Lok Sabha Question No. 2729 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-14
Subject: Atrocities against SC/ST
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Girish Chandra

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2729 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.12.2021

## ATROCITIES AGAINST SCIST

## 2729. SHRI GIRISH CHANDRA:

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

- () the details of atrocities against SCs/STs reported during the last five years in the country, State-wise particularly in the State of Uttar Pradesh;
- (6) the details of convictions against these cases of atrocities, State-wise;
- whether the victim'$ families have been provided any financial or legal assistance by the State in such cases, if so, the details thereof;
- whether there has been a spike in these cases the last two years; and sharp during
- (e) if the steps taken by Government to curb the in cases? SO,` spike

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): State-wise details of atrocities against SCs/STs and the details of convictions during the year 2016 to 2020 including Uttar Pradesh, (as per the latest data provided by National Crime Records Bureau), are annexed at Annexure A & B respectively:
- (c): This Ministry releases funds to the States/UTs under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme for the Protection of Civil Rights (PCR) Act; 1955 and the Scheduled Caste and the Scheduled Tribes
- Functioning and strengthening of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Protection Cell and Special Police Stations
- (ii) Setting up and Functioning of Exclusive Special Courts
- (iii) Relief and Rehabilitation of atrocity victims
- (iv) Incentive for Inter-Caste Marriages, where one of the spouses is a member of a Scheduled Caste.
- Awareness Generation

State-wise details of number of victims   provided reliefllegal assistance the year 20162020 is attached at Annexure C during

(d) & (): The Atrocity Cases in the year 2018 have decreased approximately by 1L.IS% from the year 2017, but have increased by 11.46% in 2019 and 8.6% in 2020 from the previous year:

Since 'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule (List-Il) to the Constitution of India The responsibility of maintaining Law and Order; Protection of life and property of the citizens including SCs/STs rest with the respective State Governments/Union Territory Administrations and the States are competent to deal with such offences under the extant provisions of laws:

However; Government of India issues advisories to the State Governments/UT Administrations from time to time for effective implementation of the PoA Act and Rules made thereunder:

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## Annexure A to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2729 for 14.12.2021

Details of number of cases registered relating to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 in conjunction with the during the year 2016,2017,2018,2019 and 2020. IPC,

