Lok Sabha Question No. 1719 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-11
Subject: Missing Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Jual Oram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.1719

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2022

## MISSING CHILDREN

## 1719.  SHRI JUAL ORAM  :

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

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- (a) whether the Government has taken note of instances of missing children being recovered by the police although their relatives have not been traced during the last three years ;
- (b) if so, the number of such children recovered during the last three years, Statewise; and
- (c) the  proposal  formulated  by  the  Government  regarding  the  upbringing  and education of such children ?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (b)     As  informed  by  the  National  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB),  it  does not maintain  data  in  this  regard.  Further  it  is  stated  that  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child Development  have  initiated  the  'TrackChild  Portal',  which   enables  tracking  of  the missing and found children. Under this, logins have provided to the Police Stations, Juvenile  Justice  Boards  and  Child  Care  Institutions  whereby  they  are  required  to update the information, on the portal, about missing and found children regularly.  State/UT-wise number of children recovered by the police during last three years period (01.01.2019 to 31.12.2021) is at Annexure-I .

- (c)    The  Ministry  is  implementing  a  centrally  sponsored  scheme  namely  Child Protection Services (CPS) Scheme under which support is provided to States and UT Governments for delivering services for children in need and difficult circumstances.  The Child Care Institutions (CCIs) established under the CPS scheme support inter-alia age-appropriate education, access to vocational training, recreation, health care, counselling etc. and covers both rural and urban children.

Besides Samagra Shiksha, effective from 2018-19 is also being implemented for universalization of quality education for all children in coordination with the States and UTs governments.

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ANNEXURE - I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (A)  TO  (B)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA  UN-STARRED  QUESTION  NO.1719  FOR  ANSWER  ON  11.02.2022 ASKED BY SHRI JUAL ORAM REGARDING MISSING CHILDREN

State/UT-wise number of children recovered by the  police during last three years period (01.01.2019 to 31.12.2021)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                             | Number of Children Recovered   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar Islands            | 73                             |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                       | 2299                           |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                    | 0                              |
| 4         | Assam                                | 147                            |
| 5         | Bihar                                | 625                            |
| 6         | Chandigarh                           | 187                            |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                         | 7297                           |
| 8         | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 10                             |
| 9         | Delhi                                | 8915                           |
| 10        | Goa                                  | 2                              |
| 11        | Gujarat                              | 10052                          |
| 12        | Haryana                              | 1578                           |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                     | 285                            |
| 14        | Jammu & Kashmir*                     | 15                             |
| 15        | Ladakh*                              |                                |
| 16        | Jharkhand                            | 0                              |
| 17        | Karnataka                            | 11468                          |
| 18        | Kerala                               | 2174                           |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                          | 0                              |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                       | 30156                          |
| 21        | Maharashtra                          | 8164                           |
| 22        | Manipur                              | 0                              |
| 23        | Meghalaya                            | 195                            |
| 24        | Mizoram                              | 0                              |
| 25        | Nagaland                             | 0                              |
| 26        | Odisha                               | 9007                           |
| 27        | Puducherry                           | 170                            |
| 28        | Punjab                               | 165                            |
| 29        | Rajasthan                            | 4721                           |
| 30        | Sikkim                               | 62                             |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                           | 3553                           |
| 32        | Telangana                            | 440                            |
| 33        | Tripura                              | 70                             |
| 34        | Uttrakhand                           | 990                            |
| 35        | Uttar Pradesh                        | 1934                           |
| 36        | West Bengal                          | 20704                          |
| Total     | Total                                | 125458                         |

*Number of children included for both Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh

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