Statement referred to in reply of Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No.768 for 16.8.2012 by Shri Shri P.Rajeeve regarding ‘Appointment of Protection Officer’.
STATUS OF APPOINTMENT OF PROTECTION OFFICERS UNDER THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT, 2005 (As on 13.08.12 as provided by State/UTs)
|
Sl.No. |
Name of the State/UT |
No. of Districts |
No. of Protection Officers appointed. |
|
1. |
Andhra Pradesh |
23 |
104 |
|
2. |
Arunachal Pradesh |
16 |
15 |
|
3. |
Assam |
27 |
22 |
|
4. |
Bihar |
38 |
21 |
|
5. |
Chhattisgarh |
18 |
181 |
|
6. |
Goa |
02 |
13 |
|
7. |
Gujarat |
26 |
44 |
|
8. |
Haryana |
21 |
20 |
|
9. |
Himachal Pradesh |
12 |
359 |
|
10. |
Jammu & Kashmir |
15 |
Act is not Applicable to the State |
|
11. |
Jharkhand |
24 |
136 |
|
12. |
Karnataka |
28 |
214 |
|
13. |
Kerala |
14 |
31 |
|
14. |
Madhya Pradesh |
50 |
368 |
|
15. |
Maharashtra |
35 |
3730 |
|
16. |
Manipur |
09 |
8 |
|
17. |
Meghalaya |
07 |
7 |
|
18. |
Mizoram |
08 |
9 |
|
19. |
Nagaland |
11 |
30 |
|
20 |
Odisha |
30 |
30 |
|
21 |
Punjab |
20 |
148 |
|
22. |
Rajasthan |
33 |
574 |
|
23. |
Sikkim |
04 |
4 |
|
24. |
Tamil Nadu |
31 |
33 |
|
25. |
Tripura |
04 |
60 |
|
26. |
Uttar Pradesh |
70 |
71 |
|
27. |
Uttarakhand |
17 |
13 |
|
28. |
West Bengal |
18 |
20 |
|
|
UnionTerritories |
|
|
|
29. |
A & N Islands |
03 |
6 |
|
30 |
Chandigarh |
01 |
3 |
|
31 |
D & N Haveli |
01 |
1 |
|
32. |
Daman & Diu |
02 |
2 |
|
33. |
Delhi |
10 |
17 |
|
34. |
Lakshadweep |
01 |
9 |
|
35. |
Puducherry |
04 |
7 |
|
|
Total |
633 |
6310 |
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