Lok Sabha Question No. 1015 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-08
Subject: Atrocities against SC/ST
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Raju Bista

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

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2022

## ATROCITIES AGAINST SCIST

## 1015. SHRI RAJU BISTA:

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

- (a) the number of cases filed regarding atrocities against SCs and STs in last three years in the State of West Bengal;
- (6) the details of cases undertaken by National/ State Legal Service Authorities to help SCIST victims of these atrocities;
- the number of awareness camp organized under the SCIST Prevention of Atrocities Act across the country, State-wise; and
- (d) the number of SCIST atrocities cases filed in the districts of Darjeeling and Kalimpong in the last three years?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI RAMDAS ATHAWALE)

- (a) As per the National Crime Records Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs, the latest published data pertains to the year 2020 and the atrocity cases registered against the SCs and STs in the State of West Bengal in the year 2018,2019 and 2020 are as under:
- (6): National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) does not maintain any specific data s0 as such to indicate that in how many cases victims of atrocities against SC and STs were provided legal services:

|    |   Year |   SCs |   STs |
|----|--------|-------|-------|
|    |   2018 |   119 |   101 |
| 2_ |   2019 |   145 |    99 |
| 3  |   2020 |   109 |    90 |

However;  under  Section 12 of the Legal  Services Authorities Act; 1987, NALSA has been empowered to provide free legal services to a member of Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribes irrespective of their income. NALSA does not make any distinction regarding the category of cases in which the assistance is sought by any person belonging to the SC and ST categories and provide all sort of assistance to the said categories.

- (c): The State-wise details of number of awareness camps organised in the year 2018,2019 and 2020, is attached as Annerure:
- (d): As per the National Crime Records Bureau; Ministry of Home Affairs, the latest published data pertains to the year 2020 and the atrocity cases filed against the SCs and STs in the districts of Darjeeling and Kalimpong in the 2018,2019 and 2020 are as under: year

|    | Year   | Darjeeling   | Darjeeling   | Kalimpong   | Kalimpong   |
|----|--------|--------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
|    |        | SC           | ST           | SC          | ST          |
|    | 2018   | 1            | 10           | 3           |             |
| 2_ | 2019   | 2            | 3            |             |             |
| 3_ | 2020   |              |              |             |             |

## STATEIUT\_WISE DETAILS OF PUBLICITY PROGRAMMESIAWARENESS GENERATION CAMPS CONDUCTED FOR AWARENESS ABOUT THE PROVISIONS OF SCIST (POA) ACT.

| SL No.            | StatesIUTs                | 2018              | 2019              | 2020              |
|-------------------|---------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|                   | Andhra Pradesh            | 89                | 670               | 18                |
| 2                 | Assam                     | NA                | 13                | 13                |
| 3                 | Chhattisgarh              | 26                | 13                | 11                |
| 4                 | Gujarat                   | 06                | 6                 | NA                |
| 5                 | Haryana                   | 161               | 72                | 95                |
| 6                 | Himachal Pradesh          | 28                | 82                | 15                |
| 7                 | Jharkhand                 | NA                | 64                | 14                |
| 8                 | Karataka                  | 1059              | 640               | 713               |
|                   | Kerala                    | 215               | 88                | NA                |
| 10                | Madhya Pradesh            | 529               | 292               | 109               |
| 11                | Maharashtra               | 198               | 303               | 104               |
| 12                | Odisha                    | 87                | 3                 | 7                 |
| 13                | Punjab                    | 1112              | 1112              | 1112              |
| 14                | Telangana                 | 1702              | 1583              | 1922              |
| 15                | West Bengal               | 189               | 189               | NA                |
| NE Region         | NE Region                 | NE Region         | NE Region         | NE Region         |
| 16                | Tripura                   | 45                | 12                | NA                |
| Union Territories | Union Territories         | Union Territories | Union Territories | Union Territories |
| 17                | Delhi                     | NA                |                   | NA                |
| 18                | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 10                | NA                | NA                |
| 19                | Chandigarh                | 01                | NA                | NA                |
| 20                | Daman & Diu               | 42                | NA                | NA                |
|                   | Total                     | 5499              | 5169              | 4133              |

NANot available\_

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