Rs women crime rate

1. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
RAJYA SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO. *227
TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 17TH
MARCH, 2021/ PHALGUNA 26, 1942 (SAKA)
CRIMES AGAINST UNDERPRIVILEGED
227. SHRI M.V. SHREYAMS KUMAR:
Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a)whether crimes of rape against girls of the underprivileged classes of
the society and Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe women are
increasing recently in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise, for the last two years;
(c) whether Government has done any study/enquiry on this growing
menace of cruelty where the culprits often escape the arms of the law;
and
(d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
(SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)
(a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (d) OF RAJYA SABHA STARRED
QUESTION NO.*227 FOR 17.03.2021
(a) to (d): ‘Police’ and ‘Public Order’ are State subjects under the
Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. The responsibilities to
maintain law and order, protection of life and property of the citizens,
and investigation and prosecution of crime including crime against girls
and women who are members of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
rests with the respective State Governments. The State Governments
are competent to deal with such offences under the extant provisions of
laws and any study on any such specific aspect is in their jurisdiction.
National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles and publishes
information on crimes reported to it by States and Union Territories in its
publication “Crime in India”. Published reports are available till the year
2019. As per the published information, details of cases registered under
rape of women who are Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, age-
category wise (below and above 18 years) during 2018 and 2019 are at
Annexure.
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3. Note : Due to non--receipt of data from West Bengal in time for 2019, Data furnished for 2018 has been used
*Now UT of Jammu & Kashmir and UT of Ladakh
**UTs of D& N Haveli and UT of Daman & Diu have been merged
Annexure
State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR) for rape of women and children under belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) during 2018 and 2019
SL State/UT
Cases registered for crimes against SC Cases registered for crimes against ST
Rape of women (Sec. 376 IPC) above 18
years
Rape of Children (Sec 4 & 6 of POCSO Act or
POCSO Act r/w 376 IPC) (below 18 Years)
Rape of women (Sec. 376 IPC) above 18 years Rape of Children (Sec 4 & 6 of POCSO Act or
POCSO Act r/w 376 IPC) (below 18 Years)
2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019
1 Andhra Pradesh 65 74 36 38 10 22 10 4
2 Arunachal Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Assam 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Bihar 68 66 8 6 1 2 0 0
5 Chhattisgarh 57 58 36 64 77 78 85 102
6 Goa 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Gujarat 42 41 50 66 20 15 20 40
8 Haryana 99 120 72 101 0 0 0 0
9 Himachal Pradesh 5 5 10 5 0 0 0 0
10 Jammu & Kashmir* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Jharkhand 11 18 3 3 8 15 0 2
12 Karnataka 46 97 33 86 6 11 7 11
13 Kerala 74 59 77 81 15 24 12 11
14 Madhya Pradesh 304 296 169 214 199 219 170 139
15 Maharashtra 178 196 135 181 72 72 49 42
16 Manipur 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
17 Meghalaya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Mizoram 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Nagaland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Odisha 144 188 18 11 75 88 9 7
21 Punjab 19 12 11 7 0 0 0 0
22 Rajasthan 346 491 33 63 70 97 7 4
23 Sikkim 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
24 Tamil Nadu 36 41 35 56 1 2 1 3
25 Telangana 124 126 53 61 44 33 21 25
26 Tripura 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Uttar Pradesh 438 466 88 71 4 29 7 6
28 Uttarakhand 7 6 1 1 2 2 1 0
29 West Bengal 2 2 1 1 4 4 0 0
TOTAL STATE(S) 2066 2363 869 1116 609 714 399 396
30 A&N Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Chandigarh 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 D&N Haveli** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Daman & Diu** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Delhi 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0
38 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 Puducherry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL UT(S) 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 2067 2369 869 1117 609 714 399 396
Source: Crime in India