Lok Sabha Question No. 3230 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-21
Subject: Aboriginal/Tribal and SCs Under-trial Prisoners
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Naba (Hira) Kumar Sarania

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3230

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 21 ST  MARCH, 2023/ PHALGUNA 30, 1944 (SAKA)

ABORIGINAL/TRIBAL AND SCS UNDER-TRIAL PRISONERS

†3230.      SHRI NABA KUMAR SARANIA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the details and the total number of convicted and under-trial prisoners belonging  to  the  aboriginal/  tribal  and  Scheduled  Castes  (SCs)  lodged  in the prisons of various States of the country;

(b)  the  wages  provided  to  convicted  prisoners  lodged  in  various  jails  of different States of the country; and

(c)  the  names  of  tribal  revolutionaries  whose  books  are  available  in libraries in various jails of the country?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI AJAY KUMAR MISHRA)

(a): The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles prison statistics reported to it by the States/Union Territories and publishes the same  in  its annual  publication 'Prison Statistics India'. The  latest published report is of the year 2021. State/Union Territory-wise number of convicts  and  undertrials  belonging  to  Scheduled  Castes  &  Scheduled Tribes as on 31.12.2021 are given in Annexure-I.

(b): State/Union  Territory-wise  details  of  the  wages  paid  per  day  to convicts during the year 2021 are given in Annexure-II.

(c): Specific data in this regard is not available centrally.

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## State/Union Territory-wise number of convicts and undertrials belonging to Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes as on 31.12.2021

| Sl. No.   | State/UT          | Convicts   | Convicts   | Undertrials   | Undertrials   |
|-----------|-------------------|------------|------------|---------------|---------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT          | SC         | ST         | SC            | ST            |
| 1         | ANDHRA PRADESH    | 534        | 352        | 1469          | 1258          |
| 2         | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 0          | 72         | 0             | 68            |
| 3         | ASSAM             | 218        | 198        | 1121          | 1290          |
| 4         | BIHAR             | 1269       | 390        | 11644         | 3040          |
| 5         | CHHATTISGARH      | 1433       | 2666       | 2001          | 4175          |
| 6         | GOA               | 5          | 6          | 65            | 63            |
| 7         | GUJARAT           | 523        | 965        | 1286          | 1600          |
| 8         | HARYANA           | 1570       | 368        | 5073          | 314           |
| 9         | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 251        | 31         | 618           | 80            |
| 10        | JHARKHAND         | 708        | 1717       | 2938          | 4129          |
| 11        | KARNATAKA         | 790        | 340        | 2427          | 1094          |
| 12        | KERALA            | 307        | 143        | 588           | 337           |
| 13        | MADHYA PRADESH    | 4870       | 4923       | 6683          | 7028          |
| 14        | MAHARASHTRA #     | 709        | 617        | -             | -             |
| 15        | MANIPUR           | 8          | 17         | 0             | 159           |
| 16        | MEGHALAYA         | 13         | 188        | 107           | 632           |
| 17        | MIZORAM           | 13         | 460        | 38            | 597           |
| 18        | NAGALAND          | 7          | 105        | 24            | 238           |
| 19        | ODISHA            | 595        | 863        | 5746          | 4389          |
| 20        | PUNJAB            | 2344       | 361        | 8164          | 1034          |
| 21        | RAJASTHAN         | 1278       | 932        | 4222          | 2635          |
| 22        | SIKKIM            | 14         | 41         | 49            | 65            |
| 23        | TAMILNADU         | 1359       | 145        | 3459          | 348           |
| 24        | TELANGANA         | 419        | 214        | 994           | 693           |
| 25        | TRIPURA           | 67         | 142        | 131           | 171           |
| 26        | UTTAR PRADESH     | 5785       | 733        | 21942         | 4657          |
| 27        | UTTARAKHAND       | 570        | 54         | 1395          | 228           |
| 28        | WEST BENGAL       | 484        | 208        | 3245          | 1269          |
| 29        | A &NISLANDS       | 0          | 1          | 0             | 12            |
| 30        | CHANDIGARH        | 76         | 0          | 262           | 2             |
| 31        | DNH&DAMANDIU      | 0          | 0          | 5             | 42            |
| 32        | DELHI             | 393        | 49         | 3965          | 340           |
| 33        | JAMMU &KASHMIR    | 2          | 8          | 318           | 211           |
| 34        | LADAKH            | 0          | 1          | 0             | 3             |
| 35        | LAKSHADWEEP       | 0          | 0          | 0             | 5             |
| 36        | PUDUCHERRY        | 29         | 0          | 58            | 5             |
|           | TOTAL             | 26643      | 17310      | 90037         | 42211         |

