Lok Sabha Question No. 2004 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-30
Subject: Suicide Rates in Youth
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Jagdambika Pal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2004

TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2021

## SUICIDE RATES IN YOUTH

## 2004.   SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

will the minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) Whether  it  is  true  that  rates  of  deaths  by  suicide  is  high  amongst  young  adult including females, between the age of 14 to 18 years and 18 to 24 years and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) Whether  her  Ministry  has  carried  out  a  study  to  identify  the  prominent  causes  for such suicides, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) The steps taken by her Ministry to address this issue;
- (d) Whether  there  is  co-relation  between  educational  status  and  suicides  by  the  said youths, if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) The  steps  taken  by  the  Government  in  collaboration  with  Ministry  of  Health  and Family Welfare, for better mental health of such youths?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e)  As per  National Crime Records Bureau State/UT-wise, Gender-wise & Age groupwise (14-18 yrs & 18-30 yrs) number of suicides committed by people during 2017-2019 is at Annexure-I. As per information provided by National Crime Records Bureau cause-wise, gender-wise  &  age  group-wise  (14-18  yrs  &  18-30  yrs)  number  of  suicides  committed  by people during 2017-2019 is at Annexure-II.

Ministry  of  Health  and  Family Welfare  is  implementing the  National  Mental  Health Programme (NMHP) since 1982 as part of National Health Mission (NHM), wherein technical and financial support is provided to the States/UTs, based on the proposals received from them, for implementation of the District Mental Health Programme (DMHP). The programme aims  to  provide  suicide  prevention  services,  work  place  stress  management,  life  skills training and counselling in schools and colleges, inter-alia.

Mental healthcare services have also been added in the package of services under Comprehensive Primary Health Care under Ayushman Bharat - HWC Scheme. Operational guidelines  on  Mental,  Neurological,  and  Substance  Use  Disorders  (MNs)  at  Health  and Wellness Centers (HWC) have been released under the ambit of Ayushman Bharat.

Ministry of women and Child development has signed a Memorandum of Understanding  with  NIMHANS  to  establish a  National  Initiative  &  Integrated  Resource Centre  for  Child  Protection,  Mental  Health,  and  Psychosocial  Care  named 'SAMVAD' at NIMHANS, at Bangalore.

Central Social Welfare Board (CSWB) under Ministry of Women  &  Child Development is implementing Family Counselling Centres (FCC) which was introduced by CSWB in 1983. The Family Counselling  Centres  under the  scheme  provides  counselling, referral  and  rehabilitative  services  to  women  and  children,  who  are  victims  of  atrocities, family mal-adjustments and social ostracism and also provide crisis intervention and trauma counselling in case of natural disasters.

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## Annexure-I

The Statement Referred In Reply To Part-(a) To (e) Of The Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2004 to Be Answered On 30.07.2021 asked By Shri Jagdambika Pal regarding Suicide Rates In Youth indicating Gender-Wise & Age Group-Wise (14-18 Yrs & 18-30 Yrs) Number Of Suicides Committed By People During 2017-2019

| 2017 2018   | 2019   | 2017 2018   | 2017 2018   | 2017 2018   | 2017 2018   | 2017 2018   | 2017 2018   | 2017 2018   | 2017 2018   | 2017 2018   | 2017 2018   | 2017 2018   | 2017 2018   | 2017 2018   | 2017 2018   |
|-------------|--------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

