Lok Sabha Question No. 4852 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-01
Subject: Compensation Scheme for Women Victims of Sexual Assault
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Rajendra Agrawal, Jagdambika Pal, L.S. Tejasvi Surya, Aparajita Sarangi, Srinivas Kesineni, P.P. Chaudhary, Abdul Khaleque

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 4852

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.04.2022

## COMPENSATION SCHEME FOR WOMEN VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT

4852.   SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL:

SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

SHRI L.S. TEJASVI SURYA:

SHRIMATI APARAJITA SARANGI:

SHRI KESINENI SRINIVAS:

SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

SHRI ABDUL KHALEQUE:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the Government  is  implementing  any  scheme  for  the  victims/ survivors  of  sexual  harassment/  other  crimes  as  compensation  scheme  for women, if so, the details thereof indicating the number of individuals/ victims provided  compensation  under  the  scheme  and  applications  pending  so  far since its inception, yearwise and State/ UT-wise;
- (b) the details of amount disbursed from victim compensation fund, cases wherein the courts had ordered payments, cases/ claims pending and the category of crimes  under  which  the  disbursement  was  made  during  the  last  five  year, State/ UT-wise;
- (c) whether this scheme provides compensation to the victims of female genital mutilation and if so, the details thereof and if not the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  increase  the  compensation  amount under the said scheme and if so, the details thereof along with steps taken to popularise and spread awareness in this regard; and
- (e) whether the funds required for this scheme are met through PMNRF and if not, the head from which the said funds are provided?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (e): Section  357  of  the  Code  of  Criminal  Procedure provides that a Trial Court, when passing Judgment, may order the whole or any part of the fine recovered to be utilized  inter-alia  for  payment  of  compensation  to  the  persons  who  have  suffered  an injury due to the acts of the convict. In 2009, with the introduction of Section 357A in the CrPC,  the  concept  of  rehabilitative  compensation  paid  by  the  State  emerged  in  the criminal justice system of India. Section 357A was incorporated to specifically provide for  compensation  to  victims  and  their  family  members.  The  provision  also  mandated every  State  Government  to  frame  'a  scheme  for  providing  funds  for  the  purpose  of compensation  to  the  victim  or  his  dependents  who  have  suffered  loss  or  injury  as  a result of the crime and who, require rehabilitation.'

Pursuant to the above-said statutory incorporation, most of the States have formulated their  respective Victim Compensation Schemes. Compensation can be granted under the  schemes  enacted  under  section  357A  CrPC  in  four  scenarios:  (i)  in  case  of Conviction, (ii) in case of Acquitta, (iii) when accused is discharged, and (iv) when the offender is neither traced nor identified.

The process of Victim Compensation is set into motion through two methods. Firstly, the  trial  court  is  empowered  to  make  recommendation  to  the  District  Legal  Services Authority  (DLSA)  or  State  Legal  Services  Authority  (SLSA),  as  the  case  may  be,  to decide quantum of compensation to be awarded under the scheme framed by the State Government. The trial court can also make a recommendation in case it is satisfied that the compensation awarded under section 357 of CrPC is not adequate for rehabilitation. Secondly, in cases where the offender is neither traced nor identified, but the victim is identified, the victim and his dependents may make an application to the DLSA or SLSA for award of compensation. On receiving such an application, the DLSA or SLSA has to conduct an enquiry and to award adequate compensation within two months.

Pursuant to the directions of Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in W.P. (C) No. 565/2012, a  committee  was  set  up  to  prepare  Model  Rules  for  Victim  Compensation  for  sexual offences and acid attacks. The said Committee formulated the Compensation Scheme for  Women  Victims/  Survivors  of  Sexual  Assault/  other  crimes  of  National  Legal Services Authority (NALSA). The scheme provides for a Women Victim Compensation Fund which is a segregated fund for disbursement for women victim, out of State Victim Compensation  Fund  and  Central  Fund.  The  Central  Fund  means  the  contribution received from Central Victim Compensation Fund (CVCF) Scheme, 2015. Many of the State  Governments  have  revised  their  existing  Victim  Compensation  Schemes  in accordance  with  the  NALSA's  scheme.   Central  Government  has  provided  one  time grant-in-aid  of  Rs.  200  Crores  under  Central  Victim  Compensation  Fund  (CVCF)  to States / UTs under 'Nirbhaya Fund' to supplement their respective Victim Compensation Funds.

