Lok Sabha Question No. 4646 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-28
Subject: Child Marriage
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Smt. Mala Roy, Shri Anto Antony

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN- STARRED QUESTION NO. 4646

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2025

## CHILD MARRIAGE

## 4646:  SMT. MALA ROY: SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

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

- (a) the details of the FIRs registered under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 during the last five years, State-wise along with the percentage of convictions thereunder;
- (b) the details of fund allocation for the Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat Campaign within the Ministry's budget for FY 2025-26;
- (c) the details of the cases of child marriage reported through the Child Marriage Free Bharat Portal till date along with the action being taken in response to these reported cases; and
- (d) the current staff strength of Child Marriage Prohibition Officers across the country along with the vacancies therein, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a): The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles and publishes the data on the number of cases of child marriage registered under The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA), 2006 in its publication 'Crime in India'. The said report is available upto the year 2022 - Crime Head-Wise and State/  UT-wise. As per information available with NCRB, the number of cases registered under PCMA during  the  years  2018,  2019,  2020,  2021  and  2022  are  501,  523,  785,  1050  and  1002 respectively. The percentage of convictions under PCMA during the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 are 23.8, 12.0, 16.7, 9.7 and 11.0 percent respectively. The State-wise details of child marriage  cases  registered  under  PCMA during the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 is at Annexure I .

'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. The  responsibility  to  maintain  law  and  order,  protection  of  life  and  property  of  the  citizens, investigation and prosecution of crime against women and children including prohibition of child marriages, rests with the respective State Governments and UT Administrations; they are competent to deal with such offenses/ criminal acts.

(b) and (c): 'Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat' campaign launched on 27th November 2024 by the Government focuses on making the country child marriage free. It is one of the most important imperatives to promote education, skilling, enterprise and entrepreneurship among girls and women to realise the vision of a 'Viksit Bharat' through 'whole of government' and 'whole of society' approach. Funding support to States and UTs for 'Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat' campaign/ IEC is already available under the 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP)' and 'Hub for Empowerment of Women (HEW)' components of Mission Shakti.  As per data available as on 24.03.2025, there are a total of 21 complaints registered on the portal. In respect of 3 cases reported on the portal, appropriate action has already been taken.

(d):  The  Child  Marriage  Prohibition  Officers  (CMPOs)  function  under  the  direct  administrative control  and  supervision  of  respective  State  Governments  and  UT  Administrations.  As  such, implementation of the provisions of the Act lies with them. The data of CMPOs of respective States and UTs as reported is  at Annexure II .  The  data  of  CMPOs  as  per  the  Bal  Vivah  Mukt  Bharat Portal  updated by States/ UTs as on 24.03.2025 is at Annexure III .

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4646 FOR ANSWER ON 28.03.2025 ASKED BY SMT. MALA ROY AND SHRI ANTO ANTONY 'CHILD MARRIAGE'

The State-wise details of child marriage cases registered under PCMA, 2006 during the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.

| SL State/UT            |   2018 |   2019 |   2020 |   2021 |   2022 |
|------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1 Andhra Pradesh       |     14 |      4 |     32 |     19 |     26 |
| 2 Arunachal Pradesh    |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 3 Assam                |     88 |    115 |    138 |    155 |    163 |
| 4 Bihar                |     35 |      8 |      5 |     11 |     13 |
| 5 Chhattisgarh         |      2 |      0 |      1 |      0 |      0 |
| 6 Goa                  |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 7 Gujarat              |      8 |     20 |     15 |     12 |      9 |
| 8 Haryana              |     21 |     20 |     33 |     33 |     37 |
| 9 Himachal Pradesh     |      9 |      4 |      5 |      5 |      4 |
| 10 Jharkhand           |      7 |      3 |      3 |      4 |      5 |
| 11 Karnataka           |     73 |    111 |    184 |    273 |    215 |
| 12 Kerala              |     18 |      7 |      8 |     12 |      6 |
| 13 Madhya Pradesh      |      3 |      4 |      5 |      4 |      7 |
| 14 Maharashtra         |     13 |     20 |     50 |     82 |     99 |
| 15 Manipur             |      0 |      0 |      0 |      2 |      1 |
| 16 Meghalaya           |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 17 Mizoram             |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 18 Nagaland            |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 19 Odisha              |     22 |     22 |     24 |     64 |     46 |
| 20 Punjab              |      6 |      6 |     13 |      8 |      4 |
| 21 Rajasthan           |     11 |     19 |      3 |     11 |     10 |
| 22 Sikkim              |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 23 Tamil Nadu          |     67 |     46 |     77 |    169 |    155 |
| 24 Telangana           |     24 |     35 |     60 |     57 |     53 |
| 25 Tripura             |      1 |      0 |      4 |      1 |      2 |
| 26 Uttar Pradesh       |      4 |      4 |     12 |      6 |     17 |
| 27 Uttarakhand         |      2 |      2 |      9 |     12 |      6 |
| 28 West Bengal         |     70 |     68 |     98 |    105 |    121 |
| TOTAL STATE(S)         |    498 |    518 |    779 |   1045 |    999 |
| 29A&N Islands          |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 30 Chandigarh          |      2 |      1 |      1 |      0 |      0 |
| 31D&N Haveli and Daman |      0 |      1 |      0 |      0 |      0 |

