Lok Sabha Question No. 800 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-07
Subject: Women&#8217;s Safety
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 800

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 07 TH  FEBRUARY, 2023/ MAGHA 18, 1944 (SAKA)

WOMEN's SAFETY

800.  COL. RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the impact on women's safety in the districts where Investigative Units for  Crime  against  Women  Scheme  was  implemented  along  with  the conviction rate in the crimes;

(b) the funds allocated and utilised for the scheme, State-wise;

(c) whether the Government has any proposal/ plan to bring back a similar or related scheme in the future or has brought one already;

(d) if so, the details thereof; and

(e) if not, the reasons for the same?

ANSWER

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

(a) to (e): 'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. The responsibilities to maintain law and order, protection of life and property of the citizens including women rest with the respective State Governments. However, in order to augment the  capacity  of  States  in  the  domain  of  investigation  of  heinous  crime against  women,  the  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  (MHA)  had   implemented

scheme for assisting States/Union Territories to set up 150 Investigative Units for Crime against Women in districts for a period of two years (201516  and  2016-17)  with  a  50:50  cost  sharing  basis  with  the  States/  Union Territories.  An  amount  of  Rs.  28  lakhs  was  allocated  to  each  unit  by Central Government. State/UT wise units allocated is given at Annexure. Details of such units established by the States/ Union Territories are not maintained centrally. The Ministry is now implementing a Scheme to assist States/UTs  to  set  up  Women  Help  Desks  in  all  Police  Stations.  As  per information  available,  Women  Help  Desks  have  been  set  up  in  13,101 Police Stations.

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## ANNEXURE MENTIONED IN THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 800 FOR 07.02.2022 ON WOMEN'S SAFETY

## Allocated State/UT wise Investigative Units for Crimes against Women

| States / UTs      |   No. of IUCAWs formed |
|-------------------|------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |                      4 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                      4 |
| Assam             |                      6 |
| Bihar             |                      8 |
| Chhattisgarh      |                      6 |
| Goa               |                      1 |
| Gujarat           |                      7 |
| Haryana           |                      4 |
| Himachal Pradesh  |                      3 |
| Jammu& Kashmir    |                      5 |
| Jharkhand         |                      5 |
| Karnataka         |                      6 |
| Kerala            |                      4 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |                     10 |
| Maharashtra       |                      7 |
| Manipur           |                      2 |
| Meghalaya         |                      2 |
| Mizoram           |                      2 |
| Nagaland          |                      2 |
| Odisha            |                      7 |
| Punjab            |                      5 |
| Rajasthan         |                      7 |
| Sikkim            |                      1 |
| Tamil Nadu        |                      7 |
| Telangana         |                      2 |
| Tripura           |                      2 |
| Uttar Pradesh     |                     15 |
| Uttarakhand       |                      3 |
| West Bengal       |                      5 |
| A& N Islands      |                      1 |
| Chandigarh        |                      1 |
| D &NHaveli        |                      1 |
| Daman& Diu        |                      1 |
| Delhi             |                      2 |
| Lakshadweep       |                      1 |
| Puducherry        |                      1 |
|                   |                    150 |