Lok Sabha Question No. 1711 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-11
Subject: Crime against Women
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Bhartruhari Mahtab, Kanimozhi Karunanidhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 1711 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2022

## CRIME AGAINST WOMEN

## 1711 :  SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB: SHRIMATI KANIMOZHI KARUNANIDHI:

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

- (a) whether the domestic violence continues to be the most common crime against women  in  India  despite  the  presence  of  Protection  of  Women  from  Domestic Violence Act, 2005;
- (b) if  so, number of cases registered under the said Act during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to provide adequate infrastructure across the country  for  providing  effective  legal  aid  to  women  facing  abuse  in  matrimonial homes and creating shelter homes for them, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?
- (d) the details of the protection officers designated and shelter homes made for the protection  of  domestic  violence  victims  under  the  said  Act  till  date,  State/UTwise; and
- (e) whether the Government has given compensation to victims of domestic violence under the Central Victim Compensation Fund Scheme since 2019 and if so, the number of victims compensated, State/UT-wise and if not the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a):   National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles and publishes data on crimes, including crime against women, in its publication 'Crime in India', which is available on the website of NCRB, viz. https://ncrb.gov.in. The said report is available upto the year 2020. As per data published by NCRB, total number of crime against women during 2020 is 371503, out of which the number of cases registered under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (PWDVA) during the  year is 496.

(b): State / UT-wise number of cases registered under the PWDVA during the last three years is at Annexure.

(c):   The  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  implements  One  Stop  Centre (OSC) scheme across the country with effect from 1 st April  2015 which is exclusively designed to provide integrated services such as medical assistance, police facilitation, legal counselling, psycho-social counselling and temporary shelter to women affected by violence under one roof. 733 OSCs have been approved by Government of India, out of which 704 OSCs are operational in the country, that have assisted more than 4.5 lakh women. Further, the Ministry also implements Universalisation of Women Helpline (WHL) Scheme, which provides  24-hour  toll-free  telecom  service  through  short  code 181 to  women  seeking  support  and  information.  As  of  now,  WHL  is  functional  in  34 States/ UTs.

The Ministry also implements the Swadhar Greh Scheme which provides assistance to women  victims  of  unfortunate  circumstances  including  women  victims  of  domestic violence,  family  tension  or  discord,  who  are  made  to  leave  their  homes  without  any means of subsistence and have no special protection from exploitation and/ or facing litigation  on  account  of  marital  disputes,  who  are  in  need  of  institutional  support  for rehabilitation  so  that  they  could  lead  their  life  with  dignity.  The  Scheme  envisages providing shelter, food, clothing, health, counseling, awareness generation, behavioral trainings, legal aid and guidance etc to such women.

The Legal Services Authorities (LSA) Act, 1987 provides for free and competent legal services to the weaker sections of the society to beneficiaries covered under Section 12 of  the  Act,  including  women  and  children,  to  ensure  that  opportunities  for  securing justice are not denied to any citizen by reason of economic or other disabilities, and to organize Lok Adalats to secure that the operation of the legal system promotes justice on a basis of equal opportunities. For this purpose, the legal services institutions like District  /  State  /  National  Legal  Services  Authorities  have  been  setup  from  the  Taluk Court level to the Supreme Court. In addition, the Government has implements Nyaya Bandhu (Pro-bono Legal Services) programme to link the persons eligible to avail free legal aid under Section 12 of LSA Act, 1987 with lawyers. Tele-law programme, being run by the Government across 669 districts in 36 States/UTs provides legal advice to public including persons entitled for free legal aid under Section 12 of LSA Act, 1987, at pre-litigation  stage  by  the  Panel  Lawyers  through  75,000  Common  Service  Centre (CSC)  at  the  Panchayats.  Tele-law  has  enabled  advice  to  more  than  12.81  lakh beneficiaries till 31st December 2021.

- (d): As per section 8 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, the State  Governments  are  authorized  to  appoint  such  number  of  Protection  Officers  in each district as it may consider necessary. As such, the data regarding the details of such  Protection  Officers  under  PWDVA  are  maintained  by  the  respective  State Governments.

(e): Under Nirbhaya Fund, one time assistance of Rs. 200 crore was provided to States/ UTs as a top-up grant under the Central Victim Compensation Fund to supplement their respective Victim Compensations Schemes. The number of women provided compensation under the Victim Compensation Scheme is maintained by the respective State Governments/ UT Administrations.

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Annexure

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  TO  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1711 FOR ANSWER ON 11.02.2022 ASKED BY  SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB AND SHRIMATI KANIMOZHI KARUNANIDHI REGARDING 'CRIME AGAINST WOMEN'

State/ UT-wise Number of Cases Registered under The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act during 2018-2020

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                   | 2018   | 2019   |   2020 |
|-----------|----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh             | 0      | 0      |      0 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh          | 2      | 0      |      0 |
| 3         | Assam                      | 13     | 0      |      0 |
| 4         | Bihar                      | 0      | 0      |     23 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh               | 1      | 0      |      0 |
| 6         | Goa                        | 0      | 0      |      0 |
| 7         | Gujarat                    | 0      | 0      |      0 |
| 8         | Haryana                    | 2      | 2      |      0 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh           | 8      | 3      |      2 |
| 10        | Jharkhand                  | 79     | 73     |     66 |
| 11        | Karnataka                  | 0      | 1      |      0 |
| 12        | Kerala                     | 175    | 194    |    165 |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh             | 275    | 248    |    180 |
| 14        | Maharashtra                | 9      | 11     |      3 |
| 15        | Manipur                    | 0      | 0      |      1 |
| 16        | Meghalaya                  | 0      | 0      |      0 |
| 17        | Mizoram                    | 1      | 0      |      0 |
| 18        | Nagaland                   | 0      | 0      |      0 |
| 19        | Odisha                     | 1      | 1      |      0 |
| 20        | Punjab                     | 1      | 3      |      0 |
| 21        | Rajasthan                  | 3      | 2      |      0 |
| 22        | Sikkim                     | 0      | 0      |      0 |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu                 | 0      | 0      |      0 |
| 24        | Telangana                  | 0      | 1      |      0 |
| 25        | Tripura                    | 0      | 0      |      0 |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh              | 1      | 5      |      0 |
| 27        | Uttarakhand                | 0      | 0      |      0 |
| 28        | West Bengal                | 6      | 6      |      1 |
|           | TOTAL STATE(S)             | 577    | 550    |    441 |
| 29        | A&N Islands                | 0      | 0      |      0 |
| 30        | Chandigarh                 | 0      | 0      |      0 |
| 31        | D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu | 0      | 0      |      0 |
| 32        | Delhi                      | 2      | 3      |      2 |
| 33        | Jammu & Kashmir            | 0      | 0      |      3 |
| 34        | Ladakh                     | -      | -      |      0 |
| 35        | Lakshadweep                | 0      | 0      |      0 |
| 36        | Puducherry                 | 0      | 0      |      0 |
|           | TOTAL UT(S)                | 2      | 3      |      5 |
|           | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)          | 579    | 553    |    446 |