Lok Sabha Question No. 339 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-05
Subject: Human Trafficking
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Manish Tewari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 339

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 5 TH  DECEMBER, 2023/ AGRAHAYANA 14, 1945 (SAKA)

## HUMAN TRAFFICKING

339. SHRI MANISH TEWARI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  statistics  regarding  human  trafficking  in  the  country during the last five years, State-wise;
- (b)  whether the Government has taken any steps/ programmes to control human trafficking in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether the steps/programmes introduced by the Government include any recommendations to solve the issue of human trafficking and if so, the steps the Government has taken in pursuit of those recommendations;
- (d)    the  response  of  the  Government  to  the  U.S  Department  of  State's '2022 Trafficking in Persons Report: India' which places India at tier-2 and contends that the Government of India does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; and
- (e) the views of the Government regarding the prioritised recommendations  provided  by  the  aforementioned  report  of  the  U.S Department of State to combat human trafficking in the country?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI AJAY KUMAR MISHRA)

(a): The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles crime statistics reported to it by the States and Union Territories (UTs) and publishes the same in its annual publication 'Crime in India'. The latest published report

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 339 FOR 05.12.2023

is of the year 2022. State/UT-wise details of cases registered under human trafficking during the years 2018 to 2022

are given in Annexure.

(b) & (c): 'Police'  and  'Public  Order'  are  'State-List'  subjects  under  the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. Therefore, the responsibility for  preventing  and  countering  the  crime  of  human  trafficking  primarily vests  with  respective  States/UTs,  who  are  competent  to  deal  with  such offences under extant provisions of law.

However, the Government of India has also been supplementing the efforts  of  the  States/UTs  in  this  regard  by  providing  them  guidelines  on preventing  and  countering  human  trafficking  in  the  form  of  various advisories  issued  from  time  to  time.  The  Ministry  has  provided  financial assistance to all States/UTs for upgrading/setting up Anti Human Trafficking Units, covering all Districts of the States/UTs. An Advisory has been  issued  to  the  States  and  UTs  for  establishing  an  institutional mechanism  at  all  levels  of  the  State/UT  i.e.  at  State  Headquarter  level, District level and Police Station level with a view to addressing the issue of  human  trafficking  in  a  comprehensive  manner.  The  Ministry  has  also been  assisting  the  States/UTs  in  holding  'State  level  conferences'  and 'Judicial  Colloquiums'  on a periodic basis,  with a view to  sensitizing the Police/Law officers of the States/UTs about the latest initiatives/developments in addressing the issue of human trafficking in a

## focused and efficient manner.

To address the issue of human trafficking in a holistic manner, the Government of India has advised the States/UTs to:

- (i) immediately  set  up/upgrade  the  infrastructure  of  Anti  Human Trafficking Units (AHTUs) in all Districts of the States/UTs.
- (ii) evolve  a  coordination  mechanism  among  various  departments  of the States and UTs.
- (iii) generate  awareness  at  all  levels  in  States/UTs  through  various modes of communication.
- (iv) organize  community  awareness  programmes  on  the  issue  of missing children and its links with human trafficking.
- (v) engage  with  representatives  of  local  Panchayats,  community leaders,  Village  Watch,  Municipal  Committees,  etc  for  having better coordination mechanism in the subject matter.
- (vi) work  out  special  intelligence  and  surveillance  mechanism  to identify gangs, gather information about its history,  modus operandi, etc engaged in human trafficking.
- (vii) advise  police  personnel  in  outposts  on  borders  to  look-out  for trafficked children on the borders.
- (viii) make  full  use  of  Crime  and  Criminal  Tracking  Network  and Systems (CCTNS) and Crime Multi Agency Centre (CriMAC)

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application  for  facilitating  dissemination  of  information  about significant crimes including human trafficking.

(d)  &  (e):  The  United  States  of  America's  Department  of  State  has  been releasing a Trafficking in Persons Report every year since 2001. The 2022 Trafficking in Persons Report, inter-alia, acknowledges that the Government  of  India  demonstrated  overall  increasing  efforts  compared with the previous reporting period. The  Report has no bearing on Government  of  India's  efforts  to  address  the  issue.  The  Government  of India  is  fully  competent  and  equipped  to  address  all  relevant  issues relating  to  human  trafficking  and  has  been  taking  appropriate  steps  to prevent  and  counter  the  crime  of  human  trafficking  in  an  efficient  and effective manner.

