Lok Sabha Question No. 2949 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-17
Subject: Cases of Human Trafficking
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Chinta Anuradha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 2949

TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.03.2023

## CASES OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING

## 2949.  SHRIMATI CHINTA ANURADHA:

Will the Minister of Women and Child Development be pleased to state:

- a. the number of human trafficking cases reported during each of the last three  years, State-wise;
- b. the details of steps taken for rehabilitation to ensure the re-integration of the victims of human trafficking into society;
- c. whether the Government has formulated any schemes for the rehabilitation including upskilling and job placements of human trafficking survivors; and
- d. if so, the details thereof including the number of trafficking victims rehabilitated and re-integrated within the society, State-wise and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d) :   The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles and publishes the data on the number of cases of human trafficking in its publication 'Crime in India'. The said report is available upto the year 2021. The details of the number of human trafficking cases reported during  2019-2021,  State-wise  is  at Annexure-I and  the  details  of  number  of  victims trafficked & rescued under Human Trafficking during 2019-2021, state-wise is at AnnexureII

' Police ' and ' Public  Order ' are  State  subjects  under  the  Seventh  Schedule  to  the Constitution of India and it is  primarily the responsibility of respective State Governments and  Union  Territory  Administration  (UTs)  to  take  necessary  steps  for  preventing  and combating human trafficking.

Nevertheless, the Central Government has been supplementing the efforts of the State Governments by undertaking various initiatives and measures in this regard and has provided financial assistance under ' Nirbhaya Fund ' to all States/ UTs during the financial years 201920 and 2020-21 for strengthening the existing Anti Human Trafficking Units (AHTUS) and for establishing new AHTUs covering all districts of the States/ UTs.  In addition, the Central Government  also  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 human trafficking. The Government  also issues  advisories and guidelines from time to time  to the States / UTs on preventing and countering the crime of human trafficking.

The  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  under  'Samarthya'  sub-scheme  of ' Mission Shakti ' implements  the component of ' Shakti Sadan ' for prevention of trafficking and  rescue, rehabilitation, reintegration and  repatriation of victims of trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation across the country, in which erstwhile ' Ujjawala ' scheme  has been included. Under this component, the State Governments are responsible for identifying districts  that  need  immediate  attention  to  address  the  issue  of  trafficking,  as  well  as  for furnishing proposal to the Central Government for seeking financial support for that purpose. The  objectives  of  the  scheme  inter  alia  include  (i)  providing  rehabilitation  services,  both immediate and long-term, to the victims by providing basic amenities/ needs such as shelter, food, clothing, medical treatment including counseling, legal aid and guidance and vocational training, and (ii) facilitating reintegration of the victims into the family and society at large. Under ' Rehabilitation ' component of the scheme, grant is provided for setting up of Shakti Sadan on rent, staff, food, medical care, legal aid, education and vocational training. Under ' Reintegration ' component, grant is provided for setting up Half-Way Home, seed money and follow-up visits.

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Annexure-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UN-  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.2949  FOR  ANSWER  ON  17.03.2023  ASKED  BY SHRIMATI CHINTA ANURADHA REGARDING ' CASES OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING '

## Number of  human  trafficking  cases  reported  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  i.e. 2019, 2020 and 2021, State-wise;

| Sl. No.           | State/UT                   | 2019   |   2020 |   2021 |
|-------------------|----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1                 | Andhra Pradesh             | 245    |    171 |    168 |
| 2                 | Arunachal Pradesh          | 0      |      2 |      3 |
| 3                 | Assam                      | 201    |    124 |    203 |
| 4                 | Bihar                      | 106    |     75 |    111 |
| 5                 | Chhattisgarh               | 50     |     38 |     29 |
| 6                 | Goa                        | 38     |     17 |     15 |
| 7                 | Gujarat                    | 11     |     13 |     13 |
| 8                 | Haryana                    | 15     |     14 |     37 |
| 9                 | Himachal Pradesh           | 11     |      4 |      5 |
| 10                | Jharkhand                  | 177    |    140 |     92 |
| 11                | Karnataka                  | 32     |     13 |     13 |
| 12                | Kerala                     | 180    |    166 |    201 |
| 13                | Madhya Pradesh             | 73     |     80 |     89 |
| 14                | Maharashtra                | 282    |    184 |    320 |
| 15                | Manipur                    | 9      |      6 |      1 |
| 16                | Meghalaya                  | 22     |      1 |      1 |
| 17                | Mizoram                    | 7      |      0 |      0 |
| 18                | Nagaland                   | 3      |      0 |      0 |
| 19                | Odisha                     | 147    |    103 |    136 |
| 20                | Punjab                     | 19     |     17 |     15 |
| 21                | Rajasthan                  | 141    |    128 |    100 |
| 22                | Sikkim                     | 0      |      1 |      0 |
| 23                | Tamil Nadu                 | 16     |     11 |      3 |
| 24                | Telangana                  | 137    |    184 |    347 |
| 25                | Tripura                    | 1      |      1 |      1 |
| 26                | Uttar Pradesh              | 48     |     90 |    103 |
| 27                | Uttarakhand                | 20     |      9 |     16 |
| 28                | West Bengal                | 120    |     59 |     61 |
|                   | TOTAL STATE(S)             | 2111   |   1651 |   2083 |
| 29                | A&N Islands                | 0      |      0 |      0 |
| 30                | Chandigarh                 | 2      |      2 |      2 |
| 31                | D&N Haveli and Daman &Diu+ | 0      |      2 |      0 |
| 32                | Delhi                      | 93     |     53 |     92 |
| 33                | Jammu &Kashmir*            | 0      |      2 |      4 |
| 34                | Ladakh                     | -      |      0 |      0 |
| 35                | Lakshadweep                | 0      |      0 |      0 |
| 36                | Puducherry                 | 2      |      4 |      8 |
|                   | TOTAL UT(S)                | 97     |     63 |    106 |
| TOTAL (ALL INDIA) |                            | 2208   |   1714 |   2189 |

