Lok Sabha Question No. 2671 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-02
Subject: Suicide Cases
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: ARJUNLAL MEENA, CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI, HARI OM PANDEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2671

TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  THE  2 nd AUGUST,  2016/SHRAVANA  11,  1938, (SAKA)

## SUICIDE CASES

†2671.

SHRI ARJUN LAL MEENA: SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI: SHRI HARI OM PANDAY:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state?

(a)whether  suicide  and  attempt  to  suicide  cases  including  by students  enrolled  in  coaching  institutes  have  been  reported  from various parts of the country;

- (b) if so, the number of such cases reported, separately during each of  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year,  State-wise  including Rajasthan;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  survey  to  identify the reasons behind such increase, if so, the details and the outcome thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has any proposal to amend section 309 of IPC for suicidal attempts; and
- (e)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  proposed  key  amendments along  with  the  procedural  constraints  to  make  this  section  more relevant?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a) to (b): State/UT  wise  &  gender  wise  total  number  of  suicide reported during 2012-2014 is attached at Annexure-I. State/UT wise

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(including  Rajasthan)  number  of  suicides  committed  by  students during 2012-2014 is enclosed at Annexure - II.

(c): No study has been conducted by this Ministry. However, major causes of suicide, as per data available for 2014 as at Annexure-III are related to illness, family problems, issues related to marriage, bankruptcy, drug abuse and failure in examination etc.

(d) to (e):   Law commission of India in its 210 th Report 'Humanization  and  Decriminalization  of  attempt  to  Suicide'  had recommended  that  Section  309  (attempt  to  commit  suicide)  of Indian Penal Code need to be effaced from the statute book.

## L.S. US. Q. NO. 2671 FOR 02.08.2016 ANNEXURE -I

## State/UT wise and sex wise number of suicides during 2012-2014

| Sl. No.   | State/UT          | 2012   | 2012   | 2012   | 2013   | 2013   | 2013   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014          | 2014   |
|-----------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------------|--------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT          | Male   | Female | Total  | Male   | Female | Total  | Male   | Female | Trans- gender | Total  |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 9527   | 4711   | 14238  | 9902   | 4705   | 14607  | 4220   | 1880   | 1             | 6101   |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 100    | 30     | 130    | 171    | 58     | 229    | 110    | 46     | 0             | 156    |
| 3         | Assam             | 2392   | 872    | 3264   | 2558   | 995    | 3553   | 2510   | 1036   | 0             | 3546   |
| 4         | Bihar             | 455    | 304    | 759    | 630    | 427    | 1057   | 422    | 297    | 0             | 719    |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 4014   | 1640   | 5654   | 3648   | 1788   | 5436   | 3763   | 1920   | 0             | 5683   |
| 6         | Goa               | 196    | 93     | 289    | 230    | 98     | 328    | 203    | 88     | 0             | 291    |
| 7         | Gujarat           | 4362   | 2748   | 7110   | 4532   | 2634   | 7166   | 4603   | 2622   | 0             | 7225   |
| 8         | Haryana           | 2071   | 756    | 2827   | 2502   | 814    | 3316   | 2522   | 681    | 0             | 3203   |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  | 354    | 174    | 528    | 364    | 190    | 554    | 396    | 248    | 0             | 644    |
| 10        | Jammu& Kashmir    | 192    | 222    | 414    | 168    | 134    | 302    | 150    | 108    | 0             | 258    |
| 11        | Jharkhand         | 838    | 481    | 1319   | 984    | 476    | 1460   | 890    | 410    | 0             | 1300   |
| 12        | Karnataka         | 8596   | 4157   | 12753  | 7733   | 3533   | 11266  | 7684   | 3259   | 2             | 10945  |
| 13        | Kerala            | 6409   | 2081   | 8490   | 6701   | 1945   | 8646   | 6412   | 2034   | 0             | 8446   |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    | 5774   | 4001   | 9775   | 5670   | 3776   | 9446   | 5341   | 3698   | 0             | 9039   |
| 15        | Maharashtra       | 11304  | 4808   | 16112  | 11892  | 4730   | 16622  | 11828  | 4476   | 3             | 16307  |
| 16        | Manipur           | 23     | 18     | 41     | 22     | 15     | 37     | 31     | 19     | 0             | 50     |
| 17        | Meghalaya         | 90     | 38     | 128    | 96     | 41     | 137    | 75     | 24     | 0             | 99     |
| 18        | Mizoram           | 157    | 16     | 173    | 79     | 16     | 95     | 100    | 16     | 0             | 116    |
| 19        | Nagaland          | 24     | 6      | 30     | 25     | 12     | 37     | 9      | 4      | 0             | 13     |
| 20        | Odisha            | 2896   | 2131   | 5027   | 3272   | 1980   | 5252   | 2328   | 1832   | 0             | 4160   |
| 21        | Punjab            | 784    | 246    | 1030   | 713    | 259    | 972    | 710    | 233    | 0             | 943    |
| 22        | Rajasthan         | 3227   | 1594   | 4821   | 3377   | 1483   | 4860   | 3235   | 1224   | 0             | 4459   |
| 23        | Sikkim            | 96     | 85     | 181    | 125    | 59     | 184    | 161    | 83     | 0             | 244    |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        | 10748  | 6179   | 16927  | 11182  | 5419   | 16601  | 10963  | 5155   | 4             | 16122  |
| 25        | Telangana#        |        |        |        |        |        |        | 6669   | 2954   | 0             | 9623   |
| 26        | Tripura           | 560    | 284    | 844    | 636    | 325    | 961    | 492    | 270    | 0             | 762    |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     | 2495   | 1927   | 4422   | 3163   | 2123   | 5286   | 2099   | 1485   | 6             | 3590   |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       | 249    | 175    | 424    | 244    | 121    | 365    | 151    | 56     | 0             | 207    |
| 29        | West Bengal       | 8680   | 6277   | 14957  | 7860   | 5195   | 13055  | 8886   | 5424   | 0             | 14310  |
|           | Total (States)    | 86613  | 46054  | 132667 | 88479  | 43351  | 131830 | 86963  | 41582  | 16            | 128561 |
| 30        | A & N Islands     | 80     | 41     | 121    | 111    | 40     | 151    | 115    | 40     | 0             | 155    |
| 31        | Chandigarh        | 75     | 39     | 114    | 59     | 38     | 97     | 66     | 39     | 0             | 105    |
| 32        | D&N Haveli        | 41     | 25     | 66     | 55     | 29     | 84     | 45     | 31     | 0             | 76     |
| 33        | Daman &Diu        | 25     | 11     | 36     | 13     | 16     | 29     | 22     | 5      | 0             | 27     |
| 34        | Delhi UT          | 1246   | 653    | 1899   | 1417   | 642    | 2059   | 1424   | 671    | 0             | 2095   |
| 35        | Lakshadweep       | 1      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 2      | 3      | 2      | 1      | 0             | 3      |
| 36        | Puducherry        | 372    | 169    | 541    | 408    | 138    | 546    | 492    | 152    | 0             | 644    |
|           | Total (UTs)       | 1840   | 938    | 2778   | 2064   | 905    | 2969   | 2166   | 939    | 0             | 3105   |
| Total     | (All India)       | 88453  | 46992  | 135445 | 90543  | 44256  | 134799 | 89129  | 42521  | 16            | 131666 |

