Lok Sabha Question No. 417 (STARRED), answered on 2018-03-23
Subject: Survey of Street Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sajda Ahmed

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO.*417 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2018

## SURVEY OF STREET CHILDREN

| 417:   | SHRIMATI SAJDA AHMED:                                                                                                                  |
|--------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| (a)    | whether the Government has made any survey/census of street children across the country and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; |
| (b)    | whether it is true that budgetary allocations for street children are under-spent;                                                     |
| (c)    | if so, the details thereof along with the reaction of the Government thereto; and                                                      |
| (d)    | the number of street children died during the last three years across the country?                                                     |

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI MANEKA SANJAY GANDHI)

- (a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## Statement referred to in reply to part (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question  No. *417  for  answer  on  23.03.2018  raised  by  Shrimati  Sajda  Ahmed  regarding  'Survey  of Street Children'.

- (a) to (d): The Ministry of Women and Child Development does not maintain data about the number  of  street  children  in  the  country.  However,  Central  Govt.  has  re-enacted  the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015   (JJ Act) for children in conflict with law (CCL) and children in need of care and protection (CNCP). The CNCP category includes orphan/destitute/neglected and children in difficult circumstances. As per Section 2 (14) (ii) of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act), a child  who is found working in contravention of labour laws for the time being in force or is found begging, or living on the street is included as a 'child in need of care and protection',  among  others.  The  primary  responsibility  of  execution  of  the  Act  lies with  the  State/UTs.  However,  Central  Government  is  managing Integrated Child Protection  Scheme  (ICPS)  now  'Child  Protection  Services'  under  Integrated  Child Development Services, and providing financial assistance to the States/UTs on  sharing pattern for, inter-alia, undertaking a situational analysis of children in difficult circumstances,  for  setting  up  and  maintenance  of  various  types  of  CCIs.  Under  the scheme institutional care is provided through CCIs, as a rehabilitative measure. In these CCIs,  children  are  provided  age  appropriate  education  either  within  the  institution  or outside  in  a  formal  education  system  through  convergence  with  other  schemes  and programs of the Government or civil society. Under the non-institutional care component, support is extended for adoption, foster care and sponsorship. Further National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR),  a statutory organization under this Ministry, has developed a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for care and protection of Children  in  Street  Situations to  streamline  the  processes  and  interventions  regarding children in street situations.

As  per  the  information  provided  by  the  State/UT  Governments,  the  number  of Child Care Institutions (CCIs) registered under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000/2015 in the country alongwith the number of children residing in these institutions, supported under ICPS is at Annexure-I . Section 41 of the Act also requires that all CCIs meant for covering children in need of care and protection (CNCP) or conflict with law (CCL) and shall be registered under this Act by the State Govt.  The various  State  Govt.  /UT,  with  respect  to  Writ  Petition  No.102  of  2007  Exploitation  of Children  in  Orphanages  in  State  of  Tamil  Nadu  Vs.  UOI  &  Ors,  in  Hon'ble  Supreme Court  of  India  has  reported  total  number  of  CCIs  (either  registered  or  not  registered), upto  16.03.2018,  as  8631  and  total  number  of  children  residing  in  these  Homes  as 2,61,566, details is at Annexure-II .

The details of the budgetary allocation and actual expenditure under ICPS from 2009-10 onwards is as follows:

Actual Expenditure

| Year    | Allocation (Rs. In Crore)   | Allocation (Rs. In Crore)   | Actual Expenditure (Rs. In Crore)   |
|---------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|         | BE                          | RE                          |                                     |
| 2009-10 | BE-60                       | RE-50                       | 42.63                               |
| 2010-11 | BE-300                      | RE-100                      | 115.14                              |

| 2011-12   | BE-270    | RE-213.40   | 177.54                  |
|-----------|-----------|-------------|-------------------------|
| 2012-13   | BE-400    | RE-273.20   | 259.09                  |
| 2013-14   | BE-300    | RE-270      | 265.78                  |
| 2014-15   | BE-400    | RE-450      | 448.43                  |
| 2015-16   | BE-402.23 | RE-498.57   | 497.30                  |
| 2016-17   | BE-400    | RE-610.22   | 575.96                  |
| 2017-18   | BE-648    | RE-648      | 585.86 as on 19.03.2018 |

