Lok Sabha Question No. 1999 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-29
Subject: Orphans in the Country
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Kalyan Banerjee

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1999

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.11.2019

## ORPHANS IN THE COUNTRY

## 1999. SHRI KALYAN BANERJEE:

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

- (a) the number of orphanages in the country along with the number of inmates living therein, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  to  identify  orphans  in  the  country, particularly in rural areas;
- (c) if  so,  the  number  of orphans identified during each of the last four years and the current year, State/UT-wise;

(d)

whether the

Government proposes

any new

scheme for

education development of children living in orphanages and if so, the details thereof; and

- (e) the steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to (e): Orphan children in the country fall within the category of 'Children in need of care and protection (CNCP) as described in the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act). The primary responsibility of execution of the Act lies with the States/UTs. However, the Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing a centrally sponsored Child Protection Services (CPS) Scheme (erstwhile Integrated Child Protection  Scheme)  for  supporting  the  children  in  difficult  circumstances.The  primary responsibility  of  implementation  of  the  scheme  lies  with  the  State  Governments/UT Administrations.  Under  the  provisions  of  the  CPS,  Central  Government  is  providing financial assistance to the States/UTs for undertaking a situational analysis of children in difficult  circumstances.  Under  the  scheme  institutional  care  to  CNCP  (including  orphan) and Children in Conflict with Law (CCL) is provided in Child Care Institutions (CCIs) as a rehabilitative  measure.  The  scheme  provides  for  education  (including  bridge  education) with the help of Education Department specially with the help of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and  National  Open  School.  Under  the  non-institutional  care  component,  support  is extended for adoption, foster care and sponsorship. The details of children who have been benefited under CPS scheme as informed by the States/UTs during the last four years is Annexed .

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and

Annexure

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1999 for answer on 29.11.2019 regarding 'Orphans in the Country'

Details of Child Care Institutions for ' CNCP & CCL in the country along with number of Children residing in these institutions during the last four years .

|        |                   | 2015-16                    | 2015-16                    | 2015-16       | 2015-16         | 2015-16                       | 2015-16                       | 2016-17                    | 2016-17                    | 2016-17       | 2016-17        | 2016-17                       | 2016-17                       |
|--------|-------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|---------------|----------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| S. No. | State/UTs         | Institutional Care [Homes] | Institutional Care [Homes] | Open Shelters | Open Shelters   | Specialised Adoption Agencies | Specialised Adoption Agencies | Institutional Care [Homes] | Institutional Care [Homes] | Open Shelters | Open Shelters  | Specialised Adoption Agencies | Specialised Adoption Agencies |
|        | State/UTs         | No. Assiste d              | Benefic iaries             | No. Assist ed | Benef iciarie s | No. Assist ed                 | Beneficia ries                | No. Assisted               | Beneficiar ies             | No. Assiste d | Benefici aries | No. Assi sted                 | Beneficia ries                |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    | 67                         | 4307                       | 14            | 350             | 14                            | 170                           | 73                         | 4439                       | 12            | 300            | 14                            | 135                           |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh | 6                          | 24                         | 0             | 0               | 1                             | 9                             | 15                         | 62                         | 0             | 0              | 1                             | 3                             |
| 3      | Assam             | 30                         | 746                        | 3             | 75              | 7                             | 39                            | 36                         | 1128                       | 3             | 75             | 14                            | 78                            |
| 4      | Bihar             | 34                         | 1200                       | 9             | 183             | 10                            | 119                           | 54                         | 1929                       | 14            | 216            | 28                            | 170                           |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh      | 67                         | 1347                       | 10            | 96              | 9                             | 42                            | 76                         | 2172                       | 19            | 127            | 14                            | 42                            |
| 6      | Goa               | 6                          | 201                        | 8             | 200             | 2                             | 46                            | 21                         | 1015                       | 8             | 200            | 2                             | 46                            |
| 7      | Gujarat           | 54                         | 2082                       | 6             | 150             | 9                             | 67                            | 54                         | 2139                       | 0             | 0              | 9                             | 77                            |
| 8      | Haryana           | 28                         | 1314                       | 27            | 872             | 3                             | 61                            | 33                         | 1630                       | 25            | 1541           | 7                             | 48                            |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh  | 26                         | 956                        | 2             | 50              | 1                             | 10                            | 27                         | 1049                       | 3             | 36             | 1                             | 9                             |
| 10     | Jammu and Kashmir | 6                          | 247                        | 0             | 0               | 2                             | 20                            | 22                         | 1141                       | 0             | 0              | 2                             | 20                            |
| 11     | Jharkhand         | 15                         | 530                        | 0             | 0               | 4                             | 55                            | 27                         | 882                        | 0             | 0              | 9                             | 59                            |
| 12     | Karnataka         | 81                         | 2743                       | 39            | 1128            | 23                            | 243                           | 81                         | 3551                       | 40            | 1290           | 27                            | 210                           |
| 13     | Kerala            | 29                         | 861                        | 3             | 219             | 14                            | 25                            | 31                         | 1039                       | 4             | 100            | 17                            | 243                           |

