Lok Sabha Question No. 1541 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-25
Subject: Violence against Women
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: KRISHN PRATAP SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †1541

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 25 TH  JULY, 2017/ SHRAVANA 3, 1939 (SAKA)

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

†1541. DR. KRISHAN PRATAP:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government is aware of the incidents of violence against women which is not reported to the police; and

(b) if so, the total number of such cases during each of the last three years and the current year State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): State/UT-wise  cases  registered  under  crime  against  women  is enclosed as Annexure-I.

Ministry of Home Affairs has issued advisories on crime against women to all State Governments/UTs. These advisories specifically direct the States/UTs  to  increase  the  number  of  women  in  police  force,  compulsory registration  of  FIR,  women  police  station,  24x7  women  help  desk.  These advisories are available at www.mha.nic.in.

'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects under the seventh Schedule to the  Constitution  of  India.  The  responsibilities  to  maintain  law  and  order, protection  of  life  and  property  of  the  citizens  rest  primarily  with  the respective  State  Governments.  The  State  Governments  are  competent  to deal with such offences under the extant provisions of laws.

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ANNEXURE - I L.S.US.Q.NO.1541 FOR 25.7.2017

## State/UT-wise Cases registered, female population and crime rate under Crimes against Women during 2014-2016*

| SL   | State/UT          |   2014 |   2015 |   2016* |
|------|-------------------|--------|--------|---------|
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh    |  16558 |  15997 |   16853 |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh |    352 |    384 |     428 |
| 3    | Assam             |  19472 |  24664 |   23190 |
| 4    | Bihar             |  15675 |  14208 |   13619 |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh      |   6298 |   5769 |    5946 |
| 6    | Goa               |    502 |    391 |     370 |
| 7    | Gujarat           |  10845 |   7770 |    8524 |
| 8    | Haryana           |   9276 |   9674 |   10846 |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh  |   1525 |   1291 |    1290 |
| 10   | Jammu &Kashmir    |   3322 |   3364 |    2854 |
| 11   | Jharkhand         |   6103 |   6596 |    5802 |
| 12   | Karnataka         |  13993 |  12786 |   14250 |
| 13   | Kerala            |  11394 |   9723 |   11167 |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh    |  28769 |  24212 |   26652 |
| 15   | Maharashtra       |  26813 |  31175 |   31308 |
| 16   | Manipur           |    337 |    266 |     278 |
| 17   | Meghalaya         |    399 |    352 |     406 |
| 18   | Mizoram           |    258 |    158 |     284 |
| 19   | Nagaland          |     68 |     91 |     129 |
| 20   | Odisha            |  14720 |  17199 |   19776 |
| 21   | Punjab            |   5448 |   5312 |    5587 |
| 22   | Rajasthan         |  31243 |  28220 |   27720 |
| 23   | Sikkim            |    111 |     53 |     229 |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu        |   6331 |   5904 |    6005 |
| 25   | Telangana         |  14166 |  15401 |   16533 |
| 26   | Tripura           |   1617 |   1281 |    1012 |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh     |  38551 |  35640 |   48757 |
| 28   | Uttarakhand       |   1401 |   1456 |    1784 |
| 29   | West Bengal       |  39312 |  34374 |   34205 |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 324859 | 313711 |  335804 |
| 30   | A &NIslands       |    115 |    136 |     155 |
| 31   | Chandigarh        |    433 |    470 |     409 |
| 32   | D&NHaveli         |     21 |     25 |      38 |
| 33   | Daman &Diu        |     15 |     29 |      51 |
| 34   | Delhi UT          |  15302 |  17189 |   15336 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep       |      4 |      9 |      13 |
| 36   | Puducherry        |     77 |     80 |     142 |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)       |  15967 |  17938 |   16144 |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 340826 | 331649 |  351948 |

Source: Crime in India Note:  * Data for the year 2016 is provisional Note-2: New Crime-heads incorporated under crimes against women are  rape, attempt to commit rape, kidnapping  and  abduction  of  women,  dowry  deaths,  assault  on  women  with  intent  to  outrage  her modesty, insult to the modesty of women, cruelty by husband or his relatives, importation of girls from foreign country, abetment of suicides of women, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition)  Act,  1986,  Commission  of  Sati  Prevention  Act,  1987,  Protection  of  Women  from Domestic  Violence  Act,  2005,  Immoral  Traffic  (Prevention)  Act,  Protection  of  Children  from  Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (girls), acid attack on women, attempt to acid attack on women, foeticide, procuration of minor girls, buying of minors for prostitution, selling of minors for prostitution, human trafficking of women (section 370 & 370A IPC), deaths caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage and causing miscarriage without women's consent

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