Lok Sabha Question No. 1 (STARRED), answered on 2017-12-15
Subject: Abuse/Sexual Abuse/Violence against Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: JAGDAMBIKA PAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *1

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.12.2017

## ABUSE/SEXUAL ABUSE/VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN

## *1.        SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

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

- (a) whether  the  cases  of  abuse/sexual  abuse/violence  against  children  have  increased  in  the country in recent years despite stringent laws enacted by the Government in this regard;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof;  and  the  reasons  therefor  indicating  the  number  of  such  cases reported in the country during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UTwise;
- (c) whether the Government has launched/proposes to launch a National campaign to create public awareness against child abuse in the country and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the other steps taken/being taken by the Government to protect children from abuse/sexual abuse/violence in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SMT. MANEKA SANJAY GANDHI)

- (a) to (d) A statement is laid on the table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (d) OF REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*1 FOR 15.12.2017 REGARDING ABUSE/SEXUAL ABUSE/VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN BY SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

- (a) & (b) :  As per information provided by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), there is an increase of 0.2% (from 34,449 cases in 2014 to 34,505 cases in 2015) and an increase of 4.4% (from 34,505 cases in 2015 to 36,022 cases in 2016) were reported under Sexual Abuse/Violence (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012) during 2015 over 2014  and  2016  over  2015  respectively.  State/UT-wise  and  Crime  Head-wise  cases registered under Sexual Abuse/Violence (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012) during 2014 - 2016 is enclosed as Annexure-I .
- (c) The Government has been regularly creating public awareness against child abuse in the country through print and electronic media from time to time. The issue has been flagged in various national consultations/conferences held with different stakeholders.
- (d) The Ministry has introduced the Protection of  Children  from  Sexual  Offences  (POCSO) Act 2012, which is a special law to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation. The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) (JJ) Act 2015 is the primary law to protect the interest of children in need of care and protection and in conflict with law. In order  to  implement  the  Juvenile  Justice  Act,  a  centrally  Sponsored  Scheme,  namely Integrated Child Protection Scheme(ICPS) is being implemented with aim to create a safety net of dedicated structures, services and personnel for protection of children in need of care and  protection.  The  objective  is  to  contribute  to  improvement  in  the  wellbeing  of  the children in difficult circumstances as well as reduction of vulnerabilities to situations and actions that lead to abuse, exploitation and separation of children from their families, etc. ICPS  provides  for  a  24-hour  toll  free  helpline  1098  for  children  in  distress  and  their families.  National Commission for Protection of Child Right (NCPCR) established under the  Commissions  for  Protection  of  Child  Rights  (CPCR)  Act,  2005,  has  been  mandated with a task of monitoring the effective implementation of POCSO Act, 2012 and JJ Act, 2015.  NCPCR  have  taken  various  steps  to  protect  children  from  such  abuse/sexual abuse/violence in the country. An advisory has been issued by Ministry of Home Affairs, inter-alia requesting  all  States  and  UTs  to  take  steps  for  effective  prevention,  detection, registration, investigation and prosecution of all crimes against children.

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Statement referred to in part (b) of Starred Question No. 1 to be answered on 15.12.2017 on Abuse/Sexual Abuse/Violence Againgst Children asked by Sh. Jagdambika Pal, MP

## State/UT-wise Cases Registered under Sexual Abuse/Violence (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012) during 2014-2016

