Lok Sabha Question No. 3791 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-24
Subject: Web Portals on Missing Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SATISH CHANDRA DUBEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3791

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2017

## WEB PORTALS ON MISSING CHILDREN

## 3791:   SHRI SATISH CHANDRA DUBEY

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

- (a)       whether the Government has set up web portals to track missing and found children in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)     the number of website hits regarding the number of missing children on the web portals along with the number of children rescued/tracked, State/UT-wise;
- (c)       the reasons identified behind the cases of missing children; and
- (d)        the  measures  taken  by  the  Government  for rehabilitation and education of such  rescued children in coordination with the other Ministries/ Departments and States/UTs?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI KRISHNA RAJ)

- (a)      The Ministry of Women and Child Development has developed web  portals 'TrackChild' and 'Khoya-Paya' to track the missing and found children. The  Khoya-Paya has been integrated as a citizen corner on TrackChild portal.
- (b) The number of  website hits reported on TrackChild portal from January, 2012 to March, 2017 (upto 20-03-2017) are 12,62,10,875 The details of the number of missing children reported and uploaded on the portals along with number of children tracked so far with their help, State/UT wise is at Annexure-I & II respectively.
- (c)  &  (d)    Some  of  the  reasons  behind  the  cases  of  missing  children  could  be  kidnapping, abduction, trafficking, illegal adoption, run away children, due to natural calamities.   The Ministry is implementing a centrally sponsored Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) for the improvement in the well being of children in difficult circumstances. Under ICPS, financial  assistance  is  provided  to  the  States/UTs  for,  inter-alia,  undertaking  a  situational analysis  of  children  in  difficult  circumstances,  for  setting  up  and  maintenance  of  various types of Homes including Children Homes and Specialised Adoption Agencies. Under ICPS institutional  care  is  provided  through  Child  Care  Institutions  (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, ICPS provides support for adoption, foster care and sponsorship.

The  Ministry  has  been  implementing  these  web  portals  in  association  with  various stakeholders  including  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  (MHA),  Ministry  of  Railways,  State Governments/UT  Administrations,  Child  Welfare  Committees,  Juvenile  Justice  Boards, National Legal Services Authority, etc. Further Ministry is also collobarating with Ministry of  Railways  to  rescue  and  rehabilitate  children  in  difficult  circumstances  who  come  in contact  with  Railways  by  setting  up  child  help  desks  at  platforms,  so  far  they  have  been formed at 33 major stations.

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Statement referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.3791 for answer on 24.03.2017 raised by Shri Satish Chandra Dubey regarding 'Web Portal on Missing Children'.

## Number of  children  reported  missing  and  uploaded  on  TrackChild  portal  along  with  number  of children reported recovered since 01-01-2012 to 20-03-2017.

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs               | Missing*   | Recovered#   |
|-----------|-------------------------|------------|--------------|
| 1.        | ANDAMAN &NICOBAR ISLAND | 56         | 53           |
| 2.        | ANDHRA PRADESH          | 1070       | 565          |
| 3.        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH       | 57         | 34           |
| 4.        | ASSAM                   | 2857       | 749          |
| 5.        | BIHAR                   | 1753       | 382          |
| 6.        | CHANDIGARH              | 355        | 125          |
| 7.        | CHATTISGARH             | 5766       | 4339         |
| 8.        | DADRA&NAGAR HAVELI      | 1          | 0            |
| 9.        | DAMAN &DIU              | 41         | 30           |
| 10.       | DELHI                   | 26761      | 9727         |
| 11.       | GOA                     | 490        | 320          |
| 12.       | GUJARAT                 | 32846      | 18812        |
| 13.       | HARYANA                 | 4098       | 11184        |
| 14.       | HIMACHAL PRADESH        | 464        | 255          |
| 15.       | JAMMU &KASHMIR          | 326        | 147          |
| 16.       | JHARKHAND               | 830        | 101          |
| 17.       | KARNATAKA               | 14510      | 10349        |
| 18.       | KERALA                  | 2223       | 1432         |
| 19.       | LAKSHADWEEP             | 0          | 0            |
| 20.       | MADHYA PRADESH          | 24128      | 18480        |
| 21.       | MAHARASHTRA             | 15929      | 17134        |
| 22.       | MANIPUR                 | 0          | 0            |
| 23.       | MEGHALAYA               | 517        | 446          |
| 24.       | MIZORAM                 | 10         | 9            |
| 25.       | NAGALAND                | 57         | 23           |
| 26.       | ODISHA                  | 7920       | 4073         |
| 27.       | PONDICHERRY             | 63         | 95           |
| 28.       | PUNJAB                  | 2339       | 1787         |
| 29.       | RAJASTHAN               | 5664       | 3130         |
| 30.       | SIKKIM                  | 156        | 99           |
| 31.       | TAMILNADU               | 7641       | 4852         |
| 32.       | TELANGANA               | 1976       | 1229         |
| 33.       | TRIPURA                 | 50         | 7            |
| 34.       | UTTAR PRADESH           | 28976      | 15877        |
| 35.       | UTTRAKHAND              | 1642       | 683          |
| 36.       | WEST BENGAL             | 51366      | 43645        |
| Total     | Total                   | 2,42,938   | 1,70,173     |

# No  of  children  reported  recovered  by  Police  in  different  States/UTs  includes  children  who  are registered as missing on TrackChild portal and those who have been recovered and are not reported as missing on the TrackChild portal.

## Annexure-II

Statement referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.3791 for answer on 24.03.2017 raised by Shri Satish Chandra Dubey regarding 'Web Portal on Missing Children'.

Report of Missing & Sighted cases reported on Khoya-Paya Web Portal since 2 nd June 2015 to 20 th March 2017

1. Total number of missing cases published : 992
2. Total number of  cases of children sighted published: 6534
3. Total Missing/Sighted cases closed on the portal: 3355