(a) the rate of juvenile crime alongwith the rate of growth of young people in the country; State-wise; and
(b) the steps taken by the Government in this direction?
(a) the rate of juvenile crime alongwith the rate of growth of young people in the country; State-wise; and
(b) the steps taken by the Government in this direction?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS ( I.D.SWAMI )
(a): A statement indicating the State and UT-wise incidence of juvenile crimes and rate of juvenile crimes under IPC during 1999 is enclosed (Annexure)
(b): `Public Order` and `Police` are State subjects as per the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India and as such, registration, investigation, detection and prevention of crime is primarily the responsibility of the State Governments. However, the Central Government has, from time to time, been writing to the State Governments stressing upon them the need to take preventive, punitive and rehabilitative measures in connection with crimes.
INCIDENCE & RATE JUVENILE IPC CRIMES DURING 1999 ( STATE & UT -WISE )
S.NO. STATE/UT INCIDENCE RATE
1. ANDHRA PRADESH 590 .79
2. ARUNACHAL PRADESH 42 3.60
3. ASSAM 182 .70
4. BIHAR 382 .39
5. GOA 21 1.34 6. GUJARAT 1075 2.25
7 HARYANA 300 1.53
8. HIMACHAL PRADESH 47 .71
9. JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 .00 10. KARNATAKA 286 .55 11. KERALA 51 .16 12. MADHYA PRADESH 2380 3.02 13. MAHARASHTRA 1848 2.04 14. MANIPUR 0 .00 15. MEGHALAYA 15 .63 16. MIZORAM 11 1.18 17. NAGALAND 0 .00 18. ORISSA 195 .55 19. PUNJAB 20 .09 20. RAJASTHAN 674 1.27 21. SIKKIM 6 1.10 22. TAMIL NADU 403 .66 23. TRIPURA 17 .46 24. UTTAR PRADESH 14 .01 25. WEST BENGAL 15 .02
TOTAL (STATES) 8574 .88
26. A&N ISLANDS 3 .79 27. CHANDIGARH 16 1.84 28. D&N HAVELI 0 .00 29. DAMAN & DIU 0 .00 30. DELHI UT 288 2.12 31. LAKSHADWEEP 1 1.43 32. PONDICHERRY 6 .55 TOTAL (UTs) 314 1.92
TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 8888 .90
SOURCE : CRIME IN INDIA DATA NOTE : RATE = INCIDENCE PER LAKH OF TOTAL POPULATION