Lok Sabha Question No. 274 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Crime against Women
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Pratima Mondal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 274

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

CRIME AGAINST WOMEN

274.     SHRIMATI PRATIMA MONDAL:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  identified  the  primary  causes  behind  the  rise  in crimes against women and if so, the details thereof;

(b) the data of crime against women during the last three years, State-wise; and

(c) the steps being taken by the Government to empower the women population of rural areas in the country?

ANSWER

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

(a) A  comparison  of  crime  rate  (Crime  Rate=Number  of  cases  reported/Mid-Year projected population in lakhs) of various crime heads on crimes against women in the  last  three  years  shows  no  uniform  trend.  However,  the  Ministry  has  taken several  steps  to  spread  awareness  amongst  the  citizens,  sensitization  of  police officers at various levels, issuance of advisories for compulsory registration of FIRs and penal provisions for non-registration of FIRs etc. This has improved reporting of crimes against women.

## L.S.US.Q. NO. 274 FOR 04.02.2020

(b) National  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB)  compiles  and  publishes  information  on crimes in its publication 'Crime in India'. The published reports are available till the year 2018. The details of cases registered under crime against women for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018 are available at Annexure.

(c) As  per  available  information,  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  is undertaking Mahila Shakti Kendra Scheme. This scheme was approved in November, 2017 as a centrally sponsored scheme to empower rural women through community participation.

## ANNEXURE L.S.US.Q. NO. 274 FOR 04.02.2020

## Crime against Women (IPC+SLL) during the year 2016-2018

| SL. No          | State/UT        |   2016 |   2017 |   2018 |
|-----------------|-----------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1               | Andhra Pradesh  |  16362 |  17909 |  16438 |
| 2               | Pradesh         |    367 |    337 |    368 |
| 3               | Assam           |  20869 |  23082 |  27728 |
| 4               | Bihar           |  13400 |  14711 |  16920 |
| 5               | Chhattisgarh    |   5947 |   7996 |   8587 |
| 6               | Goa             |    371 |    369 |    362 |
| 7               | Gujarat         |   8532 |   8133 |   8329 |
| 8               | Haryana         |   9839 |  11370 |  14326 |
| 9               | HimachalPradesh |   1222 |   1246 |   1633 |
| 10              | Jammu& Kashmir* |   2850 |   3129 |   3437 |
| 11              | Jharkhand       |   5453 |   5911 |   7083 |
| 12              | Karnataka       |  14131 |  14078 |  13514 |
| 13              | Kerala          |  10034 |  11057 |  10461 |
| 14              | MadhyaPradesh   |  26604 |  29788 |  28942 |
| 15              | Maharashtra     |  31388 |  31979 |  35497 |
| 16              | Manipur         |    253 |    236 |    271 |
| 17              | Meghalaya       |    372 |    567 |    571 |
| 18              | Mizoram         |    120 |    301 |    249 |
| 19              | Nagaland        |    105 |     79 |     75 |
| 20              | Odisha          |  17837 |  20098 |  20274 |
| 21              | Punjab          |   5105 |   4620 |   5302 |
| 22              | Rajasthan       |  27422 |  25993 |  27866 |
| 23              | Sikkim          |    153 |    163 |    172 |
| 24              | Tamil Nadu      |   4463 |   5397 |   5822 |
| 25              | Telangana       |  15374 |  17521 |  16027 |
| 26              | Tripura         |   1013 |    972 |    907 |
| 27              | UttarPradesh    |  49262 |  56011 |  59445 |
| 28              | Uttarakhand     |   1588 |   1944 |   2817 |
| 29              | WestBengal      |  32513 |  30992 |  30394 |
| TOTALSTATE(S)   | TOTALSTATE(S)   | 322949 | 345989 | 363817 |
| 30              | A&N Islands     |    108 |    132 |    147 |
| 31              | Chandigarh      |    414 |    453 |    442 |
| 32              | D&N Haveli**    |     28 |     20 |     38 |
| 33              | Daman& Diu**    |     41 |     26 |     16 |
| 34              | Delhi UT        |  15310 |  13076 |  13640 |
| 35              | Lakshadweep     |      9 |      6 |     11 |
| 36              | Puducherry      |     95 |    147 |    166 |
| TOTAL UT(S)     | TOTAL UT(S)     |  16005 |  13860 |  14460 |
| TOTAL ALL INDIA | TOTAL ALL INDIA | 338954 | 359849 | 378277 |