Lok Sabha Question No. 4076 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-24
Subject: Exploitation of Minor Maid
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Suresh Kodikunnil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4076

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2023

## EXPLOITATION OF MINOR MAID

## 4076.  SHRI KODIKUNNIL SURESH:

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

- (a) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  prevent  exploitation  and  abuse  of children as maids and further prevent the practice of using under-aged girls as domestic helps;
- (b) whether reports of violence against girls employed illegally as maids have been brought to the notice of the Ministry;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details of assaults and exploitation against girls kept illegally as domestic helps in the country during the last three years and current year?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): As per the information received from Ministry of Labour and Employment, the Government having given consideration of various aspects of the problems of child labour, enacted the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, which was amended in 2016. The amended Act is now called the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and  Regulation)  Act,  1986  which  inter-alia  provides  for  complete prohibition of work or employment of children below 14 years in any occupation and process and adolescents in the age group of 14 to 18 years in hazardous occupations and processes. The Act also provides for stricter punishment of employers for violation of the Act and made the offence as cognizable. Also, 'domestic workers or servants have been included in the Schedule  - Part B, of the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition  and  Regulation)  Act,  1986,  wherein  children  are  prohibited  to  help  in domestic work.

Further, the Government of India has enacted the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 to provide safeguards for children against sexual abuse. The Act defines a child as any person below the age of 18 years. The POCSO Act, 2012 provides for establishment of Special Courts for the purpose of ensuring speedy trial. The Act was amended in 2019 to introduce more stringent punishment including death penalty for committing sexual crimes on children, with a view to deter the perpetrators & prevent such crimes against children.

As  per  information  received,  National  Commission  for  Protection  of  Child  Rights (NCPCR) has taken following steps:

- i. All  the  complaints  received  by  the  Commission  are  redressed  through  the District  and  State  authorities,  as  per  the  provisions  of  CLPRA  Act,  1986. Further, in regard to the same the Commission also takes cognizance either suo-moto or on receipt of the complaints, which are in violation of the Schedule, Part A Occupation- clause 14, w.r.t. Section 3A of the CLPRA Act.
- ii. Further,  the  Commission  has  taken  cognizance  on  the  illegal  Placement Agencies involved in trafficking of children in various parts of the country and issued a letter to Chief Secretaries of all the States/UTs to take initiative to bring law for monitoring of placement agencies so that the trafficked children could be protected from violation in the country.
- iii. NCPCR issued another letter to Deputy Commissioners of Police of all districts of Delhi for submitting list of Placement Agencies operating in their jurisdiction along with details of RWAs where  the possibility of engagement of minors in jobs such as maid/ domestic help in homes and offices cannot be ruled out, attracting  the  provisions  of  juvenile  justice  Act  2015  and  the  Child  and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986.
- iv. The Commission has also developed an SOP for Rescue and Post Rescue of child labour.

(d): As per the information provided by National Crime Records Bureau, State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR), Cases Chargesheeted (CCS), Cases Convicted (CON), Male Victims (MV), Female Victims (FV), Transgender Victims (TRV), Total Victims (TV), Persons  Arrested  (PAR),  Persons  Chargesheeted  (PCS)  and  Persons  Convicted (PCV)  under  Child  Labour  (Prohibition  &  Regulation)  Act  during  2019-2021  is  at Annexure-I.

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Annexure-I State/UT-wise  Cases  Registered(CR),  Cases  Chargesheeted(CCS),  Cases  Convicted(CON),  Male  Victims(MV),  Female  Victims  (FV), Transgender Victims (TRV), Total Victims (TV), Persons Arrested(PAR), Persons Chargesheeted(PCS) and Persons Convicted(PCV) under Child

Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act during 2019-2021

| S  L  State  /UT  2019  2020  2021  C  R  C  C  S  C  O  N  M  V  FV  TR  V  TV  PA  R  PC  S  PC  V  CR  CC  S  CO  N  MV  FV  TR  V  TV  PA  R  PC  S  PC  V  CR  CC  S  CO  N  M  V  FV  TR  V  TV  PA  R  PCS  P  C  V  1  Andhr  a  Prade  sh  2  0  0  2  1  0  3  5  0  0  37  11  0  33  4  0  37  22  25  0  12  20  0  12  0  0  12  13  24  0  2  Aruna  chal  Prade  sh  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  1  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  3  Assa  m  6  8  3  7  0  61  8  0  69  54  40  0  40  17  0  38  9  0  47  32  21  0  78  36  1  81  29  0  11  0  76  42  1  4  Bihar  1  5  1  3  2  15  0  0  15  14  14  2  3  1  0  3  0  0  3  1  1  0  14  9  0  30  0  0  30  10  11  0  5  Chhat  tisgar  h  2  2  0  1  1  0  2  3  3  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  3  6  Goa  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  7  Gujar  at  6  4  6  3  4  95  11  0  10  6  72  76  4  39  38  1  104  0  0  10  4  52  53  1  40  41  3  81  3  0  84  44  48  4  8  Harya  na  1  1  5  1  23  4  0  27  8  8  1  1  0  0  2  0  0  2  0  0  0  12  5  0  12  0  0  12  5  5  0  9  Hima  chal  Prade  sh  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  2  0  0  2  2  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  Jhark  hand  1  8  8  6  13  5  0  18  8  8  6  27  17  12  19  16  0  35  25  20  12  5  2  0  4  1  0  5  1  2  0  1  1  Karna  taka  8  3  5  8  8  86  27  0  11  3  75  74  8  54  48  8  62  12  0  74  50  59  8  58  83  20  74  14  0  88  95  95  2  0  1  2  Keral  a  2  3  0  5  1  0  6  2  3  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  3  3  0  3  0  0  3  5  5  0  1  3  Madh  ya  Prade  sh  4  4  1  4  0  0  4  8  8  1  1  1  0  1  0  0  1  5  5  0  5  3  2  5  0  0  5  1  3  2   |
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| 1 5 pur       | Mani 0               | 0     | 0         | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0  | 0         | 0   | 0    |   0 | 0 0    | 0    |         | 0    | 0      | 0    | 0  | 0    | 0         | 0 0    | 0    | 0       |       | 0 0       |
| 1 6           | Megh alaya           | 2 0   | 0         | 0      | 2      | 0   | 2      | 0      | 0      | 0    | 0 0       | 0   | 0    |   0 | 0 0    | 0    |         | 0    | 0      | 0    | 0  | 0    | 0         | 0      | 0 0  | 0       |       | 0 0       |
| 1 7           | Mizor am             | 0 0   | 0         | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0    | 0 0       | 0   | 0    |   0 | 0 0    | 0    | 0       | 0    | 0      |      | 0  | 0    | 0         | 0 0    | 0    | 0       |       | 0 0       |
| 1 8 Nagal and | 0                    | 0     | 0         | 0      | 0 0    |     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0    | 0 0       | 0   | 0    |   0 | 0      | 0 0  |         |      | 0 0    | 0    | 0  | 0    | 0         | 0      | 0 0  | 0       |       | 0 0       |
| 1 9           | Odish a              | 0 0   | 0         | 0      | 0 0    | 0   |        | 0      | 0      | 0    | 0 0       | 0   | 0    |   0 | 0 0    | 0    | 0       | 0    | 6      | 3    |    | 0    | 1         | 8      | 0 9  | 0       |       | 4 0       |
| 2 0 b         | Punja                | 8 6   | 2         | 8      | 0 0    |     | 8      | 7      | 6      | 2    | 11        | 7   | 2 44 |  14 | 0 58   | 9    |         | 7    | 2 8    |      | 4  | 0    | 11        | 0      | 0    | 11 7    | 4     | 0         |
| 2 1           | Rajast han           | 4 8   | 4 8 1 3   | 54     | 1 0    |     | 55     | 52     | 51     | 15   | 30 26     | 5   | 33   |   0 | 0 33   | 23   |         | 28   | 10     | 19   | 20 | 9    | 19        | 0      | 0    | 19 23   | 21    | 1 0       |
| 2 2           | Sikki                | 0     | 0 0       | 0      | 0 0    |     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0  | 0         |     | 0 0  |   0 | 0      | 0 0  |         | 0    | 0      | 0    | 0  |      | 0 0       | 0 0    | 0    | 0       |       | 0 0       |
| 2 3           | m Tamil Nadu         | 3     | 1 1       | 5      | 2 0    |     | 7      | 3      | 2      | 2    | 2 0       | 0   | 3    |   0 | 0 3    | 2    | 0       | 0    |        | 26   | 8  | 0    | 32        | 0      | 0    | 32 19   |       | 8 0       |
