Karnataka High Court

1. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 368
TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 16TH
SEPTEMBER, 2020/ BHADRAPADA 25, 1942
(SAKA)
ATROCITIES ON SCs / STs
368. SHRI K.K. RAGESH:
Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) whether the atrocities on SCs / STs are increasing;
(b) if so, the State-wise and year-wise details of atrocities on SCs / STs
during the last five years;
(c) whether any spurt in the number of atrocities on SCs / STs was witnessed
in the last six months; and
(d) if so, the State-wise details of atrocities on SCs / STs occurred during the
last six months?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
(SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)
(a) to (d): National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles and publishes
information on crime in its publication “Crime in India”. Published reports are
available till the year 2018. As per the published information, State/Union
Territory – wise details of cases registered undertotal Crime/Atrocities
against Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes during 2014 to 2018 are at
Annexure. The data does not show any uniform trend.
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2. Annexure
RS.US Q.NO. 368 FOR 16.09.2019
State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR) under Total Crime/Atrocities against Scheduled Castes (SCs)&Scheduled Tribes (STs) during 2014-2018
SL State/UT
CR under Total Crime/Atrocities against SCs CR under Total Crime/Atrocities against STs
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
1 Andhra Pradesh 2113 2263 2335 1969 1836 390 362 405 341 330
2 Arunachal Pradesh 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0
3 Assam 2 5 4 10 8 1 0 1 65 6
4 Bihar 7886 6367 5701 6747 7061 77 5 25 80 64
5 Chhattisgarh 359 216 243 283 264 475 373 402 399 388
6 Goa 13 13 11 10 5 6 8 11 2 5
7 Gujarat 1094 1010 1322 1477 1426 223 248 281 319 311
8 Haryana 475 510 639 762 961 0 0 0 0 0
9 Himachal Pradesh 119 94 116 109 130 3 6 2 3 1
10 Jammu & Kashmir* 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
11 Jharkhand 903 736 525 541 537 402 266 280 237 224
12 Karnataka 1865 1852 1869 1878 1325 397 386 374 401 322
13 Kerala 712 696 810 916 887 120 165 182 144 138
14 Madhya Pradesh 3294 3546 4922 5892 4753 1577 1358 1823 2289 1868
15 Maharashtra 1768 1804 1750 1689 1974 443 482 403 464 526
16 Manipur 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 1
17 Meghalaya 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
18 Mizoram 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
19 Nagaland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Odisha 1657 1823 1796 1969 1778 533 691 681 700 557
21 Punjab 123 147 132 118 168 0 0 2 0 0
22 Rajasthan 6735 5911 5134 4238 4607 1681 1409 1195 984 1095
23 Sikkim 3 3 1 5 5 1 0 0 6 1
24 Tamil Nadu 1494 1736 1291 1362 1413 18 25 19 22 15
25 Telangana 1427 1293 1529 1466 1507 333 386 375 435 419
26 Tripura 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 1 0
27 Uttar Pradesh 8066 8357 10426 11444 11924 24 6 4 88 145
28 Uttarakhand 60 80 65 96 58 1 6 3 11 7
29 West Bengal 130 150 119 138 119 107 84 83 122 101
TOTAL STATE(S) 40300 38613 40743 43122 42748 6815 6270 6556 7114 6524
30 A&N Islands 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 6 2 1
31 Chandigarh 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
32 D&N Haveli** 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 2 5 3
33 Daman & Diu** 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Delhi 86 51 54 48 36 2 0 2 4 0
35 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
36 Puducherry 14 3 3 32 7 1 0 1 0 0
TOTAL UT(S) 101 57 58 81 45 12 6 12 11 4
TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 40401 38670 40801 43203 42793 6827 6276 6568 7125 6528
Source: Crime in India
Note: Clarifications are pending from West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya& Sikkim for the year 2018
*Now UTs of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh
** Now UTs of D&N Haveli and UT of Daman & Diu have merged as one UT