Source: 'Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India'

# Newly carved State from Andhra Pradesh

## L.S. US.Q.NO. 2671 FOR 2.8.2016

State/UT wise number of Suicides by Students during 2012-2014

| Sl. No.    | State / UT         | 2012   | 2013   | 2014   |
|------------|--------------------|--------|--------|--------|
|            | STATES:            |        |        |        |
| 1          | ANDHRA PRADESH     | 559    | 719    | 333    |
| 2          | ARUNACHAL PRADESH  | 13     | 28     | 25     |
| 3          | ASSAM              | 221    | 364    | 397    |
| 4          | BIHAR              | 64     | 82     | 79     |
| 5          | CHHATTISGARH       | 290    | 359    | 416    |
| 6          | GOA                | 23     | 23     | 15     |
| 7          | GUJARAT            | 388    | 386    | 367    |
| 8          | HARYANA            | 142    | 177    | 163    |
| 9          | HIMACHAL PRADESH   | 47     | 47     | 46     |
| 10         | JAMMU & KASHMIR    | 62     | 29     | 20     |
| 11         | JHARKHAND          | 175    | 150    | 142    |
| 12         | KARNATAKA          | 560    | 672    | 570    |
| 13         | KERALA             | 263    | 301    | 418    |
| 14         | MADHYA PRADESH     | 595    | 667    | 645    |
| 15         | MAHARASHTRA        | 921    | 1141   | 1191   |
| 16         | MANIPUR            | 14     | 4      | 13     |
| 17         | MEGHALAYA          | 25     | 30     | 22     |
| 18         | MIZORAM            | 7      | 8      | 15     |
| 19         | NAGALAND           | 4      | 6      | 2      |
| 20         | ODISHA             | 423    | 313    | 325    |
| 21         | PUNJAB             | 57     | 75     | 52     |
| 22         | RAJASTHAN          | 240    | 256    | 200    |
| 23         | SIKKIM             | 20     | 11     | 24     |
| 24         | TAMIL NADU         | 795    | 866    | 853    |
| 25         | TELANGANA          |        |        | 353    |
| 26         | TRIPURA            | 76     | 130    | 73     |
| 27         | UTTAR PRADESH      | 305    | 405    | 252    |
| 28         | UTTARAKHAND        | 20     | 40     | 33     |
| 29         | WEST BENGAL        | NR     | 788    | 709    |
|            | Total (States)     | 6309   | 8077   | 7753   |
|            | UNION TERRITORIES: |        |        |        |
| 30         | A & N ISLANDS      | 9      | 22     | 17     |
| 31         | CHANDIGARH         | 17     | 23     | 27     |
| 32         | D & N HAVELI       | 6      | 9      | 6      |
| 33         | DAMAN & DIU        | 2      | 4      | 1      |
| 34         | DELHI (UT)         | 266    | 250    | 241    |
| 35         | LAKSHADWEEP        | 0      | 0      | 1      |
| 36         | PUDUCHERRY         | 45     | 38     | 22     |
|            | Total (UTs)        | 345    | 346    | 315    |
| TOTAL (ALL | INDIA)             | 6654   | 8423   | 8068   |