| No_    | States/UT          |       |      |       |           |        |           |          |         |       |                                     |                                     |                                     |       |         |       |
|--------|--------------------|-------|------|-------|-----------|--------|-----------|----------|---------|-------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------|---------|-------|
| No_    | States/UT          | 2016  | 2016 | 2016  | 2017      | 2017   | 2017      |          |         |       | Act1989,in conjunction with the IPC | Act1989,in conjunction with the IPC | Act1989,in conjunction with the IPC |       |         |       |
| No_    | States/UT          | SC    |      | Total | SC        |        | Total     | SC       | 2018 ST | Total | SC                                  | 2019 ST                             | Total                               | SC    | 2020 ST | Total |
|        | Andhra Pradesh     |       |      |       |           |        |           |          | 10      | 11    |                                     | 13                                  | 14                                  | 15    | 16      | 47    |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh  | 2335  | 405  | 2740  | 1969      | 341    | 2310      | 1632     | 303     | 1935  | 1892                                | 312                                 | 2204                                | 1769  | 300     | 2069  |
|        | Assam              |       |      |       | 10        | 65     |           |          |         |       |                                     |                                     |                                     |       |         |       |
| 4      | Bihar              |       | 25   | 5726  | 6747      | 80     | 75        |          |         |       | 17                                  |                                     | 18                                  | 17    |         | 23    |
| 5      | Chhattisgan        | 243   | 402  | 645   | 283       | 399    | 6827      | 6863     | 64      | 6927  | 6540                                | 97                                  | 6637                                | 7367  | 94      | 7461  |
| 6.     | Goa                | 10    | 41   | 21    | 10        |        | 682       | 264      | 386     | 650   | 339                                 | 427                                 |                                     | 316   | 501     | 817   |
|        | Gujarat            | 1321  | 281  | 1602  | 1477      |        | 42        |          |         |       |                                     |                                     |                                     |       |         |       |
| 8      | Haryana            | 639   |      | 639   | 760       | 319    | 1796      | 4321     | 299     | 4620  | 1295                                | 310                                 | 1605                                | 1258  | 289     | 1547  |
| 9_     | Himachal Pradesh   | 115   |      | 117   | 108       |        |           | 912      |         | 912   | 1034                                |                                     | 1035                                | 4132  |         | 4132  |
| 10     | Jharkhand          | 525   | 280  | 805   | 541       | 237    | 441       | 34       |         | 34    | 30                                  |                                     | 30                                  | 40    |         | 41    |
|        | Karnataka          | 1866  | 371  | 2237  | 1869      | 401    | 778 2270  | 215 1226 | 81      | 296   | 324                                 | 136                                 | 460                                 | 367   | 462     | 534   |
| 12     | Kerala             | 810   |      | 992   | 915       | 144    | 1059      |          | 302     | 1528  | 1417                                | 316                                 | 1733                                | 1263  | 269     | 1532  |
| 13     | Madhya Pradesh     | 4922  | 1823 | 6745  | 5892      | 2289   | 8181      | 783      | 126     | 909   | 776                                 | 128                                 | 904                                 | 776   | 419     | 895   |
| 14.    | Maharashtra        | 1736  | 403  | 2139  | 1688      | 464    |           | 4741     | 1867    | 6608  | 5299                                | 1920                                |                                     | 6899  | 2399    | 9298  |
| 15     | Manipur            |       |      |       |           |        | 2152      | 1807     | 507     | 2314  | 4932                                | 506                                 | 2438                                | 2359  | 639     | 2998  |
| 16     | Meghalaya          |       |      |       |           |        |           |          |         |       |                                     |                                     |                                     |       |         |       |
| 17_    | Mizoram            |       |      |       |           |        |           |          |         |       |                                     |                                     | 0                                   |       |         |       |
| 18     | Nagaland           |       |      |       |           |        |           |          |         |       |                                     |                                     | 8                                   |       |         |       |
| 19     | Odisha             | 1796  | 681  | 2477  | 1969      | Z00    | 2669      | 1747     | 552     |       |                                     |                                     |                                     |       |         |       |
| 20     | Punjab             | 132   |      | 134   | 418       |        | 118       | 136      |         | 2299  | 1845                                | 576                                 | 2421                                | 2046  | 605     | 2651  |
| 21     | Rajasthan          | 5134  | 4195 | 6329  | 4238      | 984    |           |          |         | 136   | 130                                 |                                     | 431                                 | 419   |         | 421   |
| 22     | Sikkim             |       |      |       | 5         |        | 5222      | 4490     | 1073    | 5563  | 6659                                | 1759                                | 8418                                | 6895  | 1849    | 8744  |
| 23     | Tamil Nadu         | 1287  | 19   | 1306  |           |        | 41        |          |         |       |                                     |                                     |                                     |       |         |       |
| 24     | Telangana          | 1529  | 375  | 1904  | 4361 1465 | 22 435 | 1383      | 1331     | 13      | 1344  | 1060                                | 28                                  | 4088                                | 1237  | 18      | 1255  |
| 25     | Ipura              |       |      |       |           |        | 41900     | 1337     | 383     | 1720  | 1545                                | 494                                 |                                     | 1842  | 545     | 2387  |
| 26     | Uttar Pradesh      |       |      | 10430 |           |        |           |          |         |       |                                     |                                     |                                     |       |         |       |
| 27.    | Uttarkhand         | 65    | 3    | 68    | 11232 96  |        | 41320 107 | 9327     | 131     | 9458  | 9451                                | 205                                 |                                     | 10138 |         | 40139 |
| 28     | West Bengal        |       | 83   |       | 138       |        | 260       | 42 100   | 76      | 49    |                                     |                                     | 67                                  | 33    |         | 46    |
| 29     | A& N Islands       | 49    |      | 202   |           |        |           |          |         | 176   | 100                                 | 76                                  | 176                                 |       | 67      |       |
|        |                    |       |      |       |           |        |           |          |         |       |                                     | 0                                   |                                     |       |         |       |
|        | Haveli and         |       |      | 2     |           |        | }         |          |         |       |                                     |                                     |                                     |       |         |       |
|        | Daman & Diut       |       |      |       |           |        |           |          |         |       |                                     |                                     |                                     |       |         |       |
| 32     | Delhi              | 53    |      |       |           |        |           |          |         |       |                                     |                                     | 0                                   |       |         | 3     |
| 33     | Jammu and Kashmir* | NA    |      |       | N         |        |           |          |         |       | 43                                  |                                     | 43                                  | 31    |         |       |
| 34.    | Ladakh             |       |      |       |           |        |           |          |         |       |                                     |                                     |                                     |       |         |       |
| 35     | Lakshadweep        |       |      |       |           |        |           |          |         |       |                                     |                                     |                                     |       |         |       |
| 36_    | Puducherty         |       |      |       | 26        |        | 26        |          |         |       |                                     |                                     |                                     |       |         | 0     |
|        | Total              | 40774 | 6564 | 47338 | 42969     |        |           | 38327    |         |       |                                     |                                     |                                     |       |         |       |
| Note:- |                    |       |      |       |           | 7125   | 50094     |          | 6178    | 44505 | 41793                               | 7815                                | 49608                               | 45995 | 7891    | 52886 |