# Maharashtra did not provide breakup

## State/UT-wise wages provided to convicted prisoners during the year

## ANNEXURE-II L.S.US.Q.NO.3230 FOR 21.03.2023 2021

| Sl. No   |                   | Wages paid per day to convicts ( in Rs )   | Wages paid per day to convicts ( in Rs )   | Wages paid per day to convicts ( in Rs )   |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No   |                   | Skilled                                    | Semi Skilled                               | Un-skilled                                 |
| 1        | ANDHRA PRADESH    | 200                                        | 180                                        | 160                                        |
| 2        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 75                                         | -                                          | 55                                         |
| 3        | ASSAM             | M-75, F-100                                | M-55, F-80                                 | -                                          |
| 4        | BIHAR             | 156                                        | 112                                        | 103                                        |
| 5        | CHHATTISGARH      | 75                                         | -                                          | 60                                         |
| 6        | GOA               | 80                                         | 60                                         | 50                                         |
| 7        | GUJARAT           | 100                                        | 80                                         | 70                                         |
| 8        | HARYANA           | 60                                         | 50                                         | 40                                         |
| 9        | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | -                                          | -                                          | 300                                        |
| 10       | JHARKHAND         | 144                                        | 113                                        | 91                                         |
| 11       | KARNATAKA $       | 225                                        | 200                                        | 175                                        |
| 12       | KERALA            | 152                                        | 127                                        | 63                                         |
| 13       | MADHYA PRADESH    | 120                                        | -                                          | 72                                         |
| 14       | MAHARASHTRA       | 67                                         | 61                                         | 48                                         |
| 15       | MANIPUR           | 50                                         | 40                                         | 30                                         |
| 16       | MEGHALAYA         | 148.40                                     | 140.70                                     | 132.30                                     |
| 17       | MIZORAM           | 30                                         | 24                                         | 20                                         |
| 18       | NAGALAND          | 135                                        | 125                                        | 115                                        |
| 19       | ODISHA            | 70                                         | 60                                         | 50                                         |
| 20       | PUNJAB            | 60                                         | 50                                         | 40                                         |
| 21       | RAJASTHAN         | 180                                        | -                                          | 156                                        |
| 22       | SIKKIM            | 40                                         | 30                                         | 30                                         |
| 23       | TAMIL NADU        | 200                                        | 180                                        | 160                                        |
| 24       | TELANGANA         | 70                                         | 50                                         | 30                                         |
| 25       | TRIPURA           | 33                                         | 28                                         | 24                                         |
| 26       | UTTAR PRADESH     | 40                                         | 30                                         | 25                                         |
| 27       | UTTARAKHAND       | 67                                         | 52                                         | 44                                         |
| 28       | WEST BENGAL       | 100                                        | 90                                         | 80                                         |
| 29       | A & N ISLANDS     | 110                                        | -                                          | 87                                         |
| 30       | CHANDIGARH        | 110                                        | 100                                        | 90                                         |
| 31       | DNH & DAMAN DIU   | -                                          | -                                          | -                                          |
| 32       | DELHI             | 308                                        | 248                                        | 194                                        |
| 33       | JAMMU & KASHMIR   | 72                                         | -                                          | 60                                         |
| 34       | LADAKH            | -                                          | -                                          | -                                          |
| 35       | LAKSHADWEEP       | -                                          | -                                          | -                                          |
| 36       | PUDUCHERRY        | 180                                        | 160                                        | 150                                        |

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