Lok Sabha Question No. 5311 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-05
Subject: Child Trafficking
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Chandra Prakash Joshi, Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta, Arjunlal Meena, Vijayakumar (alias) Vijay Vasanth

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5311

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 05 TH  APRIL, 2022/ CHAITRA 15, 1944 (SAKA)

## CHILD TRAFFICKING

†5311.       SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

SHRI ARJUN LAL MEENA:

SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA:

SHRI VIJAYAKUMAR (ALIAS) VIJAY VASANTH:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  child  trafficking  has  increased alarmingly with the emergence of COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the number of child trafficking cases registered during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (c) whether the Crime Records Bureau has ever come out with the statistics of child trafficking;
- (d) if so, the details thereof during the said period, State-wise;
- (e) the details and the names of the States to which the children rescued from child trafficking belonged, State-wise;
- (f)  the  details  of  assistance  and  special  schemes  being  provided  by  the Government for rehabilitation of such children; and
- (g)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  prevent  the  recurrence  of  such incidents  and  the  details  of  stringent  action,  if  any,  in  practice  against  the convicted persons of child trafficking?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e): The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles crime statistics reported to it by the States and Union Territories (UTs) and  publishes

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the same in its annual publication 'Crime in India'. The latest published report is of the year 2020. State/UT-wise details of cases in which children (below 18 years)  were  trafficked,  number  of  children  trafficked  and  number  of  child victims  rescued  under  human  trafficking  during  2018  to  2020  are  given  in Annexure I, II and III respectively.

(f) For  prevention  of  trafficking,  rescue,  rehabilitation,  re-integration  and repatriation  of  victims  of  trafficking  and  commercial  sexual  exploitation,  the Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  is  implementing  the  'Ujjawala' Scheme.  Under  the  Scheme,  Protective  and  Rehabilitative  homes  have  been established in the country. The victims of human trafficking are also provided vocational training in these Homes.

(g) 'Police'  and  'Public  Order'  are  State-List  subjects  under  the  Seventh Schedule to the  Constitution  of  India.  The  responsibility  to  maintain  law  and order as well as investigation and prosecution of crimes, including the crime of human trafficking vests with respective State Governments who are competent to  deal  with  such  offences  under  extant  provisions  of  law.  However,  the Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  (MHA)  has  been  supplementing  the  efforts  of  State Governments  by  undertaking  various  initiatives  and  measures.  In  2020,  MHA provided  financial  assistance  of  about  Rs  100  crores  to  all  States  and  Union Territories  (UTs)  for  strengthening  the  existing  Anti  Human  Trafficking  Units (AHTUs) and setting up new AHTUs, covering all districts of States and UTs.

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MHA  provides  financial  assistance  to  States  and  UTs  for  holding  'Judicial Colloquiums'  and  'State  level  conferences'  on  periodic  basis  for  sensitizing judicial and police officials and to make available to them updated information on latest provisions of law relating  to trafficking.  MHA has also been issuing advisories  and  guidelines  on  preventing  and  combating  the  crime  of  human trafficking. These advisories are available on MHA's website at: https://www.mha.gov.in/Division\_of\_MHA/Women\_Safety\_Division/anti- trafficking-cell.  The  National Investigation  Agency Act, 2008 was amended in 2019  to  authorise  the  National  Investigation  Agency  to  investigate  cases  of human  trafficking  under  Sections  370  and  370A  of  Indian  Penal  Code.  For addressing transnational issues of human trafficking, bilateral Memorandums of Understanding have been signed with Bangladesh, UAE, Cambodia  and Myanmar;  and  multilateral  instruments  on  human  trafficking  have  also  been signed by India.