As  per  Section  54  of  the  JJ  Act,  all  State  Govt./UTs  appoint  Inspection Committee  for  the  State  and  district. Further,  as  per  Section  54  (2)  such  inspection committees shall mandatorily conduct visits to all facilities housing children in the area allocated,  at  least  once  in  three  months  in  a  team  of  not  less  than  three  members,  of whom at  least  one  shall  be  a  woman  and  one  shall  be  a  medical  officer,  and  submit reports  of  the  findings  of  such  visits  within  a  week  of  their  visit,  to  the  District  Child Protection Units or State Government, as the case may be, for further action. And as per Section 54 (3), on the submission of the report by the inspection committee, appropriate action shall be taken within a month by the District Child Protection Unit or the State Government and a compliance report shall be submitted to the State Government.

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## Annexure-I

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.*417 for 23.03.2018 raised by Shrimati Sajda Ahmed regarding ' Survey of Street Children'

Details of Child Care Institutions in the country along with number of Children residing in these institutions under ICPS as on date.

|        |                        | Institutional Care [Homes]   | Institutional Care [Homes]   | Open Shelters   | Open Shelters   | Specialised Adoption Agencies   | Specialised Adoption Agencies   |
|--------|------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| S. No. | State                  | No. Assisted                 | Beneficiaries                | No. Assisted    | Beneficiaries   | No. Assisted                    | Beneficiaries                   |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh         | 73                           | 4439                         | 12              | 300             | 14                              | 135                             |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh      | 15                           | 62                           | 0               | 0               | 1                               | 3                               |
| 3      | Assam                  | 36                           | 1128                         | 3               | 75              | 14                              | 78                              |
| 4      | Bihar                  | 54                           | 1929                         | 14              | 216             | 28                              | 170                             |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh           | 76                           | 2172                         | 19              | 127             | 14                              | 42                              |
| 6      | Goa                    | 21                           | 1015                         | 8               | 200             | 2                               | 46                              |
| 7      | Gujarat                | 54                           | 2166                         | 3               | 75              | 14                              | 163                             |
| 8      | Haryana                | 33                           | 1630                         | 25              | 1541            | 7                               | 48                              |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh       | 30                           | 1187                         | 3               | 44              | 1                               | 6                               |
| 10     | Jammu and Kashmir      | 22                           | 1141                         | 0               | 0               | 2                               | 20                              |
| 11     | Jharkhand              | 36                           | 1448                         | 5               | 125             | 15                              | 217                             |
| 12     | Karnataka              | 80                           | 3131                         | 40              | 1194            | 28                              | 255                             |
| 13     | Kerala                 | 31                           | 708                          | 4               | 103             | 17                              | 95                              |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh         | 61                           | 2249                         | 6               | 206             | 22                              | 213                             |
| 15     | Maharashtra            | 77                           | 6155                         | 3               | 108             | 17                              | 181                             |
| 16     | Manipur                | 34                           | 993                          | 12              | 247             | 5                               | 35                              |
| 17     | Meghalaya              | 54                           | 1351                         | 4               | 181             | 6                               | 7                               |
| 18     | Mizoram                | 45                           | 1300                         | 0               | 0               | 7                               | 51                              |
| 19     | Nagaland               | 41                           | 495                          | 3               | 37              | 4                               | 7                               |
| 20     | Orissa                 | 110                          | 7233                         | 13              | 341             | 17                              | 217                             |
| 21     | Punjab                 | 17                           | 511                          | 1               | 25              | 5                               | 107                             |
| 22     | Rajasthan              | 91                           | 2883                         | 23              | 405             | 12                              | 40                              |
| 23     | Sikkim                 | 18                           | 540                          | 4               | 52              | 4                               | 6                               |
| 24     | Tamil Nadu             | 193                          | 14055                        | 14              | 350             | 15                              | 150                             |
| 25     | Tripura                | 20                           | 500                          | 2               | 52              | 6                               | 48                              |
| 26     | Uttar Pradesh          | 81                           | 2497                         | 22              | 550             | 17                              | 170                             |
| 27     | Uttarakhand            | 20                           | 318                          | 2               | 36              | 0                               | 0                               |
| 28     | West Bengal            | 66                           | 5890                         | 33              | 850             | 22                              | 273                             |
| 29     | Telangana              | 56                           | 3014                         | 12              | 246             | 11                              | 309                             |
| 30     | Andaman & Nicobar      | 8                            | 367                          | -               | 0               | -                               | 0                               |
| 31     | Chandigarh             | 8                            | 326                          | 0               | 0               | 4                               | 17                              |
| 32     | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | -                            | 0                            | -               | 0               | -                               | 0                               |
| 33     | Daman and Diu          | 2                            | 100                          | -               | 0               | -                               | 0                               |
| 34     | Lakshadweep            | -                            | 0                            | -               | 0               | -                               | 0                               |
| 35     | Delhi                  | 28                           | 1479                         | 13              | 415             | 3                               | 60                              |
| 36     | Puducherry             | 29                           | 1166                         | 2               | 47              | 2                               | 13                              |
|        | Total                  | 1620                         | 75578                        | 305             | 8148            | 336                             | 3182                            |

