Lok Sabha Question No. 1727 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-27
Subject: Representation to NCPCR on Child Abuse
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SUSHMITA DEV, JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 1727

TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.07.2018

## REPRESENTATION TO NCPCR ON CHILD ABUSE

1727.   KUMARI SUSHMITA DEV: SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA:

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

- (a) whether the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCRs) has received representations from various States/UTs about different types of abuses on children;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the NCPCR in this regard;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  appointed  Nodal  Officers  in  various  States/  UTs  to  deal with various types of abuses on children; and
- (d) if so, the extent to which Nodal Officers have succeeded in checking or preventing such crimes?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR)

- (a) to (b ) The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has received 5951 complaints about different types of abuses on children during the last three years and  the  current  year(till  30th  June,  2018).  The  State/UT-wise  details  are  given  at Annexure-I.  The  complaints  so  received,  after  due  scrutiny,  are  sent  to  the  concerned authorities  for  investigation  and  report.  Action  Taken  Reports  (ATRs)  received  are analyzed and further action is taken accordingly.
- (c) NCPCR is mandated to monitor the implementation of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.  It  had  requested  all  the  States/UTs  to  designate  senior  level  officers  as  nodal officers  to  collect  statistical  information  on  NCPCR's  prescribed  monitoring  format  to enable the Commission to achieve its objective.  Nodal Officers have been requested to send monthly report to NCPCR.
- (d) The Nodal officers only provide statistical data. Checking and preventing such crime is the responsibility of State Governments.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Un-Starred Question No.1727 for 27.07.2018 regarding 'Representation to NCPCR on Child Abuse' by Kumari Sushmita Dev and Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia

Annexure - I

State / UT-wise details of complaints received in NCPCR about different types of abuses on children during the last three years and the current year 2018-19 (till 30th June, 2018)

|       |                          | 2015-16                                                          | 2015-16                                                      | 2015-16   | 2016-17                                                          | 2016-17                                                      | 2016-17   | 2017-18                                                          | 2017-18                                                      | 2017-18   | 2018-19 (1st Aprl to 30 June 2018)                               | 2018-19 (1st Aprl to 30 June 2018)                           | 2018-19 (1st Aprl to 30 June 2018)   |
|-------|--------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| S.N . | States/UTs               | Complaints received on sexual crime against children (POCSO Act) | Complaints received other than sexual crime against children | Total     | Complaints received on sexual crime against children (POCSO Act) | Complaints received other than sexual crime against children | Total     | Complaints received on sexual crime against children (POCSO Act) | Complaints received other than sexual crime against children | Total     | Complaints received on sexual crime against children (POCSO Act) | Complaints received other than sexual crime against children | Total                                |
| 1     | Andaman& Nicobar Islands | 0                                                                | 0                                                            | 0         | 0                                                                | 1                                                            | 1         | 1                                                                | 3                                                            | 4         | 0                                                                | 2                                                            | 2                                    |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh           | 1                                                                | 16                                                           | 17        | 6                                                                | 19                                                           | 25        | 2                                                                | 38                                                           | 40        | 0                                                                | 12                                                           | 12                                   |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh        | 0                                                                | 1                                                            | 1         | 0                                                                | 0                                                            | 0         | 1                                                                | 4                                                            | 5         | 0                                                                | 0                                                            | 0                                    |
| 4     | Assam                    | 2                                                                | 3                                                            | 5         | 4                                                                | 14                                                           | 18        | 3                                                                | 30                                                           | 33        | 2                                                                | 8                                                            | 10                                   |
| 5     | Bihar                    | 6                                                                | 19                                                           | 25        | 19                                                               | 45                                                           | 64        | 14                                                               | 59                                                           | 73        | 13                                                               | 58                                                           | 71                                   |
| 6     | Chandigarh               | 0                                                                | 0                                                            | 0         | 1                                                                | 8                                                            | 9         | 1                                                                | 11                                                           | 12        | 1                                                                | 2                                                            | 3                                    |
| 7     | Chhattisgarh             | 2                                                                | 9                                                            | 11        | 17                                                               | 36                                                           | 53        | 3                                                                | 44                                                           | 47        | 3                                                                | 12                                                           | 15                                   |
| 8     | Dadra& Nagar Haveli      | 0                                                                | 0                                                            | 0         | 0                                                                | 0                                                            | 0         | 0                                                                | 1                                                            | 1         | 0                                                                | 0                                                            | 0                                    |
| 9     | Daman& Diu               | 0                                                                | 0                                                            | 0         | 0                                                                | 1                                                            | 1         | 0                                                                | 0                                                            | 0         | 0                                                                | 0                                                            | 0                                    |
| 10    | Delhi                    | 16                                                               | 50                                                           | 66        | 73                                                               | 218                                                          | 291       | 48                                                               | 218                                                          | 266       | 12                                                               | 99                                                           | 111                                  |
| 11    | Goa                      | 0                                                                | 0                                                            | 0         | 1                                                                | 5                                                            | 6         | 0                                                                | 1                                                            | 1         |                                                                  | 1                                                            | 1                                    |
| 12    | Gujarat                  | 1                                                                | 6                                                            | 7         | 5                                                                | 26                                                           | 31        | 1                                                                | 34                                                           | 35        | 3                                                                | 32                                                           | 35                                   |
| 13    | Haryana                  | 20                                                               | 20                                                           | 40        | 42                                                               | 101                                                          | 143       | 37                                                               | 115                                                          | 152       | 11                                                               | 36                                                           | 47                                   |

