Lok Sabha Question No. 394 (STARRED), answered on 2020-03-20
Subject: Policy on Domestic Violence
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Prataprao Govindrao  Patil Chikhalikar, S. Ramalingam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.394

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.03.2020

## POLICY ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

394.   SHRI PRATAPRAO PATIL CHIKHLIKAR: SHRI RAMALINGAM S.:

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

- (a) whether the Government has formulated/proposes to formulate any new policy to prevent domestic violence across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  number  of  cases  of  domestic  violence  which  came  to  notice  across  the country during the last three years, State/UT and year-wise; and
- (d) the action taken by the Government in regard thereto?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (d) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  394  FOR  20.03.2020  ASKED  BY  SHRI  PRATAPRAO PATIL  CHIKHLIKAR  AND  SHRI  RAMALINGAM  S.  REGARDING  POLICY  ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

(a)  to  (d): The Government has taken various legislative and schematic measures for women to prevent domestic violence which include:

## Legislative Measures:

- (i) The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005: The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 which came into effect in October 2006 aims to provide protection and support to any woman who is, or has been, in  a  domestic  relationship  with  the  respondent  and  who  alleges  to  have  been subjected  to  any  act  of  domestic  violence  by  the  respondent.  The  Act  defines domestic relationship as a relationship between two persons who live or have, at any point of time, lived together in a shared household, when they are related by consanguinity,  marriage,  or  through  a  relationship  in  the  nature  of  marriage, adoption or are family  members living  together  as  a  joint  family  and  domestic violence  as  any  act,  omission  or  commission  that  causes  injury  to  a  woman's physical  or  mental  health  and  includes  specific  forms  of  violence  such  as physical,  sexual,  verbal,  emotional  and  economic  abuse.  It  seeks  to  provide relief to women in the form of protection order, residence order, monetary relief, custody  order  and  compensation  orders.  Breach  of  any  protection  order  is  a criminal offence.

## Schematic Measures:

- (i) One Stop Centre (OSC): One Stop Centre (OSC) scheme is being implemented across the country since 1 st April 2015 which is exclusively designed to provide integrated services such as medical assistance, police facilitation, legal counselling, psycho-social counselling and temporary shelter to women affected by violence under one roof.  728 OSCs have been approved by Government of India out of which, 680 OSCs are operational in the country.
- (ii) Universalisation  of  Women  Helpline  (WHL): This  Ministry  also  provides  24hours toll-free telecom service through short code 181 to women seeking support and information through its Universalisation of Women Helpline scheme. As of now, WHL is functional in 32 States/UTs.
- (iii) Swadhar Greh: The Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing the  Swadhar  Greh  Scheme  which  targets women  victims of unfortunate circumstances who are in need of institutional support for rehabilitation so that they could lead their life with dignity. The Scheme envisages providing shelter, food, clothing, and health as well as economic and social security for women in difficult circumstances which include women victims of domestic violence, family tension  or  discord,  who  are  made  to  leave  their  homes  without  any  means  of subsistence  and  have  no  special  protection  from  exploitation  and/  or  facing litigation on account of marital disputes.

As per National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), State/UT-wise number of cases of domestic violence across the country during the last three years i.e. 2016, 2017 and 2018 are at Annexure .

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (d) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  394  FOR  20.03.2020  ASKED  BY  SHRI  PRATAPRAO PATIL  CHIKHLIKAR  AND  SHRI  RAMALINGAM  S.  REGARDING  POLICY  ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

State/UT-wise number of cases of domestic violence across the country as per National Crime Records Bureau during the last three years i.e. 2016, 2017 and 2018

| Sl. No.   | State/UT          |   2016 |   2017 |   2018 |
|-----------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |      0 |      0 |      2 |
| 3         | Assam             |      2 |      0 |     13 |
| 4         | Bihar             |    171 |     81 |      0 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |      3 |      2 |      1 |
| 6         | Goa               |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 7         | Gujarat           |      0 |      1 |      0 |
| 8         | Haryana           |     10 |      3 |      2 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  |     11 |      4 |      8 |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir   |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 11        | Jharkhand         |      0 |     70 |     79 |
| 12        | Karnataka         |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 13        | Kerala            |    111 |    137 |    175 |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    |     90 |    241 |    275 |
| 15        | Maharashtra       |      2 |     11 |      9 |
| 16        | Manipur           |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 17        | Meghalaya         |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 18        | Mizoram           |      0 |      0 |      1 |
| 19        | Nagaland          |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 20        | Odisha            |      0 |      0 |      1 |
| 21        | Punjab            |      2 |      0 |      1 |
| 22        | Rajasthan         |      4 |      9 |      3 |
| 23        | Sikkim            |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        |      0 |      1 |      0 |
| 25        | Telangana         |      1 |      0 |      0 |
| 26        | Tripura           |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     |     23 |     51 |      1 |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       |      1 |      0 |      0 |
| 29        | West Bengal       |      5 |      3 |      6 |
| 30        | A & N Islands     |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 31        | Chandigarh        |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 32        | D&N Haveli        |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 33        | Daman & Diu       |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 34        | Delhi UT          |      1 |      2 |      2 |
| 35        | Lakshadweep       |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 36        | Puducherry        |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|           | Total             |    437 |    616 |    579 |

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