MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT(DR. D. PURANDESWARI)
(a) & (b) : As per information gathered from the National
Anti-Ragging Helpline established by the University Grants
Commission (UGC), 96 complaints on ragging have been
registered through the Help Line in the last three months,
the state-wise details of which is as under:
States November December January Total 2010 2010 2011
1. Andhra Pradesh 2 - - 2
2. Assam - - 1 1
3. Bihar - 2 - 2
4. Chhattisgarh 1 1 1 3
5. Delhi 3 - 1 4
6. Gujarat - - - 0
7. Haryana - - - 0
8. Himachal Pradesh - - - 0
9. Jammu & Kashmir - 1 - 1
10. Jharkhand 1 - - 1
11. Karnataka - 1 - 1
12. Kerala 1 - 1 2
13. Madhya Pradesh 5 2 2 9
14. Maharashtra 3 4 3 10
15. Manipur - - - 0
16. Orissa 7 3 3 13
17. Pondicherry - - - 0
18. Punjab 1 - - 1
19. Rajasthan 1 - 1 2
20. Sikkim - - - 0
21. Tamil Nadu 3 - 2 5
22. Uttar Pradesh 17 3 2 22
23. Uttarakhand - - - 0
24. West Bengal 7 5 5 17 Total 52 22 22 96
(c) to (e): During the same period in 2009-10, the
monthly registration of complaints was 24 (November 2009),
12 (December 2009) and 3 (January 2010), totaling 39. The
increase can be attributed to, among others, greater
awareness about the Help Line, which was launched only in
June 2009, leading to its increased use at present.
University Grants Commission has notified “The UGC
Regulations on Curbing the Menace of Ragging in Higher
Educational Institutions, 2009†on 17th June 2009. The
regulations are available in the public domain at
www.ugc.ac.in/ragging. These regulations require higher
educational institutions to take effective steps in order to
sensitize students on the dehumanizing effects of ragging
and generate awareness among all stakeholders regarding the
penal laws applicable to incidents of ragging.
Also, the toll-free anti-ragging “Help Line†launched
by UGC on 20th June, 2009 has Call Centre facilities in
English, Hindi and regional languages (Tamil, Telugu,
Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi, Marathi, Oriya, Assamese,
Gujarati and Bengali) to help victims of ragging, besides
facilitating an effective action in respect of such incidents.
