Lok Sabha Question No. 1984 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-30
Subject: Foster Care and Sponsorship
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Srinivas Kesineni

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1984

TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2021

## FOSTER CARE AND SPONSORSHIP

1984.  SHRI KESINENI SRINIVAS:

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

- (a) whether there  has  been  an  increase  in  funding under  schemes  such  as  foster care and sponsorships to support vulnerable children impacted by COVID-19;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the number of cases of child marriages reported and/or rescued under provisions of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 during the last three years, Statewise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  &  (b):  The  Juvenile  Justice  (Care  and  Protection  of  Children)  Act,  2015  and  the Model  Rules  framed  thereunder  provide  for  the  rehabilitation  and  reintegration  of children through sponsorship and foster-care, inter alia. The Ministry is implementing a Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  namely  Child  Protection  Services  (CPS)  in  partnership with the State Governments/UT Administrations for delivering the institutional and noninstitutional  care  as  stipulated  under  the  JJ  Act.  As  per  the  Scheme  guidelines,  an amount  of  Rs.2000/-  per  month  per  child  is  available  for  non  institutional  care (sponsorship,  fostercare,  aftercare)  subject  to  the  limit  of  Rs.  10  lakh  per  district.
- (c): As per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report available at their website i.e. https://ncrb.gov.in, State-wise, case registered under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 during the last three year is Annexed.

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## Annexure

Annexure  to part (c) of Lok Sabha  Unstarred Question No.1984  for 30.07.2021 by   Shri Kesineni Srinivas regarding 'Foster Care and Sponsorship'.

State-wise  NCRB  data  on case  registered  under the  Prohibition  of Child Marriage Act, 2006 during the last three year.

| Sr. No.   | State/UT                             |   2017 |   2018 |   2019 |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1.        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands          |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh                       |     15 |     14 |      4 |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh                    |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 4.        | Assam                                |     58 |     88 |    115 |
| 5.        | Bihar                                |     17 |     35 |      8 |
| 6.        | Chandigarh                           |      2 |      2 |      1 |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh                         |      1 |      2 |      0 |
| 8.        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu |      0 |      0 |      1 |
| 9.        | Delhi                                |      1 |      1 |      2 |
| 10.       | Goa                                  |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 11.       | Gujarat                              |      6 |      8 |     20 |
| 12.       | Haryana                              |     18 |     21 |     20 |
| 13.       | Himachal Pradesh                     |      5 |      9 |      4 |
| 14.       | Jammu and kashmir                    |      0 |      0 |      1 |
| 15.       | Jharkhand                            |      1 |      7 |      3 |
| 16.       | Karnataka                            |     65 |     73 |    111 |
| 17.       | Kerala                               |     15 |     18 |      7 |
| 18.       | Ladakh                               |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 19.       | Lakshadweep                          |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 20.       | Madhya Pradesh                       |      5 |      3 |      4 |
| 21.       | Maharashtra                          |     20 |     13 |     20 |
| 22.       | Manipur                              |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 23.       | Meghalaya                            |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 24        | Mizoram                              |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 25.       | Nagaland                             |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 26        | Odisha                               |     17 |     22 |     22 |
| 27.       | Puducherry                           |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 28.       | Punjab                               |      8 |      6 |      6 |
| 29.       | Rajasthan                            |      6 |     11 |     19 |
| 30.       | Sikkim                               |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 31.       | Tamil Nadu                           |     55 |     67 |     46 |
| 32.       | Telangana                            |     25 |     24 |     35 |
| 33.       | Tripura                              |      1 |      1 |      0 |
| 34.       | Uttar Pradesh                        |      4 |      4 |      4 |
| 35.       | Uttrakhand                           |      1 |      2 |      2 |
| 36.       | West Bengal                          |     49 |     70 |     70 |
|           | Total                                |    395 |    501 |    525 |