Lok Sabha Question No. 1560 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-12
Subject: Widened Gap between Missing and Traced Children
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB, RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE, SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1560

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 12 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019/ MAGHA 23, 1940 (SAKA)

## WIDENED GAP BETWEEN MISSING AND TRACED CHILDREN

1560.

SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB:

SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE: SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that the gap between missing and traced children has  widened  in  the  country  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the current year;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  number  of  cases  of  missing children reported across the country and number of such children traced during the said period, State/UT-wise;
- (c)  whether  it  is  also  a  fact  that  the  gap  between  registration  of  such cases and conviction therein has increased in the country during the said period;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State/ UT-wise along with the conviction rate in such cases; and
- (e) the corrective measures taken by the Government to check such cases and to improve the conviction rate therein?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): As  per  the  latest  information  published  by  National  Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), State/UT-wise cases registered, children missing, children traced during 2014-2016 are given in Annexure-I.

## L.S.US.Q.NO.1560 FOR 12.02.2019

(c) & (d): No such information is available with NCRB.

(e): 'Police'  and  'Public  Order'  are  State  subjects  under  the  Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. The responsibilities to maintain law and  order,  protection  of  life  and  property  of  the  citizens  rest  with  the respective State Governments. However, the Ministry of Home Affairs has issued detailed advisory to the States and UTs in which it was inter-alia stated that in case of complaint with regard to any missing children made in  a  police  station,  the  same  should  be  reduced  into  a  First  Information Report  and  appropriate  steps  should  be  taken  to  see  that  follow  up investigation  is  taken  up  immediately  thereafter  etc.    This  advisory  is available at www.mha.gov.in.

The Ministry of Women & Child Development in order to provide outreach services to the missing children or needy children, operates Child helpline No. 1098 which is operational 24x7. Apart from this, Railway Childlines at 33  major  Railway  Stations  also  provide  assistance  to  any  needy  child. Further,  the  Ministry  of  Women  &  Child  Development    has    developed    a national    tracking    system    for    missing    and  vulnerable  children  i.e. TrackChild  Portal  and  it  has  been  implemented  across  the  country.  The URL of the TrackChild is www.trackthemissingchild.gov.in.  The Ministry of Women  &  Child  Development  had also launched Khoya-Paya on 2 nd  June,

2015  which  is  an  enabling  platform,  where  citizens  can  report  missing children as well as sightings of their whereabouts.  Details of children who have been found, can also be reported on this platform.  Khoya-Paya has been integrated as a module under the citizen corner in TrackChild. Standard  Operating  Procedures  (SOP)  for  tracing  missing  children  have further dissemination  to  all  other  stakeholders  such  as  Police,  Child  Welfare Committees (CWCs), Juvenile Justice Boards (JJBs) etc.  These SOPs lay down the uniform guidelines for expediting the search and rehabilitation of also been circulated to all the States and UTs for their missing children all over the country.

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## ANNEXURE-I L.S.US.Q.NO.1560 FOR 12.02.2019

