93 |    143 |     461 |
| Uttarakhand          |     11 |     13 |      8 |     14 |     30 |      76 |
| West Bengal          |     81 |     54 |     53 |     50 |     99 |     337 |
| GRAND TOTAL          |    640 |    543 |    423 |    515 |    901 |    3022 |