Lok Sabha Question No. 1479 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-28
Subject: Rehabilitation of Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Vishnu Dutt Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1479

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.07.2023

## REHABILITATION OF CHILDREN

## 1479. SHRI VISHNU DATT SHARMA:

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

- (a) whether the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has been looking after the interests of children of sex workers, rag pickers and street beggars, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether efforts are being made for their education, proper care, safe environment, mental health, rehabilitation and for their better future, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the total number of such affected children in the country in general and in the Madhya Pradesh in particular and the number of them who have been rehabilitated during the last five years?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) : As informed by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), NCPCR has  formulated  a  Standard  Operating  Procedure, i.e. SOP  2.0  for  Care  and Protection of Children in Street Situations in order to protect the interests of the children of rag pickers and street beggars. NCPCR has also held Consultative meetings in Delhi and Mumbai  with  various  stakeholders  on  Elimination  of  Rag  picking  by  children  and  their rehabilitation focusing upon not just rehabilitation of children but also on strengthening their families. NCPCR has also conducted a pan India Research Study on Educational status of Children of Traditional Sex Workers of India.

Further,  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  is  implementing  Centrally Sponsored  Scheme  'Mission  Vatsalya'  (erstwhile  Child  Protection  Services  Scheme), through the State/ UT Governments on cost sharing basis between the Central and the State  Governments  for  delivering  services  for  children  in  difficult  circumstances  which include  institutional  care  and  non-institutional  care  services.  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. Under Mission Vatsalya Scheme, Open Shelters registered are supported to look after runaway children, missing children, trafficked children, working children, children in street situation, child beggars, and child substance abusers, children of sex worker, children affected by any  natural  disaster,  children  living  in  unauthorized  areas/slums,  children  of  migrant population,  children  of  socially  marginalized  groups,  and  any  other  vulnerable  group  of children  for  the  short  term  based  on  the  need  assessment  of  the  district.  These  open shelters keep children away from a life in the streets. State-wise and year-wise number of children who  have been rehabilitated  in Open  Shelters including  Madhya  Pradesh  under Mission Vatsalya Scheme during the last five years are at Annexure-I.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) TO (C) OF THE LOK SABHA UN-STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1479  FOR  ANSWER  ON  28.07.2023  BY  SHRI VISHNU DATT SHARMA REGARDING REHABILITATION OF CHILDREN

STATE-WISE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WHO ARE IN OPEN SHELTER UNDER MISSION  VATSALYA  SCHEME  (ERSTWHILE  CHILD  PROTECTION  SERVICES SCHEME) FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS

| S. No.   | State                                |   2018- 19 |   2019- 20 | 2020- 21   | 2021- 22   |   2022- 23 |
|----------|--------------------------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                       |        342 |        262 | 145        | 125        |        137 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh                    |          0 |          0 | 0          | 0          |          0 |
| 3        | Assam                                |         51 |        104 | 82         | 53         |         91 |
| 4        | Bihar                                |        134 |          0 | 0          | 0          |          0 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                         |        117 |        127 | 79         | 79         |         60 |
| 6        | Goa                                  |        378 |        225 | 225        | 204        |        113 |
| 7        | Gujarat                              |          0 |         60 | 55         | 31         |         31 |
| 8        | Haryana                              |        614 |        425 | 414        | 300        |        206 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh                     |         38 |         91 | 48         | 32         |         36 |
| 10       | Jammu and Kashmir                    |          0 |          0 | 0          | 0          |          0 |
| 11       | Jharkhand                            |        141 |        125 | 83         | 25         |         32 |
| 12       | Karnataka                            |       1153 |       1084 | 912        | 361        |        490 |
| 13       | Kerala                               |        100 |        100 | 74         | 75         |         46 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh                       |        348 |        374 | 340        | 440        |        335 |
| 15       | Maharashtra                          |         86 |         50 | 175        | 391        |        150 |
| 16       | Manipur                              |        296 |        355 | 333        | 317        |        362 |
| 17       | Meghalaya                            |        159 |        150 | 160        | 90         |        100 |
| 18       | Mizoram                              |          0 |          0 | 0          | 0          |          0 |
| 19       | Nagaland                             |         35 |         60 | 113        | 30         |         27 |
| 20       | Orissa                               |        244 |        300 | 296        | 221        |        186 |
| 21       | Punjab                               |          0 |          0 | 0          | 0          |          0 |
| 22       | Rajasthan                            |        401 |        331 | 384        | 331        |        321 |
| 23       | Sikkim                               |         60 |         64 | 50         | 51         |         80 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu                           |        264 |        275 | 144        | 275        |        119 |
| 25       | Tripura                              |         58 |         75 | 58         | 56         |         69 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh                        |        500 |        517 | 487        | 318        |        272 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand                          |         50 |         75 | 124        | 29         |         47 |
| 28       | West Bengal                          |       1326 |       1226 | 925        | 950        |        950 |
| 29       | Telangana                            |          0 |          0 | 0          | 0          |        100 |
| 30       | Andaman & Nicobar                    |          0 |          0 | 0          | 0          |          0 |
| 31       | Chandigarh                           |          0 |          0 | 0          | 0          |          0 |
| 32       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |          0 |         25 | 25         | 0          |         13 |
| 33       | Ladakh                               |          0 |          0 |            |            |          0 |
| 34       | Lakshadweep                          |          0 |          0 |            | 0          |          0 |
| 35       | Delhi                                |        380 |        313 | 254        | 250        |        179 |
| 36       | Puducherry                           |         42 |          9 | 15         | 14         |         25 |
|          | Total                                |       7317 |       6802 | 6000       | 5048       |       4577 |

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