Lok Sabha Question No. 1916 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-14
Subject: Trafficking of Women and Children
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: NATUBHAI GOMANBHAI PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1916

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 14 TH  MARCH, 2017/ PHALGUNA 23, 1938 (SAKA)

TRAFFICKING OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN

†1916. SHRI NATUBHAI GOMANBHAI PATEL:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that thousands of minor children and women are still sent to foreign countries illegally;
- (b)  if  so,  the  number  of  children  and  women  freed  from  touts  by  the Government during 2015-16;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  prevent  such  trafficking  in future; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a) & (b): National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) collects police recorded data  on  crimes  and  criminals  relating  to  human  trafficking.  No  separate data  on  children  and  women  freed  from  touts  is  maintained  by  NCRB. However,  the  information  collected  by  NCRB  on  human  trafficking  cases during the years 2015 and  2016 is at Annex.

(c) & (d): 'Police'  and  'Public  Order'  are  State  subjects  and  as  such registration,  investigation  and  prevention  of  crime  of  human  trafficking  is the responsibility of State Governments. However, the Central Government

LS.US.Q.NO. 1916 DATED FOR 14.03.2016 supplements  the  efforts  of  the  State  Governments  by  issuing  advisories from time to time and by providing financial assistance for setting up AntiHuman  Trafficking  Units  at  District  level  in  various  States.  Besides  this, training  is  also  provided  to  State  Police  Personnel  in  trafficking.    The Government  of India has signed Memorandums  of  Understanding on prevention  of  Human  Trafficking  with  the  Government  of  Bangladesh  and UAE.

