Lok Sabha Question No. 1594 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-28
Subject: Mapping of Hotspot for Street Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Devendrappa Y, Devji Mansingram Patel, Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre, Naranbhai Bhikhabhai Kachhadiya, Sunil Kumar Singh, Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar, Saikia Dilip

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1594

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.07.2023

## MAPPING OF HOTSPOT FOR STREET CHILDREN

## 1594. SHRI Y. DEVENDRAPPA:

SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

SHRI RANJEETSINGH NAIK NIMBALKAR:

SHRI DILIP SAIKIA:

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

- (a) whether the child  rights  body  has  asked  the  States  to  map  hotspots  for  street children  specially  in  Rajasthan,  Maharashtra,  Gujarat,  Jharkhand  and  NorthEastern States;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  States  which  have  completed  the  identification  of  hotspots, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  conducted  rescue  operations  for  street  children during the last five years;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, year-wise and State/ UT-wise;
- (e) the comparative figures of children rescued and those rehabilitated during the last five years, State/UT-wise including the said States; and
- (f) the number of children who have been kept in Child Care Institutions after the rescue during the last three years, year-wise and State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): Yes  Sir.  As  per  information  received  from  National  Commission  for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), NCPCR has issued letters to all States/UTs for identification of Hotspots  in their respective States/UTs. State/UT-wise  details regarding completion of identification of hotspots are at Annexure-I.
- (c) & (d): As per information received from NCPCR, NCPCR has conducted rescue and rehabilitation drive during the relevant period wherein the children were rescued and further produced before the concerned Child Welfare Committee (CWC).  In the year 2019, NCPCR had identified hotspots in and around Janpath and Khan Market area of Delhi and in Vidisha District of Madhya Pradesh. Thereafter, on the basis of the pilot rescue conducted, the NCPCR prepared an SOP 2.0 on Rescue and Rehabilitation of Children in Street Situations. NCPCR, in the year 2022 conducted spot field drive/survey in  7  States  (Assam, Bihar,  Chhattisgarh,  Gujarat,  Jharkhand,  Maharashtra,  and West

Bengal), wherein 283 children were rescued and pan India in the year 2023, wherein

- 1551 children were rescued. State/UT-wise details of the same are at Annexure-II (e) As  per  information  received  from  NCPCR,  NCPCR  has  developed  a  portal namely, Bal-Swaraj CiSS in the year 2021 wherein details of all those children who have been rescued from street situations and further rehabilitated are uploaded. State/UT-wise details of the same are at Annexure-III State-wise number  of  children  who  have  been  kept  in  Child  Care  Institutions including Children who have been rescued under Mission Vatsalya Scheme during the

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- (f) : last three years is at Annexure-IV .

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) AND (B) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1594  FOR  ANSWER  ON  28.07.2023  BY  SHRI  Y. DEVENDRAPPA, SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL, SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE,  SHRI  NARANBHAI  KACHHADIYA,  SHRI  SUNIL  KUMAR  SINGH, SHRI RANJEETSINGH NAIK NIMBALKAR AND SHRI DILIP SAIKIA REGARDING MAPPING OF HOTSPOT FOR STREET CHILDREN

## STATE/UT-WISE  DETAILS  OF  IDENTIFICATION  OF  CHILDREN  IN  STREET SITUATION COMPLETED

|   Sl. No. | State/UT                               | Identification of Children in Street Situation completed   |
|-----------|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andaman and Nicobar Island             | No                                                         |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh                         | Yes                                                        |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh                      | No                                                         |
|         4 | Assam                                  | Yes                                                        |
|         5 | Bihar                                  | Yes                                                        |
|         6 | Chandigarh                             | Yes                                                        |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh                           | Yes                                                        |
|         8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | No                                                         |
|         9 | Delhi                                  | Yes                                                        |
|        10 | Goa                                    | Yes                                                        |
|        11 | Gujarat                                | Yes                                                        |
|        12 | Haryana                                | Yes                                                        |
|        13 | Himachal Pradesh                       | Yes                                                        |
|        14 | Jammu and Kashmir                      | No                                                         |
|        15 | Jharkhand                              | Yes                                                        |
|        16 | Karnataka                              | Yes                                                        |
|        17 | Kerala                                 | No                                                         |
|        18 | Ladakh                                 | No                                                         |
|        19 | Lakshadweep                            | No                                                         |
|        20 | Madhya Pradesh                         | Yes                                                        |
|        21 | Maharashtra                            | Yes                                                        |
|        22 | Manipur                                | No                                                         |
|        23 | Meghalaya                              | No                                                         |
|        24 | Mizoram                                | Yes                                                        |
|        25 | Nagaland                               | Yes                                                        |
|        26 | Odisha                                 | Yes                                                        |
|        27 | Puducherry                             | No                                                         |
|        28 | Punjab                                 | Yes                                                        |
|        29 | Rajasthan                              | Yes                                                        |
|        30 | Sikkim                                 | No                                                         |
|        31 | Tamil Nadu                             | Yes                                                        |
|        32 | Telangana                              | Yes                                                        |
|        33 | Tripura                                | Yes                                                        |
|        34 | Uttar Pradesh                          | Yes                                                        |
|        35 | Uttarakhand                            | No                                                         |
|        36 | West Bengal                            | Yes                                                        |

