Lok Sabha Question No. 828 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-05
Subject: Domestic Violence During the Lockdown
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Karti P. Chidambaram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.828

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.02.2021

## DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DURING THE LOCKDOWN

828.    SHRI KARTI   P. CHIDAMBARAM:

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

- (a) whether the Ministry has taken note of increase in number of domestic violence complaints during the lockdown;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  remedial  measures  taken  by  the Government in this regard;
- (c) whether the Ministry has taken note of the increase in number of child marriages during the pandemic;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and remedial measures taken in this regard;
- (e) whether the Ministry maintains any data on the number of girls dropping out of the  school  system during  the  current  year,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  during  the past five years, State-wise; and
- (f) the preventive measures being taken by the Ministry in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b)     :     National  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB)  compiles  and  publishes information on crimes in its publication 'Crime in India' which is available on the website of  NCRB  https://ncrb.gov.in.  The  published  reports  are  available  till  the  year  2019.

'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. The responsibility to maintain law and order, protection of life and property  of  the  citizens  including  women  are  with  the  respective  State  Governments. The  State  governments  are  competent  to  deal  with  such  offences  under  the  extant provision of law. However, Government has taken a number of initiatives in this regard during COVID-19 lockdown. The Government has ensured that its institutions such as One  Stop  Centres  (OSCs),  Universalisation  of  Women  Help  Line  (WHL),  Ujjawala Homes,  Swadhar  Greh, Child Care Institutions, Child Line (1098),  Emergency Response Support System (112) and various statutory authorities under women centric laws  such  as   'The  Protection  of  Women  from  Domestic  Violence  Act,  2005',  'The Dowry  Prohibition  Act,  1961',  'The  Prohibition  of  Child  Marriage  Act,  2006'  etc. remained  operational  and  available  for  providing  assistance  to  women  during  the period. Further, during lockdown, National Commission for Women also took measures to  assist   women  facing  distress. The  Government  has  also  undertaken  sensitization programs for the concerned officials of States and UTs for this purpose.

(c) & (d):  The data on cases of child marriage is available on the website of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) at https://ncrb.gov.in in its publication 'Crime in India'. The  published  reports  are  available  till  the  year  2019.  The  National  Commission  for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has reported registering of 111 complaints of Child Marriage during the year 2020.

The Government has enacted 'The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006' in order to prohibit  child  marriages.  Advisories  are  issued  to  States/  UTs,  from  time  to  time,  to ensure  effective  implementation  of  the  Act.  The  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child Development implements the 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP)' scheme in which the creation of awareness on matters pertaining to gender equality and discouraging child marriage  is  an  important  focus  area.  The  NCPCR  also  undertakes  awareness programmes and consultations with stakeholders from time to time in this regard.

(e)  &  (f)   :      As  per  the  information  provided  by  the  Ministry  of  Education,  year  wise and state wise annual average drop-out rate for girls in both Elementary and Secondary level is enclosed at Annexure. In addition, this Ministry has also launched Scheme for Adolescent Girls (SAG) for the out of school girls in the age group of 11-14 years for their  self-development  and  empowerment  and  to  improve  their  nutrition  and  health status, promoting awareness about health, hygiene, nutrition, Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health (ARSH). Further, the Anganwadi Worker undertakes home visits in their  respective  areas,  with  the  help  of  Panchayati  Raj  Institutions  (PRIs),  school teachers and other stakeholders to identify out of school girls in the age group of 11 to 14 years and advises the girls to register themselves under the scheme for availing the services.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (e) AND (f) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.828  FOR  05.02.2021  ASKED  BY  SHRI  KARTI  P.  CHIDAMBARAM  REGARDING 'DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DURING THE LOCKDOWN'

State/UT-wise list of Annual Average dropout rate of girls'

