Lok Sabha Question No. 3297 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-04
Subject: Monitoring Mechanism in Orphanages and Child Care Institutions
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL, Adhikari Dibyendu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3297

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.08.2017

## MONITORING MECHANISM IN ORPHANAGES AND CHILD CARE INSTITUTIONS

## 3297:   SHRI SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL: SHRI DIBYENDU ADHIKARI:

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

- (a) whether the Government has prepared any database of children living in orphanages and Child Care Institutions (CCIs) in the country to ensure their safety and welfare;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has received complaints regarding ill treatment of children in such orphanages and CCIs and if so, the details  thereof,  State/UT-wise  along  with  the action taken thereon;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  any  regular  monitoring  system  regarding  their  welfare, education, quality of food, training and employment therein; and
- (e) if so, the details of social audit and the present status of the institutions thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b):    As  per  the  information  provided  by  the  State/UT  governments,  the  number  of Child Care Institutions (CCIs) including Specialised Adoption Agencies  (SAAs) registered under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000/2015, which are being supported under the  Integrated  Child  Protection  Scheme  (ICPS),  is  at Annexure-I.
- (c):     The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has reported that it has registered 14 complaints regarding ill treatment of children in CCIs including SAAs during the year 2016-17 and current year 2017-18 is at Annexure-II.
- (d):      The  Central  Government  is  executing  Integrated  Child  Protection  Scheme  (ICPS)  to implement the provisions of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act), in which State Governments/UT Administrations have major role to play. The Ministry has been requesting the State Governments/UT Administrations from time to time to identify and register all CCIs including SAAs 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 abuse and neglect. As and when any such information is received, the State Governments/UT Administrations is requested  to  conduct  inquiry  under  intimation  to  the  Ministry  and  take  corrective measures.

Under  ICPS  financial  assistance  is  providing  to  the  State  Governments/UT Administrations for setting up, upgradation and maintenance of various types of Children Homes and SAAs under the  ICPS.  The  Rules  inter-alia  specify  standards  for  physical infrastructure, clothing, bedding, nutrition & diet, as well as rehabilitation measures such as education, vocational training, counselling etc. The State Governments/UT Administrations are required to ensure, through regular inspection and monitoring, that the institutions are run as per the provisions of the Act and the Rules framed there-under.

- (e):     As per Section 110 (1) of JJ Act State Government is required to make rules to carry out to purpose of this Act. Under the proviso of this Section Central Government may frame model rules in respect of all or any of matters with respect to which the State Government is required to make rules and where any such model rules have been framed in respect of any such matters they shall apply to the State mutatis mutandis until the rules in respect of that matter are made by the State Government and while making any such rules, they conform to such model rules.  As such Model JJ Rules, 2016 has been notified by the Central  Government,  in  addition  to  this  MWCD  is  executing  ICPS  since,  2009  for execution  of  JJ  Act  and  for  well  being  of  children  in  difficult  circumstances,  which includes provision for social audit.

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## Annexure-I

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.3297 for 04.08.2017 raised by Shri Sunil Kumar Mondal and Shri Dibyendu Adhikari regarding 'Monitoring Mechanism in Orphanages and Child Care Institutions'

## Details of CCIs including SAAs in the country along with number of Children residing in these institutions under ICPS.

