Lok Sabha Question No. 569 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-06
Subject: Trafficking of Children
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: KINJARAPU RAM MOHAN NAIDU, K. C. VENUGOPAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 569

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 06 TH  FEBRUARY, 2018/ MEGHA 17, 1939 (SAKA) TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN

569.  SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU: SHRI K.C. VENUGOPAL:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  number  of  cases  of  trafficking,  missing  and  abduction  of  children reported during each of the last three years and the current year, State/ UTwise;
- (b)  the  measures  taken  for  rehabilitation  of  such  children  alongwith  the number of children rescued during the said period;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  create  a  national  database  of missing persons, especially children, to keep tabs on this illegal activity; (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)  the  details  of  action  taken  under  various  schemes  like  operation  smile and operation muskaan to trace and relocate missing and destitute children and the measures taken to curb trafficking and abduction of children in the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): State/UT-wise details of number of children trafficked & rescued during the year 2016; children kidnapped & recovered; and children reported missing & traced during the years 2014-2016, as compiled by the National Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB),  are  given  in  the  statement  at  Annexure-I. NCRB  has  informed  that  they  have  started  collecting  data  on  Human Trafficking  from  Anti  Human  Trafficking  Units  of  States/UTs  from  the  year 2016 only.

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The Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing a centrally sponsored  scheme,  namely  the  Integrated  Child  Protection  Scheme  (ICPS) (now 'Child Protection Services') for providing financial assistance to State Governments/UT Administrations, on a cost-sharing pattern, with the objective to create a safe and secure environment for overall development of children  in  need  of  care  and  protection,  including  destitute  children.  The programmes and activities at  these Child Care Institutes inter-alia  include access to vocational training, recreation, health care and counseling etc. (c) to (e): The National Crime Records Bureau has informed that it maintains TALASH database for missing persons including children, unidentified  dead  bodies  and  unidentified  persons.  The  Ministry  of  Home Affairs had advised all States and UTs to take up the initiative of recovering missing children under Operation Smile/Muskan. The States were advised to upload  the  particulars  of  recovered  children  on  'Missing  Child'  portal  of Ministry of Women and Child Development.  The Ministry of Women and Child Development was also requested to extend all possible assistance from their existing schemes for rehabilitation of these rescued children. The Ministry of Women  and  Child  Development  has  web  portals  namely  'TrackChild'  and 'Khoya-Paya' to track missing and found children. The 'Khoya-Paya' portal has  been  integrated  as  a  citizen  corner  on  TrackChild  portal.  'TrackChild' provides live database of 'missing' children. The  portal  also  rovides facility

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for  mapping  vulnerable  locations,  i.e.  the  places  where  a  large  number  of children  were  reported  missing  with  a  view  to  taking  corrective  action  in those  areas.  The  Ministry  of  Women  &  Child  Development  also  provides support for an outreach service for children in distress through a dedicated toll free number 1098.

The  Ministry  of  Women  &  Child  Development  has  prepared  Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for tracing missing children and has circulated them to all States and UTs for further dissemination to all stakeholders such as Police, Child Welfare Committee (CWCs) Juvenile Justice Boards (JJBs) etc. These SOPs lay down uniform guidelines for expediting the search and rehabilitation of missing children all over the country.

To address the issue of human trafficking, the Ministry of Home Affairs has been  issuing  advisories  and  guidelines  to  all  States  and  UTs  from  time  to time.    These  advisories  are  available  on  the  website  of  Ministry  of  Home Affairs  at  http://mha.nic.in.  The  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  has  also  provided financial  assistance  to  States  to  set  up  Anti  Human  Trafficking  Units  to handle the human trafficking cases.

