Lok Sabha Question No. 2569 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-14
Subject: Atrocities against Elderly Citizens
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Rajendra Agrawal, Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta, Mahendra Singh Solanky, P.P. Chaudhary, Krishna Pal Singh Yadav, Rajbahadur Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2569 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.12.2021

## ATROCITIES AGAINST ELDERLY CITIZENS

2569. SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL:

SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI:

SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA:

SHRI MAHENDRA SINGH SOLANKY:

SHRI PP. CHAUDHARY

DR KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV:

SHRI RAJBAHADUR SINGH:

## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there has been a rise in atrocities against elderly citizens;
- (bJif so, the details thereof and reasons therefor;
- (c) the corrective steps taken by the Government in this regard;
- d) the new undertaken; if any, by the Government in light of reports of recent increase in such atrocities; steps
- (e) whether  the  Government is considering to any legislation in order to resolve the problem and if so, the details thereof? bring

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (DR VIRENDRA KUMAR)

- wise cases registered, cases charge-sheeted, cases convicted, persons arrested, persons chargesheeted and persons convicted under Crime against Senior Citizens during 2018-2020 is enclosed at Annexure-I. The reasons of atrocities  against  elderly citizens are not  maintained by the NCRB:
- (c), (d) & (e): Police and Public Order are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India: The responsibilities to maintain law and order, protection of life and property of the citizen including investigation and prosecution of crime against senior citizens rest with the respective State Governments The State Governments are competent to deal with such offences under the extant provisions of laws  Government accords utmost priority to the

safety of Senior Citizens. The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued two detailed advisories dated 27.03.2008 and 30.08.2013 to all  State   Governments/UTs advising them to take immediate measures to ensure safety and security and for elimination of all forms of neglect, abuse and violence . against old persons   through initiatives such as identification of   senior  citizens, sensitization of police personnel regarding safety, security of older persons, regular visit of the best staff; setting up of toll free senior citizen helpline; setting up of senior citizen security cell; verification of domestic helps, drivers etc.

The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens (MWPSC) Act; 2007 prescribes that State Governments are to develop a Comprehensive Action Plan for protection of life and property of senior citizens.

## Annexure-| referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No: 2569 to be answered 0n14.12.2021

## State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR) , Cases Chargesheeted (CCS); Cases Convicted (CON) , Persons Arrested (PAR), Persons Chargesheeted (PCS) and Persons Convicted (PCV) under Crime against Senior Citizens during 2018-2020