| 1 3   | KERALA         | 103   | 130   | 0   | 233   | 889    | 440   | 0   | 1329    | 112   | 106   | 0   | 218   | 937    | 474   | 0      | 1411     | 108   |       | 134     | 0        | 242      | 1010 398   | 0 14 08   |
|-------|----------------|-------|-------|-----|-------|--------|-------|-----|---------|-------|-------|-----|-------|--------|-------|--------|----------|-------|-------|---------|----------|----------|------------|-----------|
| 1 4   | MADHYA PRADESH | 415   | 629   | 0   | 104 4 | 2808   | 2069  | 0   | 4877    | 373   | 617   | 0   | 990   | 2833   | 1968  | 1      | 4802     | 436   | 645   | 0 108 1 | 3003     | 2050     | 0          | 50 53     |
| 1 5   | MAHARASHTR A   | 366   | 491   | 0   | 857   | 3742   | 1820  | 1   | 5563    | 350   | 466   | 0   | 816   | 3930   | 1769  | 1      | 5700 401 |       | 453   | 0       | 854 4092 | 1894     | 2          | 59 88     |
| 1 6   | MANIPUR        | 2     | 1     | 0   | 3     | 9      | 8     | 0   | 17      | 4     | 6     | 0   | 10    | 16     | 2     | 0      | 18       | 0 6   |       | 0 6     | 15       | 6        | 0          | 21        |
| 1 7   | MEGHALAYA      | 10    | 6     | 0   | 16    | 42     | 19    | 0   | 61      | 10    | 9     | 0   | 19    | 54     | 16    | 0      | 70 11    |       | 4     | 0       | 15 66    | 16       | 0          | 82        |
| 1 8   | MIZORAM        | 9     | 3     | 0   | 12    | 28     | 5     | 0   | 33      | 1     | 1     | 0   | 2     | 29     | 2     | 0      | 31 1     | 4     |       | 0 5     | 23       | 6        | 0          | 29        |
| 1 9   | NAGALAND       | 1     | 0     | 0   | 1     | 13     | 4     | 0   | 17      | 2     | 1     | 0   | 3     | 9      | 0     | 0      | 9        | 2     | 3     | 0 5     | 10       | 1        | 0          | 11        |
| 2 0   | ODISHA         | 112   | 175   | 0   | 287   | 857    | 1183  | 0   | 2040    | 118   | 184   | 0   | 302   | 922    | 1170  | 0      | 2092     | 197   | 211   | 0 408   | 1185     | 1134     | 0          | 23 19     |
| 2 1   | PUNJAB         | 23    | 28    | 0   | 51    | 354    | 155   | 0   | 509     | 36    | 30    | 0   | 66    | 468    | 182   | 1      | 651      | 34    | 35    | 0 69    | 614      | 262      | 1          | 87 7      |
| 2 2   | RAJASTHAN      | 171   | 112   | 0   | 283   | 1068   | 513   | 0   | 1581    | 180   | 138   | 0   | 318   | 1120   | 565   | 0      | 1685     | 185   | 151   | 0       | 336      | 1362 570 | 0          | 19 32     |
| 2 3   | SIKKIM         | 8     | 5     | 0   | 13    | 56     | 21    | 0   | 77      | 6     | 8     | 0   | 14    | 56     | 18    | 0      | 74       | 6     | 8     | 0 14    | 66       | 21       | 0          | 87        |
| 2 4   | TAMIL NADU     | 308   | 404   | 0   | 712   | 2728   | 1922  | 6   | 4656    | 288   | 382   | 0   | 670   | 2568   | 1928  | 1      | 4497     | 245   | 408   | 0 653   | 2474     | 1645     | 5          | 41 24     |
| 2 5   | TELANGANA      | 141   | 223   | 0   | 364   | 1584   | 756   | 0   | 2340    | 170   | 221   | 0   | 391   | 1599   | 753   | 0      | 2352     | 144   | 201 0 | 345     | 1632     | 662      | 1          | 22 95     |
| 2 6   | TRIPURA        | 29    | 56    | 0   | 85    | 144    | 88    | 0   | 232     | 23    | 24    | 0   | 47    | 131    | 80    | 0      | 211      | 32    | 34    | 0 66    | 133      | 81       | 0          | 21 4      |
| 2 7   | UTTAR PRADESH  | 140   | 158   | 0   | 298   | 1097   | 1034  | 0   | 2131    | 188   | 204   | 0   | 392   | 1190   | 1082  | 0      | 2272     | 154   | 201   | 0 355   | 1269     | 1273     | 0          | 25 42     |
| 2 8   | UTTARAKHAN D   | 3     | 6     | 0   | 9     | 69     | 58    | 0   | 127     | 12    | 21    | 0   | 33    | 72     | 81    | 0 153  | 10       |       | 24    | 0 34    | 111      | 79       | 0 19       | 0         |
| 2 9   | WEST BENGAL    | 468   | 531   | 0   | 999   | 2273   | 1916  | 1   | 4190    | 439   | 535   | 0   | 974   | 2634   | 2317  | 0      | 4951     | 318   | 511   | 0 829   | 2469     | 2081     | 0          | 45 50     |
|       | Total (States) | 354 4 | 4186  | 0   | 773 0 | 2687 0 | 17018 | 11  | 4389 9  | 360 8 | 4251  | 0   | 785 9 | 2793 9 | 17532 | 9 4548 | 0 367 1  |       | 4454  | 0 812 5 | 2991 3   | 17434    | 1 1        | 47 35 8   |
| 3 0   | A & N ISLANDS  | 7     | 1     | 0   | 8     | 28     | 16    | 0   | 44      | 5     | 5     | 0   | 10    | 25     | 18    | 0      | 43       | 1     | 3 0   | 4       | 32       | 19       | 0          | 51        |
| 3     | CHANDIGARH     | 6     | 11    | 0   | 17    |        | 18    | 0   |         |       |       |     | 12    | 58     | 22    |        | 80       | 5     | 6     | 11      | 35       |          | 0          | 51        |
| 1 3   | D&NHAVELI      |       |       | 0   |       | 35     |       |     | 53      | 8     | 4     | 0   |       |        |       | 0      |          | 4     | 0     | 0 7     | 29       | 16       |            |           |
| 2 3 3 | DAMAN&DIU      | 1     | 5     |     | 6 1   | 22 15  | 5 6   | 0 0 | 27      | 7     | 8 0   | 0   | 15    | 30     | 15    | 0      | 45 0     | 3     | 2     | 0       | 11       | 8        | 9 0        | 0 38 19   |
| 3 4   | DELHI (UT)     | 1 137 | 0     | 0   |       |        |       |     | 21 1060 | 3 103 |       | 0   | 3     | 15     | 4     | 0      | 19 1103  |       |       |         | 2        | 728      | 390        | 11        |
|       |                |       | 105   | 0   | 242   | 697    | 362   | 1   |         |       | 127   | 0   | 230   | 737    | 366   | 0      | 90       |       | 115   |         | 0        | 205      | 0          | 18        |

