Lok Sabha Question No. 301 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-11-30
Subject: Anti-Human Trafficking Units
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Kumbakudi Sudhakaran, Behanan Benny

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 301

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 30 th  NOVEMBER, 2021/AGRAHAYANA 9,1943 (SAKA)

ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING UNITS

301.  SHRI KUMBAKUDI SUDHAKARAN: SHRI BENNY BEHANAN:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of Anti-Human Trafficking Units (AHTUs) established under the Advisory on preventing and combating human trafficking especially during the period of COVID-19 pandemic, State-wise;
- (b)  the  details  of  bi-annual  crime  reviews  conducted  by  the  Government  to monitor the progress of AHTUs, State-wise and year-wise, from 2014 till date; and
- (c) whether it is a fact that bi-annual crime review meetings with State Nodal Officers have not been conducted since 2017, and if so, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a): As  per  National  Crime  Records  Bureau's  annual  publication  'Crime  in India 2020', a total of 696 AHTUs have been established in various States and UTs. State/UT-wise details are given in the Annexure.

## LS.US.Q.NO. 301 FOR 30.11.2021

The  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  (MHA)  has  provided  financial  assistance  of approximately  Rs  100  crores  to  all  States  and  Union  Territories  (UTs)  in  the financial year 2019-20 and 2020-21 for strengthening the existing Anti Human Trafficking  Units  (AHTUs)  in  the  States  and  UTs  and  for  establishing  new AHTUs in all districts of the States and UTs. MHA has issued an Advisory to all the States and UTs on preventing and combating human trafficking, especially during the period of Covid-19 pandemic on 6.7.2020, inter-alia, advising them to make the AHTUs functional on urgent basis.

(b) & (c): Engagement with States and UTs is a continuous process. MHA has been convening meetings with State/UT Nodal Officers of Human Trafficking on a  periodic  basis.  MHA  had  reviewed  the  implementation  of  various  Women Safety projects with States and UTs in December 2020, including the scheme for  setting  up/strengthening  Anti-Human  Trafficking  Units,  through  a  virtual meeting  with  State/UT  functionaries.  MHA  has  also  established  an  online monitoring  portal  in  January,  2021  for  the  States  and  UTs  to  update  the progress  of  AHTUs  on  this  portal  and  for  sharing  their  best  practices  and success stories.

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## LS.US.Q.NO. 301 FOR 30.11.2021

## Annexure

## States/UT-wise Total No. of Anti-Human Trafficking Units during 2020

| S. No.   | State/UT                 |   No. of AHTUnits |
|----------|--------------------------|-------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh           |                 3 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh        |                 8 |
| 3        | Assam                    |                37 |
| 4        | Bihar                    |                44 |
| 5        | Chattisgarh              |                 8 |
| 6        | Goa                      |                 2 |
| 7        | Gujarat                  |                40 |
| 8        | Haryana                  |                 7 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh         |                 4 |
| 10       | Jharkhand                |                24 |
| 11       | Karnataka                |                30 |
| 12       | Kerala                   |                19 |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh           |                51 |
| 14       | Maharashtra              |                36 |
| 15       | Manipur                  |                 5 |
| 16       | Meghalaya                |                11 |
| 17       | Mizoram                  |                 4 |
| 18       | Nagaland                 |                12 |
| 19       | Odisha                   |                36 |
| 20       | Punjab                   |                27 |
| 21       | Rajasthan                |                43 |
| 22       | Sikkim                   |                 5 |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu               |                43 |
| 24       | Telangana                |                30 |
| 25       | Tripura                  |                 2 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh            |                75 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand              |                13 |
| 28       | West Bengal              |                38 |
|          | TOTAL STATE(S)           |               657 |
| 29       | A&N Islands              |                 1 |
| 30       | Chandigarh               |                 1 |
| 31       | D&NHaveli and Daman &Diu |                 3 |
| 32       | Delhi                    |                17 |
| 33       | Jammu &Kashmir           |                13 |
| 34       | Ladakh                   |                 2 |
| 35       | Lakshadweep              |                 1 |
| 36       | Puducherry               |                 1 |
|          | TOTAL UT(S)              |                39 |
|          | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)        |               696 |