| 14     | Himachal Pradesh     |   0 | 2     |   2 | 2   | 5     | 7    |   1 |   12 |   13 | 0   |   8 |   8 |
|--------|----------------------|-----|-------|-----|-----|-------|------|-----|------|------|-----|-----|-----|
| 15     | Jharkhand            |   2 | 23 25 |   9 |     | 46    | 55 7 |  48 |   55 |    2 |     |  31 |  33 |
| 16     | Karnataka            |   8 | 4     |  12 | 3   | 33 36 | 6    |  71 |   77 |    2 |     |  22 |  24 |
| 17     | Kerala               |   1 | 3     |   4 | 4   | 47    | 51   |   4 |   48 |   52 | 0   |  14 |  14 |
| 18     | Lakshadweep          |   0 | 0     |   0 | 1   | 0     | 1    |   0 |    2 |    2 | 0   |   0 |   0 |
| 19     | Madhya Pradesh       |   3 | 32    |  35 | 25  | 115   | 140  |  21 |  181 |  202 | 8   |  46 |  54 |
| 20     | Maharashtra          |   3 | 19    |  22 | 22  | 83    | 105  |  13 |  116 |  129 | 2   |  43 |  45 |
| 21     | Manipur              |   2 | 0     |   2 | 0   | 7     | 7    |   0 |    4 |    4 | 0   |   1 |   1 |
| 22     | Meghalaya            |   0 | 2     |   2 | 2   | 4     | 6    |   1 |    4 |    5 | 0   |   0 |   0 |
| 23     | Mizoram              |   0 | 0     |   0 | 0   | 2     | 2    |   0 |    0 |    0 | 0   |   1 |   1 |
| 24     | Nagaland             |   0 | 0     |   0 | 0   | 0     | 0    |   0 |    0 |    0 | 0   |   0 |   0 |
| 25     | Orissa               |   2 | 6     |   8 | 6   | 55    | 61   |  10 |   65 |   75 | 6   |  29 |  35 |
| 26     | Puducherry           |   2 | 0     |   2 | 2   | 5     | 7    |   0 |    0 |    0 | 0   |   1 |   1 |
| 27     | Punjab               |   2 | 12    |  14 | 5   | 38    | 43   |  19 |   51 |   70 | 1   |  24 |  25 |
| 28     | Rajasthan            |   5 | 23    |  28 | 23  | 81    | 104  |  21 |   91 |  112 | 17  |  17 |  34 |
| 29     | Sikkim               |   0 | 0     |   0 | 0   | 0     | 0    |   2 |    1 |    3 | 0   |   1 |   1 |
| 30     | Tamil Nadu           |   3 | 15    |  18 | 4   | 79    | 83   |   7 |   89 |   96 | 2   |  29 |  31 |
| 31     | Telengana            |   1 | 16    |  17 | 11  | 36    | 47   |   1 |   35 |   36 | 4   |   9 |  13 |
| 32     | Tripura              |   1 | 0     |   1 | 1   | 0     | 1    |   0 |    7 |    7 | 0   |   1 |   1 |
| 33     | Uttar Pradesh        |  77 | 190   | 267 | 131 | 406   | 537  |  99 |  424 |  523 | 65  | 162 | 227 |
| 34     | Uttarakhand          |   0 | 0     |   0 | 4   | 22    | 26   |   5 |   26 |   31 | 2   |   4 |   6 |
| 35     | West Bengal          |   6 | 9     |  15 | 11  | 57    | 68   |  10 |   84 |   94 | 7   |  30 |  37 |
|        | Others Including J&K |   0 | 2     |   2 | 0   | 19    | 19   |   0 |   83 |   83 | 1   |  18 |  19 |
| Tot al |                      | 166 | 482   | 648 | 434 | 1614  | 2048 | 338 | 2000 | 2338 | 164 | 753 | 917 |