Lok Sabha Question No. 3907 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-25
Subject: Street Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Jyotirmay Singh Mahato, Dileshwar Kamait, Geeta Kora, Pallab Lochan Das, Jugal Kishore Sharma, Mitesh Rameshbhai (Bakabhai) Patel, Shardaben Anilbhai Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.3907

TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.03.2022

## STREET CHILDREN

## 3907.  SHRI JYOTIRMAY SINGH MAHATO :

SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT :

SHRIMATI GEETA KORA :

- SHRI PALLAB LOCHAN DAS :
- SHRI JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA :

SHRI MITESH RAMESHBHAI PATEL (BAKABHAI) :

SHRIMATI SHARDABEN ANILBHAI PATEL :

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

- (a) whether the Government has data related to destitute and street children of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, state/UT-wise including West Bengal;
- (c) whether the Government is implementing any scheme for caring and protection of such children and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the other steps being taken by the Government for caring, protection and to reduce migration of destitute and street children during the COVID-19 pandemic and thereafter?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) : As informed by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), an online portal Baal Swaraj has been devised to do real time monitoring of children living in street situations - Baal Swaraj Portal-CISS . All  the  States/UTs have been directed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in SMWP(C) No.6 of 2021 In Re. Children in Street Situations to upload  the  data  of  children  who  have  been  identified  to  be  in  street  situations.   The State/UT-wise details of Children in Street Situations including the State of  West Bengal uploaded on Baal Swaraj-Portal-CISS, as on 15.02.2022, is given at Annexure-I.

(c)  :  The  Ministry  is  implementing  a  centrally  sponsored  scheme  namely  Child  Protection Services (CPS) Scheme - Mission Vatsalya under which support is provided to States and UT  Governments  for  delivering  services  for  children  in  need  of  care  and  in  difficult circumstances  including  rehabilitation  of  children  living  on  the  streets.   The  Child  Care Institutions (CCIs) established under the scheme  support inter-alia age-appropriate education, access to vocational training, recreation, health care, etc.

(d)  :  The  Ministry  issued  advisories  and  guidelines  for  encouraging  COVID  appropriate behaviour, monitoring of Child Care Institutions and coping strategies during COVID times for mental health support to children and care givers.  A responsibility matrix defining role of primary duty holders at all levels from State to Panchayati Raj Institutions was also shared with States/UTs.

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ANNEXURE - I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) & (B) TO THE LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.3907 FOR ANSWER ON 25.03.2022 ASKED BY SHRI  JYOTIRMAY  SINGH  MAHATO,  SHRI  DILESHWAR  KAMAIT,  SHRIMATI GEETA KORA, SHRI PALLAB LOCHAN DAS, SHRI JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA, SHRI MITESH RAMESHBHAI PATEL (BAKABHAI) AND SHRIMATI SHARDABEN ANILBHAI PATEL REGARDING STREET CHILDREN

THE  STATE/UT-WISE  DETAILS  OF  CHILDREN  IN  STREET  SITUATIONS INCLUDING THE STATE OF  WEST BENGAL UPLOADED ON BAAL SWARAJPORTAL- CISS (AS ON 15.02.2022)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                             |   Children living on the streets with their families |   Children stay on the streets in the day and are back home in the night with their families who reside in a nearby slum/ hutments |   Children without support living on the streets all alone |   Total |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar Islands            |                                                    0 |                                                                                                                                  0 |                                                          0 |       0 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                       |                                                  490 |                                                                                                                                235 |                                                         13 |     738 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                    |                                                    0 |                                                                                                                                  0 |                                                          0 |       0 |
| 4         | Assam                                |                                                   48 |                                                                                                                                151 |                                                         31 |     230 |
| 5         | Bihar                                |                                                   88 |                                                                                                                                 57 |                                                         12 |     157 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                           |                                                   39 |                                                                                                                                  8 |                                                          3 |      50 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                         |                                                   26 |                                                                                                                                 91 |                                                         13 |     130 |
| 8         | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |                                                   11 |                                                                                                                                  0 |                                                          0 |      11 |
| 9         | Delhi                                |                                                  494 |                                                                                                                               1100 |                                                         59 |    1653 |
| 10        | Goa                                  |                                                   13 |                                                                                                                                 27 |                                                          0 |      40 |
| 11        | Gujarat                              |                                                 1086 |                                                                                                                                895 |                                                          9 |    1990 |
| 12        | Haryana                              |                                                  282 |                                                                                                                                233 |                                                         22 |     537 |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                     |                                                   15 |                                                                                                                                 50 |                                                          0 |      65 |
| 14        | Jammu and Kashmir                    |                                                   33 |                                                                                                                                210 |                                                          1 |     244 |
| 15        | Jharkhand                            |                                                   19 |                                                                                                                                 10 |                                                         11 |      40 |
| 16        | Karnataka                            |                                                  466 |                                                                                                                                635 |                                                        105 |    1206 |
| 17        | Kerala                               |                                                   27 |                                                                                                                                  5 |                                                          2 |      34 |
| 18        | Ladakh                               |                                                    3 |                                                                                                                                 30 |                                                          0 |      33 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                          |                                                    0 |                                                                                                                                  0 |                                                          0 |       0 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                       |                                                  640 |                                                                                                                                807 |                                                         45 |    1492 |
| 21        | Maharashtra                          |                                                 3719 |                                                                                                                               1195 |                                                         38 |    4952 |
| 22        | Manipur                              |                                                    0 |                                                                                                                                  0 |                                                          0 |       0 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                            |                                                    0 |                                                                                                                                  5 |                                                          0 |       5 |
| 24        | Mizoram                              |                                                    0 |                                                                                                                                  0 |                                                          0 |       0 |
| 25        | Nagaland                             |                                                    0 |                                                                                                                                  1 |                                                          0 |       1 |
| 26        | Odisha                               |                                                   38 |                                                                                                                                  5 |                                                         37 |      80 |
| 27        | Puducherry                           |                                                    9 |                                                                                                                                 18 |                                                          0 |      27 |
| 28        | Punjab                               |                                                   31 |                                                                                                                                108 |                                                         18 |     157 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                            |                                                  282 |                                                                                                                                110 |                                                          4 |     396 |
| 30        | Sikkim                               |                                                    0 |                                                                                                                                  0 |                                                          0 |       0 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                           |                                                 1068 |                                                                                                                                515 |                                                        120 |    1703 |
| 32        | Telangana                            |                                                  113 |                                                                                                                                690 |                                                          6 |     809 |
| 33        | Tripura                              |                                                    0 |                                                                                                                                  2 |                                                         14 |      16 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh                        |                                                  471 |                                                                                                                                214 |                                                        270 |     955 |
| 35        | Uttrakhand                           |                                                   19 |                                                                                                                                 21 |                                                          1 |      41 |
| 36        | West Bengal                          |                                                    0 |                                                                                                                                122 |                                                          0 |     122 |
|           | Total                                |                                                 9530 |                                                                                                                               7550 |                                                        834 |   17914 |

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