| 3 5   | LAKSHADWEE P      | 0     |    0 | 0       | 0    |   0 |     0 |   0 | 0      | 0     |    0 | 0     | 0     | 1      | 0     | 0      | 1          | 0      | 0   | 0       | 0 0    | 0 0       | 0       |
|-------|-------------------|-------|------|---------|------|-----|-------|-----|--------|-------|------|-------|-------|--------|-------|--------|------------|--------|-----|---------|--------|-----------|---------|
| 3 6   | PUDUCHERRY        | 15    |   10 | 0       | 25   |  81 |    32 |   0 | 113    | 18    |   15 | 0     | 33    | 89     | 52    | 0      | 141        | 10     | 13  | 0       | 23 85  | 54 0      | 13 9    |
|       | Total (UTs)       | 167   |  132 | 0 299   |      | 878 |   439 |   1 | 1318   | 144   |  159 | 0 303 | 955   | 477    |       | 0 1432 | 109        | 143    |     | 0 252   | 920    | 496 0     | 14 16   |
|       | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 371 1 | 4318 | 0 802 9 | 2774 |   8 | 17457 |  12 | 4521 7 | 375 2 | 4410 | 0     | 816 2 | 2889 4 | 18009 | 9      | 4691 2 378 | 0 4597 |     | 0 837 7 | 3083 3 | 17930 1 1 | 48 77 4 |

## ANNEXURE-II

Statement  Referred  In  Reply  To  Part-(a)  to  (e)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.2004 To  Be  Answered  On  30.07.2021  By Shri Jagdambika Pal Regarding Suicide Rates In Youth indicating Cause-Wise, Gender-Wise & Age Group-Wise (14-18 Yrs & 18-30 Yrs) Number Of Suicides Committed By People During 2017-2019

| Cause wise, Gender-wise& Age Group-wise (14-18 yrs& 18-30 yrs) Suicide Committed by people during 2017-2019   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|                                                                                      | than Sl. No. 2.3)           |      |      |        |       |       |      |    |       |      |      |    |            |      |       |         |      |      |    |      |       |       |    |       |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|------|------|--------|-------|-------|------|----|-------|------|------|----|------------|------|-------|---------|------|------|----|------|-------|-------|----|-------|
| 17                                                                                   | Physical Abuse (Rape, etc.) | 4    | 24   | 0      | 28    | 8     | 38   | 0  | 46    | 8    | 22   | 0  | 30         | 18   | 23    | 0 41    | 3    | 20   | 0  | 23   | 11    | 23    | 0  | 34    |
| 18 36                                                                                | Professional/Career Problem | 27   |      | 0 63   |       | 480   | 156  | 0  | 636   | 20   | 25   | 0  | 45 445     | 121  | 0     | 566     | 30   | 27   | 0  | 57   | 487   | 106   | 0  | 593   |
| 19 550                                                                               | Causes Not Known            | 597  | 0    | 1147   | 3615  |       | 1882 | 0  | 5497  | 498  | 611  | 0  | 1109       | 3600 | 2100  | 1 5701  | 528  | 595  | 0  | 1123 | 3779  | 1767  | 2  | 5548  |
| 20 484                                                                               | Other Causes                | 587  | 0    | 1071   | 3543  | 1923  |      | 3  | 5469  | 648  | 602  | 0  | 1250 3670  |      | 2205  | 2 5877  | 517  | 586  | 0  | 1103 | 3496  | 1628  | 0  | 5124  |
| 21                                                                                   | Total                       | 3711 | 4318 | 0 8029 | 27748 | 17457 |      | 12 | 45217 | 3752 | 4410 | 0  | 8162 28894 |      | 18009 | 9 46912 | 3780 | 4597 | 0  | 8377 | 30833 | 17930 | 11 | 48774 |
| Source: 'Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India' as per data provided by States/UTs |                             |      |      |        |       |       |      |    |       |      |      |    |            |      |       |         |      |      |    |      |       |       |    |       |