| 14                   | Madhya Pradesh   | 53      |   1703 |    4 |   100 |   20 | 160   | 61      | 2249      | 6    | 206   | 22   | 213   |
|----------------------|------------------|---------|--------|------|-------|------|-------|---------|-----------|------|-------|------|-------|
| 15                   | Maharashtra      | 74 3836 |      3 |  131 |    14 |  145 | 77    | 6155    | 3         | 108  | 17    |      | 181   |
| 16 Manipur           | 28               | 840     |     12 |  228 |     7 |   37 | 34    | 993     | 12        | 247  | 5     |      | 35    |
| 17                   | 21               | 707     |      1 |   30 |     1 |    8 | 62    | 1618    | 1         | 52   | 1     |      | 6     |
| Meghalaya 18 Mizoram | 45               | 1586    |      0 |    0 |     4 |   29 | 45    | 1439    | 0         | 0    | 7     |      | 58    |
| 19 Nagaland          | 28               | 823     |      3 |   66 |     4 |   24 | 39    | 624     | 3         | 58   | 4     |      | 10    |
| 20 Odisha            | 96               | 7027    |     14 |  339 |    14 |  212 | 110   | 7233    | 13        | 341  | 17    |      | 217   |
| 21 Punjab            | 21               | 445     |      0 |    0 |     5 |  146 | 17    | 511     | 1         | 25   | 5     |      | 107   |
| 22 Rajasthan         | 82               | 2700    |     40 | 1022 |    36 |  216 | 78    | 2480    | 21        | 463  | 35    |      | 206   |
| 23 Sikkim            | 13               | 513     |      3 |   46 |     2 |   13 |       | 18      | 469 4     | 33   | 4     |      | 4     |
| 24 Tamil             | Nadu 232         | 16696   |     14 |  432 |    15 |  233 | 193   | 14055   | 14        | 350  | 15    | 150  |       |
| 25 Tripura           | 15               | 447     |      3 |   70 |     9 |   43 | 15    | 653     | 2         | 85   | 6     |      | 39    |
| 26 Uttar             | Pradesh 76       | 2379    |     34 |  850 |    10 |   90 | 116   | 2429    | 15        | 375  | 15    |      | 150   |
| 27                   | Uttrakhand 15    | 266     |      0 |    0 |     2 |   25 | 15    | 343     | 2         | 0    | 7     |      | 81    |
| 28 West              | Bengal 62        | 2702    |     27 |  675 |    24 |  283 | 64    | 7074    | 54        | 1500 | 26    |      | 341   |
| 29                   | Telangana 49     | 2822    |     12 |  300 |    11 |  312 | 56    | 3014    | 12        | 246  | 11    |      | 309   |
| 30 Andaman Nicobar   | & 6              | 342     |      0 |    0 |     0 |    0 | 8     | 367     | -         | 0    | -     |      | 0     |
| 31                   | Chandigarh 9     | 417     |      1 |   45 |     0 |    0 | 8     | 326     | 0         | 0    | 4     |      | 17    |
| 32 Dadra Nagar       | and Haveli 0     | 0       |      0 |    0 |     0 |    0 | -     | 0       | -         | 0    |       | -    | 0     |
| 33 Diu               | Daman and        | 0 0     |      0 |    0 |     0 |    0 | 2     | 100     | -         |      | 0     | -    | 0     |
| 34                   | Lakshadweep      | 0 0     |      0 |    0 |     0 |    0 | -     | 0       | -         | 0    |       | -    | 0     |
| 35                   | Delhi            | 28 1373 |     14 |  417 |     4 |   77 |       | 29      | 1687      | 13   | 401   | 3    | 48    |
| 36                   | Puducherry       | 29 1122 |      2 |   45 |     2 |   24 |       | 29 1166 | 2         |      | 47    | 2    | 13    |
|                      | Total            | 1431    |  65304 |  308 |  8119 |  283 | 3211  | 1626    | 77161 306 |      | 8422  | 351  | 3325  |