The method of awarding and disbursing the compensation differs as per the Schemes of  different  States.  While  the  LSAs  mostly  have  an  active  role  in  determination  of compensation, the actual disbursal of the awarded compensation depends on the funds maintained and released by the State Governments. The details indicating the number of the victims provided compensation under the scheme and applications pending are at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART OF THE LOK SABHA UN- STARRED QUESTION NO. 4852 FOR ANSWER ON 01.04.2022 ASKED BY SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL,  SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL, SHRI L.S. TEJASVI SURYA, SHRIMATI APARAJITA SARANGI, SHRI KESINENI SRINIVAS, SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY, SHRI ABDUL KHALEQUE, SHRI SANJAY BHATIA REGARDING 'COMPENSATION SCHEME FOR WOMEN VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT'

Details of Applications received, compensation awarded and amount disbursed during the year, 2020

## (Amount in Rs.)

| S. No.   | Name of SLSA       | Total No. of Applica                 | Number of ap plications dis   | Compensation awarded   | Compensation awarded   | Compensation awarded   | Amount disbursed   |
|----------|--------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|          |                    | tions received inclu                 | posed                         | Women                  | Women                  | others                 |                    |
|          |                    | ding matters referr ed by the Courts |                               | Sexual offences        | Acid attacks           |                        |                    |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh32   |                                      | 33                            | 68,00,000              | 8,00,000               | 42,50,000              | 66,00,000          |
| 2        | Arunachal Prad esh | 30                                   | 22                            | 18,70,000              | 0                      | 11,20,000              | 50,00,000          |
| 3        | Assam              | 566                                  | 364                           | 1,07,80,616            | 8,50,000               | 2,76,85,132            | 7,51,83,000        |
| 4        | Bihar              | 776                                  | 184                           | 2,47,35,000            | 27,00,000              | 2,98,97,000            | 4,45,32,000        |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh       | 580                                  | 481                           | 3,73,59,022            | 1,00,000               | 77,06,017              | 2,62,93,000        |
| 6        | Goa                | 0                                    | 0                             | ₹ 0                    | 0                      | 0                      | 0                  |
| 7        | Gujarat            | 1603                                 | 526                           | 8,62,14,000            | 24,00,000              | 2,01,13,836            | 10,75,68,836       |
| 8        | Haryana            | 210                                  | 229                           | 5,13,40,000            | 11,40,000              | 1,29,15,000            | 9,17,89,000        |
| 9        | Himachal Prade sh  | 210                                  | 204                           | 2,71,57,500            | 25,00,000              | 5,75,000               | 2,85,12,500        |
| 10       | Jammu & Kash mir   | 50                                   | 50                            | 96,65,000              | 0                      | 6,00,000               | 1,02,65,000        |
| 11       | Jharkhand          | 420                                  | 158                           | 3,48,45,000            | 1,00,000               | 1,25,20,000            | 2,73,45,000        |
| 12       | Karnataka          | 414                                  | 166                           | 2,72,10,000            | 8,80,000               | 86,35,000              | 3,67,25,000        |
| 13       | Kerala             | 292                                  | 132                           | 1,92,20,000            | 0                      | 2,50,20,000            | 4,42,40,000        |
| 14       | Madhya Prades 595  | Madhya Prades 595                    | 467                           | 4,82,68,200            | 4,50,000               | 3,11,59,500            | 6,79,95,200        |

