Lok Sabha Question No. 1127 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-07
Subject: Sexual Exploitation of Children in Juvenile Homes
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shankar Lalwani, Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shyal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1127

TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2020

## SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN IN JUVENILE HOMES

- +1127.  SHRI SHANKAR LALWANI: DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL:

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

- (a)      whether the incidents of sexual exploitation/ harassment of children in juvenile homes  and  orphanages  have  increased  during  the  last  three  years  and  the current year;
- (b)      if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor, State/UT-wise; and
- (c)      the corrective measures being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a)  to (c): As per the information provided by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), 49 complaints of sexual exploitation / harassment of children in the Child Care Institutions (CCIs)/ Juvenile Homes / Adoption agencies  etc. have been received during the last three  years,  viz.,  2016-17,  2017-18,  2018-19  and  the current year (2019-20). The State/UT-wise details are Annexed.

The Juvenile Justice (Child and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act) and the  Juvenile  Justice  (Care  and  Protection  of  Children)  Model  Rule,  2016  framed thereunder  mandate regular monitoring and inspection of CCIs. The primary responsibility of execution of the  JJ Act lies with the State/UT Government. Ministry has  been  pursuing  with  the  State/UT  Governments  to  regularly  monitor  the  CCIs. Ministry  had  issued  an  advisory  to  the  State/UT  Governments  on  the  action  to  be taken in case of disruption to the life of children and any untoward incidence of abuse in  CCIs.  Besides, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) and State  Commission  for  Protection  of  Child  Rights  (SCPCR)  have  been  created  as statutory  bodies  under  the  Commissions  for  Protection  of  Child  Rights  Act,  2005 (CPCR), to oversee the implementation of the JJ Act in the country.

State/UT  wise  details  of  complaints  received  in  NCPCR  regarding  sexual exploitation  /  harassment  of  children  in  the  CCIs  /  Juvenile  Homes  / Orphanages etc. during the last three years and the current year        (201920)

| Sr. No.   | State/UT                    | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   |   Total |
|-----------|-----------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
| 1         | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |           |           |           |           |       0 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh              |           |           |           | 1         |       1 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh           |           |           |           |           |       0 |
| 4         | Assam                       |           | 1         | 1         |           |       2 |
| 5         | Bihar                       |           |           | 3         | 1         |       4 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                  |           |           |           |           |       0 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                |           |           |           |           |       0 |
| 8         | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      |           |           |           |           |       0 |
| 9         | Daman and Diu               |           |           |           |           |       0 |
| 10        | Delhi                       | 2         | 2         | 4         |           |       8 |
| 11        | Goa                         |           |           |           |           |       0 |
| 12        | Gujarat                     |           |           |           |           |       0 |
| 13        | Haryana                     |           |           | 2         |           |       2 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh            |           |           |           |           |       0 |
| 15        | Jammu and Kashmir           |           |           | 1         |           |       1 |
| 16        | Jharkhand                   |           |           |           |           |       0 |
| 17        | Karnataka                   |           |           |           | 1         |       1 |
| 18        | Kerala                      |           |           |           |           |       0 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                 |           |           |           |           |       0 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh              |           |           | 3         | 1         |       4 |
| 21        | Maharashtra                 | 2         | 1         | 1         |           |       4 |
| 22        | Manipur                     |           |           |           |           |       0 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                   |           |           |           |           |       0 |
| 24        | Mizoram                     |           |           |           |           |       0 |
| 25        | Nagaland                    |           |           |           |           |       0 |
| 26        | Orissa                      |           |           | 1         |           |       1 |
| 27        | Puducherry                  |           |           |           |           |       0 |
| 28        | Punjab                      |           |           |           |           |       0 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                   |           |           | 1         |           |       1 |
| 30        | Sikkim                      |           |           |           |           |       0 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                  | 1         |           |           |           |       1 |
| 32        | Telangana                   |           |           |           |           |       0 |
| 33        | Tripura                     |           |           |           |           |       0 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh               | 4         | 3         | 9         | 2         |      18 |
| 35        | Uttarakhand                 |           | 1         |           |           |       1 |
| 36        | West Bengal                 |           |           |           |           |       0 |
| Total     | Total                       | 9         | 8         | 26        | 6         |      49 |