| 2 4           | Telan gana           | 3 1 4 | 3 2 3 3 2 | 42 8   | 31 0   |     | 45 9   | 49     | 38 3   | 36   | 14 7 16 4 | 50  | 152  |  36 | 0 18 8 | 71   |         | 19 1 | 55     | 224  | 23 | 2    | 11 3 24 6 | 59     | 0    | 30 5 58 | 258   | 1 2 8     |
| 2 5           | Tripur a             | 0     | 0 0       | 0      | 0 0    |     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0    | 1 1       | 0   | 1    |   0 | 0      | 1    | 1       | 1    | 0      | 0    | 0  |      | 1         | 0 0    | 0    | 0       | 0     | 0 1       |
| 2 6           | Uttar Prade sh       | 9     | 6 0       | 9      | 0 0    |     | 9      | 9      | 6      | 0    | 1 1       | 1   | 1    |   0 | 0      | 1 0  |         | 1    | 1      | 1    | 1  |      | 0         | 17 0   | 0    | 17 2    |       | 2 0       |
| 2 7           | Uttar akhan d        | 2 7   | 1 8 0     | 23     | 6 0    |     | 29     | 18     | 26     | 0    | 41 29     | 0   | 40   |   1 | 0 41   | 19   |         | 45   | 0 25   | 19   |    | 0    | 23        | 2      | 0 25 | 1       |       | 36 0      |
| 2 l           | West Benga           | 7     | 6 0       | 5      | 2 0    |     | 7      | 7      | 6      | 0    | 3 4       | 0   | 4    |   1 | 0 5    | 2    | 4       | 0    | 2      | 3    |    | 0    | 1         | 1      | 0    | 2 4     |       | 3 0       |
| 8 L           | TOTA STAT E(S) 7 4 0 |       | 6 6 6 7 1 | 94 0   | 10 4 0 | 44  | 10     | 51 0   | 79 7   | 79   | 46 9 40 7 | 80  | 577  |  96 | 0      | 67 3 | 36 9    | 51 6 | 90 595 | 56 3 |    |      | 15 1 73 1 | 12 2 0 | 85 3 | 44      | 5 656 | 1 6 9     |
| 2 9           | A&N Island s         | 0     | 0 0       | 0      | 0 0    | 0   |        | 0      | 0      | 0    | 0 0       | 0   | 0    |   0 | 0 0    | 0    | 0       | 0    | 0      | 0    |    | 0    |           | 0 0    | 0    | 0       | 0     | 0 0       |
|               | Chan digar           | 0     | 0         | 0      | 0      |     | 0      | 0      |        | 0    |           | 0   |      |   0 | 0 2    | 0    |         | 0    | 0      | 0    |    | 0    | 38        | 0      |      |         | 0     | 0         |
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| 3 1   | D&N Haveli and Dama n& Diu+   | 2     | 0         | 0        | 7 0   | 0   | 7     | 0    | 0    | 0   | 0    | 1    | 0 0    | 0   | 0    | 0         | 0 2   | 0    |   0 |      | 0    | 0    | 0      | 0    | 0    | 0     | 0 0 0   |
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| 3 2   | Delhi                         | 3 0   | 2 2 1 7   | 13 4     | 32    | 0   | 16 6  | 23   | 25   | 18  | 6    | 18   | 0 28   | 2   | 0 30 | 21        | 24    | 0    |  11 | 13   | 0    | 86 3 |        | 0 89 | 25   |       | 14 0    |
| 3 3   | Jamm u& Kash mir*             | 0     | 0 0       | 0        | 0     | 0   | 0     | 0    | 0    | 0   | 0    | 0    | 0      | 0 0 | 0    | 0 0       | 0     | 0    |   0 | 0    |      | 0    | 0 0    | 0    | 0    | 0     | 0 0     |
| 3 4   | Ladak h                       | -     | - -       | -        | -     | -   | -     | -    | -    | -   | 0    | 0    | 0      | 0 0 | 0    | 0 0       | 0     | 0    |   0 | 0    | 0    |      | 0 0    | 0    | 0    | 0     | 0 0     |
| 3 5   | Laksh adwe ep                 | 0     | 0 0       | 0        | 0 0   |     | 0     | 0    | 0    | 0   | 0    | 0    | 0      | 0   | 0 0  | 0         | 0     | 0 0  |   0 | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0      | 0    | 0    | 0     | 0 0     |
| 3 6   | Puduc herry                   | 0     | 0 0       | 0        | 0     | 0   | 0     | 0    | 0    | 0   | 0    | 0    | 0      | 0   | 0 0  | 0         | 0 0   | 0    |   0 | 0    | 0    | 0    | 0      | 0    | 0    | 0     | 0 0     |
|       | TOTA L UT(S)                  | 3 2   | 2 2 1 7   | 14 1     | 32    | 0   | 17 3  | 23   | 25   | 18  | 7    | 19   | 0 30   | 2   | 0    | 32 21     | 26    | 0    |  18 | 13   | 0    | 12 4 | 5      | 0    | 12 9 | 26    | 14 0    |
|       | TOTA L (ALL INDIA )           | 7 7 2 | 6 8 8 8 8 | 10 81 13 | 6 0   |     | 12 17 | 53 3 | 82 2 | 97  | 47 6 | 42 6 | 80 607 | 98  | 0    | 70 5 39 0 | 54    | 2 90 | 613 | 57 6 | 15 1 | 85 5 | 12 7 0 | 98 2 | 47   | 1 670 | 1 6 9   |