Lok Sabha Question No. 342 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-05
Subject: Suicide Cases
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Vijayakumar (alias) Vijay Vasanth

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 342

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 5 TH  DECEMBER, 2023/ AGRAHAYANA 14, 1945 (SAKA)

SUICIDE CASES

342.     SHRI VIJAYAKUMAR (ALIAS) VIJAY VASANTH:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether there has been a spurt in the number of suicides among the youth during the year 2022 in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the total number of such cases reported during this period, State/UT-wise;

(c)  whether  the  issue  of  unemployment  was  the  main  cause  of  youth taking extreme step of suicide and if so, the details thereof; and

(d)  whether  the  Government  is  considering  to  release  such  data  of National Crime Records Bureau and if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a) to (d): 'Police'  and  'Public  Order'  are  State  subjects  as  per  Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. The responsibility of maintaining law and order, protection of life and property of citizens, rest with respective State Governments.

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 342 FOR 05.12.2023

National  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB)  compiles  and  publishes  data on suicides in its publication 'Accidental Deaths & Suicides in India (ADSI)'. The  published  reports  are  available  till  the  year  2022.  NCRB  does  not publish  data  on  suicides  among  the  youth  separately.  However,  the state/UT-wise details of suicides committed by people due to unemployment  along  with  the  total  number  of  suicides  in  the  country during 2020, 2021 and 2022 are at Annexure.

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## L.S.US.Q.NO. 342 FOR 05.12.2023

## State/UT-wise  number of  suicides  committed  by  people  due  to  unemployment and total number of suicides in the country during 2020, 2021 and 2022

| SL   | State/UT                                |   2020 |   2021 |   2022 |
|------|-----------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh                          |     88 |     65 |     97 |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh                       |      0 |      0 |     12 |
| 3    | Assam                                   |    234 |    411 |    150 |
| 4    | Bihar                                   |     12 |      2 |      3 |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh                            |     23 |     51 |     55 |
| 6    | Goa                                     |     43 |     23 |     12 |
| 7    | Gujarat                                 |    229 |    293 |    289 |
| 8    | Haryana                                 |     27 |     20 |     29 |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh                        |     20 |     24 |     26 |
| 10   | Jharkhand                               |    217 |     81 |    188 |
| 11   | Karnataka                               |    720 |    402 |    605 |
| 12   | Kerala                                  |    122 |    122 |    117 |
| 13   | Madhya Pradesh                          |     65 |     80 |     54 |
| 14   | Maharashtra                             |    625 |    796 |    642 |
| 15   | Manipur                                 |      1 |      1 |      0 |
| 16   | Meghalaya                               |      8 |     10 |      2 |
| 17   | Mizoram                                 |      2 |      7 |     11 |
| 18   | Nagaland                                |      2 |      5 |      1 |
| 19   | Odisha                                  |      6 |     24 |     33 |
| 20   | Punjab                                  |    105 |     53 |     79 |
| 21   | Rajasthan                               |    118 |    110 |     99 |
| 22   | Sikkim                                  |      9 |      9 |      6 |
| 23   | Tamil Nadu                              |    336 |    422 |    185 |
| 24   | Telangana                               |     23 |     28 |      9 |
| 25   | Tripura                                 |     12 |      2 |      0 |
| 26   | Uttar Pradesh                           |    227 |    121 |    151 |
| 27   | Uttarakhand                             |     17 |     27 |     17 |
| 28   | West Bengal                             |     42 |     25 |     12 |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)                          |   3333 |   3214 |   2884 |
| 29   | A & N Islands                           |      0 |      0 |      1 |
| 30   | Chandigarh                              |     11 |     14 |      0 |
| 31   | D&N Haveli and Daman&Diu                |      4 |     10 |      5 |
| 32   | Delhi UT                                |    148 |    288 |    262 |
| 33   | Jammu & Kashmir                         |     46 |     15 |     17 |
| 34   | Ladakh                                  |      0 |      0 |      1 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep                             |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 36   | Puducherry                              |      6 |      0 |      0 |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)                             |    215 |    327 |    286 |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) (Due to Unemployment) |   3548 |   3541 |   3170 |
|      | TOTAL SUICIDES (ALL INDIA)              | 153052 | 164033 | 170924 |

As per data provided by States/UTs.

Source: Accidents Deaths & Suicide in India