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## Annexure-I State/UT-wise number of Cases in which Children (below 18 yrs) were trafficked during 2018-2020

| Sl.                                                                                                                        | States/UTs                                                                                                                 | 2018                                                                                                                       | 2019                                                                                                                       | 2020                                                                                                                       |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1                                                                                                                          | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                             | 12                                                                                                                         | 12                                                                                                                         | 20                                                                                                                         |
| 2                                                                                                                          | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                          | 2                                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                                          | 2                                                                                                                          |
| 3                                                                                                                          | Assam                                                                                                                      | 179                                                                                                                        | 48                                                                                                                         | 61                                                                                                                         |
| 4                                                                                                                          | Bihar                                                                                                                      | 80                                                                                                                         | 56                                                                                                                         | 25                                                                                                                         |
| 5                                                                                                                          | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                               | 32                                                                                                                         | 27                                                                                                                         | 17                                                                                                                         |
| 6                                                                                                                          | Goa                                                                                                                        | 4                                                                                                                          | 1                                                                                                                          | 1                                                                                                                          |
| 7                                                                                                                          | Gujarat                                                                                                                    | 1                                                                                                                          | 2                                                                                                                          | 7                                                                                                                          |
| 8                                                                                                                          | Haryana                                                                                                                    | 25                                                                                                                         | 6                                                                                                                          | 7                                                                                                                          |
| 9                                                                                                                          | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                          | 1                                                                                                                          | 1                                                                                                                          |
| 10                                                                                                                         | Jharkhand                                                                                                                  | 68                                                                                                                         | 106                                                                                                                        | 72                                                                                                                         |
| 11                                                                                                                         | Karnataka                                                                                                                  | 6                                                                                                                          | 4                                                                                                                          | 2                                                                                                                          |
| 12                                                                                                                         | Kerala                                                                                                                     | 87                                                                                                                         | 154                                                                                                                        | 148                                                                                                                        |
| 13                                                                                                                         | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                             | 42                                                                                                                         | 49                                                                                                                         | 54                                                                                                                         |
| 14                                                                                                                         | Maharashtra                                                                                                                | 54                                                                                                                         | 58                                                                                                                         | 24                                                                                                                         |
| 15                                                                                                                         | Manipur                                                                                                                    | 1                                                                                                                          | 2                                                                                                                          | 3                                                                                                                          |
| 16                                                                                                                         | Meghalaya                                                                                                                  | 22                                                                                                                         | 21                                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                                          |
| 17                                                                                                                         | Mizoram                                                                                                                    | 1                                                                                                                          | 4                                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                                          |
| 18                                                                                                                         | Nagaland                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                          | 2                                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                                          |
| 19                                                                                                                         | Odisha                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                                          | 27                                                                                                                         |
| 20                                                                                                                         | Punjab                                                                                                                     | 10                                                                                                                         | 9                                                                                                                          | 7                                                                                                                          |
| 21                                                                                                                         | Rajasthan                                                                                                                  | 82                                                                                                                         | 134                                                                                                                        | 116                                                                                                                        |
| 22                                                                                                                         | Sikkim                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                                          | 1                                                                                                                          |
| 23                                                                                                                         | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                 | 3                                                                                                                          | 6                                                                                                                          | 9                                                                                                                          |
| 24                                                                                                                         | Telangana                                                                                                                  | 7                                                                                                                          | 7                                                                                                                          | 9                                                                                                                          |
| 25                                                                                                                         | Tripura                                                                                                                    | 1                                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                                          | 1                                                                                                                          |
| 26                                                                                                                         | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                              | 11                                                                                                                         | 3                                                                                                                          | 46                                                                                                                         |
| 27                                                                                                                         | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                | 9                                                                                                                          | 13                                                                                                                         | 6                                                                                                                          |
| 28                                                                                                                         | West Bengal                                                                                                                | 135                                                                                                                        | 93                                                                                                                         | 40                                                                                                                         |
|                                                                                                                            | TOTAL STATE(S)                                                                                                             | 874                                                                                                                        | 818                                                                                                                        | 706                                                                                                                        |
| 29                                                                                                                         | A & N Islands                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                                          |
| 30                                                                                                                         | Chandigarh                                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                                          | 1                                                                                                                          | 1                                                                                                                          |
| 31                                                                                                                         | D&N Haveli and Daman &Diu +                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                                          | 2                                                                                                                          |
| 32                                                                                                                         | Delhi UT                                                                                                                   | 66                                                                                                                         | 64                                                                                                                         | 36                                                                                                                         |
| 33                                                                                                                         | Jammu &Kashmir *                                                                                                           | 1                                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                                          | 2                                                                                                                          |
| 34                                                                                                                         | Ladakh                                                                                                                     | -                                                                                                                          | -                                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                                          |
| 35                                                                                                                         | Lakshadweep                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                                          |
| 36                                                                                                                         | Puducherry                                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                                          | 3                                                                                                                          |
|                                                                                                                            | TOTAL UT(S)                                                                                                                | 67                                                                                                                         | 65                                                                                                                         | 44                                                                                                                         |
|                                                                                                                            | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)                                                                                                          | 941                                                                                                                        | 883                                                                                                                        | 750                                                                                                                        |
| Note: Human Trafficking data published is based on annual data as provided by States/UTs from their Anti Human Trafficking | Note: Human Trafficking data published is based on annual data as provided by States/UTs from their Anti Human Trafficking | Note: Human Trafficking data published is based on annual data as provided by States/UTs from their Anti Human Trafficking | Note: Human Trafficking data published is based on annual data as provided by States/UTs from their Anti Human Trafficking | Note: Human Trafficking data published is based on annual data as provided by States/UTs from their Anti Human Trafficking |
| Combined data of erstwhile D&N Haveli UT and Daman & Diu UT for the year 2018-2019                                         | Combined data of erstwhile D&N Haveli UT and Daman & Diu UT for the year 2018-2019                                         | Combined data of erstwhile D&N Haveli UT and Daman & Diu UT for the year 2018-2019                                         | Combined data of erstwhile D&N Haveli UT and Daman & Diu UT for the year 2018-2019                                         | Combined data of erstwhile D&N Haveli UT and Daman & Diu UT for the year 2018-2019                                         |

