Lok Sabha Question No. 3154 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-05
Subject: Online Tracking System/Portals for Missing Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAMSINH PATALYABHAI RATHWA, RAGHAV LAKHANPAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3154 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.01.2018

## ONLINE TRACKING SYSTEM/PORTALS FOR MISSING CHILDREN

## 3154.  SHRI RAMSINH RATHWA: SHRI RAGHAV LAKHANPAL:

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

- (a) whether the Government has set up/proposes to set up online tracking system/portals for children  in  vulnerable  conditions  including  missing/destitute  children  in  order  to  bring them under the coverage of various welfare schemes/programmes being implemented in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the  number  of  website  hits  on  track  child  portal  along  with  the  number  of  children tracked/rescued  with  the  help  of  such  tracking  system/portals  so  far  in  the  country, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether  Ministry  in  coordination  with  other  Ministries  proposes  to  formulate  any  new scheme or education and employment of such children in the country and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the other steps taken/being taken by the Government in this direction?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR)

- (a) The Ministry of Women and Child Development has developed web  portals 'TrackChild' and  'Khoya-Paya'  to  track  the  missing  and  found  children.  The  TrackChild  Portal  is implemented 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.  and  the 'Khoya-Paya' has been integrated as a citizen corner on TrackChild portal. As per Section 2 (14) (i) of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act), a child who is found without any home or settled place of abode and without any ostensible means of  subsistence  is  included  as  a  '  child  in  need  of  care  and  protection.'  The  primary responsibility in execution of the JJ Act lies with the State Governments. However Central Government is executing a scheme namely ICPS (now 'Child protection Services'), since 2009-10, for providing financial assistance to State Governments/UT Administrations, on sharing pattern, for execution of the Act and with the objective to create a safe and secure environment for overall development of children in need of care and protection, including destitute children.  These include placement in Children Homes if there is no family to look after  the  said  child,  or  sponsorship  support  if  the  child  is  living  with  family  (financial

support  for  education  etc)  to  ensure  that  their  education  can  continue  in  an  undisturbed manner.    In  the  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. The other programmes and activities at these CCIs  inter-alia include access to vocational training, recreation, health care, counselling etc.

- (b) The number of  website hits reported on TrackChild portal from 1 st January, 2012 to   28 th December, 2017 are 13,94,43,896. The number of children tracked/rescued with the help of such tracking system/portals so far in the country, State/UT-wise is Annexed .
- (c) Reply as given in part (a).
- (d) Apart  from  above  this  Ministry  is  also  providing  support  for  an  outreach  service  for children in distress. This service is available through a dedicated toll free number, 1098 and can  be  accessed  by  children  in  crisis  or  by  adults  on  their  behalf  from  any  place  in  the geographical  location  of  India.  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. Currently, CHILDLINE service is  functional  in  412  locations  and  Child  Help  Desk  (CHD)  has  been  set  up  at  33  major Railway Stations. In addition, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) has been prepared for tracing of missing children, and has been circulated to all the States and UTs for further dissemination to all other stake holders such as Police, Child Welfare Committees (CWCs) Juvenile  Justice  Baoards  (JJBs)  etc.  This  SOP  lays  down  the  uniform  guidelines  for expediting the search and rehabilitation of a missing child all over the country.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3154 for answer  on  05.01.2018  raised  by  Shri  Ramsinh  Rathwa  and  Shri  Raghav  Lakhanpal regarding 'Online Tracking System/Portals for Missing Children'.

## State/UT-wise details based on Entry time and Date Range 01-01-2012 to 28-12-2017 for the Missing, Recovered & Matched/Traced Out Children is as follows:

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs          | Missing   | Recovered   | Found (Matched)/ Traced Out   |
|-----------|--------------------|-----------|-------------|-------------------------------|
| 1.        | ANDAMAN &NICOBAR   | 94        | 88          | 89                            |
| 2.        | ANDHRA PRADESH     | 2580      | 1467        | 1441                          |
| 3.        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH  | 62        | 36          | 10                            |
| 4.        | ASSAM              | 3287      | 1071        | 791                           |
| 5.        | BIHAR              | 2582      | 602         | 470                           |
| 6.        | CHANDIGARH         | 417       | 170         | 102                           |
| 7.        | CHATTISGARH        | 7144      | 5539        | 5551                          |
| 8.        | DADRA&NAGAR HAVELI | 1         | 0           | 0                             |
| 9.        | DAMAN &DIU         | 48        | 36          | 40                            |
| 10.       | DELHI              | 31747     | 12249       | 9794                          |
| 11.       | GOA                | 501       | 323         | 179                           |
| 12.       | GUJARAT            | 37595     | 22486       | 35188                         |
| 13.       | HARYANA            | 4821      | 14844       | 1570                          |
| 14.       | HIMACHAL PRADESH   | 544       | 314         | 277                           |
| 15.       | JAMMU &KASHMIR     | 327       | 147         | 110                           |
| 16.       | JHARKHAND          | 850       | 101         | 0                             |
| 17.       | KARNATAKA          | 16153     | 11853       | 11652                         |
| 18.       | KERALA             | 2867      | 2000        | 1769                          |
| 19.       | LAKSHADWEEP        | 0         | 0           | 0                             |
| 20.       | MADHYA PRADESH     | 31595     | 24981       | 25979                         |
| 21.       | MAHARASHTRA        | 17812     | 18605       | 4220                          |
| 22.       | MANIPUR            | 0         | 0           | 0                             |
| 23.       | MEGHALAYA          | 602       | 523         | 478                           |
| 24.       | MIZORAM            | 14        | 12          | 11                            |
| 25.       | NAGALAND           | 57        | 23          | 9                             |
| 26.       | ODISHA             | 8674      | 4316        | 3731                          |
| 27.       | PONDICHERRY        | 63        | 95          | 41                            |
| 28.       | PUNJAB             | 2411      | 1852        | 870                           |
| 29.       | RAJASTHAN          | 6459      | 3719        | 3136                          |
| 30.       | SIKKIM             | 215       | 158         | 108                           |
| 31.       | TAMILNADU          | 9717      | 7690        | 7819                          |
| 32.       | TELANGANA          | 2071      | 1269        | 484                           |
| 33.       | TRIPURA            | 50        | 7           | 0                             |
| 34.       | UTTARAKHAND        | 1822      | 724         | 616                           |
| 35.       | UTTAR PRADESH      | 30565     | 16685       | 12234                         |
| 36.       | WEST BENGAL        | 56814     | 48892       | 45050                         |
| Total     | Total              | 2,80,561  | 2,02,877    | 1,73,819                      |