Lok Sabha Question No. 4578 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-28
Subject: Crime against SCs
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: P.P. Chaudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4578

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 28 TH  MARCH, 2023/ CHAITRA 7, 1945 (SAKA)

CRIME AGAINST SCs

4578.  SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether  the  Government  has  details  of the  number  of  crimes committed against persons belonging to Scheduled Castes, particularly in the  States  of  Rajasthan  during  the  last  four  years  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;

(b) the number  of crimes  committed  against  women  belonging  to Scheduled Castes during the said period;

(c) whether crimes against persons belonging to Scheduled Castes have been increasing during the said period; and

(d) if so, details of the percentage increase for each year and the action taken thereon for the prevention of the same?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI AJAY KUMAR MISHRA)

(a) & (b) : National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles and publishes statistical data on  crimes  in its publication 'Crime  in India'.  The published reports are available until year 2021. Specific information about women  belonging  to  Scheduled  Caste  is  not  maintained  by  NCRB.  The details  of  number  of  Cases  Registered,  under  Crime  against  Scheduled Castes (SCs) during years 2018-2021, State/UT-wise including Rajasthan are at Annexure.

## L.S. USQ. NO. 4578 FOR 28.03.2023

(c) & (d) : 'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule  to  the  Constitution  of  India.  The  responsibility  of  maintaining law and order, protection of life and property of the citizens including SCs rest with the respective State Governments. The State Governments are competent to deal with such offences under the extant provisions of laws. However, the Government is committed to ensure protection of Scheduled Castes.  Bureau  of  Police  Research  &  Development  (BPR&D)  conducts training,  courses  and  webinars  from  time  to  time  for  police  personnel sensitizing  them  for  effective  implementation  of  Scheduled  Castes  and Scheduled  Tribes  (Prevention  of  Atrocities)  (POA)  Act,  1989.In  addition, Government of India has issued advisories from time to time to implement the  provisions  of  the  POA  Act  and  Rules  in  letter  and  spirit,  which  are available at www.mha.gov.in.

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State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR),  under Crime against Scheduled Castes (SCs) during2018 to 2021.

| SL         | State/UT                    | Cases Registered (CR)   | Cases Registered (CR)   |   Cases Registered (CR) |   Cases Registered (CR) |
|------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|            |                             | 2018                    | 2019                    |                    2020 |                    2021 |
| 1          | Andhra Pradesh              | 1836                    | 2071                    |                    1950 |                    2014 |
| 2          | Arunachal Pradesh           | 0                       | 0                       |                       0 |                       0 |
| 3          | Assam                       | 8                       | 21                      |                      28 |                      15 |
| 4          | Bihar                       | 7061                    | 6544                    |                    7368 |                    5842 |
| 5          | Chhattisgarh                | 264                     | 341                     |                     316 |                     330 |
| 6          | Goa                         | 5                       | 3                       |                       2 |                       4 |
| 7          | Gujarat                     | 1426                    | 1416                    |                    1326 |                    1201 |
| 8          | Haryana                     | 961                     | 1086                    |                    1210 |                    1628 |
| 9          | Himachal Pradesh            | 130                     | 189                     |                     251 |                     244 |
| 10         | Jharkhand                   | 537                     | 651                     |                     666 |                     546 |
| 11         | Karnataka                   | 1325                    | 1504                    |                    1398 |                    1673 |
| 12         | Kerala                      | 887                     | 858                     |                     846 |                     948 |
| 13         | Madhya Pradesh              | 4753                    | 5300                    |                    6899 |                    7214 |
| 14         | Maharashtra                 | 1974                    | 2150                    |                    2569 |                    2503 |
| 15         | Manipur                     | 0                       | 0                       |                       0 |                       0 |
| 16         | Meghalaya                   | 0                       | 0                       |                       0 |                       0 |
| 17         | Mizoram                     | 0                       | 0                       |                       0 |                       0 |
| 18         | Nagaland                    | 0                       | 0                       |                       0 |                       0 |
| 19         | Odisha                      | 1778                    | 1886                    |                    2046 |                    2327 |
| 20         | Punjab                      | 168                     | 166                     |                     165 |                     200 |
| 21         | Rajasthan                   | 4607                    | 6794                    |                    7017 |                    7524 |
| 22         | Sikkim                      | 5                       | 4                       |                       0 |                       2 |
| 23         | Tamil Nadu                  | 1413                    | 1144                    |                    1274 |                    1377 |
| 24         | Telangana                   | 1507                    | 1690                    |                    1959 |                    1772 |
| 25         | Tripura                     | 1                       | 0                       |                       2 |                       3 |
| 26         | Uttar Pradesh               | 11924                   | 11829                   |                   12714 |                   13146 |
| 27         | Uttarakhand                 | 58                      | 84                      |                      87 |                     123 |
| 28         | West Bengal                 | 119                     | 145                     |                     109 |                     108 |
|            | TOTAL STATE(S)              | 42747                   | 45876                   |                   50202 |                   50744 |
| 29         | A&N Islands                 | 0                       | 0                       |                       0 |                       0 |
| 30         | Chandigarh                  | 1                       | 1                       |                       3 |                       0 |
| 31         | D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu+ | 1                       | 2                       |                       1 |                       0 |
| 32         | Delhi                       | 36                      | 76                      |                      69 |                     136 |
| 33         | Jammu &Kashmir*             | 1                       | 2                       |                       7 |                      13 |
| 34         | Ladakh                      |                         | -                       |                       0 |                       0 |
| 35         | Lakshadweep                 | 0                       | 0                       |                       0 |                       0 |
| 36         | Puducherry                  | 7                       | 4                       |                       9 |                       7 |
|            | TOTAL UT(S)                 | 46                      | 85                      |                      89 |                     156 |
| TOTAL (ALL | INDIA)                      | 42793                   | 45961                   |                   50291 |                   50900 |

Source: Crime in India

*' Data of erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir State including Ladakh for 2018 & 2019