Lok Sabha Question No. 2537 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-06
Subject: Financial Assistance to Victims of Human Trafficking
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Raghu Ramakrishna Raju Kanumuru, Y. S. Avinash Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2537

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.03.2020

## FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING

2537.  SHRI KANUMURU RAGHU RAMA KRISHNA RAJU: SHRI Y.S AVINASH REDDY:

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

- (a) whether the Government has been providing financial assistance to the victims of illegal human trafficking;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the amount of assistance provided to each victim;
- (d) the number of persons who have sought assistance during the past three years; and
- (e) the number of beneficiaries under the said scheme, State/U.T wise, particularly in the state of Andhra Pradesh?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c):  The  Ministry  of  Women  &  Child  Development  implements Ujjawala scheme for  combating  trafficking  of  women  and  children  for  commercial  sexual  exploitation., with five specific components - Prevention, Rescue, Rehabilitation, Re-Integration and Repatriation of victims of trafficking. The scheme has been conceived primarily for the purpose  of  preventing  trafficking  on  the  one  hand  and  rescue  and  rehabilitation  of victims on the other. The scheme provides for rehabilitation of victims by providing food, shelter, counseling, medical care, legal aid and vocational training as well as their reintegration  in  the  society.  There  are  241  projects  including  136  Protective  and Rehabilitative Homes in the country.

(d) and (e): The number of beneficiaries under the said scheme, state/U.T wise during the last three years is at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE

## State-wise number of beneficiaries under the Ujjawala Scheme for the last three years

| S.No   | Name of the State   | No of beneficiaries 2017-18   | No of beneficiaries 2018-19   | No of beneficiaries 2019-20   |
|--------|---------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1.     | Andhra Pradesh      | 375                           | 105                           | 200                           |
| 2.     | Assam               | 850                           | 607                           | 607                           |
| 3.     | Bihar               | 75                            | 0                             | 0                             |
| 4.     | Chhattisgarh        | 75                            | 75                            | 75                            |
| 5.     | Sikkim              | 25                            | 11                            | -                             |
| 6.     | Karnataka           | 750                           | 337                           | 337                           |
| 7.     | Kerala              | 100                           | 100                           | 100                           |
| 8.     | Maharashtra         | 925                           | 1150                          | 1150                          |
| 9.     | Manipur             | 400                           | 950                           | 950                           |
| 10.    | Madhya Pradesh      | 25                            | -                             | -                             |
| 11.    | Mizoram             | 25                            | 25                            | 28                            |
| 12.    | Nagaland            | 25                            | 25                            | 25                            |
| 13.    | Rajasthan           | 250                           | 250                           | 250                           |
| 14.    | Orissa              | 700                           | 600                           | 338                           |
| 15.    | Tamil Nadu          | 200                           | 98                            | 98                            |
| 16.    | Uttar Pradesh       | 275                           | 100                           | 100                           |
| 17.    | Uttarakhand         | 175                           | 100                           | 100                           |
| 18.    | West Bengal         | 100                           | 100                           | 100                           |
| 19.    | Gujarat             | 175                           | 325                           | 325                           |
| 20.    | Telangana           | 250                           | 250                           | 250                           |
| 21.    | Jharkhand           | -                             | -                             | 100                           |
|        | Total               | 5775                          | 5208                          | 5133                          |