Lok Sabha Question No. 959 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-03
Subject: National Tracking System for Missing Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Faizal P.P. Mohammed

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.959

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.12.2021

## NATIONAL TRACKING SYSTEM FOR MISSING CHILDREN

959.   SHRI MOHAMMED FAIZAL P.P. :

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

- (a) the present implementation status of the National Tracking System for Missing and Vulnerable Children, including details of participating States, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the number of cases of missing and found persons reported on the portal during each of the last six years; and
- (c) the frequency at which details about found and rehabilitated children are updated on the portal?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (c)  :  The  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  has  created   'TrackChild Portal',   to  track  the  missing  and  found  children.  Police  Stations,  Juvenile  Justice Boards and Child Care Institutions are required to update the information about missing and found children regularly. The state/UT-wise and year-wise total number of cases of missing and found children reported on the portal in the last six years is at Annexure-I and  the  frequency  at  which  details  about  found  and  rehabilitated  children  is  at Annexure-II.

ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) TO (C) OF THE LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.959 FOR ANSWER ON 03.12.2021 SHRI MOHAMMED  FAIZAL  P.P.  REGARDING  'NATIONAL  TRACKING  SYSTEM  FOR MISSING CHILDREN'

## State/UT-wise and year-wise total number of missing and found children for last six years

| SI No.   | State/UT                  | Year 2015                       | Year 2015                     | Year 2016                       | Year 2016                     | Year 2017                       | Year 2017                     | Year 2018                       | Year 2018                     | Year 2019                       | Year 2019                     | Year 2020                       | Year 2020                    |
|----------|---------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
| SI No.   | State/UT                  | Total No. of missi ng Child ren | Total No. of foun d Child ren | Total No. of missi ng Child ren | Total No. of foun d Child ren | Total No. of missi ng Child ren | Total No. of foun d Child ren | Total No. of missi ng Child ren | Total No. of foun d Child ren | Total No. of missi ng Child ren | Total No. of foun d Child ren | Total No. of missi ng Child ren | Total No. of found Childre n |
| 1        | Andama n & Nicobar Island | 16                              | 14                            | 12                              | 12                            | 63                              | 60                            | 46                              | 41                            | 38                              | 39                            | 16                              | 14                           |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh            | 231                             | 191                           | 167                             | 144                           | 1818                            | 948                           | 844                             | 613                           | 1811                            | 1298                          | 682                             | 592                          |
| 3        | Arunach al Pradesh        | 40                              | 21                            | 4                               | 2                             | 7                               | 2                             | 1                               | 0                             | 0                               | 0                             | 0                               | 0                            |
| 4        | Assam                     | 720                             | 302                           | 862                             | 412                           | 510                             | 342                           | 294                             | 89                            | 149                             | 56                            | 129                             | 77                           |
| 5        | Bihar                     | 554                             | 56                            | 575                             | 123                           | 1211                            | 424                           | 1156                            | 372                           | 666                             | 185                           | 637                             | 198                          |
| 6        | Chandig arh               | 63                              | 29                            | 11                              | 2                             | 135                             | 69                            | 174                             | 85                            | 90                              | 59                            | 136                             | 105                          |
| 7        | Chhattis garh             | 2448                            | 1836                          | 1835                            | 1948                          | 1690                            | 1541                          | 2897                            | 2500                          | 3198                            | 2940                          | 2271                            | 1972                         |
| 8        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 0                               | 0                             | 0                               | 0                             | 0                               | 0                             | 0                               | 0                             | 0                               | 0                             | 0                               | 0                            |
|          | Daman & Diu               | 0                               | 0                             | 22                              | 12                            | 11                              | 11                            | 16                              | 8                             | 8                               | 8                             | 2                               | 2                            |
| 9        | Delhi                     | 7458                            | 2894                          | 5687                            | 3106                          | 5960                            | 2905                          | 6252                            | 3250                          | 5502                            | 3661                          | 3011                            | 2859                         |
| 10       | Goa                       | 324                             | 212                           | 24                              | 13                            | 12                              | 8                             | 6                               | 1                             | 5                               | 2                             | 3                               | 0                            |
| 11       | Gujarat                   | 2186 6                          | 1003 9                        | 6703                            | 4056                          | 6125                            | 7553                          | 4489                            | 4532                          | 3603                            | 3586                          | 3328                            | 3310                         |
| 12       | Haryana                   | 1729                            | 5518                          | 897                             | 5333                          | 828                             | 3689                          | 697                             | 1121                          | 608                             | 842                           | 448                             | 550                          |
| 13       | Himacha l Pradesh         | 89                              | 59                            | 100                             | 40                            | 111                             | 92                            | 114                             | 89                            | 96                              | 73                            | 83                              | 77                           |
| 14       | Jammu & Kashmir           | 263                             | 140                           | 2                               | 6                             | 3                               | 1                             | 0                               | 0                             | 2                               | 6                             | 29                              | 7                            |
| 15       | Jharkha nd                | 421                             | 95                            | 38                              | 2                             | 21                              | 0                             | 3                               | 0                             | 0                               | 0                             | 6                               | 0                            |