|    |                   | 2014   | 2014                                                             | 2014                                        | 2014                                                  | 2014    | 2015   | 2015                                                             | 2015                                        | 2015                                                  | 2015   | 2016                                                  |
|----|-------------------|--------|------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|---------|--------|------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|--------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| SL | State/UT          | Rape   | Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage her Modesty (Girl Child) | Insult to the Modesty of Women (Girl Child) | Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 | Total   | Rape   | Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage her Modesty (Girl Child) | Insult to the Modesty of Women (Girl Child) | Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 | Total  | Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 |
| 1  | Andhra Pradesh    | 477    | 274                                                              | 75                                          | 106                                                   | 932     | 489    | 274                                                              | 54                                          | 237                                                   | 1054   | 830                                                   |
| 2  | Arunachal Pradesh | 43     | 8                                                                | 0                                           | 5                                                     | 56      | 34     | 8                                                                | 0                                           | 12                                                    | 54     | 59                                                    |
| 3  | Assam             | 125    | 70                                                               | 0                                           | 311                                                   | 506     | 43     | 45                                                               | 0                                           | 731                                                   | 819    | 821                                                   |
| 4  | Bihar             | 103    | 31                                                               | 0                                           | 57                                                    | 191     | 116    | 11                                                               | 0                                           | 60                                                    | 187    | 233                                                   |
| 5  | Chhattisgarh      | 806    | 447                                                              | 14                                          | 417                                                   | 1684    | 317    | 173                                                              | 2                                           | 1164                                                  | 1656   | 1570                                                  |
| 6  | Goa               | 57     | 40                                                               | 6                                           | 4                                                     | 107     | 50     | 28                                                               | 1                                           | 0                                                     | 79     | 75                                                    |
| 7  | Gujarat           | 291    | 202                                                              | 2                                           | 118                                                   | 613     | 57     | 134                                                              | 2                                           | 1416                                                  | 1609   | 1408                                                  |
| 8  | Haryana           | 416    | 286                                                              | 2                                           | 3                                                     | 707     | 261    | 282                                                              | 5                                           | 440                                                   | 988    | 1020                                                  |
| 9  | Himachal Pradesh  | 135    | 51                                                               | 1                                           | 22                                                    | 209     | 139    | 63                                                               | 1                                           | 3                                                     | 206    | 205                                                   |
| 10 | Jammu & Kashmir   | 37     | 7                                                                | 1                                           | 0                                                     | 45      | 28     | 2                                                                | 0                                           | 0                                                     | 30     | 25                                                    |
| 11 | Jharkhand         | 78     | 3                                                                | 0                                           | 31                                                    | 112     | 24     | 17                                                               | 0                                           | 141                                                   | 182    | 348                                                   |
| 12 | Karnataka         | 694    | 66                                                               | 0                                           | 620                                                   | 1380    | 0      | 45                                                               | 1                                           | 1480                                                  | 1526   | 1565                                                  |
| 13 | Kerala            | 754    | 196                                                              | 3                                           | 439                                                   | 1392    | 720    | 240                                                              | 10                                          | 516                                                   | 1486   | 1848                                                  |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh    | 2352   | 2449                                                             | 68                                          | 126                                                   | 4995    | 1568   | 1332                                                             | 37                                          | 1687                                                  | 4624   | 4717                                                  |
| 15 | Maharashtra       | 1714   | 1927                                                             | 95                                          | 190                                                   | 3926    | 2231   | 2468                                                             | 91                                          | 26                                                    | 4816   | 4815                                                  |
| 16 | Manipur           | 38     | 5                                                                | 0                                           | 7                                                     | 50      | 13     | 3                                                                | 2                                           | 25                                                    | 43     | 43                                                    |
| 17 | Meghalaya         | 61     | 7                                                                | 2                                           | 48                                                    | 118     | 38     | 11                                                               | 0                                           | 118                                                   | 167    | 151                                                   |
| 18 | Mizoram           | 91     | 32                                                               | 0                                           | 42                                                    | 165     | 30     | 25                                                               | 0                                           | 114                                                   | 169    | 167                                                   |
| 19 | Nagaland          | 11     | 6                                                                | 0                                           | 0                                                     | 17      | 8      | 2                                                                | 0                                           | 5                                                     | 15     | 27                                                    |
| 20 | Odisha            | 753    | 225                                                              | 39                                          | 109                                                   | 1126    | 1052   | 290                                                              | 11                                          | 19                                                    | 1372   | 1928                                                  |
| 21 | Punjab            | 476    | 151                                                              | 0                                           | 25                                                    | 652     | 462    | 183                                                              | 3                                           | 18                                                    | 666    | 596                                                   |
| 22 | Rajasthan         | 825    | 310                                                              | 1                                           | 191                                                   | 1327    | 728    | 360                                                              | 1                                           | 222                                                   | 1311   | 1479                                                  |
| 23 | Sikkim            | 40     | 7                                                                | 0                                           | 23                                                    | 70      | 1      | 0                                                                | 0                                           | 54                                                    | 55     | 92                                                    |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu        | 0      | 4                                                                | 6                                           | 1055                                                  | 1065    | 0      | 0                                                                | 0                                           | 1544                                                  | 1544   | 1583                                                  |
| 25 | Telangana         | 583    | 261                                                              |                                             | 25                                                    |         | 705    | 366                                                              | 59                                          | 264                                                   | 1394   | 1158                                                  |
| 26 | Tripura           | 122    | 91                                                               | 55 0                                        | 32                                                    | 924 245 | 98     | 33                                                               | 2                                           | 0                                                     | 133    | 156                                                   |

