Lok Sabha Question No. 4864 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-23
Subject: Attack on SC/ST Students
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Balak Nath

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4864

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 23 rd  JULY, 2019/ SHRAVANA 01, 1941 (SAKA)

ATTACK ON SC/ST STUDENTS

4864.

SHRI BALAK NATH:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  incidents  of  crimes,  atrocities  and  attack  on  Scheduled  Castes (SCs)/Scheduled  Tribes  (STs),  Other  Backward  Classes  (OBCs),  minorities  and weaker sections have reportedly increased in Delhi University among students and University staff;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  total  number  of  such  cases  reported,  cases solved/unsolved, guilty arrested, convicted and the action taken against the guilty, separately during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (c) whether the Government has conducted any inquiry in this regard and if so, the details and the outcome thereof;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  has  issued  any  advisory  to  Delhi  University  to  stop such cases in future and if so, the details thereof along with the extent to which such attacks/atrocities on such persons have come down;
- (e) the details of other measures taken to ensure protection of such persons; and
- (f) whether it is true that the Administration of Delhi University and Delhi Police are not implementing the recommendations of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes regarding the cases of atrocities in DU and if so, the reasons therefor and the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  and  (b):  Delhi  Police  has  reported  that  no  such  incidents  of  crimes,  atrocities and  attack  on  Scheduled  Castes  (SCs),  Scheduled  Tribes  (STs),  Other  Backward Classes  (OBCs),  Minorities  and  weaker  Sections  in  Delhi  University  have  been reported to them during the last three years and  the current year (upto 30.06.2019). University of Delhi has informed that the University is conscious of its responsibilities and has taken necessary measures to deter any untoward acts on SC, ST, OBC, Minorities and weaker Sections among students and University's staff.

(c) and (d):  In view of above, does not arise.

(e):    University Grants Commission (UGC) has instructed all Universities including Delhi  University  on  26.6.2019  to  prevent  caste  based  discrimination  in  higher educational  institutions  (HEI)  and  has  requested  the  Universities  to  advise  the officials/ faculty members of the University to be more sensitive while dealing with incidents of caste discrimination.  UGC has also notified guidelines on 'Safety of students  on  and  off  campuses  of  HEI'  on  16.04.2015,  which  inter-alia  include putting  in  place  'Students  Counseling  System'  by  all  the  HEI  for  the  effective redressal  of  problems  and  challenges  faced  by  students.  The  various  measures taken  by  Delhi  Police  to  protect  such  persons  inter-alia  include  deployment  of adequate police personnel on daily basis at the main gates of the colleges in Delhi University,  augmentation  of  deployment  during  important  events,  maintaining liaison with the University staff as well as the office-bearers of students unions and directing  all  Assistant  Commissioners  of  Police/  SHOs  to  initiate  prompt  legal action against defaulters and to take all possible preventive measures, on ground, to avoid any untoward incidence.

(f): Delhi Police has informed that the recommendations of the National Commission for  Scheduled  Tribes,  regarding  cases  of  atrocities  are  implemented  in  its  true spirit.  The University of Delhi has informed that the University has taken necessary steps for implementation and compliance of various directives from Union Ministry of Human Resource Development and the UGC.

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## LS.US.Q.NO.4864 FOR 23.07.2019