## State/UT-wise Report on Missing Children (Upto 18 years) during 2014-2016

|    |                   |   Cases Registered |   Cases Registered |   Cases Registered |   Children Missing (Upto 18 years) |   Children Missing (Upto 18 years) |   Children Missing (Upto 18 years) |   Traced |   Traced |   Traced |
|----|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|----------|----------|----------|
| SL | State/UT          |               2014 |               2015 |               2016 |                               2014 |                               2015 |                               2016 |     2014 |     2015 |     2016 |
| 1  | Andhra Pradesh    |               1849 |               2080 |               1972 |                               2043 |                               2285 |                               2155 |     2449 |     2109 |     1912 |
| 2  | Arunachal Pradesh |                 43 |                 93 |                 35 |                                 43 |                                102 |                                 38 |       35 |       82 |       33 |
| 3  | Assam             |               1386 |               1429 |               1381 |                               1388 |                               1498 |                               1381 |      721 |     1137 |     1069 |
| 4  | Bihar             |               1263 |               1966 |               4817 |                               1539 |                               2057 |                               4817 |      890 |     2444 |     3026 |
| 5  | Chhattisgarh      |               1719 |               2087 |               2236 |                               1779 |                               2102 |                               2262 |     1794 |     1821 |     2051 |
| 6  | Goa               |                 59 |                 37 |                 25 |                                 63 |                                 41 |                                 26 |       60 |       42 |       25 |
| 7  | Gujarat           |               1308 |               1034 |               1303 |                               1375 |                               1092 |                               1315 |     1284 |     1088 |     1247 |
| 8  | Haryana           |               1292 |               1616 |               1620 |                               1299 |                               1736 |                               1768 |      821 |     1401 |     1695 |
| 9  | Himachal Pradesh  |                166 |                232 |                170 |                                205 |                                249 |                                170 |      379 |      212 |      174 |
| 10 | Jammu& Kashmir    |                398 |                205 |                303 |                                638 |                                414 |                                304 |      508 |      590 |      354 |
| 11 | Jharkhand         |                316 |                331 |                433 |                                384 |                                367 |                                479 |      394 |      191 |      329 |
| 12 | Karnataka         |               3265 |               1694 |               1289 |                               4034 |                               2677 |                               1943 |     2982 |     2213 |     2733 |
| 13 | Kerala            |                832 |               1327 |               1382 |                               1079 |                               1579 |                               1524 |      905 |     1591 |     1520 |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh    |               6521 |               7129 |               7838 |                               6689 |                               7919 |                               8503 |     5730 |     9203 |     8197 |
| 15 | Maharashtra       |              10691 |               3931 |               3976 |                              11301 |                               4450 |                               4388 |    13757 |     4782 |     4357 |
| 16 | Manipur           |                 36 |                 34 |                126 |                                 36 |                                 34 |                                146 |       34 |       30 |      172 |
| 17 | Meghalaya         |                134 |                167 |                124 |                                134 |                                167 |                                124 |      122 |      119 |      155 |
| 18 | Mizoram           |                  2 |                  1 |                  0 |                                  2 |                                  3 |                                  0 |        2 |        3 |        0 |
| 19 | Nagaland          |                  4 |                 27 |                 67 |                                  4 |                                 33 |                                 71 |        3 |       28 |       63 |
| 20 | Odisha            |               1049 |               1807 |               1901 |                               1090 |                               1807 |                               1901 |      407 |      698 |      589 |
| 21 | Punjab            |                540 |                552 |                584 |                                573 |                                559 |                                597 |      543 |      478 |      510 |
| 22 | Rajasthan         |               1748 |               2330 |               1831 |                               2332 |                               2507 |                               1980 |     2598 |     1233 |     3216 |
| 23 | Sikkim            |                 94 |                101 |                106 |                                 94 |                                119 |                                109 |       88 |       74 |      110 |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu        |               2721 |               3334 |               3549 |                               3373 |                               4280 |                               4632 |     3340 |     4201 |     4660 |
| 25 | Telangana         |               2327 |               2697 |               3323 |                               2438 |                               2987 |                               3679 |     1681 |     3313 |     3597 |
| 26 | Tripura           |                446 |                165 |                160 |                                446 |                                171 |                                169 |      446 |      151 |      171 |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh     |               2081 |               2716 |               2862 |                               2089 |                               2720 |                               2903 |     2265 |     2122 |     1861 |
| 28 | Uttarakhand       |                385 |                531 |                435 |                                385 |                                531 |                                435 |      175 |      325 |      589 |
| 29 | West Bengal       |              10809 |               7676 |               5507 |                              14371 |                               7676 |                               8335 |    14793 |     6261 |     5388 |
|    | TOTAL STATE(S)    |              53484 |              47329 |              49355 |                              61226 |                              52162 |                              56154 |    59206 |    47942 |    49803 |
| 30 | A&NIslands        |                 26 |                 38 |                 47 |                                 28 |                                 47 |                                 47 |       26 |       49 |       48 |
| 31 | Chandigarh        |                159 |                200 |                195 |                                164 |                                217 |                                201 |      137 |      187 |      152 |
| 32 | D&N Haveli        |                 24 |                  0 |                  1 |                                 24 |                                  0 |                                  2 |       13 |        5 |        2 |
| 33 | Daman& Diu        |                  9 |                 21 |                 21 |                                  9 |                                 25 |                                 29 |        4 |       20 |       27 |
| 34 | Delhi UT          |               7171 |               7592 |               6657 |                               7513 |                               7928 |                               6921 |     6349 |     6182 |     5863 |
| 35 | Lakshadweep       |                  0 |                  0 |                  0 |                                  0 |                                  0 |                                  0 |        0 |        0 |        0 |
| 36 | Puducherry        |                 56 |                 59 |                 53 |                                 59 |                                 64 |                                 53 |       57 |       64 |       49 |
|    | TOTAL UT(S)       |               7445 |               7910 |               6974 |                               7797 |                               8281 |                               7253 |     6586 |     6507 |     6141 |
|    | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) |              60929 |              55239 |              56329 |                              69023 |                              60443 |                              63407 |    65792 |    54449 |    55944 |

Source: Crime in India