Lok Sabha Question No. 958 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-07
Subject: Rehabilitation Centres for Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Riti Pathak, Sumedhanand Saraswati, Jugal Kishore Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.958

TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2020

## REHABILITATION CENTRES FOR CHILDREN

## †958.  SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK:

SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI: SHRI JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  proposed  to  implement  any  scheme  for  the rehabilitation and reunion of destitute children living in the country and if so, the details thereof along with the salient features of the said schemes;
- (b) the  number of such rehabilitation  centres  being  run  by  the  Government  across the country, State/ UT-wise including Madhya Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir;
- (c) the funds allocated for these centres during last three years and the current year;
- (d) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to improve the working conditions of such centres; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  formulate  any  new  legislation  to  prevent crimes against children?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e): The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act) is the primary law for children in country. The Act provides a security net of service delivery structures  including  measures  for  institutional  and  non-institutional  care  to  ensure comprehensive well being of children in distress situations. As per the JJ Act, destitute children are considered as 'Children in need of care and protection (CNCP). The primary responsibility of execution of the Act lies with the States/UTs.

The  Government  of  India  has  implemented  the  Protection  of  Children  from Sexual  Offences  (POCSO)  Act,  2012  which  is  a  comprehensive  law  that  provides protection  to  children  from  the  offences  of  sexual  assault,  sexual  harassment  and pornography. The  Act provides mandatory  reporting, child friendly provisions of recording  of  statement  and  evidence  and  speedy  trial  of  the  cases.  Recently,  the POCSO Act has been amended in order to make it more effective in dealing with cases of child sex abuse in the country. It addresses the need for stringent measures to deter the  rising  trend  of  child  sex  abuse  in  the  country  on  one  hand  and  the  menace  of relatively new kind of crimes on the other hand.

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  scheme  institutional  care  is  provided through Child Care Institutes (CCIs), as a rehabilitative measure. The programmes and activities  in  Homes  inter-alia  include  age-appropriate  education,  access  to  vocational training,  recreation,  health  care,  counselling  etc. Under  the  non-institutional  care component, support is extended for adoption, foster care and sponsorship. Further CPS also  provides  for  'After  care'  services  after  the  age  of  18  years  to  help  sustain  them during the transition from institutional to independent life. The details of CCIs under CPS scheme as informed by the States/UTs during 2019-20 is at Annexure-I . Details of the funds released to the States/UTs under the said schemes during the last three years the current  year,  is  at Annexure-II. Further,  under  Section  41  of  the  Act,  registration  of institutions including Homes for children in conflict with law has been made mandatory with penalty in case of non-compliance. The State Governments/UT Administrations, as per Section 54 of the JJ Act, are required to conduct regular inspection and monitor the CCIs  to  ensure  that  the  institutions  are  run  as  per  the  provisions  of  the  Act  and  the Model Rules, 2016 framed there-under.

