Lok Sabha Question No. 3973 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-10
Subject: Rules under Prohibition of Child Marriage Act
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: S.P. MUDDAHANUMEGOWDA, B.V. NAYAK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.3973

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2018

## RULES UNDER PROHIBITION OF CHILD MARRIAGE ACT

## 3973. SHRI S.P. MUDDAHANUME GOWDA: SHRI B.V. NAIK:

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

- (a) whether it is a fact that the State Governments are supposed to formulate rules under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA), 2006;
- (b) if so, the details thereof indicating the names of States which have formulated and those which are yet to formulate the same along with the steps taken to expedite this process in all the States;
- (c) whether no Central rules have been framed under the said Act;
- (d) if  so,  the  mechanism  which  have  been  followed  by  different  States  in  the  absence  of Central rules; and
- (e) the  status  of  implementation  of  the  Act  in  different  States,  the  number  of  complaints registered and resolved, State-wise ?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d) : The Government of India is concerned about the prevalence of child marriages in the country and has enacted the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA), 2006. The Act authorises the States Governments to frame Rules for carrying out the provisions of the Act. All States/UTs have reportedly framed Rules as envisaged under the Act except Uttar Pradesh, Meghalaya and Nagaland. The State of Meghalaya and Nagaland have not framed the Rules as Child Marriage is not in prevalence.  However, they have adopted the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA), 2006.
- (e) :    As per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, a total number of 280 cases in 2014 and 293 cases in 2015 were registered under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA), 2006. The State-wise Cases Registered (CR) and Person Convicted under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 during 2014-2015 are at Annexure-I.

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Annexure referred to in  reply to Part (e) of the  Lok Sabha Unstarred  Question No.3973 for 10.08.2017 regarding Rules Under Prohibition Of Child Marriage Act

No.  of  Cases  Registered  (CR)  and  Person  Convicted  (PCV)  under  the  Prohibition  of Child Marriage Act, 2006 during 2015 and 2016

| Sl. No.   | State/UT          | 2015   | 2015   | 2016   | 2016   |
|-----------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT          | CR     | PCV    | CR     | PCV    |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 15     | 0      | 19     | 2      |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 3         | Assam             | 14     | 0      | 23     | 0      |
| 4         | Bihar             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 6      | 0      | 8      | 0      |
| 6         | Goa               | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 7         | Gujarat           | 9      | 16     | 12     | 8      |
| 8         | Haryana           | 14     | 1      | 14     | 0      |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 11        | Jharkhand         | 1      | 0      | 4      | 0      |
| 12        | Karnataka         | 35     | 0      | 51     | 1      |
| 13        | Kerala            | 13     | 2      | 8      | 0      |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    | 9      | 17     | 9      | 0      |
| 15        | Maharashtra       | 24     | 0      | 16     | 0      |
| 16        | Manipur           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 17        | Meghalaya         | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 18        | Mizoram           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 19        | Nagaland          | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 20        | Odisha            | 1      | 0      | 15     | 0      |
| 21        | Punjab            | 5      | 0      | 8      | 0      |
| 22        | Rajasthan         | 6      | 0      | 12     | 0      |
| 23        | Sikkim            | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        | 77     | 11     | 55     | 18     |
| 25        | Telangana         | 15     | 0      | 19     | 0      |
| 26        | Tripura           | 2      | 0      | 1      | 0      |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     | 4      | 6      | 3      | 0      |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       | 1      | 0      | 1      | 0      |
| 29        | West Bengal       | 40     | 0      | 41     | 0      |
| 30        | A &NIslands       | 1      | 0      | 1      | 0      |
| 31        | Chandigarh        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 32        | D &NHaveli        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 33        | Daman &Diu        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 34        | Delhi             | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      |
| 35        | Lakshadweep       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 36        | Puducherry        | 0      | 0      | 5      | 0      |
| Total     | Total             | 293    | 53     | 326    | 35     |