Lok Sabha Question No. 2724 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-04
Subject: Rehabilitation of Orphaned Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Haji Fazlur Rehman

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2724

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.08.2023

## REHABILITATION OF ORPHANED CHILDREN

## 2724. SHRI HAJI FAZLUR REHMAN :

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware of the increasing number of orphan children living in pitiable conditions on footpaths and various railway stations in metropolitan cities;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has conducted any survey in this regard;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the action taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to improve the condition of such children?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (d)  :  Yes.  The  Ministry  of Women and Child Development is administering the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act, 2015) (as amended 2021) which is the primary legislation for ensuring safety, security, dignity and well-being of children including Orphans. It defines standards of care and protection to secure the best interest of child. The primary responsibility of implementation of JJ Act lies with State/UTs.

All the States/UTs have been directed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in SMWP(C) No.6 of 2021 In Re. Children in Street Situations to upload the data of children who have been  identified  to  be  in  street  situations.   NCPCR  on  the  directions  of  the  Hon'ble Supreme Court in SMWP No.6/2021 in the matter In Re. Children in Street Situations, has formulated suggestions for rehabilitation of street children and sent to all States/UTs for their necessary action. An online portal Baal Swaraj has been devised to do real time monitoring of children living in street situations - Baal Swaraj Portal-CISS. The State/UTwise data of children in street situations for last two years as uploaded on Bal Swaraj Portal-CiSS is given at Annexure-I.

(e) : The  Ministry  is  implementing  a  centrally  sponsored  scheme  namely  Mission Vatsalya Scheme to support to States and UT Governments for delivering services for children  in  need  of  care  and  protection  and  Children  in  conflict  with  the  law  which provide/support for boarding & lodging; age-appropriate education; access to vocational training; recreation; health care; counselling etc. Under Mission Vatsalya Scheme, Open Shelters registered by the State Government are supported to look after children in need of care and protection including child substance abusers for the short term based on the need assessment of the district. These shelters are used for educating, counselling and imparting life skills to children in difficult circumstances, so as to keep them away from a life in the streets. Under Mission Vatsalya Scheme both institutional care through CCIs, and non-institutional care through sponsorship, foster care and after care support are being provided. State/UT-wise  data  of  beneficiaries  supported  under  non-institutional  care (sponsorship, foster care and after care) of last three years 2020-21, 2021-22 and 202223 is given at Annexure-II (A) . State/UT-wise data of Child Care Institutions supported under Mission Vatsalya and  beneficiaries  of  last  three  years  (2020-21,  2021-22  and  2022-23)  is  given

at Annexure-II (B).

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Annexure-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) TO (D) OF THE LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.2724 FOR ANSWER ON 04.08.2023 ASKED BY SHRI HAJI FAZLUR REHMAN REGARDING REHABILITATION OF ORPHANED CHILDREN

STATE/UT-WISE DATA OF CHILDREN IN STREET SITUATIONS FOR LAST TWO YEARS AS UPLOADED ON BAL SWARAJ PORTAL-CISS.

| Sl. No.   | State / UT                               |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |
|-----------|------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              |         0 |         0 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                           |       806 |        44 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                        |         0 |         0 |
| 4         | Assam                                    |       279 |        90 |
| 5         | Bihar                                    |       780 |       663 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                               |        58 |        31 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                             |       252 |        57 |
| 8         | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |        11 |         0 |
| 9         | Delhi                                    |      2012 |       495 |
| 10        | Goa                                      |        62 |        25 |
| 11        | Gujarat                                  |      1989 |         1 |
| 12        | Haryana                                  |       782 |      1596 |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                         |       108 |        20 |
| 14        | Jammu and kashmir                        |       246 |         5 |
| 15        | Jharkhand                                |        69 |         9 |
| 16        | Karnataka                                |      1237 |        58 |
| 17        | Kerala                                   |        43 |         1 |
| 18        | Ladakh                                   |        33 |         0 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                              |         0 |         0 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                           |      1432 |        19 |
| 21        | Maharashtra                              |      3841 |       269 |
| 22        | Manipur                                  |         0 |         0 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                                |         5 |         0 |
| 24        | Mizoram                                  |         0 |         0 |
| 25        | Nagaland                                 |         1 |         3 |
| 26        | Odisha                                   |       226 |        83 |
| 27        | Puducherry                               |        27 |         0 |
| 28        | Punjab                                   |       263 |        83 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                                |       611 |       192 |
| 30        | Sikkim                                   |         0 |         0 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                               |      1723 |        56 |
| 32        | Telangana                                |       811 |         0 |
| 33        | Tripura                                  |        16 |         0 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh                            |      1033 |         5 |
| 35        | Uttrakhand                               |        93 |        23 |
| 36        | West Bengal                              |       212 |        43 |
| Total:    | Total:                                   |     19061 |      3871 |