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Annexure-II State/UT-wise Number of Children Trafficked (below 18 yrs) during 2018-2020

| SL   | State/UT                    | 2018   | 2019   |      |
|------|-----------------------------|--------|--------|------|
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh              | 16     | 18     |   23 |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh           | 3      | 4      |   13 |
| 3    | Assam                       | 238    | 80     |   84 |
| 4    | Bihar                       | 539    | 294    |  123 |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh                | 101    | 113    |   35 |
| 6    | Goa                         | 9      | 2      |    1 |
| 7    | Gujarat                     | 1      | 2      |   65 |
| 8    | Haryana                     | 26     | 6      |    7 |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh            | 3      | 1      |    2 |
| 10   | Jharkhand                   | 218    | 172    |  114 |
| 11   | Karnataka                   | 8      | 42     |    2 |
| 12   | Kerala                      | 145    | 177    |  184 |
| 13   | Madhya Pradesh              | 73     | 123    |   79 |
| 14   | Maharashtra                 | 73     | 95     |   49 |
| 15   | Manipur                     | 2      | 5      |    4 |
| 16   | Meghalaya                   | 22     | 30     |    1 |
| 17   | Mizoram                     | 2      | 25     |    0 |
| 18   | Nagaland                    | 0      | 2      |    0 |
| 19   | Odisha                      | 131    | 202    |  159 |
| 20   | Punjab                      | 20     | 9      |   65 |
| 21   | Rajasthan                   | 373    | 653    |  815 |
| 22   | Sikkim                      | 2      | 0      |    2 |
| 23   | Tamil Nadu                  | 8      | 43     |   24 |
| 24   | Telangana                   | 8      | 71     |   32 |
| 25   | Tripura                     | 1      | 1      |    2 |
| 26   | Uttar Pradesh               | 41     | 32     |   61 |
| 27   | Uttarakhand                 | 18     | 16     |    9 |
| 28   | West Bengal                 | 159    | 108    |   53 |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)              | 2240   | 2326   | 2008 |
| 29   | A & N Islands               | 0      | 0      |    0 |
| 30   | Chandigarh                  | 0      | 1      |    3 |
| 31   | D&N Haveli and Daman &Diu + | 0      | 0      |    2 |
| 32   | Delhi UT                    | 531    | 536    |  202 |
| 33   | Jammu &Kashmir *            | 1      | 0      |    2 |
| 34   | Ladakh                      | -      | -      |    0 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep                 | 0      | 0      |    0 |
| 36   | Puducherry                  | 0      | 0      |    5 |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)                 | 532    | 537    |  214 |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)           | 2772   | 2863   | 2222 |