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|      |                   | State/UT-wise cases registered under human trafficking, number   | State/UT-wise cases registered under human trafficking, number   | State/UT-wise cases registered under human trafficking, number   | State/UT-wise cases registered under human trafficking, number   | State/UT-wise cases registered under human trafficking, number   | ANNEXURE         | ANNEXURE         | ANNEXURE      | ANNEXURE            | ANNEXURE         | ANNEXURE                             |
|------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------------|------------------|--------------------------------------|
|      |                   | 2015                                                             | 2015                                                             | 2015                                                             | 2015                                                             | 2015                                                             | 2016             | 2016             | 2016          | 2016                | 2016             | 2016                                 |
| SNo. | State/UT          | Cases Registered                                                 | woman Trafficked                                                 | Woman Rescued                                                    | Children Trafficked                                              | Children Rescued                                                 | Cases Registered | woman Trafficked | Woman Rescued | Children Trafficked | Children Rescued | Data not availabl e for the month of |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh    | 190                                                              | 320                                                              | 970                                                              | 74                                                               | 112                                                              | 239              | 355              | 883           | 44                  | 44               |                                      |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh | 11                                                               | 10                                                               | 2                                                                | 11                                                               | 4                                                                | 2                | 3                | 1             | 2                   | 0                |                                      |
| 3    | Assam             | 183                                                              | 187                                                              | 137                                                              | 129                                                              | 101                                                              | 91               | 163              | 63            | 130                 | 37               |                                      |
| 4    | Bihar             | 52                                                               | 50                                                               | 50                                                               | 230                                                              | 230                                                              | 43               | 45               | 45            | 196                 | 196              |                                      |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh      | 65                                                               | 100                                                              | 97                                                               | 101                                                              | 97                                                               | 68               | 132              | 130           | 138                 | 136              |                                      |
| 6    | Goa               | 30                                                               | 80                                                               | 5952                                                             | 2                                                                | 1099                                                             | 40               | 86               | 86            | 2                   | 2                |                                      |
| 7    | Gujarat           | 383                                                              | 334                                                              | 334                                                              | 335                                                              | 335                                                              | 548              | 460              | 414           | 485                 | 435              |                                      |
| 8    | Haryana           | 75                                                               | 68                                                               | 67                                                               | 63                                                               | 52                                                               | 51               | 97               | 80            | 13                  | 13               |                                      |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh  | 11                                                               | 91                                                               | 108                                                              | 7                                                                | 19                                                               | 8                | 115              | 154           | 4                   | 4                |                                      |
| 10   | Jammu& Kashmir    | 2                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 4                                                                | 2                                                                | 0                | 0                | 0             | 0                   | 0                |                                      |
| 11   | Jharkhand         | 228                                                              | 162                                                              | 111                                                              | 198                                                              | 151                                                              | 109              | 130              | 36            | 90                  | 31               |                                      |
| 12   | Karnataka         | 379                                                              | 643                                                              | 643                                                              | 178                                                              | 178                                                              | 404              | 786              | 786           | 332                 | 332              |                                      |
| 13   | Kerala            | 23                                                               | 14                                                               | 14                                                               | 66                                                               | 69                                                               | 21               | 176              | 371           | 83                  | 339              |                                      |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh    | 49                                                               | 64                                                               | 2374                                                             | 55                                                               | 1591                                                             | 51               | 54               | 3222          | 97                  | 2653             |                                      |
| 15   | Maharashtra       | 692                                                              | 1379                                                             | 1428                                                             | 295                                                              | 305                                                              | 517              | 1066             | 1063          | 172                 | 172              |                                      |
| 16   | Manipur           | 1                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 3                                                                | 3                                                                | 3                | 16               | 16            | 9                   | 9                |                                      |
| 17   | Meghalaya         | 1                                                                | 1                                                                | 1                                                                | 1                                                                | 1                                                                | 7                | 8                | 8             | 1                   | 1                |                                      |
| 18   | Mizoram           | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 2                | 2                | 2             | 2                   | 2                |                                      |
| 19   | Nagaland          | 2                                                                | 2                                                                | 2                                                                | 2                                                                | 2                                                                | 0                | 0                | 0             | 0                   | 0                | Dec                                  |
| 20   | Odisha            | 73                                                               | 152                                                              | 122                                                              | 143                                                              | 118                                                              | 84               | 226              | 231           | 206                 | 192              |                                      |
| 21   | Punjab            | 8                                                                | 1                                                                | 1                                                                | 103                                                              | 103                                                              | 13               | 2                | 1             | 48                  | 34               |                                      |
| 22   | Rajasthan         | 1262                                                             | 909                                                              | 504                                                              | 2387                                                             | 4907                                                             | 1422             | 975              | 478           | 2519                | 5626             |                                      |
| 23   | Sikkim            | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 1                | 1                | 1             | 1                   | 1                |                                      |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu        | 464                                                              | 761                                                              | 1139                                                             | 143                                                              | 202                                                              | 434              | 1064             | 1781          | 317                 | 648              |                                      |
| 25   | Telangana         | 606                                                              | 670                                                              | 738                                                              | 300                                                              | 347                                                              | 229              | 368              | 355           | 7                   | 7                |                                      |
| 26   | Tripura           | 1                                                                | 1                                                                | 1                                                                | 5                                                                | 5                                                                | 0                | 5                | 5             | 6                   | 6                |                                      |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh     | 22                                                               | 19                                                               | 19                                                               | 14                                                               | 14                                                               | 79               | 102              | 106           | 822                 | 852              |                                      |
| 28   | Uttarakhand       | 29                                                               | 39                                                               | 36                                                               | 14                                                               | 12                                                               | 12               | 20               | 20            | 3                   | 3                |                                      |
| 29   | West Bengal       | 2099                                                             | 2064                                                             | 1533                                                             | 1792                                                             | 1346                                                             | 3579             | 3559             | 2318          | 3113                | 2216             |                                      |
| 30   | A &NIslands       | 1                                                                | 4                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 1                | 5                | 5             | 0                   | 0                |                                      |
| 31   | Chandigarh        | 22                                                               | 5                                                                | 5                                                                | 27                                                               | 27                                                               | 1                | 1                | 1             | 1                   | 1                |                                      |
| 32   | D&N Haveli        | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                | 0                | 0             | 0                   | 0                |                                      |
| 33   | Daman &Diu        | 1                                                                | 2                                                                | 2                                                                | 1                                                                | 1                                                                | 7                | 10               | 10            | 1                   | 1                |                                      |
| 34   | Delhi UT          | 177                                                              | 167                                                              | 165                                                              | 465                                                              | 465                                                              | 71               | 87               | 87            | 275                 | 275              | Nov,Dec                              |
| 35   | Lakshadweep Total | 0 7143                                                           | 0 8300                                                           | 0 16556                                                          | 0 7148                                                           | 0 11898                                                          | 0 8137           | 0 10119          | 0 12759       | 0 9119              | 0 14268          |                                      |
| 36   | Puducherry        | 1                                                                | 1                                                                | 1                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                                                                | 0                | 0                | 0             | 0                   | 0                |                                      |

Note: Data is provisional as some States/UTs have not furnished data for 2016

Source Monthly Anti-Human Trafficking