| 32 Delhi           | 1   | 2   |   4 |    2 |    1 |
|--------------------|-----|-----|-----|------|------|
| 33 Jammu &Kashmir* | 0   | 1   |   1 |    2 |    2 |
| 34 Ladakh          |     |     |   0 |    0 |    0 |
| 35 Lakshadweep     | 0   | 0   |   0 |    0 |    0 |
| 36 Puducherry      | 0   | 0   |   0 |    1 |    0 |
| TOTAL UT(S)        | 3   | 5   |   6 |    5 |    3 |
| TOTAL (ALL INDIA)  | 501 | 523 | 785 | 1050 | 1002 |

Source: Crime in India

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4646 FOR ANSWER ON 28.03.2025 ASKED BY SMT. MALA ROY AND SHRI ANTO ANTONY 'CHILD MARRIAGE'

## Number  of  Child  Marriage  Prohibition  Officers  (CMPOs)  (as  per  the  latest  information available with the Ministry)

|   S. No. | State/UT                             |   No of Districts |   No. of CMPOs at Present | Level upto which CMPOs are Designated                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|----------|--------------------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands            |                 3 |                        06 | 5 Child Development Project Officers and 1 Superintendent                                                                                                                                                                  |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh                       |                26 |                     16590 | Designated from Village/ Ward level to District levels, District Magistrate at district level.                                                                                                                             |
|        3 | Assam                                |                35 |                      2002 | District Child Protection Officers (DCPO) designated as CMPOs at District Level, Gram Panchayat Secretaries designated as CMPOsin Panchayat Level and Lot Mandals under VCDC are designated as CMPO in Six Schedule Areas. |
|        4 | Bihar                                |                38 |                       101 | Sub-Division                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|        5 | Chandigarh                           |                 1 |                         3 | Sub-Divisional Magistrate                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh                         |                33 |                       259 | District/ ICDS Project (Block)                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|        7 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |                 3 |                         4 | Mamlatdar/ Executive Magistrate                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|        8 | Delhi                                |                11 |                        33 | SDM                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|        9 | Gujrat                               |                33 |                        33 | Gazetted Officer Class II                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|       10 | Haryana                              |                22 |                        22 | District level                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|       11 | Himachal Pradesh                     |                12 |                        78 | Block Level                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|       12 | Jharkhand                            |                24 |                      6833 | Gram Panchayat level (Panchayat Sachiv)                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|       13 | Karnataka                            |                31 |                     58522 | Gram Panchayat                                                                                                                                                                                                             |

