Lok Sabha Question No. 1728 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-08
Subject: Women Police Stations
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL, JAYSHREEBEN  PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1728

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 08 TH  MARCH, 2016/PHALGUNA 18, 1937 (SAKA)

WOMEN POLICE STATIONS

1728. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL:

## SHRIMATI JAYSHREEBEN PATEL:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  more/new  police stations to deal with the women related cases within stipulated period and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the total number of women police stations functioning at present in the country, State-wise;
- (c) the total number of women police personnel deployed in such police stations as on date, State-wise;
- (d)  whether  crime  cases  directed  towards  to  women  have  decreased after setting up of women police stations;
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the total number of cases registered in such  police  stations  and  the  action  taken  against  the  guilty  persons during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (f)  the  total  number  of  women  police  stations  set  up  during  the  said period, State-wise; and
- (g)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  set  up  more  women  police stations in the country?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HARIBHAI PARATHIBHAI CHAUDHARY)

(a) to (g): Police'  is  a  State  subject  under  the  Seventh  Schedule  to the  Constitution  of  India  and  hence  establishment  of Women Police

## LS.US.Q.NO.1728 FOR 08.03.2016

Stations  in  the  country  is  in  the  domain  of  the  respective  State Government.  However, Ministry of Home Affairs had issued a detailed advisory  dated  4 th   September,  2009  on  crimes  against  women  to  all State Governments/UTs, wherein they have been, inter-alia, advised to set  up  exclusive  'Crime  against  Women  and  Children'  desk  in  each police station and Special Women police cells in the police stations and all women police thanas as needed.

As per data available with Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), there were a total of 535 Women Police Stations in  the  country  as  on  01-01-2015.  The  State-wise  details  are  given  in Annexure. The records relating to number of women police personnel in such  Police  stations,  number  of  cases  registered  against  women  in these stations, etc. are not maintained centrally.

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Annexure to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1728 for answer on 08-032016.

STATE/UT-WISE LIST OF NUMBER OF WOMEN POLICE STATIONS

| SL No   | State/UTs         | Number of Women Police Station   |
|---------|-------------------|----------------------------------|
| (1)     | (2)               | (3)                              |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 18                               |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 1                                |
| 3       | Assam             | 1                                |
| 4       | Bihar             | 40                               |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      | 4                                |
| 6       | Goa               | 1                                |
| 7       | Gujarat           | 32                               |
| 8       | Haryana           | 2                                |
| 9       | Jammu & Kashmir   | 2                                |
| 10      | Jharkhand         | 24                               |
| 11      | Karnataka         | 10                               |
| 12      | Kerala            | 5                                |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh    | 9                                |
| 14      | Manipur           | 9                                |
| 15      | Meghalaya         | 7                                |
| 16      | Odisha            | 6                                |
| 17      | Punjab            | 7                                |
| 18      | Rajasthan         | 40                               |
| 19      | Tamil Nadu        | 199                              |
| 20      | Tripura           | 4                                |
| 21      | Uttar Pradesh     | 71                               |
| 22      | Uttarakhand       | 2                                |
| 23      | West Bengal       | 20                               |
| 24      | D&N Haveli        | 1                                |
| 25      | Puducherry        | 3                                |
| 26.     | Himachal Pradesh  | 3                                |
| 27      | Telangana         | 14                               |
|         | All Total         | 535                              |

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