Source: 'Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India' NR - State of West Bengal did not provide data for the above classification for the year 2012.

Note: Segregated data in respect of Telangana & Andhra Pradesh collected since 2014 only.

## Annexure-II

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## Annexure-III

| Sl. No.   | Cause                                               |   Male |   Female |   Transgender |   Total |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------|--------|----------|---------------|---------|
| 1         | Bankruptcy or Indebtedness                          |   2098 |      210 |             0 |    2308 |
| 2         | Marriage Related Issues (Total)                     |   2362 |     4411 |             0 |    6773 |
|           | 2.1 Non Settlement of Marriage                      |    490 |      606 |             0 |    1096 |
|           | 2.2 Dowry Related Issues                            |     39 |     2222 |             0 |    2261 |
|           | 2.3 Extra Marital affairs                           |    227 |      249 |             0 |     476 |
|           | 2.4 Divorce                                         |    150 |      183 |             0 |     333 |
|           | 2.5 Others                                          |   1456 |     1151 |             0 |    2607 |
| 3         | Failure in Examination                              |   1358 |     1045 |             0 |    2403 |
| 4         | Impotency/Infertility                               |    127 |      205 |             0 |     332 |
| 5         | Other Family problems                               |  18623 |     9977 |             2 |   28602 |
| 6         | Illness (Total)                                     |  16078 |     7663 |             5 |   23746 |
|           | 6.1 AIDS/STD                                        |    184 |       48 |             1 |     233 |
|           | 6.2 Cancer                                          |    407 |      175 |             0 |     582 |
|           | 6.3 Paralysis                                       |    301 |      107 |             0 |     408 |
|           | 6.4Insanity/ Mental Illness                         |   4761 |     2341 |             2 |    7104 |
|           | 6.5Other Prolonged Illness                          |  10425 |     4992 |             2 |   15419 |
| 7         | Death of Dear Person                                |    658 |      323 |             0 |     981 |
| 8         | Drug Abuse/AlcoholicAddiction                       |   3555 |       91 |             1 |    3647 |
| 9         | Fall in Social Reputation                           |    361 |      129 |             0 |     490 |
| 10        | Ideological Causes/Hero Worshipping                 |     43 |       13 |             0 |      56 |
| 11        | Love Affairs                                        |   2441 |     1727 |             0 |    4168 |
| 12        | Poverty                                             |   1419 |      280 |             0 |    1699 |
| 13        | Unemployment                                        |   1965 |      242 |             0 |    2207 |
| 14        | Property Dispute                                    |    874 |      193 |             0 |    1067 |
| 15        | Suspected/ Illicit Relation (Other than Sl. No.2.3) |    253 |      205 |             0 |     458 |
| 16        | Illegitimate Pregnancy (Other than Sl. No.2.3)      |      0 |       56 |             0 |      56 |
| 17        | Physical Abuse (Rape, etc.)                         |      6 |       68 |             0 |      74 |
| 18        | Professional/Career Problem                         |    792 |      111 |             0 |     903 |
| 19        | Causes Not Known                                    |  11308 |     4955 |             1 |   16264 |
| 20        | Other Causes                                        |  24808 |    10617 |             7 |   35432 |
| 21        | Total                                               |  89129 |    42521 |            16 |  131666 |

## State/UT wise causes of  suicides during 2014