Lok Sabha Question No. 1466 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-26
Subject: Suicides Cases
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shashi Tharoor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1466

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 26 TH  JULY, 2022/SRAVANA 4, 1944 (SAKA)

SUICIDES CASES

1466.  DR. SHASHI THAROOR:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  collected  data  on  the  number  of  suicides attempted in the country,
- (b) if so, the details of suicides attempted cases reported during the each of the last three years, State-wise and gender-wise;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Government intends to establish a mechanism to collect data on attempted suicides and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the Government has considered establishing a National Suicide Registry and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (f) whether the Government has considered collaborating with other Ministries for strengthening suicide prevention efforts and if so, the details thereof;
- (g)  whether  the  Government  has  considered  releasing  real-time  data  on deaths by suicide and attempted suicides; and

(h) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a)  to  (d):  State/UT-wise  data  related to cases  registered under 'attempt to commit  suicide' as  published  by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 1466 FOR 26.07.2022

in its latest available report, for the years 2018-2020 is at Annexure. NCRB does not maintain gender-wise data in this respect.

(e)  to  (h):  There  is  no  proposal  to  establish  'National  Suicide  Registry'. However,  law  enforcement  agencies  have  access  to  the  data  relating  to cases  registered  under  various  crime  heads  including  attempt  to  suicide using  the  Crime  and  Criminal  Tracking  Networks  and  System.  Ministry  of Health & Family Welfare is the nodal Ministry which takes various preventive measures  to  address  the  burden  of  mental  disorders  for  prevention  of suicides.

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State/UT-wise Cases Registered under Attempt to Commit Suicide during 2018-2020

| SL                | State/UT                   | 2018   | 2019   |   2020 |
|-------------------|----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1                 | Andhra Pradesh             | 368    | 345    |    330 |
| 2                 | Arunachal Pradesh          | 0      | 1      |      0 |
| 3                 | Assam                      | 1      | 1      |     16 |
| 4                 | Bihar                      | 33     | 18     |      8 |
| 5                 | Chhattisgarh               | 24     | 14     |      7 |
| 6                 | Goa                        | 1      | 1      |      0 |
| 7                 | Gujarat                    | 5      | 4      |      2 |
| 8                 | Haryana                    | 70     | 72     |     50 |
| 9                 | Himachal Pradesh           | 33     | 18     |     11 |
| 10                | Jharkhand                  | 7      | 1      |     15 |
| 11                | Karnataka                  | 175    | 117    |     93 |
| 12                | Kerala                     | 65     | 53     |     34 |
| 13                | Madhya Pradesh             | 45     | 32     |     16 |
| 14                | Maharashtra                | 367    | 250    |    212 |
| 15                | Manipur                    | 1      | 1      |      1 |
| 16                | Meghalaya                  | 0      | 1      |      0 |
| 17                | Mizoram                    | 0      | 0      |      0 |
| 18                | Nagaland                   | 1      | 0      |      1 |
| 19                | Odisha                     | 16     | 22     |     42 |
| 20                | Punjab                     | 23     | 25     |     35 |
| 21                | Rajasthan                  | 21     | 20     |     17 |
| 22                | Sikkim                     | 3      | 1      |      1 |
| 23                | Tamil Nadu                 | 195    | 138    |    151 |
| 24                | Telangana                  | 188    | 150    |    128 |
| 25                | Tripura                    | 0      | 1      |      0 |
| 26                | Uttar Pradesh              | 29     | 29     |     17 |
| 27                | Uttarakhand                | 1      | 4      |      5 |
| 28                | West Bengal                | 1      | 2      |      4 |
|                   | TOTAL STATE(S)             | 1673   | 1321   |   1196 |
| 29                | A&N Islands                | 2      | 0      |      0 |
| 30                | Chandigarh                 | 4      | 1      |      1 |
| 31                | D&N Haveli and Daman &Diu+ | 0      | 0      |      0 |
| 32                | Delhi                      | 9      | 9      |      8 |
| 33                | Jammu &Kashmir*            | 365    | 291    |    472 |
| 34                | Ladakh                     | -      | -      |      6 |
| 35                | Lakshadweep                | 1      | 3      |      2 |
| 36                | Puducherry                 | 21     | 13     |      0 |
|                   | TOTAL UT(S)                | 402    | 317    |    489 |
| TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)          | 2075   | 1638   |   1685 |

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