Lok Sabha Question No. 3117 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-06
Subject: Juvenile Homes
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Pushpendra Singh Chandel, Pinaki Misra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3117

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2019

## JUVENILE HOMES

3117.  SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL: SHRI PINAKI MISRA:

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

- (a) whether the number of registered juvenile homes is very less in the country;
- (b) if so, the details of the corrective steps taken by the Government in this regard;
- (c) whether any measures have been taken by the Government to track the number of missing children in the countryand create a repository of the same;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  proposed  any  facial  recognition/  Aadhaar  based tracking system to trace the missing children; and
- (e) if so, the number of missing children for the years 2014 to 2019, State wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  & (b):The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act) provides for establishment and maintenance of observation Homes and Special Homes,  by  State/UTs,  in  every  district  or  group  of  districts,  either  by  itself  or through voluntary or Non-Governmental Organization for temporary reception of children  alleged  to  be  in  conflict  with  law  or  rehabilitation  of  children  found  to have  committed  offence.  The  Ministry  is  implementing  a  Centrally  Sponsored Scheme namely, Child Protection Services (CPS) Scheme (erstwhile Integrated Child  Protection  Scheme)  under  which  financial  assistance  is  provided  to  the State  Governments/UT  Administrations,  on  sharing  pattern,  which  includes  for setting  up  and  maintenance  of  various  types  of  Homes  including  Homes  for children in conflict with law. The primary responsibility of implementation of the Act  and  Scheme  lies  with  the  State  Governments/UT  Administrations.  The details of number of observation homes and special homes for children in conflict with  law  supported  under  CPS  Scheme,  State/UT-wise  as  on  28.11.2019  is Annexure-I.

(c)  to  (e):The Ministry of Women and Child Development has developed web  portals 'TrackChild' and 'Khoya-Paya' since, 2012 and 2015 respectively to track the missing and found children.  The TrackChild Portal  is  implemented  in association  with  various stakeholders  including  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  (MHA),  Ministry  of  Railways,  State Governments/UT Administrations, Child Welfare Committees, Juvenile Justice Boards, National Legal Services Authority, etc. and the 'Khoya-Paya' has been integrated as a citizen corner on TrackChild portal..

In  compliance of the order of Hon'ble High Court of Delhi in the matter of WP (CRL) 869/1998 NEETU THRU REWATI RAM Versus State, a mechanism has been developed to share the unmatched images of missing children, recovered children and children  under  institutional  and  non-institutional  care  with  circumstances  marked  as 'Missing'  across  the  country  of  TrackChild  with  Delhi  Police  on  regular  basis  through common  Secure  File  Transfer  Protocol  (SFTP)  server  area  from 16th  May,  2018 onwards. As per the shared protocol document, Delhi Police is also providing the result of Facial Recognition Software (FRS) in the same SFTP server area.

The  details  of  the  number  of  missing  children  reported  and  uploaded  on  the portals, State/UT wise from 01.01.2014 to 04.12.2019 is at Annexure-II

## Annexure-I

## The  details  of  number  of  observation  homes  and  special  homes  for  children  in  conflict  with  law supported under CPS, State/UTs-wiseas on 28.11.2019.

| S.No.               | State/UT          | Observati on Home   |   Beneficiaries | Special Home   |   Beneficiaries |   Observation cum Special Home |   Beneficiaries |   Place of Safety |   Beneficiaries |
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
| 1 Andhra            | Pradesh 12        | 131                 |               2 |                |              29 |                              2 |             127 |                 0 |               0 |
| 2 Arunachal Pradesh | 0                 |                     |               0 | 0              |               0 |                              1 |              30 |                 0 |               0 |
| 3 Assam             |                   | 5                   |             120 | 1              |              10 |                              0 |               0 |                 1 |               2 |
| 4                   | Bihar             | 12                  |             860 | 1              |              20 |                              0 |               0 |                 0 |               0 |
| 5                   | Chhattisgarh      | 13                  |             448 | 6              |              61 |                              0 |               0 |                 3 |              81 |
| 6                   | Goa               | 0                   |               0 | 0              |               0 |                              0 |               0 |                 0 |               0 |
| 7                   | Gujarat           | 3                   |              31 | 0              |               0 |                              0 |               0 |                 0 |               0 |
| 8                   | Haryana           | 4                   |             295 | 0              |               0 |                              0 |               0 |                 0 |               0 |
| 9                   | Himachal Pradesh  | 0                   |               0 | 0              |               0 |                              2 |              32 |                 0 |               0 |
| 10                  | Jammu and Kashmir | 5                   |             281 | 2              |               0 |                              0 |               0 |                 0 |               0 |
| 11                  | Jharkhand         | 10                  |             405 | 1              |              11 |                              0 |               0 |                 0 |               0 |
| 12                  | Karnataka         | 16                  |             156 | 1              |              19 |                              0 |               0 |                 0 |               0 |
| 13                  | Kerala            | 9                   |              25 | 2              |               3 |                              0 |               0 |                 1 |               6 |
| 14                  | Madhya Pradesh    | 18                  |             448 | 3              |              55 |                              0 |               0 |                 0 |               0 |
| 15                  | Maharashtra       | 55                  |            1748 | 0              |               0 |                              0 |               0 |                 0 |               0 |
| 16                  | Manipur           | 4                   |              40 | 0              |               0 |                              1 |              40 |                 0 |               0 |
| 17                  | Meghalaya         | 3                   |              48 | 0              |               0 |                              0 |               0 |                 0 |               0 |
| 18                  | Mizoram           | 8                   |             145 | 2              |              61 |                              0 |               0 |                 0 |               0 |