|        |                   | 2017-18                    | 2017-18                    | 2017-18       | 2017-18        | 2017-18                       | 2017-18                       | 2018-19                    | 2018-19                    | 2018-19       | 2018-19         | 2018-19                       | 2018-19                       |
|--------|-------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|---------------|----------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| S. No. | State/UTs         | Institutional Care [Homes] | Institutional Care [Homes] | Open Shelters | Open Shelters  | Specialised Adoption Agencies | Specialised Adoption Agencies | Institutional Care [Homes] | Institutional Care [Homes] | Open Shelters | Open Shelters   | Specialised Adoption Agencies | Specialised Adoption Agencies |
| S. No. | State/UTs         | No. Assiste d              | Benefici aries             | No. Assist ed | Benefici aries | No. Assist ed                 | Benefic iaries                | No. Assiste d              | Benefici aries             | No. Assist ed | Benefi ciarie s | No. Assist ed                 | Benefici aries                |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    | 66                         | 2412 11                    |               | 265            | 14                            | 135                           | 66                         | 2316                       | 13            | 342             | 14                            | 144                           |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh | 4                          | 73                         | 0             | 0              | 1                             | 6                             | 4                          | 76                         | 0             | 0               | 1                             | 9                             |
| 3      | Assam             | 37                         | 1332                       | 5             | 57             | 21                            | 46                            | 37                         | 1765                       | 3             | 51              | 23                            | 69                            |
| 4      | Bihar             | 38                         | 1768                       | 7             | 172            | 20                            | 202                           | 26                         | 1567                       | 5             | 134             | 13                            | 138                           |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh      | 54                         | 2115                       | 9             | 105            | 9                             | 73                            | 65                         | 2325                       | 10            | 117             | 12                            | 120                           |
| 6      | Goa               | 23                         | 1188                       | 3             | 378            | 2                             | 16                            | 23                         | 1188                       | 3             | 378             | 2                             | 16                            |
| 7      | Gujarat           | 54                         | 2166                       | 3             | 75             | 14                            | 163                           | 45                         | 1706                       | 0             | 0               | 12                            | 86                            |
| 8      | Haryana           | 28                         | 1397                       | 21            | 644            | 6                             | 52                            | 24                         | 1403                       | 21            | 614             | 7                             | 47                            |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh  | 30                         | 1187                       | 3             | 44             | 1                             | 6                             | 33                         | 1227                       | 3             | 38              | 1                             | 11                            |
| 10     | Jammu and Kashmir | 12                         | 691                        | 0             | 0              | 2                             | 20                            | 17                         | 823                        | 0             | 0               | 2                             | 0                             |
| 11     | Jharkhand         | 36                         | 1448                       | 5             | 125            | 15                            | 217                           | 36                         | 992                        | 5             | 141             | 15                            | 93                            |
| 12     | Karnataka         | 80                         | 3130                       | 40            | 1194           | 28                            | 255                           | 80                         | 2998                       | 40            | 1153            | 25                            | 107                           |
| 13     | Kerala            | 31                         | 708                        | 4             | 106            | 17                            | 95                            | 30                         | 788                        | 4             | 100             | 12                            | 65                            |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh    | 56                         | 2157                       | 8             | 254            | 25                            | 196                           | 67                         | 2804                       | 8             | 348             | 26                            | 243                           |
| 15     | Maharashtra       | 77                         | 2307                       | 3             | 162            | 16                            | 199                           | 67                         | 2605                       | 3             | 86              | 13                            | 136                           |
| 16     | Manipur           | 34                         | 1009                       | 14            | 309            | 7                             | 48                            | 42                         | 1160                       | 14            | 296             | 7                             | 55                            |

