Lok Sabha Question No. 2874 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-28
Subject: Khoya Paya Web Portal
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: MOHAMMAD SALIM, MD. BADARIDDOZA KHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2874

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.12.2018

## KHOYA PAYA WEB PORTAL

## 2874.   SHRI MOHD. SALIM:

SHRI MD. BADARUDDOZA KHAN:

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

- (a) the details  of  missing children across the country during the last three years, State/UTwise;
- (b) the details of children tracked and found during the said period using Khoya Paya Web Portal, State/UT-wise; and
- (c) the steps taken by her Ministry to popularize the web portal among the public?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The details of missing children across the country (as reported by the police on Track Child portal) during the last three years, State/UT-wise is as follows:

| No. of Children missing across the country during last three years on KhoyaPaya (2 nd June 2015 to 21 st December 2018)   | No. of Children missing across the country during last three years on KhoyaPaya (2 nd June 2015 to 21 st December 2018)   | No. of Children missing across the country during last three years on KhoyaPaya (2 nd June 2015 to 21 st December 2018)   | Track Child      |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
| S. No.                                                                                                                    | Name of the State/UT                                                                                                      | No. of Cases                                                                                                              | Missing Children |
| 1.                                                                                                                        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                                         | 130              |
| 2.                                                                                                                        | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                            | 47                                                                                                                        | 2970             |
| 3.                                                                                                                        | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                         | 1                                                                                                                         | 23               |
| 4.                                                                                                                        | Assam                                                                                                                     | 16                                                                                                                        | 2145             |
| 5.                                                                                                                        | Bihar                                                                                                                     | 85                                                                                                                        | 3221             |
| 6.                                                                                                                        | Chandigarh                                                                                                                | 130                                                                                                                       | 335              |
| 7.                                                                                                                        | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                              | 5                                                                                                                         | 8451             |

| 8.   | Dadar Nagar Haveli   |    0 |      0 |
|------|----------------------|------|--------|
| 9.   | Daman & Diu          |   23 |     49 |
| 10.  | Delhi                |   82 |  22605 |
| 11.  | Goa                  |   24 |     63 |
| 12.  | Gujarat              |   12 |  37063 |
| 13.  | Haryana              |  241 |   3252 |
| 14.  | Himachal Pradesh     |   26 |    377 |
| 15.  | Jammu and Kashmir    |    3 |     12 |
| 16.  | Jharkhand            |   19 |    278 |
| 17.  | Karnataka            |   46 |  14970 |
| 18.  | Kerala               |    9 |   2310 |
| 19.  | Lakshadweep          |    0 |      0 |
| 20.  | Madhya Pradesh       |   36 |  32925 |
| 21.  | Maharashtra          |   58 |   8283 |
| 22.  | Manipur              |    0 |      0 |
| 23.  | Meghalaya            |    0 |    361 |
| 24.  | Mizoram              |    0 |     13 |
| 25.  | Nagaland             |    2 |      0 |
| 26.  | Odisha               |   75 |   3589 |
| 27.  | Puducherry           |    0 |      4 |
| 28.  | Punjab               |   90 |   1778 |
| 29.  | Rajasthan            |   29 |   3273 |
| 30.  | Sikkim               |    0 |    199 |
| 31.  | Tamil Nadu           |   39 |   7234 |
| 32.  | Telangana            |   45 |   1355 |
| 33.  | Tripura              |   01 |     32 |
| 34.  | Uttar Pradesh        |  151 |   1158 |
| 35.  | Uttarakhand          |   06 |   7946 |
| 36.  | West Bengal          |   30 |  25275 |
| 37.  | Unspecified          |   96 |      0 |
|      | Total                | 1428 | 191679 |

## (b): The details of children tracked and found during the said period using Khoya - Paya web portal, State/UT wise is as follows:

| No. of Children tracked and found on KhoyaPaya (2 nd June 2015 to 21 st December 2018)   | No. of Children tracked and found on KhoyaPaya (2 nd June 2015 to 21 st December 2018)   | No. of Children tracked and found on KhoyaPaya (2 nd June 2015 to 21 st December 2018)   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                                   | Name of the State/UT's                                                                   | No of Cases Closed                                                                       |
| 1                                                                                        | Andaman & Nicobar                                                                        | 0                                                                                        |
| 2                                                                                        | Andhra Pradesh                                                                           | 68                                                                                       |

| 3   | Arunachal Pradesh   |    0 |
|-----|---------------------|------|
| 4   | Assam               |    3 |
| 5   | Bihar               |   23 |
| 6   | Chandigarh          |    9 |
| 7   | Chhattisgarh        |    1 |
| 8   | Dadra Nagar Haveli  |    0 |
| 9   | Daman & Diu         |    7 |
| 10  | Delhi               |  361 |
| 11  | Goa                 |   14 |
| 12  | Gujarat             |    0 |
| 13  | Haryana             |  133 |
| 14  | Himachal Pradesh    |   11 |
| 15  | Jammu & Kashmir     |    2 |
| 16  | Jharkhand           |    7 |
| 17  | Karnataka           |  265 |
| 18  | Kerala              |    0 |
| 19  | Lakshadweep         |    0 |
| 20  | Madhya Pradesh      |    4 |
| 21  | Maharashtra         |    9 |
| 22  | Manipur             |    0 |
| 23  | Meghalaya           |    0 |
| 24  | Mizoram             |    0 |
| 25  | Nagaland            |    1 |
| 26  | Odisha              |   18 |
| 27  | Puducherry          |    0 |
| 28  | Punjab              |   33 |
| 29  | Rajasthan           |    9 |
| 30  | Sikkim              |    0 |
| 31  | Tamil Nadu          |    3 |
| 32  | Telangana           |    6 |
| 33  | Tripura             |    1 |
| 34  | Uttar Pradesh       | 1973 |
| 35  | Uttarakhand         |    0 |
| 36  | West Bengal         |   45 |
| 37  | Others              | 2822 |
|     | Total               | 5828 |

- (c): The Ministry has been regularly informing regarding the initiative through various media platform  including  Print,  Radio  and  Social  media.  The  Ministry  had  also  publicized  the initiatives on the walls of some villages in collaboration with IFFCO.