Lok Sabha Question No. 3675 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-17
Subject: Human Trafficking  Cases in Tripura
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Biplab Kumar Deb

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3675

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 17 TH  DECEMBER, 2024/ AGRAHAYANA 26, 1946 (SAKA)

HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASES IN TRIPURA

3675.  SHRI BIPLAB KUMAR DEB:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  the  number of cases registered for human trafficking in the State of Tripura  during  the  last  two  years  along  with  the  number  of  Indian Nationals and foreign Nationals involved in the said cases;

(b) the number of persons apprehended in this connection during the said period; and

(c) the details of the measures adopted by the Government to curb human trafficking in the country?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI BANDI SANJAY KUMAR)

(a) & (b): 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  is  of  the  year  2022.  Details  of  cases  registered  and persons arrested under Human Trafficking in the State of Tripura during the years 2021 and 2022 are given below:

|   Year |   Cases registered |   Persons arrested |
|--------|--------------------|--------------------|
|   2021 |                  1 |                  1 |
|   2022 |                  0 |                  0 |

Specific  information  on  the  number  of  Indian  nationals  and  foreign nationals involved in such cases is not maintained separately.

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

However, the Government of India also  supplements  the  efforts  of the States/Union Territories in this regard by providing them guidelines on preventing and countering the crime of human trafficking, in the form of various  advisories  issued  from  time  to  time.  The  Ministry  had  provided financial assistance to all States/Union Territories, including the State of Tripura,  for  upgrading/setting  up  Anti  Human  Trafficking  Units  (AHTUs) covering all Districts of the States/UTs. Advisories have also been issued to  establish  an  institutional  mechanism  at  all  levels  of  the  State/UT, namely at  the  State  Headquarter  level,  District  level  and  Police  Station level  with  a  view  to  addressing  the  issue  of  human  trafficking  in  a comprehensive  and  holistic  manner.  The  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  also provides  financial  assistance  to  the  States/UTs  in  holding  'State  level conferences' and 'Judicial Colloquiums',  which  are  aimed  at  sensitizing

the Police/Law officers of the State/UT about the latest initiatives/developments relevant in addressing the issue of  human trafficking in a focused and efficient manner.

For addressing cross-border/transnational issues of human trafficking, the Government of India has signed bilateral Memorandums of Understanding  with  several  countries  namely  Bangladesh,  United  Arab Emirates (UAE), Cambodia and Myanmar and some multilateral instruments on countering human trafficking.

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