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## Annexure-I

| to   | 30.01.2020)            | Institutional Care [Homes]   | Institutional Care [Homes]   | Open Shelters   | Open Shelters   | Specialised Adoption Agencies   | Specialised Adoption Agencies   |
|------|------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| #    | State                  | No. Assisted                 | Beneficia ries               | No. Assisted    | Beneficia ries  | No. Assisted                    | Beneficiarie s                  |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh         | 66                           | 2954                         | 9               | 262             | 14                              | 140                             |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh      | 5                            | 185                          | 0               | 0               | 1                               | 10                              |
| 3    | Assam                  | 52                           | 1617                         | 7               | 104             | 21                              | 72                              |
| 4    | Bihar                  | 26                           | 1567                         | 5               | 134             | 13                              | 138                             |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh           | 65                           | 2042                         | 10              | 127             | 12                              | 95                              |
| 6    | Goa                    | 20                           | 557                          | 2               | 225             | 2                               | 16                              |
| 7    | Gujarat                | 45                           | 1706                         | 0               | 0               | 12                              | 86                              |
| 8    | Haryana                | 24                           | 1322                         | 14              | 425             | 7                               | 52                              |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh       | 32                           | 1268                         | 4               | 91              | 1                               | 15                              |
| 10   | Jammu and Kashmir      | 17                           | 823                          | 0               | 0               | 2                               | 0                               |
| 11   | Jharkhand              | 41                           | 1466                         | 5               | 125             | 12                              | 92                              |
| 12   | Karnataka              | 79                           | 3124                         | 38              | 1084            | 25                              | 319                             |
| 13   | Kerala                 | 30                           | 721                          | 4               | 100             | 11                              | 222                             |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh         | 67                           | 2804                         | 8               | 348             | 26                              | 243                             |
| 15   | Maharashtra            | 74                           | 2320                         | 2               | 50              | 17                              | 170                             |
| 16   | Manipur                | 42                           | 1160                         | 14              | 296             | 7                               | 55                              |
| 17   | Meghalaya              | 44                           | 868                          | 4               | 150             | 4                               | 5                               |
| 18   | Mizoram                | 45                           | 1178                         | 0               | 0               | 7                               | 26                              |
| 19   | Nagaland               | 39                           | 609                          | 3               | 60              | 4                               | 5                               |
| 20   | Orissa                 | 93                           | 7112                         | 12              | 300             | 25                              | 250                             |
| 21   | Punjab                 | 19                           | 620                          | 0               | 0               | 6                               | 77                              |
| 22   | Rajasthan              | 85                           | 2459                         | 22              | 401             | 24                              | 99                              |
| 23   | Sikkim                 | 16                           | 496                          | 4               | 64              | 4                               | 20                              |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu             | 198                          | 12864                        | 11              | 275             | 20                              | 200                             |
| 25   | Tripura                | 23                           | 717                          | 2               | 58              | 6                               | 49                              |
| 26   | Uttar Pradesh          | 74                           | 3703                         | 20              | 517             | 25                              | 247                             |
| 27   | Uttarakhand            | 20                           | 437                          | 2               | 50              | 2                               | 15                              |
| 28   | West Bengal            | 70                           | 4156                         | 49              | 1226            | 23                              | 326                             |
| 29   | Telangana              | 40                           | 1306                         | 0               | 0               | 11                              | 320                             |
| 30   | Andaman & Nicobar      | 10                           | 401                          | -               | 0               | 2                               | 10                              |
| 31   | Chandigarh             | 7                            | 252                          | 0               | 0               | 2                               | 17                              |
| 32   | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 0                            | 0                            | 1               | 25              | 1                               | 10                              |
| 33   | Daman and Diu          | 1                            | 25                           | -               | 0               | -                               | 0                               |
| 34   | Lakshadweep            | -                            | 0                            | -               | 0               | -                               | 0                               |
| 35   | Delhi                  | 29                           | 1614                         | 9               | 313             | 3                               | 59                              |
| 36   | Puducherry             | 27                           | 1043                         | 2               | 42              | 2                               | 16                              |
|      | Total                  | 1525                         | 65496                        | 263             | 6852            | 354                             | 3476                            |

