ATROCITIES AGAINST SC/ST

State-wise details of atrocities against SCs/STs and the details of convictions during the year 2016 to 2020 including Uttar Pradesh, (as per the latest data provided by National Crime Records Bureau), are annexed at Annexure A & B respectively.

This Ministry releases funds to the States/UTs under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme for the Protection of Civil Rights (PCR) Act, 1955 and the Scheduled Caste and the Scheduled Tribes (Protection of Atrocities) (PoA) Act, 1989 for the following:-

(i) Functioning and strengthening of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Protection Cell and Special Police Stations.

(ii) Setting up and Functioning of Exclusive Special Courts.

(iii) Relief and Rehabilitation of atrocity victims.

(iv) Incentive for Inter-Caste Marriages, where one of the spouses is a member of a Scheduled Caste.

(v) Awareness Generation

State-wise details of number of victims provided relief/legal assistance during the year 2016-2020 is attached at Annexure C.

The Atrocity Cases in the year 2018 have decreased approximately by 11.15% from the year 2017, but have increased by 11.46% in 2019 and 8.6% in 2020 from the previous year.

1. ‘Police’ and ‘Public Order’ are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule (List-II) to the Constitution of India. The responsibility of maintaining Law and Order, Protection of life and property of the citizens including SCs/STs rest with the respective State Governments/Union Territory Administrations and the States are competent to deal with such offences under the extant provisions of laws.

However, Government of India issues advisories to the State Governments/UT Administrations from time to time for effective implementation of the PoA Act and Rules made the reunder.

Annexure A

Details of number of cases registered relating to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 in conjunction with the IPC, during the year  2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.

S. No.	States/UT	Cases registered under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, in conjunction with the IPC
2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
SC	ST	Total	SC	ST	Total	SC	ST	Total	SC	ST	Total	SC	ST	Total
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
1.	Andhra Pradesh	2335	405	2740	1969	341	2310	1632	303	1935	1892	312	2204	1769	300	2069
2.	Arunachal Pradesh	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3.	Assam	4	1	5	10	65	75	0	3	3	17	1	18	17	6	23
4.	Bihar	5701	25	5726	6747	80	6827	6863	64	6927	6540	97	6637	7367	94	7461
5.	Chhattisgarh	243	402	645	283	399	682	264	386	650	339	427	766	316	501	817
6.	Goa	10	11	21	10	2	12	4	3	7	3	1	4	0	1	1
7.	Gujarat	1321	281	1602	1477	319	1796	1321	299	1620	1295	310	1605	1258	289	1547
8.	Haryana	639	0	639	760	0	760	912	0	912	1034	1	1035	1132	0	1132
9.	Himachal Pradesh	115	2	117	108	3	111	34	0	34	30	0	30	40	1	41
10.	Jharkhand	525	280	805	541	237	778	215	81	296	324	136	460	367	167	534
11.	Karnataka	1866	371	2237	1869	401	2270	1226	302	1528	1417	316	1733	1263	269	1532
12.	Kerala	810	182	992	915	144	1059	783	126	909	776	128	904	776	119	895
13.	Madhya Pradesh	4922	1823	6745	5892	2289	8181	4741	1867	6608	5299	1920	7219	6899	2399	9298
14.	Maharashtra	1736	403	2139	1688	464	2152	1807	507	2314	1932	506	2438	2359	639	2998
15.	Manipur	2	1	3	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	2	2
16.	Meghalaya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17.	Mizoram	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	8	0	0	0
18.	Nagaland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19.	Odisha	1796	681	2477	1969	700	2669	1747	552	2299	1845	576	2421	2046	605	2651
20.	Punjab	132	2	134	118	0	118	136	0	136	130	1	131	119	2	121
21.	Rajasthan	5134	1195	6329	4238	984	5222	4490	1073	5563	6659	1759	8418	6895	1849	8744
22.	Sikkim	1	0	1	5	6	11	2	1	3	2	2	4	0	0	0
23.	Tamil Nadu	1287	19	1306	1361	22	1383	1331	13	1344	1060	28	1088	1237	18	1255
24.	Telangana	1529	375	1904	1465	435	1900	1337	383	1720	1545	494	2039	1842	545	2387
25.	Tripura	0	3	3	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
26.	Uttar Pradesh	10426	4	10430	11232	88	11320	9327	131	9458	9451	705	10156	10138	1	10139
27.	Uttarakhand	65	3	68	96	11	107	42	7	49	59	8	67	33	13	46
28.	West Bengal	119	83	202	138	122	260	100	76	176	100	76	176	86	67	153
29.	A & N Islands	0	6	6	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2
30.	Chandigarh	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
31.	D. & N. Haveli and Daman & Diu+	0	2	2	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
32.	Delhi	53	2	55	48	4	52	11	0	11	43	0	43	31	0	31
33.	Jammu and Kashmir*	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4
34.	Ladakh	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0
35.	Lakshadweep	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
36.	Puducherry	2	1	3	26	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	40774	6564	47338	42969	7125	50094	38327	6178	44505	41793	7815	49608	45995	7891	53886

Note:-

‘+’ Combined data of erstwhile D&N Haveli UT and Daman & Diu UT during the years.