| Sl. No .   | State                   | 2014-15    | 2014-15   | 2015-16    | 2015-16    | 2016-17    | 2016-17    | 2017-18    | 2017-18     | 2018-19    | 2018-19   |
|------------|-------------------------|------------|-----------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|-------------|------------|-----------|
| Sl. No .   | State                   | Elementary | Secondary | Elementary | Secondary  | Elementary | Secondary  | Elementary | Secondary   | Elementary | Secondary |
| 1          | A & N Island s          | 1.2        | 6.0       | 1.1        | 8.2        | 1.5        | 6.8        | 0.1        | 4.9         | 0.9        | 18.0      |
| 2          | Andhra Prad esh         | 4.3        | 13.4      | 6.3        | 15.6       | 1.6        | NE         | 0.0        | 21.4        | 0.0        | 15.2      |
| 3          | Arunachal P radesh      | 9.1        | 12.8      | 9.5        | 15.8       | 20.0       | 28.1       | 6.6        | 17.2        | 11.8       | 36.2      |
| 4          | Assam                   | 6.6        | 32.1      | 13.4       | 29.3       | 4.1        | 28.8       | 7.5        | 35.2        | 2.0        | 32.1      |
| 5          | Bihar                   | 2.2        | 26.1      | 0.7        | 26.6       | 10.0       | 41.0       | 7.6        | 33.7        | 9.7        | 32.1      |
| 6          | Chandigarh              | 0.0        | -         | 0.0        | -          | 0.0        | -          | 0.0        | -           | 0.0        | 4.3       |
| 7          | Chhattisgarh            | 2.2        | 22.7      | 3.4        | 19.9       | 3.9        | 22.4       | 2.8        | 18.2        | 4.6        | 14.0      |
| 8          | D & N Haveli            | 3.3        | 26.8      | 2.5        | 15.1       | 1.0        | 27.9       | 0.9        | 22.0        | 0.8        | 17.5      |
| 9          | Daman & Di u            | 1.7        | 20.3      | 1.3        | 29.7       | 0.0        | 17.1       | 0.8        | 17.1        | 0.0        | 19.3      |
| 10         | Delhi                   | 0.0        | 6.6       | 0.0        | 9.8        | 0.0        | 8.6        | 0.4        | 16.0        | 0.0        | 13.7      |
| 11         | Goa                     | 0.2        | 7.2       | 0.6        | 7.7        | 1.9        | 13.0       | 0.0        | 4.0         | 1.3        | 6.2       |
| 12         | Gujarat                 | 3.5        | 19.8      | 3.7        | 23.2       | 3.7        | 21.9       | 5.0        | 19.0        | 4.6        | 21.2      |
| 13         | Haryana                 | 1.6        | 13.3      | 5.9        | 15.3       | 0.0        | 12.3       | 0.0        | 13.1        | 0.4        | 13.7      |
| 14         | Himachal Pr adesh       | 0.6        | 8.8       | 1.0        | 5.8        | 1.0        | 6.3        | 0.2        | 5.3         | 0.4        | 6.6       |
| 15         | Jammu & Ka shmir        | 5.2        | 16.1      | 6.3        | 17.7       | 13.9       | 25.5       | 1.6        | 2.5         | 6.9        | 17.7      |
| 16         | Jharkhand               | 6.5        | 23.3      | 6.3        | 24.6       | 17.2       | 37.1       | 0.0        | 10.7        | 6.3        | 22.4      |
| 17         | Karnataka               | 2.4        | 26.6      | 2.8        | 24.5       | 2.9        | NE         | 1.8        | 21.9        | 0.0        | 20.2      |
| 18         | Kerala                  | 0.0        | 11.4      | 0.0        | 9.5        | 0.0        | 9.8        | 0.2        | 9.5         | 0.0        | 6.8       |
| 19         | Lakshadwee p            | 0.0        | 7.7       | 0.9        | 5.0        | 0.0        | 5.9        | 0.0        | 3.4         | 0.0        | 5.5       |
| 20         | Madhya Pra desh         | 11.5       | 27.9      | 8.1        | 26.0       | 6.1        | 23.8       | 4.9        | 24.2        | 4.6        | 24.6      |
| 21         | Maharashtra             | 0.9        | 13.8      | 1.8        | 12.6       | 1.2        | 11.1       | 1.0        | 12.2        | 1.6        | 12.8      |
| 22         | Manipur                 | 15.3       | 15.3      | 8.3        | 15.9       | 16.3       | 21.0       | 3.0        | 7.8         | 4.4        | 13.2      |
| 23         | Meghalaya               | 8.8        | 24.0      | 7.8        | 20.3       | 17.3       | 27.9       | 2.2        | 17.6        | 13.2       | 18.3      |
| 24         | Mizoram                 | 10.9       | 17.4      | 8.0        | 20.7       | 13.4       | 28.9       | 6.8        | 16.9        | 5.5        | 10.1      |
| 25         | Nagaland                | 19.1       | 36.1      | 3.1        | 18.5       | 20.3       | 31.0       | 4.2        | 12.9        | 8.4        | 22.5      |
| 26         | Odisha                  | 2.9        | 49.6      | 3.0        | 29.4       | 4.6        | 28.8       | 5.3        | 27.8        | 4.3        | 7.2       |
| 27         | Puducherry              | 0.7        | 10.0      | 0.5        | 9.4        | 0.0        | 9.4        | 1.9        | 12.7        | 0.0        | 7.9       |
| 28         | Punjab                  | 1.9        | 8.7       | 3.4        | 8.4        | 2.7        | 7.9        | 3.2        | 10.8        | 1.9        | 9.6       |
| 29         | Rajasthan               | 8.8        | 20.1      | 4.6        | 13.4       | 6.4        | 15.3       | 3.5        | 10.8        | 4.8        | 12.9      |
| 30         | Sikkim                  | 3.7        | 12.1      | 0.8        | 14.4       | 5.7        | 22.7       | 0.0        | 14.1        | 2.8        | 21.3      |
| 31         | Tamil Nadu              | 2.0        | 8.0       | 0.0        | 4.4        | 0.9        | 6.3        | 7.3        | 13.0        | 1.3        | 8.1       |
| 32         | Telangana               | 5.3        | 16.86     | 2.02       | 14.50      | 7.0        | 21.50      | 2.7        | 15.16       | 2.3        | 11.6      |
| 33         | Tripura                 | 3.1        | 25.70     | 1.34       | 28.83      | 4.6        | 30.32      | 1.1        | 27.26       | 2.9        | 29.7      |
| 34         | Uttar Prades            | 5.1        | 7.35      | 6.90       | 10.60      | 9.7        | 12.90      | 8.0        | 19.47       | 9.4        | 15.6      |
| 35         | h                       |            | 7.44      | 2.91       |            |            |            |            |             |            | 9.5       |
| 36         | Uttarakhand West Bengal | 2.4 2.6    | 19.77     | 1.58       | 9.46 19.06 | 4.7 7.4    | 8.15 27.27 | 3.2 0.0    | 10.74 15.09 | 3.5 1.6    | 19.6      |
|            | All States              | 4.3        | 17.79     | 4.09       | 16.88      | 6.34       | 19.81      | 4.1        | 18.39       | 4.74       | 17.3      |

Source DISE & UDISE+

(-)Negative Dropout not reported

NE : Not Estimated

Data for 2017-18 and 2018-19 is provisional.