Lok Sabha Question No. 524 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-09
Subject: Missing Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Jual Oram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.524

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.12.2022

## MISSING CHILDREN

## 524. SHRI JUAL ORAM:

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

- (a) whether the Government has taken note of instances of missing children being recovered by the police although their relatives have not been traced during the last three years;
- (b) if so, the number of such children reported during the last three years, State/UTwise; and
- (c) the  details  of  the  scheme  formulated  by  the  Government  for  upbringing  and education of such children?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b)  :  The  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  have  initiated  the 'TrackChild  Portal',  which  enables  tracking  of  the  missing  and  found  children.   The TrackChild Portal is implemented with support and involvement of various stakeholders namely Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Railways, State Governments/  UT  Administrations, Child Welfare Committees, Juvenile Justice Boards,  National  Legal  Services  Authority,  etc.   Advisories  have  been  issued  to  all States  and  UTs  including  Director  General  of  Police  of  all  States  &  UTs  and  other stakeholders regarding implementation of TrackChild portal. State/UT-wise number of children missing and  recovered by the police during last three years period (01.01.2020 to 04.12.2022) is at Annexure-I.

(c) : The Ministry is implementing a centrally sponsored scheme "Mission Vatsalya"  to support the State and UT Governments  for delivering services for Children in Need of Care  and  Protection  (CNCP)  and  Children  in  Conflict  with  Law  (CCL)   in  difficult circumstances, including for the missing children.  The Child Care Institutions (CCIs) established under the scheme support inter-alia age-appropriate education, access to vocational training, recreation, health care and counselling.

ANNEXURE - I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) AND (B) OF THE LOK  SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.524 FOR ANSWER ON 09.12.2022  ASKED BY SHRI JUAL ORAM REGARDING 'MISSING CHILDREN'

## State/UT-wise number of children Missing and Recovered by the police during last three years period i.e. 2019, 2020 and 2021

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                             | Number of Children Missing   | Number of Children Recovered   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar Islands            | 72                           | 73                             |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                       | 3058                         | 2299                           |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                    | 0                            | 0                              |
| 4         | Assam                                | 360                          | 147                            |
| 5         | Bihar                                | 1993                         | 625                            |
| 6         | Chandigarh                           | 264                          | 187                            |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                         | 8468                         | 7297                           |
| 8         | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 17                           | 10                             |
| 9         | Delhi                                | 12005                        | 8915                           |
| 10        | Goa                                  | 11                           | 2                              |
| 11        | Gujarat                              | 10268                        | 10052                          |
| 12        | Haryana                              | 1542                         | 1578                           |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                     | 334                          | 285                            |
| 14        | Jammu & Kashmir*                     | 33                           | 15                             |
| 15        | Ladakh*                              |                              |                                |
| 16        | Jharkhand                            | 6                            | 0                              |
| 17        | Karnataka                            | 13155                        | 11468                          |
| 18        | Kerala                               | 2211                         | 2174                           |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                          | 0                            | 0                              |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                       | 31678                        | 30147                          |
| 21        | Maharashtra                          | 4190                         | 8164                           |
| 22        | Manipur                              | 1                            | 0                              |
| 23        | Meghalaya                            | 183                          | 195                            |
| 24        | Mizoram                              | 0                            | 0                              |
| 25        | Nagaland                             | 0                            | 0                              |
| 26        | Odisha                               | 9705                         | 9004                           |
| 27        | Puducherry                           | 607                          | 170                            |
| 28        | Punjab                               | 507                          | 165                            |
| 29        | Rajasthan                            | 5439                         | 4721                           |
| 30        | Sikkim                               | 72                           | 62                             |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                           | 4555                         | 3553                           |
| 32        | Telangana                            | 1228                         | 440                            |
| 33        | Tripura                              | 77                           | 70                             |
| 34        | Uttrakhand                           | 990                          | 990                            |
| 35        | Uttar Pradesh                        | 4982                         | 1934                           |
| 36        | West Bengal                          | 22564                        | 20703                          |
| Total     | Total                                | 140575                       | 125445                         |

*Number of children included for both Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh

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