*’ Data of erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir State including Ladakh during the years.

 Source: – National Crime Records Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs.

					Annexure B
State/UT-wise Cases Convicted (CON)under Total Crime against Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) during 2016-2020
SL	State/UT	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
CON (SC)	CON (ST)	CON (SC)	CON (ST)	CON (SC)	CON (ST)	CON (SC)	CON (ST)	CON (SC)	CON (ST)
1	Andhra Pradesh	31	2	48	2	47	11	38	2	37	1
2	Arunachal Pradesh	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Assam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Bihar	204	5	101	1	44	0	44	2	12	0
5	Chhattisgarh	56	78	72	100	50	41	47	39	23	47
6	Goa	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
7	Gujarat	22	1	12	4	14	1	7	5	3	1
8	Haryana	39	0	46	0	54	0	64	0	6	0
9	Himachal Pradesh	1	0	4	0	2	0	6	0	1	0
10	Jharkhand	87	34	19	25	29	3	17	10	14	8
11	Karnataka	22	0	21	4	45	2	26	3	17	1
12	Kerala	13	4	11	3	22	6	14	2	7	7
13	Madhya Pradesh	886	273	1055	399	754	287	964	414	538	151
14	Maharashtra	106	21	79	15	79	23	75	30	39	12
15	Manipur	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Meghalaya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Mizoram	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Nagaland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Odisha	34	18	8	0	8	3	2	0	5	0
20	Punjab	16	0	7	0	6	0	5	0	4	0
21	Rajasthan	541	139	1673	172	597	115	927	194	572	114
22	Sikkim	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0
23	Tamil Nadu	76	1	97	2	99	0	89	6	129	0
24	Telangana	24	12	38	7	31	6	43	31	13	2
25	Tripura	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	Uttar Pradesh	1570	12	1512	2	1551	1	1619	1	1820	1
27	Uttarakhand	24	0	6	2	0	1	17	1	0	2
28	West Bengal	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
	TOTAL STATE(S)	3753	602	4811	741	3433	503	4004	742	3240	347
29	A&N Islands	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Chandigarh	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
31	D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Delhi	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
33	Jammu and Kashmir	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	Ladakh	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0
35	Lakshadweep	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	Puducherry	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTAL UT(S)	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	1	0
	TOTAL (ALL INDIA)	3753	602	4811	744	3433	503	4007	742	3241	347
Source: National Crime Records Bureau, MHA
	Note : Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal in time for 2019, Data furnished for 2018 has been used

Annexure C

S. No.	States/UTs	Number of Atrocity Victims provided relief
2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21
1.	Andhra Pradesh	5408	5408	10995	10995	10995
2.	Assam	NA	NA	0	0	2
3.	Bihar	2342	2342	3266	3266	4761
4.	Chhattisgarh	492	883	773	940	1115
5.	Goa	NA	0	0	0	0
6.	Gujarat	2070	2287	1741	1930	2295
7.	Haryana	487	626	1003	963	693
8.	Himachal Pradesh	58	173	278	309	NA
9.	Jharkhand	117	595	556	604	1000
10.	Karnataka	1912	2277	2128	2745	2483
11.	Kerala	372	600	1106	863	1300
12.	Madhya Pradesh	6303	8872	6338	6338	9951
13.	Maharashtra	1440	1808	2184	2199	2000
14.	Odisha	2108	1385	1796	2902	2828
15.	Punjab	NA	NA	0	NA	NA
16.	Rajasthan	1729	3648	3727	9158	12647
17.	Sikkim	NA	NA	0	0	0
18.	Tamil Nadu	2216	2067	1580	2530	NA
19.	Telangana	1007	1007	4976	3240	6300
20.	Tripura	NA	1	1	10	NA
21.	Uttar Pradesh	11369	16507	16507	23866	25000
22.	Uttarakhand	5	105	142	274	119
23.	West Bengal	61	61	108	118	107
24.	Chandigarh	NA	0	0	0	0
25.	D&NH	NA	NA	0	NA	NA
26	Daman and Diu	NA	NA	0	NA	NA
27.	NCT of Delhi	18	22	11	26	NA
28.	Puducherry	NA	0	0	46	5
	Total	39514	50674	59216	73322	83601
Note-    (i)      NA= Not available.             (ii)      The scheme is intended towards effective implementation of the PCR Act and the PoA Act. The number of atrocity victims/their dependents provided relief is indicated the table above.

This information was given by Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Ramdas Athawale in the Lok Sabha in a written reply today.

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