| 15   | h Maharashtra        | 147   | 79   | 35,95,000                | 1,00,000     | 58,49,000 ₹ 60,78,000   |
|------|----------------------|-------|------|--------------------------|--------------|-------------------------|
| 16   | Manipur              | 37    | 23   | 0 0                      | 0            | 0                       |
| 17   | Meghalaya            | 194   | 58   | 55,50,000 0              | 11,00,000    | 66,50,000               |
| 18   | Mizoram              | 48    | 0    | 0 0                      | 0            | 0                       |
| 19   | Nagaland             | 35    | 0    | 0 0                      | 0            | 0                       |
| 20   | Odisha               | 1339  | 818  | 12,47,10,000 0           | 2,50,05,000  | 11,63,33,500            |
| 21   | Punjab               | 297   | 235  | 39,51,007 26,65,003      | 14,00,063    | 3,00,23,000             |
| 22   | Rajasthan            | 805   | 1238 | 10,26,79,000 4,50,000    | 7,23,92,500  | 17,55,21,500            |
| 23   | Sikkim               | 51    | 48   | 69,75,000 0              | 0            | 69,75,000               |
| 24   | Telangana            | 19    | 19   | 20,56,965 0              | 21,00,000    | 41,56,965               |
| 25   | Tamil Nadu           | 465   | 157  | 86,27,000 0              | 1,47,99,000  | 1,93,83,000             |
| 26   | Tripura              | 29    | 42   | 87,75,000 0              | 25,000       | 45,00,000               |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh        | 49    | 49   | 38,35,000 4,95,000       | 27,50,000    | 70,80,000               |
| 28   | Uttarakhand          | 34    | 40   | 54,65,000 0              | 6,75,000     | 53,90,000               |
| 29   | West Bengal          | 369   | 244  | 2,90,80,000 40,50,000    | 35,00,000    | 2,36,50,000             |
| 30   | Chandigarh UT        | 20    | 9    | 14,00,000 0              | 30,40,000    | 12,54,000               |
| 31   | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 2     | 2    | 4,00,000 0               | 0            | 4,00,000                |
| 32   | Daman & Diu          | 3     | 3    | 8,35,000 0               | 0            | 8,35,000                |
| 33   | Delhi                | 1393  | 1453 | 6,97,37,000 36,75,000    | 38,89,84,500 | 46,23,96,500            |
| 34   |                      | 0     |      | 0                        |              | 0                       |
|      | Lakshadweep          |       | 0    | 0                        | 0            |                         |
| 35   | Puducherry           | 14    | 6    | 30,00,000 0              | 0            | 20,50,000               |
| 36   | TOTAL                | 11128 | 7539 | 76,61,35,310 2,33,55,003 | 70,38,16,548 | 1,44,47,25,001          |

( Amount in Rs.)

| Name of S LSA     | Applications received               |                                                                                        | Pending plications a s on 01.01.2 021   | ap Number of application   | ap Number of application   | Compensation awarded   | Compensation awarded   | Compensation awarded   | Compensation awarded   | Compensation awarded   | Compensation awarded   |
|-------------------|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|                   |                                     |                                                                                        |                                         | s disposed                 | s disposed                 | Women                  | Women                  | Acid attacks           | Acid attacks           | Others                 | Others                 |
|                   | Applicatio n referred by the Cou rt | Application filed by Victim s and forwarded/ referred by Police/Admn./ Other A gencies |                                         | For Interim sposal         | Di For final Disposa l     | No. of Vi ctims        | Amount                 | No. of V ictims        | Amount                 | No. of V ictims        | Amount                 |
| Andhra Pr adesh   | 72                                  | 12                                                                                     | 49                                      | 58                         | 32                         | 75                     | 1,10,55,000            | 2                      | 4,00,000               | 33                     | 6,25,70,00 7           |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 5                                   | 40                                                                                     | 19                                      | 1                          | 8                          | 1                      | 5,00,000               | -                      | 0                      | 13                     | 63,00,000              |
| Assam             | 273                                 | 390                                                                                    | 659                                     | 177                        | 312                        | 238                    | 3,55,57,500            | 8                      | 16,50,00 0             | 222                    | 5,29,62,50 0           |
| Bihar             | 504                                 | 574                                                                                    | 720                                     | 353                        | 389                        | 503                    | 11,47,74,50 0          | 31                     | 92,50,00 0             | 135                    | 2,94,75,00 0           |
| Chhattisga rh     | 633                                 | 1,304                                                                                  | 961                                     | 510                        | 620                        | 641                    | 12,29,80,79 5          | -                      | 0                      | 137                    | 1,91,74,00 0           |
| Goa               | 4                                   | 20                                                                                     | -                                       |                            | -20                        | 3                      | 6,50,000               |                        |                        |                        |                        |
| Gujarat           | 564                                 | 880                                                                                    | 1,246                                   | 922                        | 274                        | 789                    | 14,50,75,00 0          | 6                      | 6,40,000               | 214                    | 3,66,04,78 6           |
| Haryana           | 279                                 | 44                                                                                     | 53                                      | 101                        | 241                        | 311                    | 8,27,95,000            | 4                      | 15,00,00 0             | 52                     | 89,25,000              |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 59                                  | 117                                                                                    | 45                                      | 141                        | 35                         | 122                    | 1,87,75,000            | 4                      | 19,00,00 0             | 44                     | 31,15,000              |
| Jharkhand         | 237                                 | 243                                                                                    | 991                                     | 89                         | 399                        | 240                    | 7,67,63,500            | 3                      | 10,00,00 0             | 184                    | 3,28,47,00 0           |
| Karnataka         | 289                                 | 198                                                                                    | 1,469                                   | 42                         | 815                        | 225                    | 5,95,08,000            | 1                      | 6,00,000               | 109                    | 2,84,72,00 0           |
| Kerala            | 218                                 | 48                                                                                     | 453                                     | 28                         | 81                         | 58                     | 1,81,40,000            | 7                      | 7,00,000               | 41                     | 1,16,76,00             |

