Lok Sabha Question No. 3567 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-10
Subject: e-Prisons
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: L.S. Tejasvi Surya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3567

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 10 TH  DECEMBER, 2019/AGRAHAYANA 19, 1941 (SAKA) E-PRISONS

3567. SHRI L.S. TEJASVI SURYA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  been  able  to  implement  the  guidelines  it  had issued under the e-Prisons Project to States and Union Territories and whether it faced any difficulty in its implementation;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;

(c) whether the Government has fully implemented the recommendations made by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Empowerment of Women on Women in Detention and Access to Justice, dated March 1, 2018 and whether it faced any difficulty in its implementation;

(d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;

(e)  whether the Government has been able to enrol all the prisoners across the country for Aadhaar card, as per the guidelines it had issued in 2017 and whether there is any difficulty found in its implementation; and

- (f) if so, the details thereof, Statewise?

ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b)  :  State/Union  Territory  (UT)  wise  status of  implementation of E-Prisons project is given in the Annexure. Majority of States/UTs have on-boarded their data on e-prisons portal. However, occasionally a few jails have faced difficulties like network connectivity.

(c)  & (d) : The Ministry of Home Affairs had shared the recommendations of the

Parliamentary Standing Committee on 'Women in Detention and Access to Justice'

## LS.US.Q.NO.3567 FOR 10.12.2019

with  all  States  and  UTs.  States/UTs  have  been  requested  to  take  appropriate action  to  comply  with  the  recommendations  of  the  Parliamentary  Standing Committee. Since 'prisons' and 'persons detained therein' are State subjects under List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India, it is the responsibility of respective States/UTs to take appropriate action in the matter.

(e) & (f) : The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had issued advisories to all States and Union Territories that prison inmates be Aadhaar seeded and had suggested that  the  local  Unique  Identification  Authority  of  India  (UIDAI)  unit  can  be approached  for  initiating  the  enrolment  drive  in  all  correctional  homes.  Since 'prisons'  and  'persons  detained  therein'  are  State  subjects  under  List  II  of  the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India, it is the responsibility of respective States/UTs to take appropriate action in the matter.

## State/UT-wise status of implementation of E-Prisons project

|   Sl. No. | State/UT          | Status                |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|         1 | ANDHRA PRADESH    | Implemented           |
|         2 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | Implemented           |
|         3 | ASSAM             | Implemented           |
|         4 | BIHAR             | Implemented           |
|         5 | CHHATTISGARH      | Partially Implemented |
|         6 | GOA               | Implemented           |
|         7 | GUJARAT           | Implemented           |
|         8 | HARYANA           | Implemented           |
|         9 | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | Implemented           |
|        10 | JAMMU & KASHMIR   | Implemented           |
|        11 | JHARKHAND         | Implemented           |
|        12 | KARNATAKA         | Implemented           |
|        13 | KERALA            | Implemented           |
|        14 | MADHYA PRADESH    | Implemented           |
|        15 | MAHARASHTRA       | Partially Implemented |
|        16 | MANIPUR           | Not Implemented       |
|        17 | MEGHALAYA         | Implemented           |
|        18 | MIZORAM           | Implemented           |
|        19 | NAGALAND          | Implemented           |
|        20 | ODISHA            | Implemented           |
|        21 | PUNJAB            | Implemented           |
|        22 | RAJASTHAN         | Implemented           |
|        23 | SIKKIM            | Partially Implemented |
|        24 | TAMIL NADU        | Implemented           |
|        25 | TELANGANA         | Implemented           |
|        26 | TRIPURA           | Implemented           |
|        27 | UTTAR PRADESH     | Implemented           |
|        28 | UTTARAKHAND       | Implemented           |
|        29 | WEST BENGAL       | Implemented           |
|        30 | A & N ISLANDS     | Implemented           |
|        31 | CHANDIGARH        | Implemented           |
|        32 | D & N HAVELI      | Implemented           |
|        33 | DAMAN & DIU       | Implemented           |
|        34 | DELHI             | Implemented           |
|        35 | LAKSHADWEEP       | Not Implemented       |
|        36 | PUDUCHERRY        | Implemented           |