Annexure-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (E) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2724 FOR ANSWER ON 04.08.2023 ASKED BY SHRI HAJI FAZLUR REHMAN REGARDING REHABILITATION OF ORPHANED CHILDREN

- (A)  STATE/UT-WISE  DATA  OF  BENEFICIARIES  SUPPORTED  UNDER  NONINSTITUTIONAL CARE (SPONSORSHIP, FOSTERCARE  AND AFTER CARE) OF LAST THREE YEARS (2020-21, 2021-22 AND 2022-23).

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State/UT                 | No of Children of Sponsorship & Foster Care and After care   | No of Children of Sponsorship & Foster Care and After care   | No of Children of Sponsorship & Foster Care and After care   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of the State/UT                 | FY 2020-21                                                   | FY 2021-22                                                   | FY 2022-23                                                   |
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar Islands            | 52                                                           | 52                                                           | 0                                                            |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                       | 144                                                          | 144                                                          | 9,150                                                        |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                    | 318                                                          | 318                                                          | 840                                                          |
| 4         | Assam                                | 434                                                          | 434                                                          | 858                                                          |
| 5         | Bihar                                | 1,646                                                        | 1,646                                                        | 504                                                          |
| 6         | Chandigarh                           | 67                                                           | 67                                                           | 199                                                          |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                         | 1,250                                                        | 1,250                                                        | 288                                                          |
| 8         | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 156                                                          | 156                                                          | 519                                                          |
| 9         | Delhi                                | 521                                                          | 521                                                          | 980                                                          |
| 10        | Goa                                  | 13                                                           | 13                                                           | 27                                                           |
| 11        | Gujarat                              | 1,438                                                        | 1,438                                                        | 506                                                          |
| 12        | Haryana                              | 1,042                                                        | 1,042                                                        | 5,155                                                        |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                     | 563                                                          | 563                                                          | 1,347                                                        |
| 14        | Jammu & Kashmir                      | 979                                                          | 979                                                          | 1,398                                                        |
| 15        | Jharkhand                            | 1,125                                                        | 1,125                                                        | 3,086                                                        |
| 16        | Karnataka                            | 1,375                                                        | 1,375                                                        | 3,875                                                        |
| 17        | Kerala                               | 323                                                          | 323                                                          | 1,133                                                        |
| 18        | Lakshdweep                           | -                                                            | -                                                            | 0                                                            |
| 19        | Ladakh                               | -                                                            | -                                                            | 29                                                           |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                       | 2,188                                                        | 2,188                                                        | 2,377                                                        |
| 21        | Maharashtra                          | 1,688                                                        | 1,688                                                        | 9,844                                                        |
| 22        | Manipur                              | 729                                                          | 729                                                          | 1,120                                                        |
| 23        | Meghalaya                            | 490                                                          | 490                                                          | 1,028                                                        |
| 24        | Mizoram                              | 396                                                          | 396                                                          | 591                                                          |
| 25        | Nagaland                             | 521                                                          | 521                                                          | 752                                                          |
| 26        | Odisha                               | 1,375                                                        | 1,375                                                        | 1,772                                                        |
| 27        | Puducherry                           | 198                                                          | 198                                                          | 106                                                          |
| 28        | Punjab                               | 263                                                          | 263                                                          | 612                                                          |
| 29        | Rajasthan                            | 1,438                                                        | 1,438                                                        | 239                                                          |
| 30        | Sikkim                               | 188                                                          | 188                                                          | 323                                                          |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                           | 1,521                                                        | 1,521                                                        | 2,975                                                        |
| 32        | Telangana                            | 1,563                                                        | 1,563                                                        | 6,454                                                        |
| 33        | Tripura                              | 365                                                          | 365                                                          | 305                                                          |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh                        | 3,313                                                        | 3,313                                                        | 1,766                                                        |
| 35        | Uttrakhand                           | 573                                                          | 573                                                          | 847                                                          |
| 36        | West Bengal                          | 1,083                                                        | 1,083                                                        | 1,670                                                        |
| Total     | Total                                | 29,331                                                       | 29,331                                                       | 62,675                                                       |