Source: Crime in India

Annexure-|

| SL    | State/UT                         |       |       | 2018   |       |           |      |           |       | 2019   | 2019   | 2019   |      |           |           |       | 2020      | 2020   |      |           |      |      |      |
|-------|----------------------------------|-------|-------|--------|-------|-----------|------|-----------|-------|--------|--------|--------|------|-----------|-----------|-------|-----------|--------|------|-----------|------|------|------|
|       |                                  | CR    | CCS   | CON    | PAR   | PCS       | PCV  | CR        | CCS   | CON    | PAR    | PCS    | PCV  | CR        | CCS       | CON   | PAR       | PCS    | PCV  | PCV       | PCV  | PCV  | PCV  |
|       | Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh | 1673  | 1375  | 161    | 1044  | 2115      | 219  | 2430      | 1796  | 182    | 1531   | 3161   | 255  | 1860      | 1541      | 75    |           | 2884   | 88   | 88        | 88   | 88   | 88   |
|       | Assam                            |       | 2     |        |       |           |      |           |       |        |        |        |      |           |           |       |           |        |      |           |      |      |      |
|       | Bihar                            | 424   | 397   |        | 275   | 557       |      | 251       | 263   | 5      | 380    | 485    | 9    | 322       | 251       |       | 262       | 317    |      |           |      |      |      |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh                     | 1073  | 916   | 118    | 1502  | 1472      | 193  | 1349      | 1153  | 216    | 1915   | 1907   | 331  | 1533      | 1186      | 107   | 2250      | 2038   | 156  | 156       | 156  | 156  | 156  |
| 6     | Goa                              | 36    | 39    | 5      | 27    | 61        | 5    | 40        | 28    | 3      | 31     | 44     | 5    | 31        | 23        |       | 39        | 39     |      |           |      |      |      |
|       | Gujarat                          | 2126  | 1580  | 26     | 2812  | 3026      | 26   | 4088      | 3288  | 21     | 5054   | 5537   | 30   | 2785      | 2327      | 0     | 4338      | 5189   |      |           |      |      |      |
| 8     |                                  | 571   | 271   | 23     | 463   | 447       | 30   | 384       | 181   | 23     | 297    | 268    | 36   | 650       | 262       |       |           | 480    |      | 496       |      |      |      |
|       | Himachal Pradesh                 | 195   | 169   |        | 228   | 316       |      | 166       | 173   | 2      | 238    | 278    | 3    | 394       | 360       |       | 168       | 556    |      |           |      |      |      |
| 10    | Jharkhand                        | 12    | 28    |        | 36    | 29        | 0    |           | 2     | 0      |        |        | 0    |           |           |       | 2         |        | 2    | 2         | 2    | 2    | 2    |
| 11    | Karnataka                        | 1038  | 745   | 12     | 1402  | 1382      | 13   | 1172      | 911   |        | 1521   | 1744   | 2    | 853       |           | 696 9 | 1387      | 1540   | 13   | 13        | 13   | 13   | 13   |
| 12    | Kerala                           | 549   | 474   | 20     | 596   | 568       | 24   | 683       | 584   | 22     | 849    | 862    | 22   | 699       | 483       | 25    | 661       | 636    | 59   | 59        | 59   | 59   | 59   |
| 13    | Madhya Pradesh                   | 3967  | 3548  | 437    | 4416  | 6234      | 665  | 4184      | 3703  | 586    | 4382   | 7042   | 979  | 4602      | 4316      | 243   | 4915      | 10562  | 361  | 361       | 361  | 361  | 361  |
| 14    | Maharashtra                      | 5961  | 2931  | 122    | 5442  | 4785      | 159  | 6163      | 3071  | 144    | 4888   | 4837   | 171  | 4909      | 3162      | 60    | 4370      | 5033   | 84   | 84        | 84   | 84   | 84   |
| 15    | Manipur                          |       | 2     | 2      |       |           |      | 10        | 0     |        |        |        | 0    |           |           | 0 0   |           |        |      |           |      |      |      |
| 16    | Meghalaya                        |       | 0     | 0      |       | 0         | 0    |           | 0     |        |        |        | 0    | 3         |           | 0 0   | 0         | 9      | 0    | 0         | 0    | 0    | 0    |
| 17    | Mizoram                          | 15    | 15    | 5      | 18    | 18        | 6    | 9         | 8     |        | 11     | 10     |      | 8         | 8         | 5     | 9         |        | 6    | 6         | 6    | 6    | 6    |
| 18    | Nagaland                         | 14    | 6     |        | 15    | 8         | 1    | 16        | 5     | 0      | 7      |        | 0    |           | 11        |       |           | 1      | 1    | 1         | 1    | 1    | 1    |
| 19    | Odisha                           | 319   | 238   |        | 250   | 446       | 0    | 157       | 114   | 0      | 87     | 178    | 0    | 326       |           | 0     | 131       | 454    | 0    | 0         | 0    | 0    | 0    |
