Lok Sabha Question No. 1513 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-10
Subject: Protection of Street Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Mondal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1513

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.02.2023

## PROTECTION OF STREET CHILDREN

## 1513.  SHRI SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL :

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

- (a) whether the Government  is  aware about the number  of parentless or guardianless  children  who  wandering  around  street  in  India  specially  in  west Bengal;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise along with the steps taken for caring and protection of such children; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor along with initiatives likely to be taken in this regard in future?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) : As informed by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), an online portal Baal Swaraj has been devised to do real time monitoring of children living in street situations - Baal Swaraj Portal-CISS . All the States/UTs have been directed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in SMWP(C) No.6 of 2021 In Re. Children in Street Situations to upload the data of children who have been identified to be in street situations.  The State/UT-wise details of Children in Street Situations including the State of  West Bengal uploaded on Baal Swaraj-PortalCISS, as on 24.03.2022, is given at Annexure-I . These children are produced before Child Welfare Committee for taking decision regarding declaring them as children in need of care and protection and further support to them.

The  Ministry  is  implementing  a  centrally  sponsored  scheme  namely  'Mission Vatsalya' (erstwhile Child Protection Services (CPS) Scheme) through the State and UT Governments on predefined cost sharing pattern for delivering services for children in difficult circumstances including children in need of care and protection. The Child Care Institutions (CCIs) established under the Mission Vatsalya Scheme support inter-alia age-appropriate education, access to vocational training, recreation, health care, counselling.

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ANNEXURE - I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) TO (C) TO THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1513 FOR ANSWER ON 10.02.2023 ASKED BY SHRI SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL REGARDING PROTECTION OF STREET CHILDREN

THE STATE/UT-WISE DETAILS OF CHILDREN IN STREET SITUATIONS INCLUDING THE STATE OF  WEST BENGAL UPLOADED ON BAAL SWARAJ-PORTAL- CISS (AS ON 24.03.2022)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                             |   Children living on the streets with their families |   Children stay on the streets in the day and are back home in the night with their families who reside in a nearby slum/ hutments |   Children without support living on the streets all alone |   Total |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar Islands            |                                                    0 |                                                                                                                                  0 |                                                          0 |       0 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                       |                                                  530 |                                                                                                                                240 |                                                         17 |     787 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                    |                                                    0 |                                                                                                                                  0 |                                                          0 |       0 |
| 4         | Assam                                |                                                  107 |                                                                                                                                183 |                                                         32 |     322 |
| 5         | Bihar                                |                                                  145 |                                                                                                                                 90 |                                                         13 |     248 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                           |                                                   40 |                                                                                                                                  8 |                                                          5 |      53 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                         |                                                   54 |                                                                                                                                129 |                                                         22 |     205 |
| 8         | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |                                                   11 |                                                                                                                                  0 |                                                          0 |      11 |
| 9         | Delhi                                |                                                  589 |                                                                                                                               1203 |                                                         61 |    1853 |
| 10        | Goa                                  |                                                   25 |                                                                                                                                 28 |                                                          0 |      53 |
| 11        | Gujarat                              |                                                 1086 |                                                                                                                                895 |                                                          9 |    1990 |
| 12        | Haryana                              |                                                  392 |                                                                                                                                362 |                                                         23 |     777 |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                     |                                                   15 |                                                                                                                                 93 |                                                          0 |     108 |
| 14        | Jammu and Kashmir                    |                                                   33 |                                                                                                                                212 |                                                          1 |     246 |
| 15        | Jharkhand                            |                                                   25 |                                                                                                                                 32 |                                                         12 |      69 |
| 16        | Karnataka                            |                                                  466 |                                                                                                                                649 |                                                        105 |    1220 |
| 17        | Kerala                               |                                                   33 |                                                                                                                                  8 |                                                          2 |      43 |
| 18        | Ladakh                               |                                                    3 |                                                                                                                                 30 |                                                          0 |      33 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                          |                                                    0 |                                                                                                                                  0 |                                                          0 |       0 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                       |                                                  638 |                                                                                                                                808 |                                                         45 |    1491 |
| 21        | Maharashtra                          |                                                 3848 |                                                                                                                               1266 |                                                         39 |    5153 |
| 22        | Manipur                              |                                                    0 |                                                                                                                                  0 |                                                          0 |       0 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                            |                                                    0 |                                                                                                                                  5 |                                                          0 |       5 |
| 24        | Mizoram                              |                                                    0 |                                                                                                                                  0 |                                                          0 |       0 |
| 25        | Nagaland                             |                                                    0 |                                                                                                                                  1 |                                                          0 |       1 |
| 26        | Odisha                               |                                                  172 |                                                                                                                                 11 |                                                         43 |     226 |
| 27        | Puducherry                           |                                                    9 |                                                                                                                                 18 |                                                          0 |      27 |
| 28        | Punjab                               |                                                   41 |                                                                                                                                167 |                                                         18 |     226 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                            |                                                  387 |                                                                                                                                175 |                                                         12 |     574 |
| 30        | Sikkim                               |                                                    0 |                                                                                                                                  0 |                                                          0 |       0 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                           |                                                 1073 |                                                                                                                                522 |                                                        124 |    1719 |
| 32        | Telangana                            |                                                  115 |                                                                                                                                690 |                                                          6 |     811 |
| 33        | Tripura                              |                                                    0 |                                                                                                                                  2 |                                                         14 |      16 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh                        |                                                  510 |                                                                                                                                258 |                                                        270 |    1038 |
| 35        | Uttrakhand                           |                                                   45 |                                                                                                                                 22 |                                                          1 |      68 |
| 36        | West Bengal                          |                                                    9 |                                                                                                                                156 |                                                          8 |     173 |
|           | Total                                |                                                10401 |                                                                                                                               8263 |                                                        882 |   19546 |

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