India, March 24 -- The Central government on Tuesday said no centralised data is maintained on incidents of "hate speech, racial slurs, harassment and discrimination" against people from the Northeast, while reiterating that policing and public order fall under the jurisdiction of state governments.

Responding to a question by Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said the responsibility for prevention, detection, registration and investigation of crimes, as well as prosecution of offenders, rests with the states.

He noted that "police" and "public order" are state subjects under the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution, and are handled by state law enforcement agencies.

Rai said the Nation...