Annexure-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UN-STARRED  QUESTION  NO.2949  FOR  ANSWER  ON  17.03.2023  ASKED  BY SHRIMATI CHINTA ANURADHA REGARDING ' CASES OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING ' State/UT-wise Total Victims Trafficked & Rescued under Human Trafficking during 2019-2021

| SL No.   | State/UT          | 2019       | 2019   | 2020              | 2020   | 2021              | 2021    |
|----------|-------------------|------------|--------|-------------------|--------|-------------------|---------|
| SL No.   | State/UT          | Trafficked |        | RescuedTrafficked |        | RescuedTrafficked | Rescued |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 399        | 425    | 235               | 257    | 338               | 279     |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 4          | 3      | 13                | 13     | 3                 | 3       |
| 3        | Assam             | 248        | 230    | 177               | 157    | 460               | 425     |
| 4        | Bihar             | 316        | 316    | 179               | 179    | 384               | 384     |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 338        | 337    | 110               | 96     | 96                | 92      |
| 6        | Goa               | 90         | 90     | 30                | 30     | 38                | 35      |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 22         | 18     | 87                | 87     | 16                | 16      |
| 8        | Haryana           | 20         | 20     | 18                | 18     | 45                | 40      |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | 17         | 16     | 13                | 13     | 7                 | 9       |
| 10       | Jharkhand         | 239        | 163    | 301               | 278    | 250               | 247     |
| 11       | Karnataka         | 186        | 186    | 41                | 39     | 53                | 50      |
| 12       | Kerala            | 218        | 215    | 219               | 196    | 262               | 192     |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh    | 215        | 217    | 132               | 113    | 157               | 157     |
| 14       | Maharashtra       | 986        | 1020   | 512               | 557    | 918               | 890     |
| 15       | Manipur           | 189        | 188    | 10                | 9      | 4                 | 4       |
| 16       | Meghalaya         | 31         | 29     | 2                 | 2      | 2                 | 2       |
| 17       | Mizoram           | 54         | 54     | 0                 | 0      | 0                 | 0       |
| 18       | Nagaland          | 20         | 20     | 0                 | 0      | 0                 | 0       |
| 19       | Odisha            | 876        | 876    | 741               | 764    | 1475              | 1290    |
| 20       | Punjab            | 19         | 27     | 85                | 81     | 25                | 20      |
| 21       | Rajasthan         | 664        | 664    | 818               | 818    | 420               | 420     |
| 22       | Sikkim            | 2          | 2      | 3                 | 4      | 0                 | 0       |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu        | 77         | 76     | 37                | 36     | 16                | 89      |
| 24       | Telangana         | 334        | 334    | 439               | 438    | 796               | 796     |
| 25       | Tripura           | 2          | 3      | 3                 | 2      | 1                 | 1       |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh     | 137        | 137    | 180               | 174    | 121               | 121     |
| 27       | Uttarakhand       | 36         | 36     | 14                | 13     | 22                | 22      |
| 28       | West Bengal       | 159        | 94     | 71                | 75     | 84                | 97      |

|            | TOTAL STATE(S)              | 5898   | 5796   |   4470 |   4449 |   5993 |   5681 |
|------------|-----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 29         | A &NIslands                 | 0      | 0      |      2 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 30         | Chandigarh                  | 2      | 2      |      3 |      3 |      2 |      2 |
| 31         | D&N Haveli and Daman& Diu + | 0      | 0      |      2 |      2 |      0 |      0 |
| 32         | Delhi UT                    | 608    | 608    |    224 |    224 |    509 |    509 |
| 33         | Jammu &Kashmir *            | 0      | 0      |      2 |      2 |     21 |     21 |
| 34         | Ladakh                      | -      | -      |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 35         | Lakshadweep                 | 0      | 0      |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 36         | Puducherry                  | 5      | 5      |      6 |      0 |      8 |      0 |
| TOTAL      | UT(S)                       | 615    | 615    |    239 |    231 |    540 |    532 |
| TOTAL (ALL | INDIA)                      | 6513   | 6411   |   4709 |   4680 |   6533 |   6213 |

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

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