Lok Sabha Question No. 5030 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-01
Subject: Child Trafficking
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: K. Shanmuga Sundaram

## LOK SABHA

## UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.5030

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.04.2022

## CHILD TRAFFICKING

## 5030. SHRI SHANMUGA SUNDARAM K.:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware that during lockdown many children were taken away from their homes for illegal child labour, trafficking and forced marriages and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the  number  of  children  kidnapped  in  various  States  during  the  lockdown  period  and normal period separately, State-wise particularly Tamil Nadu;
- (c) the steps taken by the Union Government to prevent child trafficking and forced labour;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  launched  any  special  helpline  number  to  prevent  such atrocities on minor children; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) : As informed by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), the State-wise number of children trafficked under Human Trafficking and number of children State-wise (including Tamil Nadu)  cases  registered  under  kidnapping  abduction  of  children  during  the  year  2020  are  at Annexure-I.   Further,  as  per  information  received  from  National  Commission  for  Protection  of Child Rights (NCPCR), 360 complaints relating to child labour; and 120 cases of child marriages were reported during the year 2020-21 and 2021-22 (as on February, 2022).

(c) to (e) : NCPCR has conducted various activities and programmes to prevent crimes on child trafficking such as, sensitization workshops in various Source Transit and Destination Hotspot Districts  of  North-East  Region,  'National  Level  Multi-stakeholders  E-Consultation  Meeting  to Combat Child Trafficking Post Lockdown Situation due to COVID-19' virtually on 8 th May 2020, programme called 'Samvardhan' meant for mapping of children and their families vulnerable to child trafficking post lockdown situation due to Covid-19 pandemic.

The Ministry of Women and Child Development 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  of  care  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.

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

The Ministry runs the Childline (1098) service, a 24X7 emergency phone outreach for children in crisis which links them to emergency and long term care and rehabilitation services.

ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) & (B) OF LOK SABHA UN-STARRED  QUESTION  NO.5030  FOR  ANSWER  ON  01.04.2022  BY  SHRI SHANMUGA SUNDARAM K. REGARDING CHILD TRAFFICKING

STATE-WISE NUMBER OF CHILDREN TRAFFICKED UNDER HUMAN TRAFFICKING  AND  NUMBER  OF  CHILDREN  STATE-WISE  (INCLUDING TAMIL  NADU)  CASES  REGISTERED  UNDER  KIDNAPPING  ABDUCTION  OF CHILDREN DURING THE YEAR 2020

| Sl. No.    | State/UT          |   Number of children trafficked under Human Trafficking during the year 2020 |   Number of children state-wise cases registered under kidnapping abduction of children during the year 2020 |
|------------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1          | Andhra Pradesh    |                                                                           23 |                                                                                                          487 |
| 2          | Arunachal Pradesh |                                                                           13 |                                                                                                           41 |
| 3          | Assam             |                                                                           84 |                                                                                                         2312 |
| 4          | Bihar             |                                                                          123 |                                                                                                         3539 |
| 5          | Chhattisgarh      |                                                                           35 |                                                                                                         1935 |
| 6          | Goa               |                                                                            1 |                                                                                                           35 |
| 7          | Gujarat           |                                                                           65 |                                                                                                          960 |
| 8          | Haryana           |                                                                            7 |                                                                                                         1488 |
| 9          | Himachal Pradesh  |                                                                            2 |                                                                                                          312 |
| 10         | Jharkhand         |                                                                          114 |                                                                                                          505 |
| 11         | Karnataka         |                                                                            2 |                                                                                                         1936 |
| 12         | Kerala            |                                                                          184 |                                                                                                          200 |
| 13         | Madhya Pradesh    |                                                                           79 |                                                                                                         7058 |
| 14         | Maharashtra       |                                                                           49 |                                                                                                         7392 |
| 15         | Manipur           |                                                                            4 |                                                                                                           35 |
| 16         | Meghalaya         |                                                                            1 |                                                                                                           50 |
| 17         | Mizoram           |                                                                            0 |                                                                                                            3 |
| 18         | Nagaland          |                                                                            0 |                                                                                                            5 |
| 19         | Odisha            |                                                                          159 |                                                                                                         3915 |
| 20         | Punjab            |                                                                           65 |                                                                                                         1032 |
| 21         | Rajasthan         |                                                                          815 |                                                                                                         2769 |
| 22         | Sikkim            |                                                                            2 |                                                                                                           31 |
| 23         | Tamil Nadu        |                                                                           24 |                                                                                                          252 |
| 24         | Telangana         |                                                                           32 |                                                                                                         1258 |
| 25         | Tripura           |                                                                            2 |                                                                                                           99 |
| 26         | Uttar Pradesh     |                                                                           61 |                                                                                                         5513 |
| 27         | Uttarakhand       |                                                                            9 |                                                                                                          365 |
| 28         | West Bengal       |                                                                           53 |                                                                                                         7079 |
|            | TOTAL STATE(S)    |                                                                         2008 |                                                                                                        50606 |
| 29         | A & N Islands     |                                                                            0 |                                                                                                            6 |
| 30         | Chandigarh        |                                                                            3 |                                                                                                          112 |
| 31         | DNH Haveli and DD |                                                                            2 |                                                                                                           19 |
| 32         | Delhi UT          |                                                                          202 |                                                                                                         3748 |
| 33         | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                                                            2 |                                                                                                          293 |
| 34         | Ladakh            |                                                                            0 |                                                                                                            0 |
| 35         | Lakshadweep       |                                                                            0 |                                                                                                            1 |
| 36         | Puducherry        |                                                                            5 |                                                                                                            0 |
|            | TOTAL UT(S)       |                                                                          214 |                                                                                                         4179 |
| TOTAL (ALL | INDIA)            |                                                                         2222 |                                                                                                        54785 |

Note:    Human  Trafficking  data  published  is  based  on  annual  data  as provided by States/UTs from their Anti Human Trafficking Units

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