Annexure-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (C) AND (D) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1594  FOR  ANSWER  ON  28.07.2023  BY  SHRI  Y. DEVENDRAPPA, SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL, SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE,  SHRI  NARANBHAI  KACHHADIYA,  SHRI  SUNIL  KUMAR  SINGH, SHRI RANJEETSINGH NAIK NIMBALKAR AND SHRI DILIP SAIKIA REGARDING MAPPING OF HOTSPOT FOR STREET CHILDREN

- A.      STATE/UT-WISE  NUMBER  OF  CHILDREN  RESCUED  DURING  THE SPOT  FIELD  DRIVE/  SURVEY  CONDUCTED  BY  NCPCR   IN  7  STATES DURING THE YEAR 2022 (09.02.2022 to 14.02.2022)
- B.    STATE/UT-WISE  NUMBER  OF  CHILDREN  RESCUED  DURING  THE SPOT FIELD DRIVE/ SURVEY CONDUCTED PAN INDIA DURING THE YEAR 2023 (01.04.2023 TO 24.07.2023)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT     |   Number of Children Rescued |
|-----------|--------------|------------------------------|
| 1         | Assam        |                           37 |
| 2         | Bihar        |                           80 |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh |                           31 |
| 4         | Gujarat      |                           37 |
| 5         | Jharkhand    |                           10 |
| 6         | Maharashtra  |                           45 |
| 7         | West Bengal  |                           43 |
| Total     | Total        |                          283 |

|   Sl. No. | State/UT                                 |   Number of Children Rescued |
|-----------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|         1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              |                            0 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh                           |                          310 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh                        |                            0 |
|         4 | Assam                                    |                            4 |
|         5 | Bihar                                    |                          170 |
|         6 | Chandigarh                               |                           22 |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh                             |                            8 |
|         8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |                            0 |
|         9 | Delhi                                    |                           14 |
|        10 | Goa                                      |                            0 |
|        11 | Gujarat                                  |                          101 |
|        12 | Haryana                                  |                          121 |
|        13 | Himachal Pradesh                         |                            0 |
|        14 | Jammu and kashmir                        |                            4 |
|        15 | Jharkhand                                |                            5 |
|        16 | Karnataka                                |                           89 |
|        17 | Kerala                                   |                            0 |
|        18 | Ladakh                                   |                            0 |
|        19 | Lakshadweep                              |                            0 |
|        20 | Madhya Pradesh                           |                           10 |
|        21 | Maharashtra                              |                          407 |

| 22    | Manipur       |    0 |
|-------|---------------|------|
| 23    | Meghalaya     |    0 |
| 24    | Mizoram       |    0 |
| 25    | Nagaland      |    0 |
| 26    | Odisha        |    5 |
| 27    | Puducherry    |    0 |
| 28    | Punjab        |   14 |
| 29    | Rajasthan     |   15 |
| 30    | Sikkim        |    0 |
| 31    | Tamil Nadu    |   55 |
| 32    | Telangana     |   44 |
| 33    | Tripura       |    0 |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh |  144 |
| 35    | Uttarakhand   |    0 |
| 36    | West Bengal   |    9 |
| Total | Total         | 1551 |

Annexure-III

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (E)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1594  FOR  ANSWER  ON  28.07.2023  BY  SHRI  Y. DEVENDRAPPA, SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL, SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE,  SHRI  NARANBHAI  KACHHADIYA,  SHRI  SUNIL  KUMAR  SINGH, SHRI RANJEETSINGH NAIK NIMBALKAR AND SHRI DILIP SAIKIA REGARDING MAPPING OF HOTSPOT FOR STREET CHILDREN