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

+' Combined data of erstwhile D&N Haveli UT and Daman & Diu UT for the year 2018-2019

*' Data of erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir State including Ladakh for the year 2018-2019

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Annexure-III

## State/UT-wise profile of Child (below 18 yrs) Victim Rescued under Human Trafficking during 2018-2020

| SL   | State/UT                    | 2018   | 2019   |   2020 |
|------|-----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh              | 16     | 15     |      8 |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh           | 3      | 3      |     13 |
| 3    | Assam                       | 182    | 73     |     67 |
| 4    | Bihar                       | 463    | 281    |    122 |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh                | 101    | 112    |     39 |
| 6    | Goa                         | 9      | 2      |      1 |
| 7    | Gujarat                     | 1      | 2      |     64 |
| 8    | Haryana                     | 24     | 6      |      7 |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh            | 0      | 0      |      2 |
| 10   | Jharkhand                   | 201    | 102    |     77 |
| 11   | Karnataka                   | 8      | 26     |      1 |
| 12   | Kerala                      | 112    | 179    |    179 |
| 13   | Madhya Pradesh              | 72     | 124    |     74 |
| 14   | Maharashtra                 | 68     | 87     |     62 |
| 15   | Manipur                     | 2      | 3      |      4 |
| 16   | Meghalaya                   | 5      | 29     |      1 |
| 17   | Mizoram                     | 0      | 25     |      0 |
| 18   | Nagaland                    | 0      | 2      |      0 |
| 19   | Odisha                      | 131    | 202    |    159 |
| 20   | Punjab                      | 15     | 18     |     61 |
| 21   | Rajasthan                   | 373    | 651    |    815 |
| 22   | Sikkim                      | 2      | 0      |      2 |
| 23   | Tamil Nadu                  | 27     | 40     |     23 |
| 24   | Telangana                   | 8      | 70     |     30 |
| 25   | Tripura                     | 1      | 2      |      2 |
| 26   | Uttar Pradesh               | 41     | 32     |     58 |
| 27   | Uttarakhand                 | 17     | 15     |      7 |
| 28   | West Bengal                 | 154    | 62     |     56 |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)              | 2036   | 2163   |   1934 |
| 29   | A & N Islands               | 0      | 0      |      0 |
| 30   | Chandigarh                  | 0      | 1      |      3 |
| 31   | D&N Haveli and Daman &Diu + | 0      | 0      |      1 |
| 32   | Delhi UT                    | 346    | 529    |    195 |
| 33   | Jammu &Kashmir *            | 1      | 0      |      2 |
| 34   | Ladakh                      | -      | -      |      0 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep                 | 0      | 0      |      0 |
| 36   | Puducherry                  | 0      | 0      |      0 |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)                 | 347    | 530    |    201 |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)           | 2383   | 2693   |   2135 |

Note:

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

+' Combined data of erstwhile D&N Haveli UT and Daman & Diu UT for the year 2018 & 2019

*' Data of erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir State including Ladakh for the year 2018 & 2019