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## Annexure referred in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 339 for 5.12.2023

## State/UT-wise details of cases registered under human trafficking during the years 2018 to 2022

| Sl.   | State/UT                    | Cases Registered during   | Cases Registered during   |   Cases Registered during |   Cases Registered during |   Cases Registered during |
|-------|-----------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| No.   |                             | 2018                      | 2019                      |                      2020 |                      2021 |                      2022 |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh              | 240                       | 245                       |                       171 |                       168 |                       163 |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh           | 3                         | 0                         |                         2 |                         3 |                         4 |
| 3     | Assam                       | 308                       | 201                       |                       124 |                       203 |                       140 |
| 4     | Bihar                       | 127                       | 106                       |                        75 |                       111 |                       260 |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh                | 51                        | 50                        |                        38 |                        29 |                        26 |
| 6     | Goa                         | 55                        | 38                        |                        17 |                        15 |                         1 |
| 7     | Gujarat                     | 13                        | 11                        |                        13 |                        13 |                         9 |
| 8     | Haryana                     | 34                        | 15                        |                        14 |                        37 |                        13 |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh            | 6                         | 11                        |                         4 |                         5 |                         5 |
| 10    | Jharkhand                   | 140                       | 177                       |                       140 |                        92 |                       100 |
| 11    | Karnataka                   | 27                        | 32                        |                        13 |                        13 |                        18 |
| 12    | Kerala                      | 105                       | 180                       |                       166 |                       201 |                       135 |
| 13    | Madhya Pradesh              | 63                        | 73                        |                        80 |                        89 |                        81 |
| 14    | Maharashtra                 | 311                       | 282                       |                       184 |                       320 |                       295 |
| 15    | Manipur                     | 3                         | 9                         |                         6 |                         1 |                         0 |
| 16    | Meghalaya                   | 24                        | 22                        |                         1 |                         1 |                         2 |
| 17    | Mizoram                     | 2                         | 7                         |                         0 |                         0 |                         0 |
| 18    | Nagaland                    | 0                         | 3                         |                         0 |                         0 |                         0 |
| 19    | Odisha                      | 75                        | 147                       |                       103 |                       136 |                       121 |
| 20    | Punjab                      | 17                        | 19                        |                        17 |                        15 |                        21 |
| 21    | Rajasthan                   | 86                        | 141                       |                       128 |                       100 |                       117 |
| 22    | Sikkim                      | 1                         | 0                         |                         1 |                         0 |                         0 |
| 23    | Tamil Nadu                  | 8                         | 16                        |                        11 |                         3 |                         1 |
| 24    | Telangana                   | 242                       | 137                       |                       184 |                       347 |                       391 |
| 25    | Tripura                     | 2                         | 1                         |                         1 |                         1 |                         0 |
| 26    | Uttar Pradesh               | 35                        | 48                        |                        90 |                       103 |                       126 |
| 27    | Uttarakhand                 | 29                        | 20                        |                         9 |                        16 |                        16 |
| 28    | West Bengal                 | 172                       | 120                       |                        59 |                        61 |                        67 |
| 29    | A & N Islands               | 0                         | 0                         |                         0 |                         0 |                         0 |
| 30    | Chandigarh                  | 0                         | 2                         |                         2 |                         2 |                         1 |
| 31    | D&N Haveli and Daman &Diu + | 0                         | 0                         |                         2 |                         0 |                         0 |
| 32    | Delhi UT                    | 98                        | 93                        |                        53 |                        92 |                       106 |
| 33    | Jammu &Kashmir *            | 1                         | 0                         |                         2 |                         4 |                         8 |
| 34    | Ladakh                      | -                         | -                         |                         0 |                         0 |                         0 |
| 35    | Lakshadweep                 | 0                         | 0                         |                         0 |                         0 |                         0 |
| 36    | Puducherry                  | 0                         | 2                         |                         4 |                         8 |                        23 |
|       | TOTAL                       | 2278                      | 2208                      |                      1714 |                      2189 |                      2250 |

Source: Crime in India

Note : '+' Combined data of erstwhile D&N Haveli UT and Daman & Diu UT during 2018 to 2019

*' Data of erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir State including Ladakh during 2018 to 2019