## STATE/UT-WISE  DETAILS  OF  CHILDREN  WHO  HAVE  BEEN  RESCUED  FROM STREET SITUATIONS AND REHABILITATED

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                                 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |
|-----------|------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              |         0 |         0 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                           |       806 |        44 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                        |         0 |         0 |
| 4         | Assam                                    |       279 |        90 |
| 5         | Bihar                                    |       780 |       663 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                               |        58 |        31 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                             |       252 |        57 |
| 8         | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |        11 |         0 |
| 9         | Delhi                                    |      2012 |       495 |
| 10        | Goa                                      |        62 |        25 |
| 11        | Gujarat                                  |      1989 |         1 |
| 12        | Haryana                                  |       782 |      1596 |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                         |       108 |        20 |
| 14        | Jammu and kashmir                        |       246 |         5 |
| 15        | Jharkhand                                |        69 |         9 |
| 16        | Karnataka                                |      1237 |        58 |
| 17        | Kerala                                   |        43 |         1 |
| 18        | LADAKH                                   |        33 |         0 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                              |         0 |         0 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                           |      1432 |        19 |
| 21        | Maharashtra                              |      3841 |       269 |
| 22        | Manipur                                  |         0 |         0 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                                |         5 |         0 |
| 24        | Mizoram                                  |         0 |         0 |
| 25        | Nagaland                                 |         1 |         3 |
| 26        | Odisha                                   |       226 |        83 |
| 27        | Puducherry                               |        27 |         0 |
| 28        | Punjab                                   |       263 |        83 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                                |       611 |       192 |
| 30        | Sikkim                                   |         0 |         0 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                               |      1723 |        56 |
| 32        | Telangana                                |       811 |         0 |
| 33        | Tripura                                  |        16 |         0 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh                            |      1033 |         5 |
| 35        | Uttarakhand                              |        93 |        23 |
| 36        | West Bengal                              |       212 |        43 |
| Total     | Total                                    |     19061 |      3871 |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (F)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1594  FOR  ANSWER  ON  28.07.2023  BY  SHRI  Y. DEVENDRAPPA, SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL, SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE,  SHRI  NARANBHAI  KACHHADIYA,  SHRI  SUNIL  KUMAR  SINGH, SHRI RANJEETSINGH NAIK NIMBALKAR AND SHRI DILIP SAIKIA REGARDING MAPPING OF HOTSPOT FOR STREET CHILDREN

STATE-WISE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN KEPT IN CHILD CARE INSTITUTIONS  INCLUDING  CHILDREN  WHO  HAVE  BEEN  RESCUED  UNDER MISSION VATSALYA SCHEME DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS

| S. No.   | State/UTs                            |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |
|----------|--------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                       |      3012 |      3069 |      1504 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh                    |       195 |       147 |       206 |
| 3        | Assam                                |      1624 |      1378 |      1380 |
| 4        | Bihar                                |      1844 |      2372 |      2088 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                         |      2169 |      2167 |      1974 |
| 6        | Goa                                  |       798 |       685 |       526 |
| 7        | Gujarat                              |      1946 |      1299 |      1651 |
| 8        | Haryana                              |      2017 |      1786 |      1239 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh                     |      1264 |      1147 |       805 |
| 10       | Jammu and Kashmir                    |       759 |       579 |       817 |
| 11       | Jharkhand                            |      1767 |      1537 |      1219 |
| 12       | Karnataka                            |      4303 |      3974 |      3182 |
| 13       | Kerala                               |       591 |      1380 |       697 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh                       |      2976 |      2982 |      2292 |
| 15       | Maharashtra                          |      3716 |      3468 |      3654 |
| 16       | Manipur                              |      1966 |      1980 |      2121 |
| 17       | Meghalaya                            |       975 |       915 |       972 |
| 18       | Mizoram                              |      1018 |       776 |       914 |
| 19       | Nagaland                             |       770 |       597 |       493 |
| 20       | Orissa                               |      7392 |      7077 |      4153 |
| 21       | Punjab                               |       681 |       685 |       607 |
| 22       | Rajasthan                            |      5130 |      3670 |      2560 |
| 23       | Sikkim                               |       519 |       534 |       526 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu                           |     13819 |     13877 |      7785 |
| 25       | Tripura                              |       832 |       875 |       829 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh                        |      4965 |      4722 |      3238 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand                          |       511 |       457 |       700 |
| 28       | West Bengal                          |      5257 |      6494 |      6220 |
| 29       | Telangana                            |      1626 |      2822 |      1129 |
| 30       | Andaman & Nicobar                    |       360 |       301 |       308 |
| 31       | Chandigarh                           |       297 |       153 |       202 |
| 32       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |        60 |         5 |        28 |
| 33       | Ladakh                               |         0 |         0 |        25 |
| 34       | Lakshadweep                          |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 35       | Delhi                                |      1500 |      1835 |      1206 |
| 36       | Puducherry                           |       956 |       373 |       690 |
|          | Total                                |     77615 |     76118 |     57940 |

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