## Annexure-II

| Annexure   | Annexure           | Annexure   | Annexure      | Annexure                                | Annexure       | Annexure   | Annexure   | Annexure   | Annexure                       | Annexure   | Annexure                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|------------|--------------------|------------|---------------|-----------------------------------------|----------------|------------|------------|------------|--------------------------------|------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.     | State              | Registered | Under Process | Wrt (Crl) No. 102 Temporar y registered | Un- registered | Others     | Court Case | Total      | Total No. of Children reported | Dated      | Remarks                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 1          | Andaman & Nicobar  | 16         | 0             | 0                                       | 0              | 0          | 0          | 16         | 486                            | 07/03/2018 |  No. of Boys in CCIs - 226  No. of Girls in CCIs - 260                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 2          | Andhra Pradesh     | 824        | 0             | 0                                       | 49             | 0          | 0          | 873        | 30681                          | 11/01/2018 |  Children in registered CCI: 30091  Children in unregistered CCIs: 590                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 3          | Arunachal Pradesh  | 7          | 0             | 0                                       | 0              | 0          | 0          | 7          | 155                            | 20/02/2018 |  No. of boys in CCIs: 87  No. of girls in CCIs: 68                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 4          | Assam              | 110        | 47            | 0                                       | 4              | 0          | 0          | 161        | 3480                           | 21/02/2018 |  No of children in NGO run Children Homes not receiving grant:1213  No of children in NGO run Children Homes receiving grant under ICPS:1116  No of children in Open Shelter receiving grant:45  No of children in SAA receiving grant:103  No of children in Govt. run Children/Observation Home:222  Capacity of children in new CCI application: 781 |
| 5          | Bihar              | 79         | 6             | 0                                       | 0              | 0          | 0          | 85         | 2259                           | 21/02/2018 |  No. of Children in CCI's Observation Home: 786  No. of Children in CCI's Special Home : 16  No. of Children in CCI's Specialized Adoption Agencies: 217  No. of Children in CCI's Children Home: 1039  No. of Children in CCI's Open Shelter : 201                                                                                                      |
| 6          | Chandigarh         | 10         | 0             | 0                                       | 0              | 0          | 0          | 10         | 295                            | 22/02/2018 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 7          | Chhattisgarh       | 77         | 0             | 8                                       | 0              | 0          | 0          | 85         | 2426                           | 19/02/2018 |  Actual no. of children as on 31 st January, 2018                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 8          | Dadra Nagar Haveli | 0          | 0             | 0                                       | 0              | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0                              | 26/12/2017 |  Non availability of CCI                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 9          | Daman &Diu         | 0          | 0             | 0                                       | 0              | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0                              | 26/02/2018 |  Non availability of CCI                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 10         | Delhi              | 65         | 31            | 0                                       | 0              | 0          | 0          | 96         | 3177                           | 22/02/2018 |  No. of Children in registered CCI: 2400  No. of Children in under process CCI: 777                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 11         | Goa                | 67         | 12            | 0                                       | 0              | 0          | 0          | 79         | 3788                           | 22/02/2018 |  No. of Children in registered CCI: 3234  No. of Children in un-registered CCI: 554                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 12         | Gujarat            | 125        | 0             | 0                                       | 0              | 0          | 0          | 125        | 3324                           | 16/02/2018 |  Total No. of boys in CCIs: 2035  Total No. of girls in CCIs: 1289                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 13         | Haryana            | 65         | 3             | 0                                       | 0              | 0          | 0          | 68         | 2551                           | 22/02/2018 |  No. of Children in registered CCIs: 2384  No. of Children in provisionally registered: 20  No. of Children in show cause notice has been issued by the department: 52  No. of Children in under closure: 15  No. of Children in under process at HQ for                                                                                                 |