## LS.US.Q.No.569 FOR 06.02.2018

Annexure-I

| SL                |                         | Human                       | Human               | Human                      | Kidnapping &Abduction   | Kidnapping &Abduction   | Kidnapping &Abduction   | Kidnapping &Abduction   | Kidnapping &Abduction   | Missing Children   | Missing Children   | Missing Children   | Missing Children   | Missing Children   | Missing Children   |
|-------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| SL                |                         |                             |                     | 2016                       | 2016                    |                         |                         | 2016                    | 2016                    | 2014               | 2014               | 2015               | 2015               | 2016               | 2016               |
| SL                |                         | Total Cases (All Age Group) | Children Trafficked | Children Rescued Kidnapped | Kidnapped Cases         | Victims Recovered       | Victims Recovered       | Kidnapped Cases         | Victims Recovered       | Missing Children   | Traced Children    | Missing Children   | Traced Children    | Missing Children   | Traced Children    |
| 1                 | State/UT Andhra Pradesh | 239                         | 44                  | Cases 44 637               | 240                     | 530                     | 333                     | 494                     | 210                     | 2043               | 2449               | 2285               | 2109               | 2155               | 1912               |
| 2                 | Arunachal Pradesh       | 2                           | 2                   | 0 67                       | 46                      | 120                     | 29                      | 56                      | 44                      | 43                 | 35                 | 102                | 82                 | 38                 | 33                 |
| 3                 | Assam                   | 91                          | 130                 | 37 455                     | 0                       | 1686                    | 188                     | 2970                    | 0                       | 1388               | 721                | 1498               | 1137               | 1381               | 1069               |
| 4                 | Bihar                   | 43                          | 196                 | 196 1865                   | 1074                    | 1536                    | 805                     | 3257                    | 1555                    | 1539               | 890                | 2057               | 2444               | 4817               | 3026               |
| 5                 | Chhattisgarh            | 68                          | 138                 | 136                        | 1845 1381               |                         | 1848 1429               | 1989                    | 1503                    | 1779               | 1794               | 2102               | 1821               | 2262               | 2051               |
| 6                 | Goa                     | 40                          | 2                   | 2                          | 134 127                 |                         | 102 115                 | 88                      | 89                      | 63                 | 60                 | 41                 | 42                 | 26                 | 25                 |
| 7                 | Gujarat                 | 548                         | 485                 | 435                        | 2101 1439               | 1590                    | 1669                    | 1749                    | 2381                    | 1375               | 1284               | 1092               | 1088               | 1315               | 1247               |
| 8                 | Haryana                 | 51                          | 13                  | 13                         | 1093 602                |                         | 1445 1075               | 1282                    | 1213                    | 1299               | 821                | 1736               | 1401               | 1768               | 1695               |
| 9                 | Himachal Pradesh        | 8                           | 4                   | 4                          | 213 169                 |                         | 232 143                 | 230                     | 243                     | 205                | 379                | 249                | 212                | 170                | 174                |
| 10                | Jammu& Kashmir          | 0                           | 0                   | 0                          | 139 77                  |                         | 245 194                 | 167                     | 193                     | 638                | 508                | 414                | 590                | 304                | 354                |
| 11                | Jharkhand               | 109                         | 90                  | 31                         | 106                     | 66                      | 137 130                 | 247                     | 135                     | 384                | 394                | 367                | 191                | 479                | 329                |
| 12                | Karnataka               | 404                         | 332                 | 332                        | 1238 815                |                         | 1670 1512               | 2144                    | 1863                    | 4034               | 2982               | 2677               | 2213               | 1943               | 2733               |
| 13                | Kerala                  | 21                          | 83                  | 339                        | 134                     | 120                     | 174 114                 | 157                     | 183                     | 1079               | 905                | 1579               | 1591               | 1524               | 1520               |
| 14                | Madhya Pradesh          | 51                          | 97                  | 2653                       | 6344                    | 2772                    | 5270 3241               | 6016                    | 6059                    | 6689               | 5730               | 7919               | 9203               | 8503               | 8197               |
| 15                | Maharashtra             | 517                         | 172                 | 172                        | 2623                    | 1882                    | 6966 5751               | 7956                    | 5785                    | 11301              | 13757              | 4450               | 4782               | 4388               | 4357               |
| 16                | Manipur                 | 3                           | 9                   | 9                          | 69                      | 32                      | 52 12                   | 62                      | 287                     | 36                 | 34                 | 34                 | 30                 | 146                | 172                |
| 17                | Meghalaya               | 7                           | 1                   | 1                          | 54                      | 43                      | 66 45                   | 76                      | 45                      | 134                | 122                | 167                | 119                | 124                | 155                |
| 18                | Mizoram                 | 2                           | 2                   | 2                          | 2                       | 1                       | 9 8                     | 5                       | 2                       | 2                  | 2                  | 3                  | 3                  | 0                  | 0                  |
| 19                | Nagaland                | 0                           | 0                   | 0                          | 7                       | 1                       | 40 38                   | 47                      | 45                      | 4                  | 3                  | 33                 | 28                 | 71                 | 63                 |
