Lok Sabha Question No. 4563 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-28
Subject: Child Trafficking
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Rattan Lal Kataria

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4563

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 28 TH  MARCH, 2023/ CHAITRA 7, 1945 (SAKA)

CHILD TRAFFICKING

†4563.  SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  is  conducting  any  nationwide  campaign  to check child trafficking;

(b) if so, the details of child trafficking cases during the last three years;

(c) whether Delhi Police has busted a gang involved in sale of children in July, 2022; and

(d)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  enact  more  stringent  laws  for severe  punishment  to  culprits  involved  in  kidnapping  and  trafficking  of children and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI AJAY KUMAR MISHRA)

(a): 'Police' and  'Public Order' are 'State-List' subjects under  the Seventh Schedule to  the  Constitution  of  India.  Therefore,  primarily  it  is the responsibility of respective State Governments/  Union  Territory Administrations (UTs) to take necessary steps for preventing and countering the crime of human trafficking. However, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has been supplementing the efforts  of  the  State  Governments  in  this  regard  by  providing  them guidelines  on  preventing and countering human  trafficking in the form of

## L.S. USQ. NO. 4563 FOR 28.03.2023

various  Advisories  issued  from  time  to  time.  The  Ministry  has  also provided  financial  assistance  to  all  States/UTs  for  upgrading/setting  up Anti  Human  Trafficking  Units  in  all  Districts  of  their  States/UTs.    The Ministry  has  also  been  assisting  the  States/UTs  in  holding  'State  level conferences'  and  'Judicial  Colloquiums'  with  a  view  to  sensitizing  the Police/Law officers of the States/UTs about the latest initiatives/developments in technology etc., aimed at addressing the issue of human trafficking in a focused and efficient manner.

(b): The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles crime statistics reported to it by the States and UTs and publishes the same in its annual publication 'Crime in India'. The latest published report is of the year 2021. Details of child victims (below 18 years) trafficked during the last three years are given below:

|   Year |   Child victims (below 18 years) |
|--------|----------------------------------|
|   2019 |                             2863 |
|   2020 |                             2222 |
|   2021 |                             2877 |

(c): The  Delhi  Police  had  busted  a  gang  of  human  traffickers  in  July 2022,  which  was  involved  in  selling  new  born  babies.  A  FIR  No.  128/22 under  section  370(4)/363/34 of Indian Penal Code (IPC), read with Section

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81  of  the  Juvenile  Justice  Act,  was  registered  by  the  Crime  Branch  of

Delhi Police. Strengthening  the  Criminal  Laws,  inter-alia,  on  issues  relating  to process undertaken  by  the  Government  from  time  to  time.  The  Government  of India has already initiated the process of a comprehensive review of the

(d): kidnapping/human trafficking of children, is a continuous criminal laws in consultation with all stakeholders.

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