Lok Sabha Question No. 335 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-05
Subject: Suicide by SC/ST
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Alok Kumar Suman

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

## LOK SABHA

## SUICIDE BY SCIST

335. DR ALOK KUMAR SUMAN:

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

- (a) the details and the number of Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) committed suicide due to loan and poverty;
- (b) the measures taken by the Government to stop the suicide among them;
- (c) the number of SC and ST students committed suicide due to the social discrimination in the country; and
- (d) the step taken to prevent social discrimination in the national institutions in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI A. NARAYANASWAMY)

- (a) to (b): As per the information received ftom National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB); information regarding the details and the number of Scheduled Caste (SC) and NCRB has no Scheduled Tribe (ST) committed suicide due to loan and poverty. However; as per the data maintained by National Crime Records Bureau; the cause-wise number of suicides committed during 2019-2021 is as Annexure-I. given
- (c) to (d: Asper the information received by National Crime Records Bureau NCRB) NCRB information regarding number of SC ad ST students committed suicide due to the has no social discrimination in the country. However; as per the data maintained by National Crime Records Bureau; the state-wise number ofsuicides committed by students in the country during 2019-2021 is given as Annexure-II:

The department of Higher Education has established Counselling Cell and various mechanism such as SCIST Students Cell, Equal Opportunity Cell, Student Grievance Cell, Student Committee; Student Social Club, Liason Officers; Liaison Committee in various Grievance national institutes to proactively address the issue related to social discrimination or any other issues of SCIST students

Further;, the Protection of Civil Rights {PCR} Act; 1955, that prescribes punishment for enforcement of any disability arising from of untouchability and the Scheduled and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) {PoA} Act, 1989,is in force to Castes the  commission of offences of atrocities members  including  students of prevent Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) practice against

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.335 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.12.2023

## Annexure-[

Referred to the reply of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No: 335 admitted for answer on 0e.ezr2023, asked by DR ALOK KUMAR SUMAN regarding "Suicide by SCIST

| SN   | Cause                                            | 2019   | 2020   | 2021        |
|------|--------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|-------------|
| 1    | indebtedness [Bankruptcy or                      | 5908   | 5213   | 6361        |
| 2    | Marriage Related Issues                          | 7595   | 7636   | 7903        |
|      |                                                  | 2331   | 2237   |             |
| 2.1  | Non-Settlement of Marriage                       | 1956   | 2018   | 1724        |
| 2.2  | Dowry_Related Issues_                            | 1114   | 1360   | 1448        |
| 23   | Extra Marital affairs                            | 540    | 551    | 566         |
| 2.4  | Divorce                                          | 1654   | 1470   | 1518        |
| 2.5  | Others                                           | 2744   | 2080   | 1673        |
| 3    | FFailure in Examination                          |        | 290    | 407         |
| 4    | [mpotency/Infertility                            | 428    | 51477  | 54410       |
| 5    | Family problems                                  | 45140  |        | 30446       |
| 6    | Illness                                          | 23830  | 27623  |             |
| 6.1  | AIDSISTD                                         | 222    | 187    | 125         |
| 6.2  | (Cancer                                          | 1174   | 1260   | 1246        |
|      |                                                  | 929    | 880    | 1199        |
| 6.4  |                                                  | 11009  | 13796  | 13792 14084 |
| 6.5  | Other prolonged illness                          | 10496  | 11500  | 1925        |
| 7    |                                                  | 1186   | 1452   |             |
|      |                                                  | 7860   | 9169   | 10560       |
| 8 9  | Drug abuseladdiction FFall in social reputation_ | 560    | 674    | 901         |
| 10   | Iideological causesHero worshipping              | 129    | 164    | 162 7563    |
| 11   | LLove affairs                                    | 6311   | 6757   |             |
| 12   | Poverty                                          | 1122   | 1901   | 1779        |
| 13   | Unemployment_                                    | 2851   | 3548   | 3541        |
| 14   | PProperty dispute                                | 1478   | 1331   | 1882        |
| 15   | [Suspected/Illicit relation_                     | 697    | 820    | 696         |
| 16   | Iillegitimate Pregnancy                          | 16     | 39     | 50          |
|      |                                                  | 153    | 63     | 78          |
| 17   | PPhysical Abuse (Rapez etc:                      | 1658   | 1837   | 2593        |
| 18   | PProfessional/Career Problem_                    | 14265  | 15933  | 15974       |
| 19   | Causes not known_                                |        | 15045  | 15129       |
| 20   | Other causes                                     | 15192  |        |             |
|      |                                                  | 139123 | 153052 | 164033      |
|      | Total Asper data provided by_StatesNUTs          |        |        |             |