| 20                | Odisha                  | 84                          | 206                 | 192 874                    | 565                     | 993                     | 840                     | 1154                    | 1045                    | 1090               | 407                | 1807               | 698                | 1901               | 589                |
| 21                | Punjab                  | 13                          | 48                  | 34                         | 876                     | 431                     | 943 758                 | 1031                    | 840                     | 573                | 543                | 559                | 478                | 597                | 510                |
| 22                | Rajasthan               | 1422                        | 2519                | 5626                       | 1875                    | 1302                    | 1728 1381               | 1891                    | 2160                    | 2332               | 2598               | 2507               | 1233               | 1980               | 3216               |
| 23                | Sikkim                  | 1                           | 1                   | 1                          | 17                      | 4                       | 2 5                     | 11                      | 0                       | 94                 | 88                 | 119                | 74                 | 109                | 110                |
| 24                | Tamil Nadu              | 434                         | 317                 | 648                        | 390                     | 456                     | 407 514                 | 373                     | 511                     | 3373               | 3340               | 4280               | 4201               | 4632               | 4660               |
| 25                | Telangana               | 229                         | 7                   | 7                          | 660                     | 365                     | 650 280                 | 759                     | 889                     | 2438               | 1681               | 2987               | 3313               | 3679               | 3597               |
| 26                | Tripura                 | 0                           | 6                   | 6                          | 88                      | 50                      | 106 80                  | 100                     | 127                     | 446                | 446                | 171                | 151                | 169                | 171                |
| 27                | Uttar Pradesh           | 79                          | 822                 | 852                        | 5875                    | 5938                    | 5914 5213               | 9657                    | 8732                    | 2089               | 2265               | 2720               | 2122               | 2903               | 1861               |
| 28                | Uttarakhand             | 12                          | 3                   | 3                          | 275 129                 | 446                     | 58                      | 436                     | 64                      | 230                | 137                | 531                | 325                | 435                | 589                |
| 29                | West Bengal             | 3579                        | 3113                | 2216                       | 3205 1673               |                         | 2955                    | 803 4178                | 1523                    | 14371              | 14793              | 7676               | 6261               | 8335               | 5388               |
|                   | TOTAL STATE(S)          | 8057                        | 8842                | 13991                      | 33261                   | 21800                   | 37862                   | 26763 48582             | 37726                   | 61071              | 59168              | 52162              | 47942              | 56154              | 49803              |
| 30                | A &NIslands             | 1                           | 0                   | 0                          | 12                      | 15                      | 28 37                   | 25                      | 26                      | 28                 | 26                 | 47                 | 49                 | 47                 | 48                 |
| 31                | Chandigarh              | 1                           | 1                   | 1                          | 130 239                 |                         | 171                     | 163 145                 | 162                     | 164                | 137                | 217                | 187                | 201                | 152                |
| 32                | D&N Haveli              | 0                           | 0                   | 0 1                        | 8 0                     |                         | 14                      | 25 10 20                | 8                       | 24                 | 13                 | 0                  | 5 20               | 2 29               | 2                  |
| 33                | Daman &Diu              | 7                           | 1                   | 4                          | 2                       |                         | 21                      | 22                      | 26                      | 9                  | 4                  | 25                 |                    |                    | 27                 |
| 34                | Delhi UT                | 66                          | 190                 | 190                        | 6452                    | 5414                    | 6881                    | 5641 5935               | 5345                    | 7513               | 6349               | 7928               | 6182               | 6921               | 5863               |
| 35                | Lakshadweep             | 0                           | 0                   | 0                          | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 0 0                     | 0                       | 0                  | 0                  | 0                  | 0                  | 0                  | 0                  |
| 36                | Puducherry              | 0                           | 0                   | 0                          | 9                       | 3                       | 5                       | 0 6                     | 8                       | 59                 | 57                 | 64                 | 64                 | 53                 | 49                 |
|                   | TOTAL UT(S)             | 75                          | 192                 | 192 6615                   | 5673                    |                         | 7120                    | 5888 6141               | 5575                    | 7797               | 6586               | 8281               | 6507               | 7253               | 6141               |
| TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)       | 8132                        | 9034                | 14183                      | 39876                   | 27473                   | 44982                   | 32651 54723             | 43301                   | 68868              | 65754              | 60443              | 54449              | 63407              | 55944              |

Source: Crime in India

State/UT-wise  Children Trafficked & Rescued, cases of Kidnapped & Abduction of Children & Children Recovered and Children Missing & Traced during 2014-2016

Note: 1) Victims Rescued, Recovered and Traced may include Recovery of Trafficked/Kidnapped/Missing Children from previous years also

2) Trafficking includes Human Trafficking, Buying and Selling of Girls, Importation of Girls, Procuration of Minor Gilrs, Procuring/Inducing of Girls for Prostitution

3) Importation of Girls and Procuration of Girls are shown as part of Trafficking Hence Excluded from Kidanapping Head