|   14. | Ladakh - UT    |   2 | 13    | Child development Project Officers Sub- Divisional Officers                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|-------|----------------|-----|-------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    15 | Madhya Pradesh |  52 | 1104  | District Collectors; Chief Executive Officers, District Panchayat; Sub Divisional Officer, Revenue (SDM). Chief Executive officer, Janpad Panchayat; Project officers, women, and child Development                                         |
|    16 | Maharashtra    |  36 | 25562 | Upto Gram Panchayat Level                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|    17 | Meghalaya      |  12 | 12    | Deputy Commissioner                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|    18 | Mizoram        |  11 | *     | All District Probation Officers (DPOs) and Child Development Project Officers (CDPOs) upto Block level                                                                                                                                      |
|    19 | Nagaland       |  16 | 11    | District level - District Child Protection Officers                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|    20 | Odisha         |  30 | *     | All Panchayat Executive Officers (PEOs) of Gram Panchayats, Wardens/ Matrons of Residential Hostels under the ST & SC Development, Minorities &Backward Classes Welfare Department and School & Mass Education Department                   |
|    21 | Puducherry     |   4 | 4     | District Level                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|    22 | Punjab         |  23 | 102   | All the Sub-Division Magistrate designated as CMPOs                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|    23 | Rajasthan      |  33 | 1378  | All Sub- divisional Magistrates, Tehsildar, Deputy Director and Assistant Director of WCD Department, District Probation officer, Assistant Director (DCPU), Child Development project Officers, Social Security officers upto Block level. |
|    24 | Tamil Nadu     |  38 | 39    | District Level                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|    25 | Telangana      |  33 | 13759 | Upto village level                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|    26 | Tripura        |   8 | 23    | SDM                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|    27 | Uttar Pradesh  |  75 | 75    | District Level                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|    28 | Uttarakhand    |  13 | 715   | DPOs                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |

29.

West Bengal

23

* Number of CMPOs not confirmed.

23

District Social Welfare Officers

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Number of Child Marriage Prohibition Officers (CMPOs) (updated on Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat Portal  by States/ UTs as on 24.03.2025)

| State Name                                 | StateCMPO   | District CMPO   | Block CMPO   | Gram-Panchayat/ Ward CMPO   |
|--------------------------------------------|-------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------------------|
| HIMACHAL                                   |             |                 |              |                             |
| PRADESH                                    | 1           | 12              | 5            | 0                           |
| HARYANA                                    | 1           | 23              | 0            | 0                           |
| DELHI                                      | 1           | 12              | 1            | 1                           |
| JHARKHAND                                  | 1           | 27              | 20           | 0                           |
| GUJARAT                                    | 1           | 33              | 0            | 0                           |
| KARNATAKA                                  | 1           | 35              | 2            | 2                           |
| GOA                                        | 1           | 2               | 0            | 0                           |
| KERALA                                     | 1           | 14              | 7            | 0                           |
| THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELIAND DAMANAND DIU | 1           | 3               | 0            | 0                           |
| CHANDIGARH                                 | 1           | 1               | 0            | 0                           |
| BIHAR                                      | 1           | 39              | 16           | 0                           |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH                          | 1           | 30              | 3            | 0                           |
| ASSAM                                      | 1           | 35              | 0            | 0                           |
| CHHATTISGARH                               | 1           | 33              | 0            | 0                           |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                             | 1           | 36              | 246          | 80                          |
| ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS                | 1           | 3               | 0            | 0                           |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR                          | 1           | 20              | 0            | 0                           |
| LADAKH                                     | 1           | 2               | 0            | 0                           |
| LAKSHADWEEP                                | 1           | 1               | 0            | 0                           |
| MADHYA PRADESH                             | 1           | 63              | 50           | 0                           |
| MAHARASHTRA                                | 1           | 36              | 0            | 0                           |
| MANIPUR                                    | 1           | 16              | 0            | 0                           |
| MEGHALAYA                                  | 1           | 12              | 0            | 0                           |
| MIZORAM                                    | 1           | 11              | 0            | 0                           |

| NAGALAND      |   1 |   29 |   37 |   0 |
|---------------|-----|------|------|-----|
| ODISHA        |   1 |   30 |    0 |   0 |
| PUDUCHERRY    |   1 |    4 |    0 |   0 |
| PUNJAB        |   1 |   34 |   64 | 486 |
| RAJASTHAN     |   1 |   56 |   20 |   0 |
| SIKKIM        |   1 |   11 |    0 |   0 |
| TAMIL NADU    |   1 |   38 |    0 |   0 |
| TELANGANA     |   1 |   33 |    0 |   0 |
| TRIPURA       |   1 |    9 |    0 |   0 |
| UTTARAKHAND   |   1 |   14 |   16 |   0 |
| UTTAR PRADESH |   1 |   75 |    0 |   0 |
| WEST BENGAL   |   1 |   33 |  259 |   0 |
| Total         |  36 |  865 |  746 | 569 |