Lok Sabha Question No. 2904 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-15
Subject: Crime Against SC/ST/OBC and Minority Communities
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: VINOD KUMAR SONKAR, KINJARAPU RAM MOHAN NAIDU, NALIN KUMAR KATEEL, M. B. RAJESH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2904

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 15 TH  MARCH, 2016/PHALGUNA 25, 1937 (SAKA)

## CRIME AGAINST SC/ST/OBC AND MINORITY COMMUNITIES

†2904.

SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU:

SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

SHRI M.B. RAJESH:

## Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  incidents of crime including murder, abduction, rape, exploitation, atrocities and attacks on Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe  (ST)  OBC  and  minority  communities  have  been  reported  in  the country;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  total  number  of  such  cases, reported,  cases  solved/unsolved  guilty  arrested,  convicted  conviction rate achieved and the action taken against the guilty separately during each of the last three years  and the current year,  category, crime and State-wise including Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh;
- (c) whether the Government has been spreading awareness to substantially  reduce the crime against the said communities and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)  the  other  effective  measures  taken/  proposed  to  be  taken  by  the Government  to  stop such  crimes against  SC/ST/OBC  and  minority communities and provide security to them along with the steps taken to improve  the  convictio  rate  and  the  details  of  advisories  issued  to  the states and police departments in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARIBHAI PARATHIBHAI CHAUDHARY)

(a) & (b): As  per  information  provided by  the  National  Crime  Records

Bureau  (NCRB),  a total of 33,655, 39,408 and 47,064 cases under total

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crimes against SCs and a total of 5,922, 6,793 and 11,451 cases under total  crimes  against  STs  were  reported  during  2012,  2013  and  2014 respectively. NCRB has no input on crime against OBC and Minorities, as no  data  is  maintained separately.  Crime head  wise and State/UT wise (which  includes  data  on  Uttar  Pradesh  and  Andhra  Pradesh)  cases reported, cases chargesheets, cases in which chargesheets not laid but final report submitted  as true (cases unsolved), cases  convicted, conviction  rate,  persons  arrested,  persons  chargesheeted  and  persons convicted under crimes against persons belonging to SCs  during 20122014 and similar data for crimes against persons belonging to STs during 2012-2014 is available at http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload\_files/mha/files/Advisor\_11032016\_2.PDF

(c) & (d): As per the seventh schedule to the Constitution of India `Police` and `Public Order` are State subjects and, as such, the  primary responsibility  of  prevention,  detection,  registration,  investigation  and prosecution  of  all  crimes,  within  their  jurisdiction  including  crimes against  members  of  Scheduled  Castes,  Scheduled  Tribes,  OBC  and minority  communities lies  with the  State Governments/  Union Territory Administrations.  In  this  regard,  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  has  issued Advisories dated 1 st  April, 2010 on 'Measures needed to curb crime

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against  Scheduled  Castes/  Scheduled  Tribes'  and  dated  3 rd   February, 2005  on  'Need  for  effective  implementation  of  the  Protection  of  Civil Rights  Act,  1955  and  the  Scheduled  Castes  and  the  Scheduled  Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989' which are available at http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload\_files/mha/files/pdf/Advisory-SCST\_010610.pdf

http://www.mha.nic.in/apcr

Since  the  responsibility  of  implementation  of  Scheduled  Castes and  the  Scheduled  Tribes  (Prevention  of  Atrocities)  Act  1989  primarily lies  with  the  State  Governments  and  Union  Territory  Administrations, Ministry  of  Social  Justice  &  Empowerment  also  requests  States/UTs from time to time to implement provisions of the PoA Act in letter and spirit. In this regard, in d.o. letter dated 05.06.2015 and 09.06.2015 of the Secretary, Department of Social Justice and Empowerment, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment addressed to the Chief Secretaries of concerned  States/UTs,  has  impressed  upon  the  specific  points  for appropriate action, i.e. timely registration of the FIR and filing of charge sheet  in  the  Court,  minimizing  pendency  and  improving  conviction, sensitization of officers,awareness generation, publicity of provisions of

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the PoA Act. The State Governments and Union Territory Administrations are also provided Central assistance for effective implementation of the Act, under a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for implementation of the PCR and  PoA  Acts,  mainly  for  strengthening  of  enforcement  and  judicial machinery, relief and rehabilitation of victims of atrocities, incentive for inter-caste  marriages  where  one  of  the  spouses  is  a  member  of  a Scheduled  Caste  and  awareness  generation.  A  Committee  under  the Chairpersonship  of  Union  Minister  for  Social  Justice  &  Empowerment which was constituted in the year 2006 also, from time to time, reviews implementation  status  of  the  PCR  and  PoA  Acts  in  States  and  Union Territories.

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