| 17   | Meghalaya              |   44 |   923 |   4 |   172 |   6 |    7 | 44   |   960 | 3   |   159 | 3   |    6 |
|------|------------------------|------|-------|-----|-------|-----|------|------|-------|-----|-------|-----|------|
| 18   | Mizoram                |   45 |  1300 |   0 |     0 |   7 |   51 | 36   |  1195 | 0   |     0 | 5   |   50 |
| 19   | Nagaland               |   41 |   495 |   3 |    37 |   4 |    7 | 39   |   477 | 3   |    35 | 4   |    5 |
| 20   | Odisha                 |  100 |  6466 |  11 |   259 |  23 |  203 | 96   |  6859 | 12  |   244 | 23  |  223 |
| 21   | Punjab                 |   13 |   400 |   0 |     0 |   4 |   99 | 13   |   463 | 0   |     0 | 0   |    0 |
| 22   | Rajasthan              |   91 |  2883 |  21 |   405 |  12 |   40 | 85   |  2459 | 22  |   401 | 24  |   99 |
| 23   | Sikkim                 |   16 |   557 |   4 |    52 |   4 |    6 | 12   |   355 | 3   |    60 | 4   |   20 |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu             |  193 | 14055 |  14 |   350 |  15 |  150 | 189  | 11915 | 12  |   264 | 20  |  169 |
| 25   | Tripura                |   20 |   500 |   2 |    52 |   6 |   48 | 23   |   717 | 2   |    58 | 6   |   49 |
| 26   | Uttar Pradesh          |   81 |  2497 |  22 |   550 |  17 |  170 | 77   |  3162 | 20  |   500 | 12  |  120 |
| 27   | Uttrakhand             |   20 |   318 |   2 |    36 |   0 |    0 | 20   |   437 | 2   |    50 | 2   |   15 |
| 28   | West Bengal            |   65 |  5890 |  33 |   850 |  22 |  273 | 73   |  5436 | 49  |  1326 | 32  |  460 |
| 29   | Telangana              |   48 |  1363 |   0 |     0 |  11 |  309 | 42   |  1343 | 0   |     0 | 11  |  342 |
| 30   | Andaman & Nicobar      |    8 |   367 |   0 |     0 |   0 |    0 | 3    |   101 | -   |     0 | -   |    0 |
| 31   | Chandigarh             |    7 |   225 |   0 |     0 |   1 |   14 | 7    |   252 | 0   |     0 | 2   |   17 |
| 32   | Dadra and Nagar Haveli |    0 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0 |    0 | -    |     0 | -   |     0 | -   |    0 |
| 33   | Daman and Diu          |    0 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0 |    0 | 0    |     0 | -   |     0 | -   |    0 |
| 34   | Lakshadweep            |    0 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0 |    0 | -    |     0 | -   |     0 | -   |    0 |
| 35   | Delhi                  |   28 |  1479 |  13 |   415 |   3 |   60 | 28   |  1447 | 13  |   380 | 3   |   72 |
| 36   | Puducherry             |   28 |  1145 |   2 |    33 |   2 |   15 | 27   |  1043 | 2   |    42 | 2   |   16 |
|      | Total                  | 1508 | 65951 | 267 |  7098 | 335 | 3181 | 1476 | 64364 | 275 |  7317 | 338 | 3002 |