Lok Sabha Question No. 433 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Mob-Mobilization
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya, Anil Firojiya, Lallu Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 433

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020/ MAGHA 15, 1941 (SAKA)

MOB-MOBILIZATION

†433.

SHRI MOHANBHAI KALYANJI KUNDARIYA: SHRI ANIL FIROJIYA: SHRI LALLU SINGH:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is aware that mobmobilization has become a routine feature to stage protest in the country;

(b) if so, whether the Government has taken any steps to check such mobmobilization so that nobody could incite violence taking advantage of it;

(c)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  steps  to  initiate  strict  action against the goons who provoke the crowd for violence during such mobmobilization;

(d) if so, the details thereof;

(e)  whether  the  Ministry  has  issued  advisory  to  all  States  and  Union Territories  time  and  again  to  maintain  law  and  order  situation  and immediately penalize people who violated the laws;

(f)  whether  there  is  a  wide  perception  that  people  guilty  of  empirical crimes  are  usually  let  off  and  such  perception  gives  scope  to  other persons  committing  heinous  crimes  such  as  rape,  child  lifting  and  cow slaughter etc. going scot free; and

(g) the steps being taken to improve the condition of police forces?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a) to (f): 'Public Order' and 'Police' are State subjects as per Schedule VII  to the Constitution of India and the State Government  concerned is primarily responsible for maintenance of law and order in the State and to

## L.S.US.Q.NO.433 FOR 04.02.2020

take  action  against  the  culprits  as  per  law.  The  Central  Government monitors the law and order situation in the States and assists the State Governments in case of major law and order problem by deploying Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) on the request of State Governments.

Government of India attaches utmost importance to upholding the rule of law. Accordingly, Ministry of Home Affairs has, from time to time, issued advisories to States/ UTs for maintenance of public order and prevention of crime in their areas of jurisdiction. These advisories are available in the Ministry's website: www.mha.gov.in.

(g): Police reforms are an ongoing process. As 'Police' is a State subject falling  in  List-II  (State  List)  of  Schedule  VII  to  the  Constitution.  It  is primarily the responsibility of the State Governments/ UT Administrations to implement police reforms measures to make police efficient, capable and  also  to  make  functioning  of  police  more  effective  and  transparent. The  Central  Government  issues  advisories  to  the  States  to  bring  in requisite  reforms  in  Police  administration  to  meet  expectations  of  the people.

Under the scheme of 'Assistance to States for Modernisation of Police', to  supplement  the  efforts  of  the  States,  assistance  is  provided  to  the State Governments for equipping and modernizing of their police forces.

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