Lok Sabha Question No. 1154 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-09
Subject: Special Juvenile Police Units
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SHASHI THAROOR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1154

TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.02.2018

## SPECIAL JUVENILE POLICE UNITS

## 1154.   DR. SHASHI THAROOR

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether a Special Juvenile Police Unit has been established in each district and city as mandated under Section 107(2) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  all  police  officers  of  the  Special  Juvenile  Police  Units  have  received  special training in relation to their functions and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has prepared a model manual on the training required for such Units in consultation with the States, so as to ensure uniformity in standards throughout the country; and
- (d) if  not,  whether the Government proposes to prepare a model manual in order to ensure uniformity and quality in the standards of such Units and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR)

- (a) Yes, Madam. The Special Juvenile Police Unit has been established in each district and city. State/UT- wise list of SJPUs (as reported by States/UTs) is Annexed.
- (b) The  Police  officers  of  the  Special  Juvenile  Police  Unit  are  trained  by  their  respective State Governments and State Police Academies. A module for training of Indian Police Services  officers  has  been  incorporated  by  National  Police  Academy.  National  level training programmes are also organized by National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development (NIPCCD).
- (c) & (d)  National  Commission  for  Protection  of  Child  Rights  (NCPCR)  has  taken  up  an exercise for preparing uniform Training Manuals.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1154 for 09.02.2017 raised by Dr. Shashi Tharoor regarding Special Juvenile Justice Courts/Boards.

## The number of SJPUs in the country, State/UT-wise as on 06.02.2018

|   S. No | State               |   Number of Districts |   No. of SJPU Constituted |
|---------|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh      |                    13 |                        13 |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh   |                    22 |                        18 |
|       3 | Assam               |                    33 |                        27 |
|       4 | Bihar               |                    38 |                        44 |
|       5 | Chattisgarh         |                    27 |                        27 |
|       6 | Goa                 |                     2 |                         2 |
|       7 | Gujarat             |                    33 |                        33 |
|       8 | Haryana             |                    22 |                        21 |
|       9 | Himachal Pradesh    |                    12 |                        12 |
|      10 | Jammu &Kashmir      |                    22 |                        22 |
|      11 | Jharkhand           |                    24 |                        26 |
|      12 | Karnataka           |                    30 |                        40 |
|      13 | Kerala              |                    14 |                        14 |
|      14 | Madhya Pradesh      |                    51 |                        51 |
|      15 | Maharashtra         |                    36 |                      1076 |
|      16 | Manipur             |                     9 |                         9 |
|      17 | Meghalaya           |                    11 |                        11 |
|      18 | Mizoram             |                     8 |                         8 |
|      19 | Nagaland            |                    11 |                        11 |
|      20 | Orissa              |                    30 |                        34 |
|      21 | Punjab              |                    22 |                        26 |
|      22 | Rajasthan           |                    33 |                        41 |
|      23 | Sikkim              |                     4 |                         4 |
|      24 | Tamil Nadu          |                    32 |                        43 |
|      25 | Telangana           |                    31 |                        12 |
|      26 | Tripura             |                     8 |                         8 |
|      27 | Uttar Pradesh       |                    75 |                        81 |
|      28 | Uttarakhand         |                    13 |                        13 |
|      29 | West Bengal         |                    23 |                        20 |
|      30 | A &NIsland          |                     3 |                         3 |
|      31 | Chandigarh          |                     1 |                         1 |
|      32 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |                     1 |                         1 |
|      33 | Daman &Diu          |                     2 |                         2 |
|      34 | Delhi               |                    10 |                        13 |
|      35 | Lakshadweep         |                     1 |                         1 |
|      36 | Puducherry          |                     4 |                         2 |