Lok Sabha Question No. 1324 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-18
Subject: Child Trafficking
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: KALYAN BANERJEE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1324

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 18 TH  DECEMBER, 2018/ AGRAHAYANA 27, 1940 (SAKA)

CHILD TRAFFICKING

1324.     SHRI KALYAN BANERJEE:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  India  has  emerged  as  a  growing  child trafficking country in the world in recent years;
- (b) if so, the cases of child trafficking reported since 2014, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has received report on child trafficking from other countries;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e)  the  action  taken  and  proceedings  on  Hague  Convention  on  the Protection of Children and Cooperation in regard to Inter-country Adoption progress; and
- (f)  the  initiatives  taken  by  the  Government  on  UN  Protocol  to  Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons thereto?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a) to (d): No such reports on child trafficking have come to the notice of this Ministry. As per the latest information published by the National Crime Records Bureau, State-wise details of victims of child trafficking reported during 2015 and 2016 are given in Annexure-I. Data in 2015 and 2016 was

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collected  through  different  sources  and  data  in  2016  was  expanded  in scope.  Segregated data for child trafficking is not available for 2014.

(e): In 2003,  India  became  signatory  to  the  Hague  Convention  on Protection of Children and Co-operation in respect of Inter-country Adoption, 1993.  The Convention mandated designating a Central Authority for the purpose of Inter-country adoptions.  Inter-alia keeping this in view, the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 was re-enacted w.e.f. 15.01.2016. Accordingly, Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) was constituted under Section 68 of JJ Act, 2015, to perform the following functions:

- (i) to promote in-country adoptions and to facilitate Inter-State adoptions in co-ordination with State Agency;
- (ii) to regulate inter-country adoptions;
- (iii)  to frame regulations on adoption and related matters;
- (iv)  to  carry  out  the  functions  of  the  Central  Authority  under  the  Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in respect of intercountry Adoption;
- (f): Details  of  the  initiatives  taken  by  the  Government  of  India  on  UN Protocol  to  Prevent,  Suppress  and  Punish  Trafficking  in  Persons  are  as under:

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- i) To  strengthen  the  law  enforcement  response  against  trafficking, Section 370 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was substituted by a modified Section 370 and a new Section 370-A was inserted through the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013.
2. ii) The  Government  of  India  has  drafted  a  comprehensive  legislation which is in line with the Trafficking in Persons Protocol of United Nations.
3. iii) The Government has also launched a Comprehensive Scheme known as Ujjwala in 2016 for Prevention of Trafficking and Rescue, Rehabilitation and Re-Integration of Victims of Trafficking for  Commercial  Sexual Exploitation.  The  objectives  of  this  scheme  are  to  facilitate  rescue  of victims from the place of their exploitation and place them in safe custody; to  provide  rehabilitation  services  both  immediate  and  long-term  to  the victims by providing basic amenities/needs such as shelter, food, clothing, medical  treatment  including  counseling,  legal  aid  and  guidance  and vocational training; to facilitate reintegration of the victims into the family and  society  at  large;  to  facilitate  repatriation  of  cross-border  victims  to their country of origin.
4. iv) The Ministry of Home Affairs have issued advisories to the States on measures to be adopted for handling human trafficking related issues and to generate awareness about the crime of trafficking.

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v) Financial  assistance  is  provided  to  State  Governments  to  hold Judicial Colloquiums on Human Trafficking and State Level Conferences on Human Training. vi) Periodic review meetings are held with Nodal Officers of Anti Human Trafficking  Units    and  other  concerned  agencies  from  time  to  time  to review the efforts undertaken to combat human trafficking. vii) India has signed bilateral Memorandum of Understanding for Prevention  of  Human  Trafficking  with  several  countries  to  prevent  and counter human trafficking.

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## State/UT-wise Cases registered and Victims of Human Trafficking during 2015-2016

