GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †521 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 20TH DECEMBER, 2017/AGRAHAYANA 29, 1939 (SAKA) COMMUNAL VIOLENCE AND TENSION IN THE COUNTRY †521. SHRI P. L. Punia: Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state: (a) the number of incidents of communal violence and tension in the country, the State-wise details thereof for the years 2014-15 and 2016; (b) the extent of loss of life and property during such incidents, the State-wise details for the last three years; (c) the names of organisations having role behind communal violence and tension and incidents of atrocities in the name of ghar wapsi (religious conversion), love jihad and cow vigilantism and the details of action taken against them; and (d) the details of guidelines issued by Government to prevent far increasing incidents of communal violence and tension? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR) (a) to (c) As per available information, the State-wise details of communal incidents and persons killed therein during the year 2014, 2015 and 2016 are enclosed at Annexure. “Public Order” and “Police” are State subjects as per the provisions of the Constitution of India. The responsibilities of maintaining law and order, investigation/registration/prosecution of crimes (including communal violence), --2-- --2-- R.S.US.Q NO. 521 FOR 20.12.2017 conviction of accused, protection of life and property etc. and maintaining relevant data rest primarily with the respective State Governments. The details regarding persons arrested/convicted, organisations involved, action taken against them, damages to property etc. are not maintained centrally. (d) The Central Government has issued Communal Harmony guidelines to all States/Union Territories, which inter alia, lay down standard operating procedures to be put in place to deal with situation arising out of the communal violence. These guidelines are aimed to maintain due vigilance, careful planning and preparatory measures which may prevent and pre-empt any possible incidents of communal violence. These Communal Harmony Guidelines are available at MHA’s website (mha.nic.in). ******** Annexure STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) TO (C) OF RAJYA SABHA USQ NO. 521 FOR 20.12.2017 SHOWING NUMBER OF COMMUNAL INCIDENTS AND PERSONS KILLED THEREIN DURING THE YEAR 2014, 2015 AND 2016 2014 2015 2016 States Persons Persons Persons Incidents Incidents Incidents Killed Killed Killed A & N Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 Andhra 5 0 4 0 1 0 Pradesh Arunachal 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pradesh Assam 1 0 3 0 12 3 Bihar 61 5 71 20 65 4 Chandigarh 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chhattisgarh 0 0 2 0 2 0 Delhi 7 1 5 0 7 0 D & N Haveli 0 0 0 0 0 0 Daman & Diu 0 0 0 0 0 0 Goa 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gujarat 74 7 55 8 53 6 Haryana 4 1 3 0 2 0 Himachal 0 0 1 1 2 1 Pradesh J & K 0 0 4 1 10 0 Jharkhand 10 1 28 3 24 5 Karnataka 73 6 105 8 101 12 Kerala 4 1 3 0 6 0 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 0 0 Madhya 56 12 92 9 57 3 Pradesh Maharashtra 97 12 105 14 68 6 Manipur 0 0 0 0 7 5 Meghalaya 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mizoram 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nagaland 0 0 0 0 0 0 Odisha 3 1 0 0 4 0 Puducherry 0 0 0 0 0 0 Punjab 0 0 0 0 1 0 Rajasthan 72 14 65 5 63 5 Sikkim 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tamil Nadu 15 1 3 0 8 1 Telangana 5 0 11 1 8 1 Tripura 0 0 0 0 1 0 Uttar Pradesh 133 26 155 22 162 29 Uttarakhand 8 1 9 0 7 1 West Bengal 16 6 27 5 32 4 Total 644 95 751 97 703 86 .