| 20    | Punjab                           | 217   | 110   | 15     | 360   | 248       | 23   | 228       | 152   | 17     | 365    | 325    | 33   | 289       | 158       | 9     | 463       | 381    | 12   | 12        | 12   | 12   | 12   |
| 21    | Rajasthan                        | 360   | 151   | 50     | 245   | 245       | 79   | 437       | 180   | 112    | 189    | 244    | 163  | 648       | 251       | 52    | 331       | 408    | 80   | 80        | 80   | 80   | 80   |
| 22    | Sikkim                           | 3     |       | 0      |       |           | 0    |           | 3     | 0      |        |        |      |           | 2         | 0     |           |        |      |           |      |      |      |
| 23    | Tamil Nadu                       | 3162  | 2325  | 835    | 3791  | 2950      | 955  | 2509      | 1757  | 846    | 3314   | 2441   |      | 1030      | 1581      | 1113  | 167       | 1529   | 201  | 201       | 201  | 201  | 201  |
| 24    | Telangana                        | 1062  | 679   | 88     | 466   | 1102      | 110  | 1523      | 1040  | 61     | 564    | 1773   | 78   | 1575      | 1169      | 57    | 692       | 1758   | 79   | 79        | 79   | 79   | 79   |
| 25    | Tripura                          |       | 6     | 0      | 14    | 11        |      | 19        | 13    |        | 11     | 19     | 0    | 13        | 8 313     | 0     | 11        | 13,    |      |           |      |      |      |
| 26    | Uttar Pradesh                    | 454   | 353   | 55     | 723   | 716       | 94   | 475       | 410   | 42     | 730    | 794    | 78   |           | 353       |       | 27        | 596    | 36   | 36        | 36   | 36   | 36   |
| 27    | Uttarakhand                      |       | 188   | 0      |       |           |      |           |       | 0      | 239    | 499    |      |           |           |       |           | 5      |      |           |      |      |      |
| 28    | West Bengal                      | 245   |       | 0 1976 | 161   | 307 27058 |      | 353 26669 | 285   |        |        |        |      | 344 23810 | 289       |       | 183       | 481    |      |           |      |      |      |
|       | TOTALSTATE(S)                    | 23498 | 16554 |        | 24304 |           | 2605 |           | 19125 | 2287   | 26625  | 32467  | 3229 |           | 18229     | 850   | 25384     | 34910  | 1191 | 1191      | 1191 | 1191 | 1191 |
| 29    | A&N Islands                      |       |       |        |       |           |      |           |       |        |        | 8      |      |           | 17        | 15    | 20        | 19     | 19   | 19        | 19   | 19   | 19   |
| 30    | Chandigarh                       | 64    | 35    |        | 43    | 44        |      | 50        | 17    | 11     | 35     | 30     |      | 43        | 29        |       | 42        | 40     |      |           |      |      |      |
| 31    | D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu+      | 1     | 1     |        | 1     |           |      | 2         | 1     |        | 1      | 1      |      |           |           |       |           |        |      |           |      |      |      |
| 32    | Delhi                            | 780   | 262   | 19     | 745   | 363       | 26   | 1076      | 280   | 20     | 531    | 394    | 31   | 919       | 240       |       | 460       | 352    | 352  | 352       | 352  | 352  | 352  |
| 33    | Jammu & Kashmir*                 |       |       |        | 10    | 10        |      |           |       | 0      |        | 1      |      | 5         | 3         |       |           |        |      |           |      |      |      |
| 34    |                                  |       |       |        |       |           |      |           |       |        |        |        |      |           |           |       |           | 3      | 3    | 3         | 3    | 3    | 3    |
|       | Ladakh                           |       |       |        |       |           |      |           |       |        |        |        |      |           |           |       |           |        |      |           |      |      |      |
| 35 36 | Lakshadweep                      |       |       |        |       |           |      |           |       |        |        |        |      |           |           |       |           |        |      |           |      |      |      |
|       | Puducherry TQTALUTISL            | 851   | 306   |        | 803   | 422       | 35   | 1135      | 305   | 32     | 575    | 434    | 50   | 984       | 287 18516 |       | 414 35324 |        |      | 526 25910 | 1194 | 1194 |      |
|       | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)                | 24349 | 16860 | 2003   | 25107 | 27480     | 2640 | 27804     | 19430 | 2319   | 27200  | 32901  |      |           |           | 853   |           |        |      |           |      |      |      |
|       |                                  |       |       |        |       |           |      |           |       |        |        |        |      | 3279      | 24794     |       |           |        |      |           |      |      |      |

Note

+'Combined data of erstwhile D&N Haveli UT and Daman & Diu UT for 2018 & 2019

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