## Annexure-II

| Details of the funds released to the States/UTs years the current year as on 30.01.2020 (Rs.   | Details of the funds released to the States/UTs years the current year as on 30.01.2020 (Rs.   | Details of the funds released to the States/UTs years the current year as on 30.01.2020 (Rs.   | Details of the funds released to the States/UTs years the current year as on 30.01.2020 (Rs.   | Details of the funds released to the States/UTs years the current year as on 30.01.2020 (Rs.   | Details of the funds released to the States/UTs years the current year as on 30.01.2020 (Rs.   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                                        | Name of the State                                                                              | 2016-17 Amount released                                                                        | 2017-18 Amount released                                                                        | 2018-19 Amount released                                                                        | 2019-20 Amount released                                                                        |
| 1                                                                                              | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                 | 110.74                                                                                         | 1469.88                                                                                        | 1870.01                                                                                        | 1373.53                                                                                        |
| 2                                                                                              | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                              | 52.29                                                                                          | 643.71                                                                                         | 37.63                                                                                          | 1174.11                                                                                        |
| 3                                                                                              | Assam                                                                                          | 413.64                                                                                         | 2932.68                                                                                        | 3379.63                                                                                        | 3278.63                                                                                        |
| 4                                                                                              | Bihar                                                                                          | 2787.92                                                                                        | 541.56                                                                                         | 2621.87                                                                                        | 1297.02                                                                                        |
| 5                                                                                              | Chattisgarh                                                                                    | 527.77                                                                                         | 3181.97                                                                                        | 2151.01                                                                                        | 2098.74                                                                                        |
| 6                                                                                              | Goa                                                                                            | 36.83                                                                                          | 728.53                                                                                         | 16.03                                                                                          | 19.63                                                                                          |
| 7                                                                                              | Gujarat                                                                                        | 769.95                                                                                         | 590.11                                                                                         | 2251.55                                                                                        | 2117.30                                                                                        |
| 8                                                                                              | Haryana                                                                                        | 0.00                                                                                           | 1858.22                                                                                        | 1387.60                                                                                        | 2217.99                                                                                        |
| 9                                                                                              | Himachal Pradesh                                                                               | 2345.48                                                                                        | 1835.01                                                                                        | 1342.64                                                                                        | 1607.40                                                                                        |
| 10                                                                                             | Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                | 43.12                                                                                          | 807.48                                                                                         | 2106.94                                                                                        | 1225.16                                                                                        |
| 11                                                                                             | Jharkhand                                                                                      | 840.11                                                                                         | 1714.57                                                                                        | 1480.26                                                                                        | 1845.80                                                                                        |
| 12                                                                                             | Karnataka                                                                                      | 3720.80                                                                                        | 3272.45                                                                                        | 4022.56                                                                                        | 3290.45                                                                                        |
| 13                                                                                             | Kerala                                                                                         | 260.50                                                                                         | 1849.45                                                                                        | 1263.77                                                                                        | 1519.74                                                                                        |
| 14                                                                                             | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                 | 2503.88                                                                                        | 3262.77                                                                                        | 2959.23                                                                                        | 2148.46                                                                                        |
| 15                                                                                             | Maharashtra                                                                                    | 2272.33                                                                                        | 608.15                                                                                         | 3156.52                                                                                        | 2449.63                                                                                        |
| 16                                                                                             | Manipur                                                                                        | 241.34                                                                                         | 1886.33                                                                                        | 3866.99                                                                                        | 1341.69                                                                                        |
| 17                                                                                             | Meghalaya                                                                                      | 2060.33                                                                                        | 1846.60                                                                                        | 2254.51                                                                                        | 2241.71                                                                                        |
| 18                                                                                             | Mizoram                                                                                        | 1949.55                                                                                        | 1917.51                                                                                        | 2042.28                                                                                        | 2530.43                                                                                        |
| 19                                                                                             | Nagaland                                                                                       | 1350.37                                                                                        | 1457.45                                                                                        | 1787.12                                                                                        | 2085.95                                                                                        |
| 20                                                                                             | Orissa                                                                                         | 1089.22                                                                                        | 2599.30                                                                                        | 4352.44                                                                                        | 3541.66                                                                                        |
| 21                                                                                             | Punjab                                                                                         | 581.67                                                                                         | 143.24                                                                                         | 1244.17                                                                                        | 722.00                                                                                         |
| 22                                                                                             | Rajasthan                                                                                      | 0.00                                                                                           | 4752.30                                                                                        | 3584.72                                                                                        | 2052.61                                                                                        |
| 23                                                                                             | Sikkim                                                                                         | 601.18                                                                                         | 662.76                                                                                         | 379.25                                                                                         | 662.51                                                                                         |
| 24                                                                                             | Tamil Nadu                                                                                     | 13039.37                                                                                       | 2013.12                                                                                        | 7895.14                                                                                        | 14915.36                                                                                       |
| 25                                                                                             | Telangana                                                                                      | 195.64                                                                                         | 894.82                                                                                         | 1329.23                                                                                        | 1726.38                                                                                        |
| 26                                                                                             | Tripura                                                                                        | 676.04                                                                                         | 446.81                                                                                         | 885.77                                                                                         | 610.71                                                                                         |
| 27                                                                                             | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                  | 3207.19                                                                                        | 1830.67                                                                                        | 7834.39                                                                                        | 4277.72                                                                                        |
| 28                                                                                             | Uttarakhand                                                                                    | 15.54                                                                                          | 907.57                                                                                         | 1344.40                                                                                        | 918.58                                                                                         |
| 29                                                                                             | West Bengal                                                                                    | 6763.87                                                                                        | 5073.56                                                                                        | 2372.13                                                                                        | 2815.10                                                                                        |
| 30                                                                                             | Andaman & Nicobar Island                                                                       | 36.88                                                                                          | 31.66                                                                                          | 218.85                                                                                         | 392.12                                                                                         |
| 31                                                                                             | Chandigarh                                                                                     | 245.44                                                                                         | 194.32                                                                                         | 577.58                                                                                         | 415.09                                                                                         |
| 32                                                                                             | Dadra & Nagar Haveli                                                                           | 177.59                                                                                         | 24.82                                                                                          | 11.24                                                                                          | 193.97                                                                                         |
| 33                                                                                             | Daman & Diu                                                                                    | 126.42                                                                                         | 21.89                                                                                          | 18.42                                                                                          | 141.79                                                                                         |
| 34                                                                                             | Delhi                                                                                          | 978.64                                                                                         | 354.33                                                                                         | 1007.39                                                                                        | 972.86                                                                                         |
| 35                                                                                             | Lakshadweep                                                                                    | 0.00                                                                                           | 0.00                                                                                           | 0.00                                                                                           | 0.00                                                                                           |
| 36                                                                                             | Puducherry                                                                                     | 826.33                                                                                         | 114.35                                                                                         | 398.43                                                                                         | 501.96                                                                                         |
| Total                                                                                          |                                                                                                | 50847.97                                                                                       | 52469.95                                                                                       | 73451.70                                                                                       | 70723.79                                                                                       |