|        |                            | Institutional Care [Homes]   | Institutional Care [Homes]   | Open Shelters   | Open Shelters   | Specialised Adoption Agencies   | Specialised Adoption Agencies   |
|--------|----------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| S. No. | State                      | No. Assisted                 | Beneficiaries                | No. Assisted    | Beneficiaries   | No. Assisted                    | Beneficiaries                   |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh             | 73                           | 4439                         | 12              | 300             | 14                              | 135                             |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh          | 15                           | 62                           | 0               | 0               | 1                               | 3                               |
| 3      | Assam                      | 36                           | 1128                         | 3               | 75              | 14                              | 78                              |
| 4      | Bihar                      | 54                           | 1929                         | 14              | 216             | 28                              | 170                             |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh               | 76                           | 2172                         | 19              | 127             | 14                              | 42                              |
| 6      | Goa                        | 21                           | 1015                         | 8               | 200             | 2                               | 46                              |
| 7      | Gujarat                    | 54                           | 2139                         | 0               | 0               | 9                               | 77                              |
| 8      | Haryana                    | 33                           | 1630                         | 25              | 1541            | 7                               | 48                              |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh           | 27                           | 1049                         | 3               | 36              | 1                               | 9                               |
| 10     | Jammu and Kashmir          | 22                           | 1141                         | 0               | 0               | 2                               | 20                              |
| 11     | Jharkhand                  | 27                           | 882                          | 0               | 0               | 9                               | 59                              |
| 12     | Karnataka                  | 81                           | 3551                         | 40              | 1290            | 27                              | 210                             |
| 13     | Kerala                     | 31                           | 1039                         | 4               | 100             | 17                              | 243                             |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh             | 61                           | 2249                         | 6               | 206             | 22                              | 213                             |
| 15     | Maharashtra                | 77                           | 6155                         | 3               | 108             | 17                              | 181                             |
| 16     | Manipur                    | 34                           | 993                          | 12              | 247             | 5                               | 35                              |
| 17     | Meghalaya                  | 62                           | 1618                         | 1               | 52              | 1                               | 6                               |
| 18     | Mizoram                    | 45                           | 1439                         | 0               | 0               | 7                               | 58                              |
| 19     | Nagaland                   | 39                           | 624                          | 3               | 58              | 4                               | 10                              |
| 20     | Odisha                     | 110                          | 7233                         | 13              | 341             | 17                              | 217                             |
| 21     | Punjab                     | 17                           | 511                          | 1               | 25              | 5                               | 107                             |
| 22     | Rajasthan                  | 78                           | 2480                         | 21              | 463             | 35                              | 206                             |
| 23     | Sikkim                     | 18                           | 469                          | 4               | 33              | 4                               | 4                               |
| 24     | Tamil Nadu                 | 193                          | 14055                        | 14              | 350             | 15                              | 150                             |
| 25     | Tripura                    | 15                           | 653                          | 2               | 85              | 6                               | 39                              |
| 26     | Uttar Pradesh              | 116                          | 2429                         | 15              | 375             | 15                              | 150                             |
| 27     | Uttarakhand                | 15                           | 343                          | 2               | 0               | 7                               | 81                              |
| 28     | West Bengal                | 64                           | 7074                         | 54              | 1500            | 26                              | 341                             |
| 29     | Telangana                  | 56                           | 3014                         | 12              | 246             | 11                              | 309                             |
| 30     | Andaman &Nicobar           | 8                            | 367                          | -               | 0               | -                               | 0                               |
| 31     | Chandigarh                 | 8                            | 326                          | 0               | 0               | 4                               | 17                              |
| 32     | Dadra and Nagar Haveli     | -                            | 0                            | -               | 0               | -                               | 0                               |
| 33     | Daman and Diu              | 2                            | 100                          | -               | 0               | -                               | 0                               |
| 34     | Lakshadweep                | -                            | 0                            | -               | 0               | -                               | 0                               |
| 35     | National Capital Territory | 29                           | 1687                         | 13              | 401             | 3                               | 48                              |
| 36     | of Delhi Puducherry        | 29                           | 1166                         | 2               | 47              | 2                               | 13                              |
|        | Total                      | 1626                         | 77161                        | 306             | 8422            | 351                             | 3325                            |

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.3297 for 04.08.2017 raised by Shri Sunil Kumar Mondal and Shri Dibyendu Adhikari regarding 'Monitoring Mechanism in Orphanages and Child Care Institutions'

## State/UT-wise details of complaints received in NCPCR regarding ill-treatment of children in CCIs including SAAs

|   Sl. No. | Date      | State         | Subject                                                                                                                                        |
|-----------|-----------|---------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | 11-May-16 | Delhi         | Alleged complaint regarding teasing and hitting the children of Rain Basera                                                                    |
|         2 | 08-Jun-16 | Uttar Pradesh | Alleged abuse of two girls by Shelter Home Operator                                                                                            |
|         3 | 13-Jun-16 | Delhi         | Alleged complaint regarding abuse of the children in Orphanage                                                                                 |
|         4 | 11-Jun-16 | Haryana       | Ill-treatment of the children at Immanual Orphanage                                                                                            |
|         5 | 22-Jun-16 | Uttar Pradesh | Alleged complaint regarding physical abuse of the children at Juvenile Home, Kalyanpur.                                                        |
|         6 | 09-Aug-16 | Haryana       | Alleged complaint regarding siblings not been allowed to meet and harassment of the children at Mercy Home Ambala                              |
|         7 | 24-Aug-16 | Tamil Nadu    | Alleged complaint regarding child labour at Suyam Charitable Trust in Thiruvallur                                                              |
|         8 | 25-Nov-16 | Maharashtra   | Alleged complaint regarding beating a 10 months old girl child brutally beaten up by the maid of Day Care Centre in Navi Mumbai.               |
|         9 | 21-Nov-16 | Haryana       | Complaint regarding provision of birth certificate to the children residing in homes                                                           |
|        10 | 01-Feb-17 | Uttar Pradesh | Alleged complaint regarding physical, mental abuse and unregistered homes of Ghaziabad                                                         |
|        11 | 05-Apr-17 | Uttar Pradesh | Alleged complaint regarding physical abuse of master Bhove by the Superintendent of Govt. Oberservation Home                                   |
|        12 | 29-May-17 | Uttarakhand   | Alleged complaint regarding children made to work at Hari Har Kailsh Gyan Peeth Nyas Ashram, Munni ki Rethi(opp. Vasundhara Hotel), Rishikesh. |
|        13 | 09-May-17 | Delhi         | Alleged complaint regarding girl being forced to abort at Nirmal Chaya and beaten mercilessly.                                                 |
|        14 | 23-May-17 | Assam         | Alleged complaint regarding physical abuse, child labour and providing bad quality of food at Children Home Fatasil, Ambari, Guwahati, Assam.  |