| 27   | Uttar Pradesh     |   1538 |   2831 |   3 |   3637 |   8009 |   594 |   868 |   1 |   3078 |   4541 |   4954 |
|------|-------------------|--------|--------|-----|--------|--------|-------|-------|-----|--------|--------|--------|
| 28   | Uttarakhand       |     84 |     31 |   0 |     74 |    189 |    52 |    17 |   0 |     99 |    168 |    218 |
| 29   | West Bengal       |      0 |    220 |  13 |   1058 |   1291 |     0 |   203 |  12 |   1289 |   1504 |   2132 |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)    |  12704 |  10238 | 386 |   8775 |  32103 |  9858 |  7483 | 295 |  14762 |  32398 |  34223 |
| 30   | A & N Islands     |     20 |      9 |   0 |      0 |     29 |    26 |    12 |   0 |      1 |     39 |     49 |
| 31   | Chandigarh        |     32 |     17 |   0 |      0 |     49 |    41 |    20 |   0 |      1 |     62 |     51 |
| 32   | D&N Haveli        |      2 |      0 |   0 |      0 |      2 |     2 |     0 |   0 |     13 |     15 |     11 |
| 33   | Daman & Diu       |      1 |      0 |   0 |      0 |      1 |     0 |     1 |   0 |      4 |      5 |     10 |
| 34   | Delhi UT          |   1004 |   1071 |  58 |    107 |   2240 |   927 |   871 |  52 |     86 |   1936 |   1620 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep       |      0 |      0 |   0 |      1 |      1 |     0 |     0 |   0 |      1 |      1 |      5 |
| 36   | Puducherry        |      3 |      0 |   0 |     21 |     24 |     0 |     3 |   1 |     45 |     49 |     53 |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)       |   1062 |   1097 |  58 |    129 |   2346 |   996 |   907 |  53 |    151 |   2107 |   1799 |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) |  13766 |  11335 | 444 |   8904 |  34449 | 10854 |  8390 | 348 |  14913 |  34505 |  36022 |

