Lok Sabha Question No. 1087 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-22
Subject: Domestic Violence against the Women
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Prataprao Govindrao  Patil Chikhalikar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.1087

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.11.2019

## DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST THE WOMEN

## 1087.  SHRI PRATAPRAO PATIL CHIKHLIKAR:

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

- (a) whether incidents of domestic violence against the women in the country are on the rise;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) the total number of cases reported and the number of those registered, during the last three years, State-wise; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to curb domestic violence?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) to (d) :       As per the data published by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), in the  past  three  years,  the  number  of  cases  reported/  registered  of  domestic  violence against women under 'The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005' is 461 in 2015, 437 in 2016 and 616 in 2017.  The total numbers of such cases State/UTwise in the past three years is at Annexure-I.

(e) :     'The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005' which came into effect  in  October,  2006  aims to  provide  protection  and  support  to victims  of  domestic violence. The  Act  provides  for  appointment  of  Protection  Officers  and  registration  of Service Providers by State Governments for carrying out various duties and functions relating to protection and relief to women suffering from domestic violence. Further, the State  Governments  and  UT  Administrations  have  been  advised  to  allocate  separate budgets  for  smooth  functioning  of  Protection Officers (PO),  providing support  to survivors, training and capacity building of Police, Judiciary, Medical Officers, Service Providers as well as for creating mass awareness about the Act. The Ministry has also advised  States  to  provide  information  to  aggrieved  women  about  their  rights  in  a simplified manner in local languages or dialects.

*****

Annexure-I

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  Part  (a)  to  (d)  to  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question  No.1087  for  22.11.2019  by  Shri Prataprao  Patil  Chikhlikar regarding 'DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST THE WOMEN'

| Sl. No.   | State/UT          |   Number of Cases |   Number of Cases |   Number of Cases |
|-----------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT          |              2015 |              2016 |              2017 |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |                 0 |                 0 |                 0 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |                 0 |                 0 |                 0 |
| 3         | Assam             |                 0 |                 2 |                 0 |
| 4         | Bihar             |               161 |               171 |                81 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |                 2 |                 3 |                 2 |
| 6         | Goa               |                 0 |                 0 |                 0 |
| 7         | Gujarat           |                 2 |                 0 |                 1 |
| 8         | Haryana           |                11 |                10 |                 3 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  |                15 |                11 |                 4 |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir    |                 0 |                 0 |                 0 |
| 11        | Jharkhand         |                 0 |                 0 |                70 |
| 12        | Karnataka         |                 1 |                 0 |                 0 |
| 13        | Kerala            |               132 |               111 |               137 |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    |                91 |                90 |               241 |
| 15        | Maharashtra       |                 8 |                 2 |                11 |
| 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 |                 0 |
| 22        | Rajasthan         |                14 |                 4 |                 9 |
| 23        | Sikkim            |                 0 |                 0 |                 0 |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        |                 4 |                 0 |                 1 |
| 25        | Telangana         |                 6 |                 1 |                 0 |
| 26        | Tripura           |                 0 |                 0 |                 0 |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     |                 4 |                23 |                51 |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       |                 0 |                 1 |                 0 |
| 29        | West Bengal       |                 2 |                 5 |                 3 |
| 30        | A &NIslands       |                 2 |                 0 |                 0 |
| 31        | Chandigarh        |                 0 |                 0 |                 0 |
| 32        | D&N Haveli        |                 0 |                 0 |                 0 |
| 33        | Daman &Diu        |                 0 |                 0 |                 0 |
| 34        | Delhi UT          |                 4 |                 1 |                 2 |
| 35        | Lakshadweep       |                 0 |                 0 |                 0 |
| 36        | Puducherry        |                 0 |                 0 |                 0 |
|           | Total             |               461 |               437 |               616 |

*****