Lok Sabha Question No. 2093 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-10
Subject: POCSO e-Box
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dulal Chandra Goswami

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2093

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.12.2021

## POCSO E-BOX

## 2093. SHRI DULAL CHAND GOSWAMI:

- (a)   The   number   of   complaints   received   through  Protection  of  Children  from Sexual Offences (POCSO) e-Box during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (b) Whether the Government had reviewed the time bound action taken on these complaints; and
- (c) If so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) As  per  the  National  Commission  for  Protection  of  Child  Rights  (NCPCR), NCPCR has received 438 complaints through POCSO e-Box during the last three years  and  the  current  year  2021-22.The  State/UT  -  wise  details  are  given  in Annexure.
- (b)   to  (c)     As  regards  the  complaints  received  it  is  stated  that  the  Ministry  has written  to  the  National  Commission  for  Protection  of  Child  Rights  (NCPCR)  for disposal of the pending complaints in an expeditious and time bound manner.

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## THE STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2093 REGARDING 'POCSO e-Box' BY  SHRI DULAL CHAND GOSWAMI FOR REPLY ON 10.12.2021

S tate/UT-wise number of complaints received in NCPCR through POCSO E-box during last three years and the current year 2021-22 (as on 30.11.2021)

| S.No   | States/UTs                  |   2018-2019 |   2019-2020 |   2020-2021 |   2021-2022 |
|--------|-----------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| 1      | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |           0 |           0 |           0 |           0 |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh              |           1 |           8 |           0 |           2 |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh           |           1 |           0 |           1 |           0 |
| 4      | Assam                       |           1 |           4 |           2 |           0 |
| 5      | Bihar                       |           7 |          13 |          12 |          13 |
| 6      | Chandigarh                  |           1 |           1 |           1 |           1 |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh                |           5 |           0 |           0 |           1 |
| 8      | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      |           0 |           0 |           0 |           0 |
| 9      | Daman and Diu               |           0 |           0 |           0 |           0 |
| 10     | Delhi                       |          12 |           8 |          13 |          12 |
| 11     | Goa                         |           0 |           0 |           0 |           0 |
| 12     | Gujarat                     |           1 |           3 |           3 |           1 |
| 13     | Haryana                     |           1 |           7 |           7 |           5 |
| 14     | Himachal Pradesh            |           0 |           0 |           0 |           0 |
| 15     | Jammu and Kashmir           |           0 |           0 |           1 |           0 |
| 16     | Jharkhand                   |           3 |           1 |           3 |           3 |
| 17     | Karnataka                   |           2 |           3 |           4 |           4 |
| 18     | Kerala                      |           1 |           0 |           2 |           0 |
| 19     | Lakshadweep                 |           0 |           0 |           0 |           0 |
| 20     | Madhya Pradesh              |           4 |           3 |           5 |           2 |
| 21     | Maharashtra                 |           9 |          12 |           7 |           6 |
| 22     | Manipur                     |           0 |           0 |           0 |           0 |
| 23     | Meghalaya                   |           0 |           0 |           0 |           0 |
| 24     | Mizoram                     |           0 |           0 |           0 |           0 |
| 25     | Nagaland                    |           0 |           0 |           0 |           0 |
| 26     | Orissa                      |           3 |           1 |           0 |           1 |
| 27     | Puducherry                  |           0 |           0 |           1 |           1 |
| 28     | Punjab                      |           6 |           7 |           1 |           3 |
| 29     | Rajasthan                   |           6 |           6 |           9 |           9 |
| 30     | Sikkim                      |           0 |           0 |           0 |           0 |
| 31     | Tamil Nadu                  |           5 |           6 |           6 |          11 |
| 32     | Telangana                   |           2 |           2 |           2 |           6 |
| 33     | Tripura                     |           0 |           0 |           0 |           0 |
| 34     | Uttar Pradesh               |          14 |          26 |          42 |          23 |
| 35     | Uttarakhand                 |           1 |           0 |           0 |           0 |
| 36     | West Bengal                 |           5 |           2 |           5 |           2 |
| 37     | Others                      |           1 |           0 |           0 |           0 |
|        | Total                       |          92 |         113 |         127 |         106 |