Lok Sabha Question No. 4071 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-19
Subject: Child Sexual Exploitation
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Ajay Bhatt

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO.4071

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.03.2021

## CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION

## 4071. SHRI AJAY BHATT:

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

- (a) whether   there   has   been   a   sharp   rise   in   the  number  of  incidents  of exploitation/violence and sexual exploitation of children across the country;
- (b) if so, the  details thereof during the last three years,  State/UT-wise;  and
- (c) the corrective steps taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) As per information provided by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), the number of cases registered under crimes against children including exploitation/violence and sexual exploitation, from 2017-2019, State/UT-wise is at Annexure-I .

The  Government  reviewed  the  Protection  of  Children  from  Sexual  Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012  in the light of the rise of incidences of child sexual abuse in the country, inter-alia. Accordingly, the POCSO Act, 2012 was amended in 2019 in order  to  make  it  more  effective  in  dealing  with  cases  of  child  sex  abuse.  It addresses the need for stringent measures to deter child sex abuse in the Country on one hand and the menace of relatively new kind of crimes on the other hand. In furtherance  of  the  POCSO  (Amendment)  Act,  2019,  the  Government  notified the  POCSO Rules, 2020  for effective implementation of the Act.

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Annexure-I

Statement Referred To In Part (a) & (b) of Reply To Lok Sabha Un-Starred Question No.4071 For Answer On 19.03.2021 raised by Shri Ajay Bhatt regarding 'Child Sexual Exploitation' indicating State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR) under under crimes against children including exploitation/violence and sexual exploitation during 2017-2019

| SL                            | State/UT                      | 2017   | 2018   | 2019   |
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
|                               |                               | CR     | CR     | CR     |
| 1Andhra Pradesh               | 1Andhra Pradesh               | 2397   | 2672   | 2524   |
| 2Arunachal Pradesh            | 2Arunachal Pradesh            | 138    | 166    | 153    |
| 3Assam                        | 3Assam                        | 4951   | 5447   | 6608   |
| 4Bihar                        | 4Bihar                        | 5386   | 7340   | 9320   |
| 5Chhattisgarh                 | 5Chhattisgarh                 | 6518   | 6924   | 5665   |
| 6Goa                          | 6Goa                          | 196    | 182    | 167    |
| 7Gujarat                      | 7Gujarat                      | 3955   | 4929   | 4685   |
| 8Haryana                      | 8Haryana                      | 4169   | 4869   | 5119   |
| 9Himachal Pradesh             | 9Himachal Pradesh             | 528    | 772    | 748    |
| 10Jammu & Kashmir             | 10Jammu & Kashmir             | 359    | 473    | 470    |
| 11Jharkhand                   | 11Jharkhand                   | 1247   | 1479   | 1674   |
| 12Karnataka                   | 12Karnataka                   | 5890   | 6131   | 6305   |
| 13Kerala                      | 13Kerala                      | 3562   | 4253   | 4754   |
| 14Madhya Pradesh              | 14Madhya Pradesh              | 19038  | 18992  | 19028  |
| 15Maharashtra                 | 15Maharashtra                 | 16918  | 18892  | 19592  |
| 16Manipur                     | 16Manipur                     | 109    | 128    | 148    |
| 17Meghalaya                   | 17Meghalaya                   | 379    | 385    | 379    |
| 18Mizoram                     | 18Mizoram                     | 220    | 198    | 125    |
| 19Nagaland                    | 19Nagaland                    | 93     | 70     | 59     |
| 20Odisha                      | 20Odisha                      | 3185   | 5217   | 7012   |
| 21Punjab                      | 21Punjab                      | 2133   | 2308   | 2625   |
| 22Rajasthan                   | 22Rajasthan                   | 5180   | 5150   | 7385   |
| 23Sikkim                      | 23Sikkim                      | 190    | 221    | 163    |
| 24Tamil Nadu                  | 24Tamil Nadu                  | 3529   | 4155   | 4139   |
| 25Telangana                   | 25Telangana                   | 3580   | 3747   | 4212   |
| 26Tripura                     | 26Tripura                     | 276    | 271    | 311    |
| 27Uttar Pradesh               | 27Uttar Pradesh               | 19145  | 19936  | 18943  |
| 28Uttarakhand                 | 28Uttarakhand                 | 829    | 1306   | 1214   |
| 29West Bengal                 | 29West Bengal                 | 6551   | 6286   | 6286   |
| TOTAL STATE(S)                | TOTAL STATE(S)                | 120651 | 132899 | 139813 |
| 30A&N Islands                 | 30A&N Islands                 | 119    | 162    | 153    |
| 31Chandigarh                  | 31Chandigarh                  | 275    | 288    | 264    |
| 32D&N Haveli                  | 32D&N Haveli                  | 31     | 38     | 53     |
| 33Daman & Diu                 | 33Daman & Diu                 | 24     | 34     | 43     |
| 34Delhi                       | 34Delhi                       | 7852   | 8246   | 7783   |
| 35Lakshadweep                 | 35Lakshadweep                 | 4      | 8      | 26     |
| 36Puducherry                  | 36Puducherry                  | 76     | 89     | 50     |
| TOTAL UT(S) TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | TOTAL UT(S) TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 8381   | 8865   | 8372   |
|                               |                               | 129032 | 141764 | 148185 |