Lok Sabha Question No. 937 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-25
Subject: Mission Vatsalya Scheme
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Navaskani K, Shri Selvam G, Shri Haribhai Patel, Shri C N Annadurai

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 937

TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2025

## MISSION VATSALYA SCHEME

937. SHRI SELVAM G:

SHRI C N ANNADURAI:

SHRI NAVASKANI K:

SHRI HARIBHAI PATEL:

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

- (a) whether the Government is implementing the Mission Vatsalya Scheme for the welfare and rehabilitation of children in difficult circumstances across the country including Tamil Nadu;
- (b) if so, the objectives/key components of the Mission Vatsalya Scheme indicating the manner  in  which  it  aligns  with  the  vision  of  ensuring  child  protection,  care  and development;
- (c) whether any strategy/ roadmap has been formulated to give priority to child protection under Mission Vatsalya, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the details of the financial assistance allocated/released to the said State under the said scheme during the last three years and the current year;
- (e) the number of children benefited under the scheme in the said State, district-wise, during the said period; and
- (f) the number and types of Child Care Institutions and Specialized Adoption Agencies supported under Mission Vatsalya in the said State?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SAVITRI THAKUR)

- (a)  to  (c)  :  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  is  implementing  a  Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely 'Mission Vatsalya' in all States/ UTs including Tamil Nadu on

predefined cost sharing basis between the Central and the State Governments to deliver various services for children in difficult circumstances which include institutional care and non-institutional care services.

The objective of Mission Vatsalya is to ensure that the best interests of children are always taken care of while designing the projects/ programmes. It includes establishing essential services,  emergency  outreach  services  for  children  and  include  strengthening  of institutional and non-institutional care services.

Mission  Vatsalya  Scheme  provides  for  setting  up  of  statutory  and  service  delivery structures  at  State  and  District  level  for  achieving  goals  for  children  living  in  difficult conditions.  Under  Mission  Vatsalya  Scheme,  namely  State  Child  Protection  Society (SCPS) and State Adoption Resource Agency (SARA) are set up in every States/ UTs and Child Welfare Committee, Juvenile Justice Board and District Child Protection Unit in the districts.

The  Child  Care  Institutions  (CCIs)  established  under  the  Mission  Vatsalya  scheme support, inter-alia, age-appropriate education, access to vocational training, recreation, health care, counselling etc. Support under non-institutional care is provided by way of sponsorship, foster care and after care to children in need of care and protection.

Mission Vatsalya Scheme is a roadmap to achieve priorities of child development and child protection aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals. It lays emphasis on child rights, advocacy and awareness along with strengthening of the juvenile justice care and protection system.

(d) : The details of funds released under Mission Vatsalya Scheme during the last three years and current year to the State of Tamil Nadu are as follows :

|       |   2022-232023-242024-25 |        |   2025-26 (As on 17.07.2025) |
|-------|-------------------------|--------|------------------------------|
| 51.03 |                   128.7 | 122.82 |                            0 |

(Rs. in Crore)

(e) : Number of children supported under Mission Vatsalya scheme for the State of Tamil Nadu under Institutional and Non-Institutional Care services during last three years is as follows :

| Children supported under Institutional Care   | Children supported under Institutional Care   | Children supported under Institutional Care   | Children supported under Non-Institutional Care (Sponsorship/Foster Care/ After Care)   | Children supported under Non-Institutional Care (Sponsorship/Foster Care/ After Care)   | Children supported under Non-Institutional Care (Sponsorship/Foster Care/ After Care)   |
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2022-23                                       | 2023-24                                       | 2024-25                                       | 2022-23                                                                                 | 2023-24                                                                                 | 2024-25                                                                                 |
| 7785                                          | 10118                                         | 12438                                         | 2975                                                                                    | 5411                                                                                    | 8116                                                                                    |

(As on 31.03.2025)

District-wise number of children is not maintained centrally. (f)  :  Number  and  types  of  Child  Care  Institutions  (CCIs)  and  Specialized  Adoption

Agencies (SAAs) in State of Tamil Nadu supported under Mission Vatsalya are as follows:

|   Children Home |   Open Shelter |   Specialised Adoption Agency |   Observation Home |   Special Home |   Observation Home-cum- Special Home |   Place of Safety |
|-----------------|----------------|-------------------------------|--------------------|----------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------|
|             266 |             11 |                            19 |                 11 |              4 |                                    0 |                 2 |

(As on 31.03.2025)

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