|    |                  |     |     |     |    |     |    |      |       |            | registration:80  Total No of girls: in CCIs: 1149  Total No of boys in CCIs: 1402                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|----|------------------|-----|-----|-----|----|-----|----|------|-------|------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 14 | Himachal Pradesh |  46 |   0 |   0 |  0 |   0 |  0 |   46 |  1494 | 20/02/2018 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 15 | Jammu &Kashmir   |  58 |   0 |   0 |  0 |   0 |  0 |   58 |  1798 | 22/02/2018 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 16 | Jharkhand        | 114 |   0 |   0 |  0 |   0 |  0 |  114 |  2856 | 22/02/2018 |  Total No. of boys in CCIs: 1658  Total No. of girls in CCIs: 1198                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 17 | Karnataka        | 918 |  50 | 282 |  0 |   0 |  0 | 1250 | 37014 | 02/03/2018 |  Total No. of boys in CCIs: 21349  Total No. of girls in CCIs: 15665                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 18 | Kerala           | 371 | 109 |   0 |  0 | 709 |  0 | 1189 | 14577 | 11/01/2018 |  No. of Children in registered CCI: 9934  No. of Children in recommended CCI: 141  No. of Children in temp. Registered CCI: 26  No. of Children in CCI whose registration need to be pause: 58  No. of Children in new application for registration of CCI: 162  No of Children in 9 CCIs 2015-16 : 625  No of Children in 8 CCIs 2016-17: 295  No of Children in 27 CCIs 2017-18 :1554 (Application received report not sent)  No of Children in application submitted: 269  No of Children in application pending: 327  No of children in CCI whose application received for registration on 03.01.2018:9  No. of children in recommended CCIs: 375  No. of children in 20 CCIs: 680  No. of children in a CCI request for withdrawal of JJ registration application: 122 |
| 19 | Lakshadweep      |   0 |   0 |   0 |  0 |   0 |  0 |    0 |     0 | 07/03/2018 |  Non availability of CCI                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh   | 121 |   0 |   0 |  0 |   0 |  0 |  121 |  2797 | 11/01/2018 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 21 | Maharashtra      | 749 | 104 |   0 |  0 |   0 |  0 |  853 | 22946 | 05/03/2018 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 22 | Manipur          | 116 |  13 |   0 |  0 |   0 |  0 |  129 |  1942 | 12/03/2018 |  No. of Children in Children Homes &Open Shelter funded under ICPS: 1196  No. of Children in Observation Home funded under ICPS: 36  No. of Children in Specialised Adoption Agencies funded &non-funded under ICPS: 45                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |

|    |               |      |     |    |    |    |     |          |        |            |  No of Children in JJ Act registered CCIs non-funded under ICPS - 665                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|----|---------------|------|-----|----|----|----|-----|----------|--------|------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 23 | Meghalaya#    |  108 |   0 | 0  | 8  | 6  |   0 | 122 2464 |        | 26/02/2018 |  Total No. of boys in CCIs: 1337  Total No. of girls in CCIs: 1127                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 24 | Mizoram       |   52 |   0 | 0  | 0  | 0  |   0 | 52       | 1079   | 23/01/2018 |  Total No. of boys in CCIs: 437  Total No. of girls in CCIs: 642                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 25 | Nagaland      |   71 |   0 | 0  | 0  | 0  |   0 | 71       | 765    | 14/02/2018 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 26 | Odisha        |  308 |   0 | 0  | 3  | 0  |   0 | 311      | 13398  | 11/01/2018 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 27 | Puducherry    |   67 |   1 | 0  | 0  | 0  |   0 | 68       | 1969   | 13/02/2017 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 28 | Punjab        |   74 |   0 | 0  | 0  | 0  |   0 | 74       | 2890   | 13/02/2018 |  Total No. of boys in CCIs: 1665  Total No. of girls in CCIs: 1225                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 29 | Rajasthan     |  170 |  19 | 0  | 0  | 0  |   0 | 189      | 4503   | 27/02/2018 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 30 | Sikkim        |   27 |   0 | 0  | 0  | 0  |   0 | 27       | 612    | 09/02/2018 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 31 | Tamil Nadu    | 1296 |   0 | 0  | 0  | 0  |   4 | 1300     | 62023  | 11/01/2018 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 32 | Telangana@    |  455 |   6 | 0  | 0  | 48 |   0 | 509      | 16904  | 23/02/2018 |  Total No. of boys in CCIs: 8540  Total No. of girls in CCIs: 8364                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 33 | Tripura       |   39 |   0 | 0  | 0  | 0  |   0 | 39       | 770    | 17/02/2018 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 34 | Uttar Pradesh |  231 |   0 | 0  | 0  | 0  |   0 | 231      | 5140   | 22/02/2018 |  Total No. of boys in Govt. Observation Home: 1737  Total No. of girls in Govt. Observation Home: 41  Total No. of boys in Govt. Children Home: 393  Total No. of Children in Place of Safety: 10  Total No. of boys in Govt. Special Home: 5  Total No. of girls in Govt. Children Home: 244  No. of girls in Govt. After Care Homes: 237  No. of boys in Govt. After Care Homes: 34  Total No. of children in Govt. Children Homes (0-10): 127  No of boys in Children Home:710  No of girls in Children Home:716  No of Children in Children Home (0-10) years: 380  No of children in Shelter Home/Drop in Shelter: 72  No of Children in Open Shelter: 434 |
| 35 | Uttarakhand   |   45 |   0 | 0  | 0  | 0  |   0 | 45       | 1045   | 27/01/2018 |  Total No. of boys in CCIs: 534  Total No. of girls in CCIs: 511                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 36 | West Bengal   |  228 |   0 | 0  | 0  | 00 |   0 | 228      | 9958   | 19/02/2018 |  No. of Children in Non- PAB list of Homes: 5085  No. of Children in PAB list of Homes:4873                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|    | Total         | 7109 | 401 |    |    |    | 763 | 8631     | 261566 |            |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |

*Kerala has not provided information on unregistered CCIs. However, they have reported that there are 1189 orphanages under the control of Orphanages Control Board.

@ Telangana has reported that 48 CCIs have been closed down.

#Meghalaya has reported that 6 CCIs have withdrawn their registration as their institutions are hostels.

Note: The total number of CCIs include Children Home, Observation Home, Special Home, Place of Safety, Specialized Adoption Agency and Open Shelter. Total number of children include children in need of care and protection and children in conflict with law.