Lok Sabha Question No. 2861 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-03
Subject: Observation and Special Homes
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: NEELAM SONKER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2861 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2018

## OBSERVATION AND SPECIAL HOMES

## 2861:   SHRIMATI NEELAM SONKER:

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

- (a) the total number of Observation and Special Homes for children in conflict of law in the country and the programmes being run to reform children in these homes;
- (b) whether adequate arrangement for rehabilitation of children is done at the time of release of children from the reform homes; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) : The details of number of observation homes, special homes including place of safety for children in conflict with law and being funded under CPS, as recommended by State/UTs in accordance to Section 47, 48 and 49 is Annexed. The newly enacted Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 includes several provisions to improve the condition of Child Care Institutions (CCIs) including those housing children in conflict with  law.  Section  53  of  the  Act  prescribes  various  rehabilitation  and  reintegration services  to  be  provided  in  institutions  for  children.  These  include:  basic  requirements such as food and shelter; appropriate education including supplementary education; skill development, recreational facilities, mental health interventions, etc.
- (b) & (c): The JJ Act and the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Model Rules, 2016 framed thereunder contains detailed provision  for  rehabilitation  of  such  children. However, the Section 97 (1) of JJ Act states when a child is kept in a Children's Home or special home, on a report of a probation officer or social worker or of Government or a voluntary or non-governmental organisation, as the case may be, the Committee or the Board may consider, the release of such child, either absolutely or on such conditions as it may think fit to impose, permitting the child to live with parents or guardian or under the supervision of any authorised person named in the order, willing to receive and take charge, educate and train the child, for some useful trade or calling or to look after the child for rehabilitation.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2861 for  3.08.2018  raised  by  Shrimati  Neelam  Sonkar  regarding  'Observation  and  Special Homes'.

State/UT-wise  details  of  Homes  for  children  in  conflict  with  law  and  supported  under ICPS as on date.

|   S. No. | State               |   Observation Home |   Special Home |   Observati on cum Special Home |   Place of Safety |
|----------|---------------------|--------------------|----------------|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh      |                 12 |              2 |                               2 |                 0 |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh   |                  0 |              0 |                               1 |                 0 |
|        3 | Assam               |                  5 |              0 |                               0 |                 1 |
|        4 | Bihar               |                 12 |              1 |                               0 |                 0 |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh        |                 12 |              1 |                               0 |                 3 |
|        6 | Goa                 |                  0 |              0 |                               0 |                 0 |
|        7 | Gujarat             |                  3 |              0 |                               3 |                 0 |
|        8 | Haryana             |                  4 |              0 |                               0 |                 0 |
|        9 | Himachal Pradesh    |                  0 |              0 |                               2 |                 0 |
|       10 | Jammu and Kashmir   |                  6 |              2 |                               0 |                 0 |
|       11 | Jharkhand           |                 10 |              1 |                               0 |                 0 |
|       12 | Karnataka           |                 16 |              1 |                               0 |                 0 |
|       13 | Kerala              |                 14 |              2 |                               0 |                 1 |
|       14 | Madhya Pradesh      |                 18 |              3 |                               0 |                 0 |
|       15 | Maharashtra         |                 53 |              0 |                               0 |                 0 |
|       16 | Manipur             |                  4 |              0 |                               1 |                 0 |
|       17 | Meghalaya           |                  3 |              0 |                               0 |                 0 |
|       18 | Mizoram             |                  8 |              2 |                               0 |                 0 |
|       19 | Nagaland            |                 11 |              2 |                               0 |                 0 |
|       20 | Orissa              |                  0 |              0 |                               4 |                 0 |
|       21 | Punjab              |                  4 |              2 |                               0 |                 0 |
|       22 | Rajasthan           |                 34 |              0 |                               0 |                 0 |
|       23 | Sikkim              |                  2 |              1 |                               0 |                 0 |
|       24 | Tamil Nadu          |                  8 |              2 |                               0 |                 0 |
|       25 | Tripura             |                  4 |              1 |                               0 |                 0 |
|       26 | Uttar Pradesh       |                 26 |              2 |                               0 |                 1 |
|       27 | Uttarakhand         |                  9 |              2 |                               0 |                 2 |
|       28 | West Bengal         |                  7 |              0 |                               7 |                 0 |
|       29 | Telangana           |                  9 |              1 |                               1 |                 0 |
|       30 | Andaman &Nicobar    |                  0 |              0 |                               0 |                 0 |
|       31 | Chandigarh          |                  1 |              0 |                               0 |                 0 |
|       32 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |                  0 |              0 |                               0 |                 0 |
|       33 | Daman and Diu       |                  0 |              0 |                               0 |                 0 |
|       34 | Lakshadweep         |                  0 |              0 |                               0 |                 0 |
|       35 | NCT of Delhi        |                  4 |              1 |                               0 |                 1 |
|       36 | Puducherry          |                  2 |              2 |                               0 |                 0 |