Lok Sabha Question No. 3005 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-08
Subject: Child Trafficking
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: S. Gnanathiraviam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3005

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 8 TH   AUGUST, 2023/ SRAVANA 17, 1945 (SAKA)

CHILD TRAFFICKING

3005. SHRI GNANATHIRAVIAM S.:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the child trafficking has increased in comparison to that in the past;

(b) if so, the steps being taken by the Government to check it; and

(c)  the  details  and  the  number  of  cases  of  child  trafficking  which  have come to the notice during the last two years and the number of cases out of them which have been disposed of?

ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): 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 2021. Details of number of children (below 18 years) trafficked, number of children rescued and cases registered and cases charge-sheeted under Human Trafficking during 2020 and 2021 are given below:

|   Year |   Number of child victims (below 18 years) trafficked |   Number of child victims (below 18 years) rescued |   Cases registered under Human Trafficking |   Cases charge- sheeted under Human Trafficking |
|--------|-------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|   2020 |                                                  2222 |                                               2151 |                                       1714 |                                            1402 |
|   2021 |                                                  2877 |                                               2691 |                                       2189 |                                            1645 |

'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  child  trafficking  primarily  vests with respective States/UTs, who are competent to deal with such offences under the extant provisions of law.

However,  the  Government  of  India  also  supplements  the  efforts  of the States/UTs in this regard by providing them guidelines on preventing and countering human trafficking including child 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 States/UTs. Advisories have been issued to establish an institutional mechanism at all levels of the State/UT -  State  Headquarter  level,  District  level  and  Police  Station  level  with  a view to address the issue of human trafficking in a comprehensive manner. The   Ministry   has   also   been   assisting    the    States/UTs   in   holding

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'State level conferences'  and  'Judicial Colloquiums'  with  a view  to sensitizing the Police/Law officers about the latest initiatives/developments in this regard for addressing the issue of human trafficking in a focused and efficient manner.

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