## (B) STATE/UT-WISE DATA OF CHILD CARE INSTITUTIONS SUPPORTED UNDER MISSION  VATSALYA  AND  BENEFICIARIES  OF  LAST  THREE  YEARS  (2020-21, 2021-22 AND 2022-23)

| Sl. No.   | State                                | FY 2020-21            | FY 2020-21           | FY 2021-22            | FY 2021-22           | FY 2022-23            | FY 2022-23           |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State                                | No. of CCIs supported | No. of Beneficiaries | No. of CCIs supported | No. of Beneficiaries | No. of CCIs supported | No. of Beneficiaries |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                       | 92                    | 3012                 | 92                    | 3069                 | 84                    | 1504                 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh                    | 6                     | 195                  | 8                     | 147                  | 11                    | 206                  |
| 3         | Assam                                | 67                    | 1624                 | 64                    | 1378                 | 67                    | 1380                 |
| 4         | Bihar                                | 65                    | 1844                 | 80                    | 2372                 | 78                    | 2088                 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh                         | 87                    | 2169                 | 85                    | 2167                 | 83                    | 1974                 |
| 6         | Goa                                  | 24                    | 798                  | 23                    | 685                  | 25                    | 526                  |
| 7         | Gujarat                              | 78                    | 1946                 | 81                    | 1299                 | 78                    | 1651                 |
| 8         | Haryana                              | 52                    | 2017                 | 50                    | 1786                 | 49                    | 1239                 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh                     | 36                    | 1264                 | 37                    | 1147                 | 38                    | 805                  |
| 10        | Jammu and Kashmir                    | 14                    | 759                  | 16                    | 579                  | 39                    | 817                  |
| 11        | Jharkhand                            | 55                    | 1767                 | 50                    | 1537                 | 50                    | 1219                 |
| 12        | Karnataka                            | 153                   | 4303                 | 164                   | 3974                 | 154                   | 3182                 |
| 13        | Kerala                               | 44                    | 591                  | 41                    | 1380                 | 47                    | 697                  |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh                       | 100                   | 2976                 | 103                   | 2982                 | 104                   | 2292                 |
| 15        | Maharashtra                          | 102                   | 3716                 | 107                   | 3468                 | 112                   | 3654                 |
| 16        | Manipur                              | 80                    | 1966                 | 81                    | 1980                 | 86                    | 2121                 |
| 17        | Meghalaya                            | 52                    | 975                  | 52                    | 915                  | 54                    | 972                  |
| 18        | Mizoram                              | 50                    | 1018                 | 49                    | 776                  | 49                    | 914                  |
| 19        | Nagaland                             | 44                    | 770                  | 43                    | 597                  | 44                    | 493                  |
| 20        | Orissa                               | 133                   | 7392                 | 130                   | 7077                 | 140                   | 4153                 |
| 21        | Punjab                               | 25                    | 681                  | 25                    | 685                  | 27                    | 607                  |
| 22        | Rajasthan                            | 146                   | 5130                 | 159                   | 3670                 | 156                   | 2560                 |
| 23        | Sikkim                               | 22                    | 519                  | 22                    | 534                  | 23                    | 526                  |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu                           | 229                   | 13819                | 225                   | 13877                | 221                   | 7785                 |
| 25        | Tripura                              | 34                    | 832                  | 33                    | 875                  | 34                    | 829                  |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh                        | 120                   | 4965                 | 104                   | 4722                 | 100                   | 3238                 |
| 27        | Uttarakhand                          | 32                    | 511                  | 32                    | 457                  | 33                    | 700                  |
| 28        | West Bengal                          | 132                   | 5257                 | 137                   | 6494                 | 164                   | 6220                 |
| 29        | Telangana                            | 51                    | 1626                 | 56                    | 2822                 | 62                    | 1129                 |
| 30        | Andaman & Nicobar                    | 11                    | 360                  | 12                    | 301                  | 10                    | 308                  |
| 31        | Chandigarh                           | 8                     | 297                  | 8                     | 153                  | 8                     | 202                  |
| 32        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 3                     | 60                   | 4                     | 5                    | 4                     | 28                   |
| 33        | Ladakh                               | 0                     | 0                    | 0                     | 0                    | 1                     | 25                   |
| 34        | Lakshadweep                          | 0                     | 0                    | 1                     | 0                    | 1                     | 0                    |
| 35        | Delhi                                | 40                    | 1500                 | 42                    | 1835                 | 39                    | 1206                 |
| 36        | Puducherry                           | 28                    | 956                  | 29                    | 373                  | 30                    | 690                  |
|           | Total                                | 2215                  | 77615                | 2245                  | 76118                | 2305                  | 57940                |

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