Lok Sabha Question No. 4935 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-31
Subject: Rescue of Trafficked Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Beesetti  Venkata Satyavathi, Sanjay(Kaka) Ramchandra Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4935

TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.03.2023

## RESCUE OF TRAFFICKED CHILDREN

## 4935.  DR. BEESETTI VENKATA SATYAVATHI: SHRI SANJAY KAKA PATIL:

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

- (a) the details of trafficked children rescued during the last three years, State-wise;
- (b) the  details  of  funds  sanctioned,  allocated  and  utilised  under  the  Ujjawala scheme for the rehabilitation of child trafficking victims;
- (c) the details of Government assistance provided to NGOs working for welfare of child trafficking victims; and
- (d) the procedure of rehabilitation of such rescued children?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  :  As  informed  by  National  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB),  State-wise  Child victims trafficked & rescued under human trafficking during the year 2019, 2020 and 2021 is at Annexure-I.

(b) & (c) : Under Mission Shakti scheme, Ujjawala Home for prevention of trafficking have been renamed as Shakti Sadan which is an Integrated Relief and Rehabilitation Home and aims  at  creating  a  safe  and  enabling  environment  for  the  women  in distress  situations  and  difficult  circumstances. Shakti  Sadans  primarily  focus  on rehabilitation  of  women  in  difficult  circumstances,  however,  the  facilities  of  these Sadans can also be availed of by the children accompanying women. Unmarried girls up to any age and boys up to 12 years of age can stay in Shakti Sadans with their mothers. Shakti Sadan is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme under which funds are released to State/UT. The funds released under Shakti Sadan Scheme (erstwhile Ujjawala scheme) during the last three years period is at Annexure-II.

The Ministry is implementing a centrally sponsored scheme namely Mission Vatsalya through State and UT Governments under which financial assistance is provided on a predefined cost sharing norms for delivering services for Children in Need of Care and  Protection  (CNCP)  including  rehabilitation  of  trafficked  children.  The  CCIs established under the scheme support inter-alia age-appropriate education, access to vocational training, recreation, health care, etc.

(d) : The Government is administering the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act, 2015) (as amended in 2021), which is the primary law for children in difficult circumstances.  As per Section 2 (14) (ix) of JJ Act, 2015, a child who is found vulnerable and is likely to be inducted into drug abuse or trafficking is a 'Child in Need of Care and Protection'. The JJ Act 2015 mandates a security net of  service  delivery  structures  to  provide  institutional  and  non-institutional  care  to these children. The primary responsibility of implementation of the Act lies with the State  Governments  and  UT  Administrations.   Further,  under  the  JJ  Act,  2015 (Sections 27-30), the Child Welfare Committees (CWCs) have been empowered to take decisions with regard to the children in need of care and protection including trafficked children, keeping their best interest in mind. CWCs are also mandated to monitor the functioning of the Child Care Institutions (CCIs).

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ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (A)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.4935  FOR  ANSWER  ON  31.03.2023  BY  DR.  BEESETTI VENKATA SATYAVATHI AND SHRI SANJAY KAKA PATIL REGARDING RESCUE OF TRAFFICKED CHILDREN

