Question : Atrocities against SC-ST and Minority Communities

(a) whether incidents of crimes, atrocities and attack on Scheduled Castes (SC)/Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBCs), minorities and weaker section have reportedly increased in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the total number of such cases reported, cases solved/unsolved, guilty arrested, convicted and the action taken against the guilty separately during each of the last three years and the current year, category, crime and State/UT-wise including Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh;

(c) whether the Government has conducted any inquiry in this regard and if so, the details and the outcome thereof, State-wise;

(d) whether the Government has issued any advisory to the State Governments to stop such cases in future, if so, the details thereof along with the extent to which such attacks/atrocities on such persons have come down; and

(e) the details of other measures taken to ensure protection of such persons?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
(SHRI HARIBHAI PARATHIBHAI CHAUDHARY)
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LS.U.S.Q.No. 391 FOR 01.12.2015

(a) & (b): As per information provided by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), a total of 33,655 cases, 39,408 cases 47,064 cases were registered under crime against SCs and a total of 5,922 cases, 6,793 cases and 11,451 cases were registered against STs during 2012, 2013 and 2014 respectively showing a rising trend. State/UT wise cases reported, cases charge-sheeted, cases includes charge-sheeted, cases convicted, persons arrested, persons charge-sheeted and persons convicted under crime against SCs and STs including Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh during 2012-2014 is enclosed at Annexure-I. Data on crime against Other Backward Classes, Minorities and other weaker sections is not maintained separately.

(c) (d) & (e): As per the seventh schedule to the Constitution of India `Police` and `Public Order` are State subjects and, as such, the primary responsibility of prevention, detection, registration, investigation and prosecution of crime, lies with the State Governments/ Union Territory Administrations.

Ministry of Home Affairs has issued an advisory dated 1st April, 2010 on measures need to curb crime against Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes which is available at

http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/pdf/Advisory-SCST_010610.pdf

The Government of India has enacted Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 which came into force from 30th January, 1990 in order to check and deter crimes against SCs/STs by persons belonging to other communities.

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