[Source: Accidental Deaths & Suicides in India\_

Referred to the reply of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 335 admitted for answer o 05.12.2023, asked by DR ALOK KUMAR SUMAN regarding "Suicide by SCIST

|    | State/UT wise Number 0f Suicides Committed by Students during 2019-2021   | State/UT wise Number 0f Suicides Committed by Students during 2019-2021   |   State/UT wise Number 0f Suicides Committed by Students during 2019-2021 | State/UT wise Number 0f Suicides Committed by Students during 2019-2021   |
|----|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SN | StatelUT                                                                  | 2019                                                                      |                                                                      2020 | 2021                                                                      |
|    | Andhra Pradesh                                                            | 383                                                                       |                                                                       469 | 523                                                                       |
| 2  | Arunachal Pradesh                                                         | 37                                                                        |                                                                        32 | 31                                                                        |
| 3  | Assam                                                                     | 357                                                                       |                                                                       390 | 348                                                                       |
|    | BBihar                                                                    | 166                                                                       |                                                                       192 | 258                                                                       |
| 5  | Chhattisgarh                                                              | 503                                                                       |                                                                       547 | 609                                                                       |
| 6  |                                                                           | 35                                                                        |                                                                        19 | 27                                                                        |
|    | Gujarat                                                                   | 575                                                                       |                                                                       597 | 622                                                                       |
| 8  | Haryana                                                                   | 179                                                                       |                                                                       257 | 235                                                                       |
| 9  | Himachal Pradesh                                                          | 90                                                                        |                                                                       102 | 120                                                                       |
| 10 |                                                                           | 527                                                                       |                                                                       704 | 716                                                                       |
| 11 | Karnataka                                                                 | 673                                                                       |                                                                       689 | 855                                                                       |
| 12 | KKerala                                                                   | 418                                                                       |                                                                       468 | 497                                                                       |
| 13 | Madhya Pradesh                                                            | 927                                                                       |                                                                      1158 | 1308                                                                      |
| 14 | Maharashtra                                                               | 1487                                                                      |                                                                      1648 | 1834                                                                      |
| 15 | Manipur                                                                   | 12                                                                        |                                                                        12 | 10                                                                        |
| 16 | Meghalaya                                                                 | 31                                                                        |                                                                        49 | 39                                                                        |
| 17 | Mizoram                                                                   | 7                                                                         |                                                                        12 | 6                                                                         |
| 18 | NNagaland                                                                 | 8                                                                         |                                                                        13 | 6                                                                         |
| 19 | Odisha                                                                    | 379                                                                       |                                                                      1469 | 834                                                                       |
| 20 | IPunjab                                                                   | 121                                                                       |                                                                       194 | 166                                                                       |
| 21 | Rajasthan                                                                 | 469                                                                       |                                                                       582 | 633                                                                       |
| 22 | Sikkim                                                                    | 32                                                                        |                                                                        55 | 25                                                                        |
| 23 | Tamil Nadu                                                                | 914                                                                       |                                                                       930 | 1246                                                                      |
| 24 | Telangana                                                                 | 426                                                                       |                                                                       489 | 567                                                                       |
| 25 | Tripura                                                                   | 90                                                                        |                                                                       107 | 95                                                                        |
| 26 | UUttar Pradesh                                                            | 603                                                                       |                                                                       417 | 698                                                                       |
| 27 | Uttarakhand                                                               | 54                                                                        |                                                                       108 | 79                                                                        |
| 28 | West Bengal                                                               | 421                                                                       |                                                                       323 | 272                                                                       |
|    | TOTAL STATE(S)                                                            | 9924                                                                      |                                                                     12032 | 12659                                                                     |
| 29 | A & N Islands                                                             | 7                                                                         |                                                                        13 | 10                                                                        |
| 30 | Chandigarh                                                                | 20                                                                        |                                                                        21 | 13                                                                        |
| 31 | DeN Haveli and Daman& Diu                                                 | 33                                                                        |                                                                        20 | 26                                                                        |
| 32 | Delhi UT                                                                  | 218                                                                       |                                                                       343 | 293                                                                       |
| 33 | IJammu & Kashmir                                                          | 55                                                                        |                                                                        41 | 38                                                                        |
| 34 | Ladakh                                                                    |                                                                           |                                                                         4 |                                                                           |
| 35 | [akshadweep                                                               | 0                                                                         |                                                                         0 | 0                                                                         |
| 36 | Puduchenry                                                                | 78                                                                        |                                                                        52 | 49                                                                        |
|    | TOTAL UT(S)                                                               | 411                                                                       |                                                                       494 | 430                                                                       |
|    | TOTAL KALL INDIA)                                                         | 10335                                                                     |                                                                     12526 | 13089                                                                     |

(Source: Accidental Deaths & Suicides in India

As per data provided by States UTs

+' Combined data of erstwhile D & N HAVELI AND DAMAN & DIU UT during 2019

Data of newly created UTs

*' Data of erstwhile JAMMU & KASHMIR State Including LADAKH during 2019

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