|                     |       |       |       |       |       |               |      |            |     | 0            |
|---------------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|---------------|------|------------|-----|--------------|
| Madhya Pr adesh 467 | 354   | 673   | 69    | 856   | 454   | 5,62,06,800   | 16 0 | 14,75,00   | 204 | 2,36,31,50 0 |
| Maharasht ra 112    | 3,458 | 5,193 | 1,758 | 1,591 | 1,558 | 13,24,22,00 0 | 7    | 13,00,00 0 | 190 | 1,23,29,50 0 |
| Manipur 20          | 7     | 11    | 5     | 6     | 11    | 73,50,000     | -    | 0          | 3   | 15,00,000    |
| Meghalaya 82        | 76    | 84    | 35    | 17    | 44    | 63,25,000     |      | 0          | 8   | 9,50,000     |
| Mizoram 22          | 12    | 34    |       | - -   | 25    | 1,12,50,000   | -    | 0          | 9   | 5,85,000     |
| Nagaland 3          | 24 27 |       |       | -29   |       | 0             | -    | 0          | -   | 0            |
| Odisha 328          | 1,630 | 2,095 | 1,609 | 414   | 1,037 | 50,49,69,00 0 | 12   | 28,25,00 0 | 310 | 8,00,35,00 0 |
| Punjab 174          | 288   | 282   | 75    | 305   | 149   | 4,95,50,500   | 11   | 24,85,79 3 | 168 | 2,21,08,33 4 |
| Rajasthan 886       | 997   | 511   | 935   | 700   | 680   | 13,96,55,00 0 | 3    | 3,67,000   | 740 | 8,02,06,00 0 |
| Sikkim 60           | 2     | -     | 48    | 14    | 5     | 8,70,000      | -    | 0          | 57  | 46,90,000    |
| Tamil Nad u 81      | 572   | 891   | 95    | 155   | 42    | 71,70,000     | 16   | 12,02,00 0 | 140 | 1,58,63,34 6 |
| Telangana 81        | 8     | 33    | 10    | 41    | 39    | 1,02,60,000   | 2    | 3,00,000   | 8   | 29,31,000    |
| Tripura 19          | 29    | 34    | 1     | 57    | 52    | 1,37,25,000   | 1    | 5,00,000   | 5   | 4,00,000     |
| Uttar Prad esh 234  | 212   | 892   | 31    | 206   | 67    | 1,05,60,000   | 2    | 4,00,000   | 41  | 65,84,250    |
| Uttarakhan d 90     | 39    | 39    | 28    | 74    | 94    | 1,79,40,500   | 1    | 1,70,000   | 17  | 25,33,000    |
| West Beng al 140    | 273   | 413   | 87    | 139   | 134   | 21,40,80,00 0 | 20   | 57,50,00 0 | 35  | 77,75,000    |
| A & N Isla nds 3    | 15    | -     |       | - -   | 18    | 6,00,000      | -    | 0          | -   | 0            |
| Chandigar h 9       | 21    | 16    | 2     | 9     | 9     | 30,00,000     | -    | 0          | 2   | 13,00,000    |

| D & N Hav eli   | 1     | 2      | 1      |       | -2    | 2     | 8,00,000        | -   | 0            | -     | 0             |
|-----------------|-------|--------|--------|-------|-------|-------|-----------------|-----|--------------|-------|---------------|
| Daman & Diu     | 4     |        | - -    |       | -4    | 3     | 4,00,000        | -   | 0            | 1     | 1,00,000      |
| Delhi           | 1,162 | 748    | 1,245  | 621   | 985   | 565   | 8,02,94,071     | 4   | 7,00,000     | 1,088 | 21,92,30,8 29 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 16    | 33     | 29     | 20    |       | 17    | 38,37,500       | 1   | 2,00,000     | 2     | 2,50,000      |
| Lakshadw eep    | -     |        | - -    |       | - -   | -     | 0               | -   | 0            | -     | 0             |
| Ladakh          |       | 1      | 1      |       | - -   | 1     | 0               | -   | 0            | 1     | 0             |
| Puducherr y     | 8     |        | -7     |       | -2    | 8     | 29,50,000       | -   | 0            | -     | 0             |
| Total           | 7,139 | 12,671 | 19,176 | 7,851 | 8,832 | 8,220 | 1,96,07,89,6 66 | 162 | 3,53,14,7 93 | 4,213 | 77,51,24,0 52 |

Note: Data prior to 2020 is not available.

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