| 19   | Nagaland             |   12 |   90 |   2 |   13 |   0 |    0 |   0 |   0 |
|------|----------------------|------|------|-----|------|-----|------|-----|-----|
| 20   | Orissa               |    0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |   4 |  298 |   0 |   0 |
| 21   | Punjab               |    4 |  137 |   2 |   52 |   0 |    0 |   0 |   0 |
| 22   | Rajasthan            |   34 |  504 |   0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |   0 |
| 23   | Sikkim               |    3 |   55 |   0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |   0 |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu           |    8 |  309 |   2 |   75 |   0 |    0 |   1 |  30 |
| 25   | Tripura              |    3 |    7 |   1 |    0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |   0 |
| 26   | Uttar Pradesh        |   26 | 1936 |   2 |    5 |   0 |    0 |   1 |   8 |
| 27   | Uttarakhand          |    9 |   79 |   2 |   22 |   0 |    0 |   2 |  19 |
| 28   | West Bengal          |    6 |  160 |   0 |    0 |   5 |  510 |   0 |   0 |
| 29   | Telangana            |    7 |  164 |   1 |   49 |   1 |   76 |   0 |   0 |
| 30   | Andaman & Nicobar    |    0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |   0 |
| 31   | Chandigarh           |    1 |   22 |   0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |   0 |
| 32   | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |    0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |   0 |
| 33   | Daman and Diu        |    0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |   0 |
| 34   | Lakshadweep          |    0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |   0 |
| 35   | NCT of Delhi         |    4 |  261 |   1 |   12 |   0 |    0 |   1 |  37 |
| 36   | Puducherry           |    2 |    3 |   0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |   0 |
|      |                      |  296 | 8908 |  34 |  497 |  16 | 1113 |  10 | 183 |

## Annexure-II

| Status of Data Entry by different Stake Holders of Police from 01.01.2014 to 04.12.2019   | Status of Data Entry by different Stake Holders of Police from 01.01.2014 to 04.12.2019   | Status of Data Entry by different Stake Holders of Police from 01.01.2014 to 04.12.2019   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No                                                                                     | State/UT                                                                                  | Missing                                                                                   |
| 1                                                                                         | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR                                                                         | 177                                                                                       |
| 2                                                                                         | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                            | 5055                                                                                      |
| 3                                                                                         | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                                         | 53                                                                                        |
| 4                                                                                         | ASSAM                                                                                     | 2616                                                                                      |
| 5                                                                                         | BIHAR                                                                                     | 4245                                                                                      |
| 6                                                                                         | CHANDIGARH                                                                                | 553                                                                                       |
| 7                                                                                         | CHATTISGARH                                                                               | 12963                                                                                     |
| 8                                                                                         | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI                                                                      | 0                                                                                         |
| 9                                                                                         | DAMAN & DIU                                                                               | 57                                                                                        |
| 10                                                                                        | DELHI                                                                                     | 37418                                                                                     |
| 11                                                                                        | GOA                                                                                       | 509                                                                                       |
| 12                                                                                        | GUJARAT                                                                                   | 43658                                                                                     |
| 13                                                                                        | HARYANA                                                                                   | 5491                                                                                      |
| 14                                                                                        | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                          | 537                                                                                       |
| 15                                                                                        | JAMMU & KASHMIR                                                                           | 269                                                                                       |
| 16                                                                                        | JHARKHAND                                                                                 | 618                                                                                       |
| 17                                                                                        | KARNATAKA                                                                                 | 24478                                                                                     |
| 18                                                                                        | KERALA                                                                                    | 3543                                                                                      |
| 19                                                                                        | LAKSHADWEEP                                                                               | 0                                                                                         |
| 20                                                                                        | MADHYA PRADESH                                                                            | 52272                                                                                     |
| 21                                                                                        | MAHARASHTRA                                                                               | 18530                                                                                     |
| 22                                                                                        | MANIPUR                                                                                   | 0                                                                                         |
| 23                                                                                        | MEGHALAYA                                                                                 | 676                                                                                       |
| 24                                                                                        | MIZORAM                                                                                   | 14                                                                                        |
| 25                                                                                        | NAGALAND                                                                                  | 0                                                                                         |
| 26                                                                                        | ODISHA                                                                                    | 6293                                                                                      |
| 27                                                                                        | PONDICHERRY                                                                               | 131                                                                                       |
| 28                                                                                        | PUNJAB                                                                                    | 2711                                                                                      |
| 29                                                                                        | RAJASTHAN                                                                                 | 6175                                                                                      |
| 30                                                                                        | SIKKIM                                                                                    | 279                                                                                       |
| 31                                                                                        | TAMILNADU                                                                                 | 13534                                                                                     |
| 32                                                                                        | TELANGANA                                                                                 | 2349                                                                                      |
| 33                                                                                        | TRIPURA                                                                                   | 122                                                                                       |
| 34                                                                                        | UTTARAKHAND                                                                               | 1876                                                                                      |
| 35                                                                                        | UTTAR PRADESH                                                                             | 23802                                                                                     |
| 36                                                                                        | WEST BENGAL                                                                               | 47744                                                                                     |
| TOTAL                                                                                     |                                                                                           | 318748                                                                                    |