| 16    | Karnatak a     | 6220   | 5296   | 2825   | 2047   | 2258   | 1913   | 6042   | 5266   | 4016   | 3844   | 4618   | 3961   |
|-------|----------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 17    | Kerala         | 575    | 429    | 738    | 357    | 719    | 615    | 504    | 630    | 409    | 468    | 236    | 260    |
| 18    | Ladakh*        | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      |
| 19    | Lakshad weep   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 20    | Madhya Pradesh | 1080 0 | 8771   | 9190   | 8035   | 9312   | 8114   | 1031 4 | 8686   | 1114 2 | 9642   | 8787   | 8716   |
| 21    | Maharas htra   | 7574   | 8177   | 1848   | 4613   | 2192   | 1882   | 1710   | 1748   | 1177   | 4474   | 2092   | 2055   |
| 22    | Manipur        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      |
| 23    | Meghala ya     | 219    | 190    | 102    | 97     | 102    | 94     | 78     | 70     | 75     | 56     | 39     | 71     |
| 24    | Mizoram        | 7      | 7      | 3      | 2      | 4      | 3      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 25    | Nagalan d      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 26    | Odisha         | 1156   | 936    | 1117   | 396    | 881    | 290    | 1014   | 163    | 1049   | 193    | 1079   | 253    |
| 27    | Pondich erry   | 11     | 63     | 1      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 120    | 54     | 476    | 115    |
| 28    | Punjab         | 2000   | 1606   | 246    | 168    | 91     | 78     | 285    | 151    | 90     | 49     | 353    | 67     |
| 29    | Rajastha n     | 970    | 788    | 966    | 657    | 1088   | 851    | 791    | 611    | 2191   | 1919   | 1290   | 1024   |
| 30    | Sikkim         | 66     | 45     | 50     | 30     | 64     | 62     | 51     | 32     | 22     | 18     | 26     | 18     |
| 31    | Tamil Nadu     | 3013   | 1682   | 1868   | 1139   | 2547   | 3821   | 1161   | 997    | 3288   | 2716   | 778    | 558    |
| 32    | Telanga na     | 766    | 370    | 529    | 487    | 137    | 111    | 227    | 110    | 76     | 36     | 768    | 245    |
| 33    | Tripura        | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 31     | 0      | 73     | 66     | 4      | 3      |
| 34    | Uttrakha nd    | 440    | 386    | 256    | 107    | 255    | 83     | 290    | 621    | 403    | 574    | 121    | 64     |
| 35    | Uttar Pradesh  | 2126   | 1235   | 2939   | 1240   | 1922   | 934    | 2098   | 898    | 1769   | 432    | 1516   | 787    |
| 36    | West Bengal    | 8468   | 1532 4 | 6457   | 7349   | 7003   | 6755   | 7288   | 7612   | 7591   | 6993   | 6397   | 6255   |
| Total | Total          | 8063 3 | 6671 1 | 4607 5 | 4193 6 | 4708 0 | 4325 1 | 4887 3 | 4029 6 | 4926 7 | 4428 9 | 3936 2 | 34215  |

* The data of Ladakh included in the Jammu and Kashmir.

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (A)  TO  (C)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.959 FOR ANSWER ON 03.12.2021 SHRI MOHAMMED FAIZAL P.P. REGARDING 'NATIONAL TRACKING SYSTEM FOR MISSING CHILDREN'

## Frequency of found and rehabilitated children from 01.01.2012 to 30.11.2021

| SI No.   | State/UT                             | Found   | No. of Discharged Children   |
|----------|--------------------------------------|---------|------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar                    | 204     | 0                            |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                       | 3737    | 13                           |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                    | 10      | 0                            |
| 4        | Assam                                | 988     | 3275                         |
| 5        | Bihar                                | 1408    | 18251                        |
| 6        | Chandigarh                           | 321     | 209                          |
| 7        | Chattisgarh                          | 15317   | 12263                        |
| 8        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 0 59    | 0 0                          |
| 9        | Delhi                                | 21210   | 1332                         |
| 10       | Goa                                  | 184     | 1                            |
| 11       | Gujarat                              | 50471   | 20558                        |
| 12       | Haryana                              | 2539    | 1443                         |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                     | 610     | 588                          |
| 14       | Jammu & Kashmir                      | 122     | 0                            |
| 15       | Jharkhand                            | 0       | 62                           |
| 16       | Karnataka                            | 27724   | 1961                         |
| 17       | Kerala                               | 4398    | 447                          |
| 18       | Ladakh*                              | -       | -                            |
| 19       | Lakshadweep                          | 0       | 0                            |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh                       | 67781   | 2695                         |
| 21       | Maharashtra                          | 6173    | 83755                        |
| 22       | Manipur                              | 0       | 56                           |
| 23       | Meghalaya                            | 789     | 60                           |
| 24       | Mizoram                              | 11      | 3678                         |
| 25       | Nagaland                             | 9       | 1011                         |
| 26       | Odisha                               | 12985   | 5755                         |
| 27       | Pondicherry                          | 200     | 2770                         |
| 28       | Punjab                               | 1179    | 3033                         |
| 29       | Rajasthan                            | 8503    | 17023                        |
| 30       | Sikkim                               | 155     | 0                            |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                           | 12290   | 89412                        |
| 32       | Telangana                            | 901     | 170                          |
| 33       | Tripura                              | 44      | 137                          |
| 34       | Uttrakhand                           | 2147    | 0                            |
| 35       | Uttar Pradesh                        | 14774   | 528                          |
| 36       | West Bengal                          | 72103   | 24035                        |
| Total    | Total                                | 329346  | 294521                       |