|     |                   | 2015   | 2015   | 2015     | 2015     | 2016   | 2016     | 2016     | 2016     |
|-----|-------------------|--------|--------|----------|----------|--------|----------|----------|----------|
|     |                   | CR     |        | Children | Children |        | Children | Children | Children |
| Sl. | States/UTs        |        | M      | F        | T        |        | M        | F        | T        |
| 1   | Andhra Pradesh    | 274    | 0      | 41       | 41       | 239    | 0        | 44       | 44       |
| 2   | Arunachal Pradesh | 3      | 2      | 0        | 2        | 2      | 0        | 2        | 2        |
| 3   | Assam             | 1494   | 0      | 1330     | 1330     | 91     | 34       | 96       | 130      |
| 4   | Bihar             | 381    | 118    | 307      | 425      | 43     | 183      | 13       | 196      |
| 5   | Chhattisgarh      | 69     | 20     | 14       | 34       | 68     | 60       | 78       | 138      |
| 6   | Goa               | 29     | 0      | 1        | 1        | 40     | 0        | 2        | 2        |
| 7   | Gujarat           | 47     | 0      | 3        | 3        | 548    | 137      | 348      | 485      |
| 8   | Haryana           | 275    | 5      | 195      | 200      | 51     | 5        | 8        | 13       |
| 9   | Himachal Pradesh  | 9      | 0      | 0        | 0        | 8      | 2        | 2        | 4        |
| 10  | Jammu& Kashmir    | 2      | 0      | 1        | 1        | 0      | 0        | 0        | 0        |
| 11  | Jharkhand         | 172    | 2      | 27       | 29       | 109    | 18       | 72       | 90       |
| 12  | Karnataka         | 507    | 3      | 79       | 82       | 404    | 113      | 219      | 332      |
| 13  | Kerala            | 151    | 28     | 5        | 33       | 21     | 18       | 65       | 83       |
| 14  | Madhya Pradesh    | 95     | 16     | 24       | 40       | 51     | 62       | 35       | 97       |
| 15  | Maharashtra       | 421    | 6      | 47       | 53       | 517    | 78       | 94       | 172      |
| 16  | Manipur           | 0      | 0      | 0        | 0        | 3      | 2        | 7        | 9        |
| 17  | Meghalaya         | 20     | 0      | 18       | 18       | 7      | 0        | 1        | 1        |
| 18  | Mizoram           | 0      | 0      | 0        | 0        | 2      | 0        | 2        | 2        |
| 19  | Nagaland          | 6      | 0      | 0        | 0        | 0      | 0        | 0        | 0        |
| 20  | Odisha            | 114    | 14     | 51       | 65       | 84     | 98       | 108      | 206      |
| 21  | Punjab            | 86     | 2      | 7        | 9        | 13     | 47       | 1        | 48       |
| 22  | Rajasthan         | 131    | 22     | 41       | 63       | 1422   | 1823     | 696      | 2519     |
| 23  | Sikkim            | 0      | 0      | 0        | 0        | 1      | 0        | 1        | 1        |
| 24  | Tamil Nadu        | 577    | 2      | 11       | 13       | 434    | 122      | 195      | 317      |
| 25  | Telangana         | 561    | 10     | 49       | 59       | 229    | 0        | 7        | 7        |
| 26  | Tripura           | 16     | 0      | 14       | 14       | 0      | 2        | 4        | 6        |
| 27  | Uttar Pradesh     | 50     | 1      | 12       | 13       | 79     | 748      | 74       | 822      |
| 28  | Uttarakhand       | 27     | 2      | 5        | 7        | 12     | 1        | 2        | 3        |
| 29  | West Bengal       | 1255   | 18     | 1180     | 1198     | 3579   | 426      | 2687     | 3113     |
|     | Total (States)    | 6772   | 271    | 3463     | 3733     | 8057   | 3979     | 4863     | 8842     |
| 30  | A&NIslands        | 1      | 0      | 0        | 0        | 1      | 0        | 0        | 0        |
| 31  | Chandigarh        | 13     | 2      | 7        | 9        | 1      | 0        | 1        | 1        |
| 32  | D&N Haveli        | 2      | 0      | 0        | 0        | 0      | 0        | 0        | 0        |
| 33  | Daman& Diu        | 1      | 0      | 0        | 0        | 7      | 0        | 1        | 1        |
| 34  | Delhi UT          | 87     | 106    | 57       | 163      | 66     | 144      | 46       | 190      |
| 35  | Lakshadweep       | 0      | 0      | 0        |          | 0      | 0        | 0        |          |
| 36  | Puducherry        | 1      | 0      | 0        | 0 0      | 0      | 0        | 0        | 0 0      |
|     | Total (UTs)       | 105    | 108    | 64       | 172      | 75     | 144      | 48       | 192      |
|     | Total (All India) | 6877   | 379    | 3527     | 3905     | 8132   | 4123     | 4911     | 9034     |

Source : Crime in India 2015-2016

Note1):  Data for the Year 2015 is  Collected from SCRBx and for 2016 is from State Anti Human Trafficking Units

- 2): In 2015 Data Collected under heads (Human Trafficking, Buying and Selling of Minors, Importation & Procuratin of Girls and Immoral Trafficking
- 3): In 2016 Data Collected under heads (Human Trafficking, Immoral Trafficking Act,Bonded & Child Labour Acts, POCSO Act,

Transplantation of Human Organs Act, Child Marriage Act, Money Laundering Act, SC/ST Act, JJ Act and Other Acts in which Trafficking was involved.

(Only cases of Trafficking under these Acts were taken)

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