Lok Sabha Question No. 196 (STARRED), answered on 2021-12-10
Subject: Social Audit of Children Homes
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Girish Bhalchandra Bapat, Chandra Sekhar Sahu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO.196*

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.12.2021

## SOCIAL AUDIT OF CHILDREN HOMES

- *196.  SHRI GIRISH BHALCHANDRA BAPAT:

SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU:

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

- (a) whether the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has conducted  any  social  audit  of  Children  Homes  and  identified  violations  of  the Juvenile Justice Act by them;
- (b) if so, whether any report was submitted by NCPCR in this regard in 2018 and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether any action has been taken by the Government thereon so far and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) : A statement is laid on the table of the House.

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*196: STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) TO (C) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.196 FOR ANSWER ON 10.12.2021 RAISED BY SHRI GIRISH BHALCHANDRA BAPAT AND SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR SAHU REGARDING 'SOCIAL AUDIT OF CHILDREN HOMES'

(a) & (b) : As per information provided by the National Commission for Protection of Child  Rights  (NCPCR),  social  audit  of  7163  Child  Care  Institutions  was  conducted across the country (except for the State of Jammu and Kashmir where the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act, 2015) was not applicable and the UTs of Lakshdweep, Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, where no CCIs existed) in compliance to the Hon'ble Supreme Court's order dated 05.05.2017 in the matter  of W.  P.  (Crl.)  102  of  2007  in  Re.  Exploitation  of  children  in  orphanages  in State of Tamil Nadu Vs. Union of India.  A National Report as well as State Reports of social audit was submitted to the Hon'ble Supreme Court on 06.03.2020.

NCPCR has found serious maladies/ grave violations in large number of CCIs and took suo-motu cognizance  of  these  irregularities/violations  under  Section  13(1)  (c) and  (j)  of  Commissions  for  Protection  of  Child  Rights  Act,  2005  (CPCR  Act,  2005) being the monitoring authority under Section 109 of Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 and the  shortcomings  together  with  the  inspection  reports  were  communicated  to  the District  Magistrate/District  Collector  of  concerned  districts  alongwith  the  copy  to Principal  Secretary,  Department  of  Women  and  Child  Development  (of  respective State Governments).

(c) : The action taken by the Ministry of Women and Child Development for protection of Child Rights regarding findings of NCPCR Social Audit Report is as follows :

## I.          Registration of CCIs

Advisories  were  issued  to  all  States/UTs  for  registration  of  Child  Care  Institutions (CCIs) in accordance with Section 41 of the JJ Act and also against those institutions which are not complying with the requirement.   MPs/MLAs have also been requested by the Hon'ble Minister, Women and Child Development on 16.09.2020 as regards necessary action for registration of CCIs under JJ Act and against those institutions which are not complying with the requirement. States/UTs have intimated that 7275 CCIs have been registered under JJ Act upto October, 2020.

## II.         Financial Transparency

Letter  was  issued  to  all  States/UTs  on  19.08.2020  regarding  Foreign  Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) clearance of NGOs/ Agencies running Child Care Institutions.

## III.        Inspection and Audit

Advisories  have  been  issued  to  the  States/UTs  on  06.08.2018  and  31.08.2020  for inspection and audit of all Child Care Institutions as prescribed under Section 54 of JJ Act, 2015.

## IV.       Adherence to JJ Procedures

Besides this, advisory was also sent to the States/UTs for background check of all the NGOs running CCIs and police verification of the staff engaged with the CCIs.

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