STATE-WISE CHILD VICTIMS TRAFFICKED & RESCUED UNDER HUMAN TRAFFICKING DURING THE YEAR 2019, 2020 and 2021

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                     | Child Trafficked Victims   |   Child Trafficked Victims |   Child Trafficked Victims | Child Rescued Victims   |   Child Rescued Victims |   Child Rescued Victims |
|-----------|------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT                     | 2019                       |                       2020 |                       2021 | 2019                    |                    2020 |                    2021 |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh               | 18                         |                         23 |                         58 | 15                      |                       8 |                      11 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh            | 4                          |                         13 |                          3 | 3                       |                      13 |                       3 |
| 3         | Assam                        | 80                         |                         84 |                        215 | 73                      |                      67 |                     188 |
| 4         | Bihar                        | 294                        |                        123 |                        311 | 294                     |                     123 |                     311 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh                 | 113                        |                         35 |                         43 | 112                     |                      39 |                      43 |
| 6         | Goa                          | 2                          |                          1 |                          0 | 2                       |                       1 |                       0 |
| 7         | Gujarat                      | 2                          |                         65 |                          5 | 2                       |                      65 |                       5 |
| 8         | Haryana                      | 6                          |                          7 |                         21 | 6                       |                       7 |                      21 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh             | 1                          |                          2 |                          4 | 1                       |                       2 |                       4 |
| 10        | Jharkhand                    | 172                        |                        114 |                        146 | 102                     |                      77 |                     145 |
| 11        | Karnataka                    | 42                         |                          2 |                          5 | 42                      |                       1 |                       5 |
| 12        | Kerala                       | 177                        |                        184 |                        219 | 179                     |                     179 |                     169 |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh               | 123                        |                         79 |                         87 | 124                     |                      75 |                      87 |
| 14        | Maharashtra                  | 95                         |                         49 |                         52 | 95                      |                      65 |                      62 |
| 15        | Manipur                      | 5                          |                          4 |                          4 | 4                       |                       4 |                       4 |
| 16        | Meghalaya                    | 30                         |                          1 |                          1 | 29                      |                       1 |                       1 |
| 17        | Mizoram                      | 25                         |                          0 |                          0 | 25                      |                       0 |                       0 |
| 18        | Nagaland                     | 2                          |                          0 |                          0 | 2                       |                       0 |                       0 |
| 19        | Odisha                       | 202                        |                        159 |                        497 | 202                     |                     159 |                     399 |
| 20        | Punjab                       | 9                          |                         65 |                         11 | 18                      |                      61 |                       8 |
| 21        | Rajasthan                    | 653                        |                        815 |                        417 | 653                     |                     815 |                     417 |
| 22        | Sikkim                       | 0                          |                          2 |                          0 | 0                       |                       2 |                       0 |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu                   | 43                         |                         24 |                         16 | 42                      |                      23 |                      38 |
| 24        | Telangana                    | 71                         |                         32 |                        222 | 71                      |                      31 |                     222 |
| 25        | Tripura                      | 1                          |                          2 |                          0 | 2                       |                       2 |                       0 |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh                | 32                         |                         61 |                         40 | 32                      |                      58 |                      40 |
| 27        | Uttarakhand                  | 16                         |                          9 |                          9 | 16                      |                       8 |                       9 |
| 28        | West Bengal                  | 108                        |                         53 |                         50 | 63                      |                      56 |                      58 |
| 29        | A & N Islands                | 0                          |                          0 |                          0 | 0                       |                       0 |                       0 |
| 30        | Chandigarh                   | 1                          |                          3 |                          2 | 1                       |                       3 |                       2 |
| 31        | D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu + | 0                          |                          2 |                          0 | 0                       |                       2 |                       0 |
| 32        | Delhi UT                     | 536                        |                        202 |                        437 | 536                     |                     202 |                     437 |
| 33        | Jammu & Kashmir *            | 0                          |                          2 |                          2 | 0                       |                       2 |                       2 |
| 34        | Ladakh                       | -                          |                          0 |                          0 | -                       |                       0 |                       0 |
| 35        | Lakshadweep                  | 0                          |                          0 |                          0 | 0                       |                       0 |                       0 |
| 36        | Puducherry                   | 0                          |                          5 |                          0 | 0                       |                       0 |                       0 |
|           | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)            | 2863                       |                       2222 |                       2877 | 2746                    |                    2151 |                    2691 |

Note: Human Trafficking data published is based on annual data as provided by States/UTs from their Anti Human Trafficking Units '+' Combined data of erstwhile D&N Haveli UT and Daman & Diu UT for the year 2019 '*' Data of erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir State including Ladakh for the year 2019

ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (C) & (D) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.4935  FOR  ANSWER  ON  31.03.2023  BY  DR.  BEESETTI VENKATA SATYAVATHI AND SHRI SANJAY KAKA PATIL REGARDING RESCUE OF TRAFFICKED CHILDREN YEAR-WISE RELEASE OF FUNDS TO THE STATES UNDER SHAKTI SADAN SCHEME (ERSTWHILE UJJAWALA SCHEME) DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS PERIOD AND CURRENT YEAR

(Rupees in lakhs)

|   S. No. | Year    |   Amount |
|----------|---------|----------|
|        1 | 2019-20 |   853    |
|        2 | 2020-21 |   790    |
|        3 | 2021-22 |    27    |
|        4 | 2022-23 |   132.37 |

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