Annexure Btothe\_Lok Sabha Unstarred QueNo2729for 14.12.2021 State/UT-wlse Cases Convicted (CONJunder Total Crime against Scheduled Castes (SCs)and Scheduled Tribes (STs) during 2016-2020

Source: National Crime Records Bureau, MHA

Note

Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal in time for 2019,Data furnished for 2018 has been used

|       | State/Ut                   | 2016   | 2016     | 2017     | 2017     | 2018   | 2018   | 2019     | 2019     | 2020     | 2020     |
|-------|----------------------------|--------|----------|----------|----------|--------|--------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|       | State/Ut                   |        | CON (ST) | CON (SC) | CON (ST) |        |        | CON (SC) | CON (ST) | CON (SC) | CON (ST) |
|       | Andhra Pradesh             | 31     |          | 48       |          | 47     | 11     | 38       | 2        | 37       |          |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh          | 0      |          |          |          | 0      | 0      |          |          |          |          |
| 3     | Assam                      | 0      |          | 0        |          | 0      |        |          |          | 0        |          |
|       | Bihar                      | 204    |          | 101      | 1        |        |        |          |          | 12       |          |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh               | 56     |          |          | 100      |        |        |          |          | 23       |          |
| ;     |                            |        |          |          | 0        |        |        |          |          |          |          |
|       |                            | 39     |          | 46       | 8        |        |        |          |          |          |          |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh           | 87     |          | 4        |          |        |        |          |          |          | 0        |
| 10    | Jharkhand                  |        |          | 19       | 25       |        |        |          | 10       |          |          |
| 11    | Karnataka                  | 22     | 9        | 21       |          |        |        |          |          |          |          |
| 12    | Kerala                     | 13     |          | 11       | 3        | 25     |        |          | 2        |          | 1        |
| 13    | Madhya Pradesh             | 886    | 273      | 1055     | 399      |        | 287    | 964      | 414      | 538      | 151      |
| 14    | Maharashtra                | 106    | 21       | 79       | 15       |        |        |          |          |          | 12       |
| 15    | Manipur                    | 0      |          |          |          |        |        |          |          |          |          |
| 16    | Meghalaya                  | 0      |          |          |          |        |        |          |          |          |          |
|       |                            | 0      |          |          |          |        |        |          |          |          |          |
| 20    | Punjab                     |        | 0        |          |          |        |        |          |          |          |          |
| 21    | Rajasthan                  | 541    | 139      | 1673     | 172      | 597    |        | 927      | 194      | 572      | 114      |
| 22    | Sikkim                     | 0      |          |          |          |        |        |          |          | 0        |          |
| 23    | Tamil Nadu                 | 76     |          |          |          | 99     | 3      | 89       | 6        | 129      |          |
| 24    | Telangana                  | 24     |          |          |          |        |        | 43       | ]        | 13       |          |
| 26    |                            |        |          |          |          |        |        |          |          |          |          |
|       |                            | 1570   |          | 1512     |          | 1551   |        | 1619     |          | 120      |          |
| 27    | Uttarakhand                | 20     |          | 6        |          | 0      |        | 17       |          | 0        |          |
| 28    | West Bengal                |        |          |          |          | 0      | 1      | 0        |          | 0        |          |
|       | TOTAL STATE(S)             | 3753   | 602      | 4811     | ]        | 3433   | 503    | 4004     |          | 3240     | 347      |
| 29    | A&N Islands                | 0      | 0        | 0        | 8        | 0      |        |          |          | 0        |          |
| 30    | Chandigarh                 |        |          |          |          | 0      | 0      | 0        | 0        |          |          |
| 31    | D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu |        |          |          | 0        |        |        | 0        |          | 0        |          |
| 32 33 | Delhi                      | 0      | 0        |          |          | 0      |        |          |          |          |          |
|       | Jammu and Kashmir          |        |          |          |          |        |        |          |          |          |          |
| 34    | Ladakh                     |        |          | 3        |          |        |        |          |          |          |          |
|       |                            | 0      | 0        |          |          |        |        |          |          |          |          |
|       |                            |        |          |          |          | 0      |        |          |          |          |          |
|       | TOTAL UT(S)                |        |          | 0        | 3        | 0      | 0      |          |          |          |          |
|       | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)          | 3753   | 602      | 4811     | 744      | 3433   | 503    | 4007     | 742      | 3241     | 347      |

