Lok Sabha Question No. 2286 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-23
Subject: Missing Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Virendra  Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2286

TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.09.2020

## MISSING CHILDREN

## †2286. DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR:

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

- (a)     whether the Government has taken note of instances of missing children being recovered by the Police although their relatives have not been traced during the last three years;
- (b)     if so, the number of such children during the last three years, State-wise; and
- (c)        the  proposals  formulated  by  the  Government regarding the upbringing and education of such children?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): As per the information provided by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB),   State/UT-wise number of missing and traced children (below 18 years) in the country during last three years has been given in the Annexure .
- (c):  The  Ministry  of  Women and Child Development implements 'Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection  of  Children)  Act,  2015  (JJ  Act)'  which  supports  the  measures  for  institutional  and non-institutional care aimed at well being of children in distress situations. As per Section 2 (14) (i) of JJ Act, a child who is found without any home or settled place of abode and without any ostensible means of subsistence is included as a 'child in need of care and protection (CNCP)'. The  Ministry  implements  a  centrally  sponsored  Child  Protection  Services  (CPS)  Scheme  for supporting the CNCP including orphan/abandoned/surrendered, etc, as envisaged under JJ Act. Under  CPS,  financial  assistance  is  provided  to  States/UTs,  for,  inter-alia,  undertaking  a situational analysis of children in difficult circumstances, for setting up of and maintenances of various types of Child Care Institutes (CCIs) for providing various rehabilitative services through institutional  and  non-institutional  care.  The primary responsibility of execution of the  Act lies with the States/UTs.

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Annexure referred in reply to part (a) & (b)  of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2286 for answer on 23.09.2020 raised by Dr. Virendra Kumar regarding 'Missing Children'. State/UT-wise number of missing and traced children (below 18 years) in the country during last three provided by NCRB is as follows:

| SL   | State/UT          | 2016    | 2016   | 2017    | 2017   | 2018    | 2018   |
|------|-------------------|---------|--------|---------|--------|---------|--------|
| SL   | State/UT          | Missing | Traced | Missing | Traced | Missing | Traced |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh    | 3324    | 1912   | 3616    | 2902   | 3150    | 2610   |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh | 61      | 33     | 74      | 48     | 34      | 32     |
| 3    | Assam             | 2413    | 1069   | 1651    | 1170   | 2120    | 1461   |
| 4    | Bihar             | 5896    | 3026   | 8493    | 3271   | 12072   | 6967   |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh      | 3127    | 2051   | 3341    | 2267   | 4237    | 2920   |
| 6    | Goa               | 57      | 25     | 45      | 14     | 47      | 16     |
| 7    | Gujarat           | 2007    | 1247   | 2172    | 1653   | 2417    | 1873   |
| 8    | Haryana           | 3575    | 1695   | 3814    | 2217   | 3739    | 2576   |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh  | 280     | 174    | 368     | 271    | 481     | 340    |
| 10   | Jammu &Kashmir    | 1070    | 354    | 725     | 219    | 800     | 416    |
| 11   | Jharkhand         | 1008    | 329    | 1099    | 465    | 993     | 377    |
| 12   | Karnataka         | 4224    | 2733   | 3195    | 1954   | 2864    | 2314   |
| 13   | Kerala            | 1735    | 1520   | 1755    | 1595   | 2153    | 2002   |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh    | 12068   | 8197   | 14116   | 8834   | 15320   | 9284   |
| 15   | Maharashtra       | 9982    | 4357   | 8581    | 3364   | 6928    | 3214   |
| 16   | Manipur           | 186     | 172    | 97      | 75     | 107     | 82     |
| 17   | Meghalaya         | 184     | 155    | 148     | 103    | 163     | 119    |
| 18   | Mizoram           | 0       | 0      | 1       | 1      | 3       | 3      |
| 19   | Nagaland          | 77      | 63     | 103     | 101    | 97      | 81     |
| 20   | Odisha            | 5791    | 589    | 7446    | 6281   | 3491    | 1139   |
| 21   | Punjab            | 1290    | 510    | 2724    | 872    | 2587    | 638    |
| 22   | Rajasthan         | 4203    | 3216   | 3403    | 2453   | 3521    | 2479   |
| 23   | Sikkim            | 150     | 110    | 88      | 85     | 57      | 52     |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu        | 5801    | 4660   | 5844    | 4782   | 5333    | 4038   |
| 25   | Telangana         | 4700    | 3597   | 4304    | 2984   | 4410    | 3152   |
| 26   | Tripura           | 197     | 171    | 166     | 150    | 198     | 188    |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh     | 5169    | 1861   | 5161    | 2763   | 5704    | 2799   |
| 28   | Uttarakhand       | 859     | 589    | 877     | 572    | 938     | 374    |
| 29   | West Bengal       | 16881   | 5388   | 19671   | 11849  | 16027   | 10205  |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 96315   | 49803  | 103078  | 63315  | 99991   | 61751  |
| 30   | A&N Islands       | 53      | 48     | 43      | 35     | 56      | 44     |
| 31   | Chandigarh        | 435     | 152    | 513     | 207    | 540     | 214    |
| 32   | D&N Haveli        | 8       | 2      | 8       | 4      | 4       | 0      |
| 33   | Daman &Diu        | 39      | 27     | 34      | 29     | 30      | 17     |
| 34   | Delhi             | 14661   | 5863   | 15252   | 6807   | 14986   | 9102   |
| 35   | Lakshadweep       | 0       | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0       | 0      |
| 36   | Puducherry        | 58      | 49     | 43      | 43     | 49      | 48     |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)       | 15254   | 6141   | 15893   | 7125   | 15665   | 9425   |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 111569  | 55944  | 118971  | 70440  | 115656  | 71176  |

Source: Crime in India

Note: Clarifications are pending from West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya & Sikkim for the year 2018