Lok Sabha Question No. 3795 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-24
Subject: Condition of Orphanages
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: PINAKI MISRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3795 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2017

## CONDITION OF ORPHANAGES

## 3795:  SHRI PINAKI MISRA

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

- (a)      whether  the  Government  has  taken  note  that  the  condition  of  the  Government  run orphanages have gone from bad to worse in the recent years and most of the children of the orphanage prefer to run away rather than staying back;
- (b)       if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c)      the measures taken by the Government to improve the condition and the management of Government run orphanages; and
- (d)     whether the Government is considering to attach every Government run orphanage to a volunteer  organisations  for  its  close  monitoring  and  proper  maintenance  and  if  so,  the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): The primary responsibility of effective functioning of the Child Care Institutions (CCIs) including Government run Children Homes and Specialized Adoption Agencies (SAAs) vests with the State Governments/UT Administrations concerned. The Government of India has recently enacted the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children)  Act,  2015,  (JJ  Act)  which  has  come  into  effect  from  15th  January,  2016 repealing the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000. The JJ Act, includes stringent provisions for registration of CCIs. The Ministry has been requesting the State Governments/UT Administrations from time to time to identify and register all CCIs  under  relevant  provisions  of  JJ  Act  and  set  up  functional  inspection  and  other Committees to ensure that children in all the CCIs receive the best of care, and are not subject to any kind of neglect.
- (c)        &  (d):      The  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  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 CCIs. Further, under ICPS the financial norms were revised with effect from 1st April, 2014. Some of the key features  of  the  revised  Scheme  are  increased  maintenance  grant  for  children  in  homes from existing Rs.750 to Rs.2000 per child per month; enhanced cost of construction from existing  provision  of  Rs.600  per  sq.  feet  to  Rs.1000  per  sq.  feet  and  flexibility  in  the staffing  pattern  in  service  delivery  structures,  depending  on  the  size  and  need  of  the States/UT Administration.  There  is  no  proposal  at  present  to  attach  every  Government run Children's Home including SAAs to Voluntary Organizations.

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