Note-

NA= Not available.

## Annexure C to\_the Lok Sabha Unstarred QueNo2729 for 14.12.2021

| S. No:   | States/UTs       |         |         |         |         |         |
|----------|------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| S. No:   | States/UTs       | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh   | 5408    | 5408    | 10995   | 10995   | 10995   |
| 2_       | Assam            | NA      | NA      | 0       | 0       | 2       |
|          | Bihar            | 2342    | 2342    | 3266    | 3266    | 4761    |
| 4.       | Chhattisgarh     | 492     | 883     | 773     | 940     | 1115    |
| 5        | Goa              | NA      | 0       | 0       | 0       | 0       |
| 6.       | Gujarat          | 2070    | 2287    | 1741    | 1930    | 2295    |
| 7.       | Haryana          | 487     | 626     | 1003    | 963     | 693     |
| 8_       | Himachal Pradesh | 58      | 173     | 278     | 309     | NA      |
| 9.       | Jharkhand        | 117     | 595     | 556     | 604     | 1000    |
| 10_      | Karnataka        | 1912    | 2277    | 2128    | 2745    | 2483    |
| 11.      | Kerala           | 372     | 600     | 1106    | 863     | 1300    |
| 12       | Madhya Pradesh   | 6303    | 8872    | 6338    | 6338    | 9951    |
| 13       | Maharashtra      | 1440    | 1808    | 2184    | 2199    | 2000    |
| 14       | Odisha           | 2108    | 1385    | 1796    | 2902    | 2828    |
| 15.      | Punjab           | NA      | NA      | 0       | NA      | NA      |
| 16       | Rajasthan        | 1729    | 3648    | 3727    | 9158    | 12647   |
| 17.      | Sikkim           | NA      | NA      | 0       | 0       | 0       |
| 18.      | Tamil Nadu       | 2216    | 2067    | 1580    | 2530    | NA      |
| 19       | Telangana        | 1007    | 1007    | 4976    | 3240    | 6300    |
| 20.      | Tripura          | NA      | 1       | 1       | 10      | NA      |
| 21       | Uttar Pradesh    | 11369   | 16507   | 16507   | 23866   | 25000   |
| 22       | Uttarakhand      | 5       | 105     | 142     | 274     | 119     |
| 23       | West Bengal      | 61      | 61      | 108     |         | 107     |
| 24       | Chandigarh       | NA      | 0       |         | 0       | 0       |
| 25_      | D&NH             | NA      | NA      |         | NA      | NA      |
| 26       | Daman and Diu    | NA      | NA      | 8       | NA      | NA      |
| 27_      | NCT of Delhi     | 18      | 22      | 11      | 26      | NA      |
| 28       | Puducherry       | NA      | 0       | 0       | 46      | 5       |
|          | Total            | 39514   | 50674   | 59216   | 73322   | 83601   |

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