## State/UT-wise Cases Registered under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012  during 2016

| SL   | State/UT          |   Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 |   Child Rape (Sec_4& 6 POCSO)/ Sec_ 376 IPC |   Sexual Assault of Children(Sec 8 &10 POCSO)/ Sec_ 354 I |   Sexual Harassment(Sec_12 POCSO)/ Sec_509 IPC |   Use of Child for Pornography/Storing Child Pornography M |   Other Section of POCSO |
|------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh    |                                                     830 |                                         459 |                                                       237 |                                             51 |                                                          0 |                       83 |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh |                                                      59 |                                          49 |                                                         8 |                                              0 |                                                          0 |                        2 |
| 3    | Assam             |                                                     821 |                                         586 |                                                       159 |                                             19 |                                                          0 |                       57 |
| 4    | Bihar             |                                                     233 |                                         170 |                                                        26 |                                              2 |                                                          0 |                       35 |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh      |                                                    1570 |                                         984 |                                                       473 |                                             19 |                                                          1 |                       93 |
| 6    | Goa               |                                                      75 |                                          40 |                                                        29 |                                              6 |                                                          0 |                        0 |
| 7    | Gujarat           |                                                    1408 |                                        1054 |                                                       210 |                                              7 |                                                          1 |                      136 |
| 8    | Haryana           |                                                    1020 |                                         532 |                                                       346 |                                             67 |                                                          0 |                       75 |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh  |                                                     205 |                                         146 |                                                        54 |                                              0 |                                                          0 |                        5 |
| 10   | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                                      25 |                                          21 |                                                         2 |                                              2 |                                                          0 |                        0 |
| 11   | Jharkhand         |                                                     348 |                                         205 |                                                        81 |                                             10 |                                                         19 |                       33 |
| 12   | Karnataka         |                                                    1565 |                                        1136 |                                                       264 |                                             49 |                                                          3 |                      113 |
| 13   | Kerala            |                                                    1848 |                                         957 |                                                       517 |                                             39 |                                                          4 |                      331 |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh    |                                                    4717 |                                        2467 |                                                      2106 |                                             44 |                                                          0 |                      100 |
| 15   | Maharashtra       |                                                    4815 |                                        2292 |                                                      2370 |                                             86 |                                                          1 |                       66 |
| 16   | Manipur           |                                                      43 |                                          39 |                                                         4 |                                              0 |                                                          0 |                        0 |
| 17   | Meghalaya         |                                                     151 |                                         122 |                                                        26 |                                              2 |                                                          0 |                        1 |
| 18   | Mizoram           |                                                     167 |                                          99 |                                                        62 |                                              0 |                                                          1 |                        5 |
| 19   | Nagaland          |                                                      27 |                                          21 |                                                         5 |                                              0 |                                                          0 |                        1 |
| 20   | Odisha            |                                                    1928 |                                        1258 |                                                       396 |                                             16 |                                                          1 |                      257 |
| 21   | Punjab            |                                                     596 |                                         410 |                                                       172 |                                              1 |                                                          0 |                       13 |
| 22   | Rajasthan         |                                                    1479 |                                         858 |                                                       359 |                                             12 |                                                          3 |                      247 |
| 23   | Sikkim            |                                                      92 |                                          66 |                                                        22 |                                              3 |                                                          0 |                        1 |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu        |                                                    1583 |                                        1169 |                                                       211 |                                             96 |                                                          9 |                       98 |
| 25   | Telangana         |                                                    1158 |                                         690 |                                                       189 |                                            178 |                                                          0 |                      101 |
| 26   | Tripura           |                                                     156 |                                         108 |                                                        48 |                                              0 |                                                          0 |                        0 |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh     |                                                    4954 |                                        2115 |                                                      2652 |                                            123 |                                                          2 |                       62 |
| 28   | Uttarakhand       |                                                     218 |                                          91 |                                                        35 |                                              3 |                                                          0 |                       89 |
| 29   | West Bengal       |                                                    2132 |                                         718 |                                                       374 |                                             47 |                                                          2 |                      991 |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)    |                                                   34223 |                                       18862 |                                                     11437 |                                            882 |                                                         47 |                     2995 |
| 30   | A & N Islands     |                                                      49 |                                           1 |                                                         0 |                                              0 |                                                          0 |                       48 |

| 31   | Chandigarh        |    51 |    41 |    10 |   0 |   0 |    0 |
|------|-------------------|-------|-------|-------|-----|-----|------|
| 32   | D&N Haveli        |    11 |     9 |     0 |   0 |   0 |    2 |
| 33   | Daman & Diu       |    10 |     8 |     0 |   2 |   0 |    0 |
| 34   | Delhi UT          |  1620 |   813 |   766 |  41 |   0 |    0 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep       |     5 |     2 |     0 |   0 |   0 |    3 |
| 36   | Puducherry        |    53 |    29 |    13 |   9 |   0 |    2 |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)       |  1799 |   903 |   789 |  52 |   0 |   55 |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 36022 | 19765 | 12226 | 934 |  47 | 3050 |

Source: Crime in India