Lok Sabha Question No. 1400 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-10
Subject: Sale of Orphan and Destitute Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Badruddin Ajmal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1400 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.02.2023

## SALE OF ORPHAN AND DESTITUTE CHILDREN

## 1400. SHRI M. BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

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

- (a) whether as per various media reports, there is rapid increase in sale of orphan and destitute children in the country who are later forced into begging and prostitution;
- (b) if so, the number of such cases reported during each of the last three years and current year; and
- (c) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to prevent such offence and save the children

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c):  The Ministry of Women and Child Development is administering the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act, 2015) which is the primary legislation  for  ensuring  safety,  security,  dignity  and  well-being  of  children.  The  Act provides for protection of children in need of care and protection and those in conflict with  law  by  catering  to  their  basic  needs  through care,  protection,  development, treatment and social re-integration. It defines standards of care and protection to secure the best interest of child. Under the JJ Act 2015 (Sections 27-30), the Child Welfare Committees have been empowered to take decisions with regard to the children in need of care and protection including rehabilitation of orphan and destitute children, keeping their best interest in mind.

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.  NCPCR on the directions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in SMWP No.6/2021 in  the  matter  In  Re.  Children  in  Street  Situations , has  formulated  suggestions  for rehabilitation of street children and sent to all States/UTs for their necessary action. The State/UT-wise details of Children in Street Situations uploaded on Baal Swaraj-PortalCISS, as on 24.03.2022, is given at Annexure-I.

The  Ministry  is  also  implementing  a  centrally  sponsored  scheme  namely  'Mission Vatsalya' (erstwhile Child Protection Services (CPS) Scheme) through State and UT Governments on pre-defined cost sharing pattern for delivering services for children in difficult  circumstances.   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 etc. No report regarding sale of orphan  and  destitute  children  in  the  country  who  are  later  forced  into  begging  and prostitution is available.

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## ANNEXURE - I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) TO (C) TO THE LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.1400 FOR ANSWER ON 10.02.2023 ASKED BY SHRI M. BADRUDDIN AJMAL REGARDING SALE OF ORPHAN AND DESTITUTE CHILDREN

## THE  STATE/UT-WISE  DETAILS  OF  CHILDREN  IN  STREET  SITUATIONS 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 |