Lok Sabha Question No. 307 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-03
Subject: Children Care and Protection Homes
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Maddila  Gurumoorthy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.307

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2023

## CHILDREN CARE AND PROTECTION HOMES

## 307. SHRI MADDILA GURUMOORTHY:

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

- (a) whether the Ministry has formulated any definition about children in need of care and protection, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Ministry  has  established  any  children  in  need  of  care  and  protection homes, if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Andhra Pradesh;
- (c) the funds allocated for this project especially in Andhra Pradesh;
- (d) the number of children living at present in such homes in Andhra Pradesh; and
- (e) the  number  of  such  homes  and  children  improved/increased  during  the  last  three years in the said State?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) :  The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act, 2015) (as amended in 2021) includes the provision of 'child in need of care and protection'.  Section 2 (14) of the JJ Act, 2015 defines the 'child in need of care and protection' which is as under :
- 2 (14) 'child in need of care and protection' means a child -
- (i)  who  is  found  without  any  home  or  settled  place  of  abode  and  without  any ostensible means of subsistence; or
- (ii)  who is found working in contravention of the provisions of this Act or labour laws for the time being in force or is found begging, or living on the street; or
- (iii) who resides with a person (whether a guardian of the child or not) and such person -
- (a) has injured, exploited, abused or neglected the child or has violated any other law for the time being in force meant for the protection of child; or
- (b) has threatened to kill, injure, exploit or abuse the child and there is a reasonable likelihood of the threat being carried out; or
- (c) has killed, abused, neglected or exploited some other child or children and there is a reasonable likelihood of the child in question being killed, abused, exploited or neglected by that person; or

(iv)  who  is  mentally  ill  or  mentally  or  physically  challenged  or  suffering  from terminal or incurable disease, having no one to support or look after or having parents or guardians unfit to take care, if found so by the Board or the Committee; or

(v) who has a parent or guardian and such parent or guardian is found to be unfit or incapacitated, by the Committee or the Board, to care for and protect the safety and well-being of the child; or

(vi) who does not have parents and no one is willing to take care of and protect or who is abandoned or surrendered;

(vii)  who  is  missing  or run  away child, or  whose parents cannot be found after making reasonable inquiry in such manner as may be prescribed; or

(viii) who has been or is being or is likely to be abused, tortured or exploited for the purpose of sexual abuse or illegal acts; or

(ix) who is found vulnerable and has been or is being or is likely to be inducted into drug abuse or trafficking; or

(x) who is being or is likely to be abused for unconscionable gains; or

(xi)  who  is  victim  of  or  affected  by  any  armed  conflict,  civil  unrest  or  natural calamity; or

(xii) who is at imminent risk of marriage before attaining the age of marriage and whose parents, family members, guardian and any other persons are likely to be responsible for solemnisation of such marriage;

- (b)  :  The  State-wise  details  of  Child  Care  Institutions  established  and  funded  under Mission Vatsalya Scheme for the children in need of care and protection including Andhra Pradesh, as on 31.03.2022, are at Annexure-I.

(c) :  The fund released under Mission Vatsalay Scheme to the State of Andhra Pradesh during the year 2022-23 is Rs.19.76 Crores.

(d) : As per information received from the State Government of Andhra Pradesh, 1446 children are residing (as on 31.01.2023) in the homes meant for 'children in need of care and protection' in the State of Andhra Pradesh.

- (e) : Number of Homes operational and Children covered during the last three years in the State of Andhra Pradesh is as under :

| Financial Year   |   No. of Homes |   No. of Children |
|------------------|----------------|-------------------|
| 2019-20          |             89 |              3356 |
| 2020-21          |             92 |              3012 |
| 2021-22          |             92 |              3069 |

ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (B) TO THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.307  FOR  03.02.2023  RAISED  BY  SHRI  MADDILA GURUMOORTHY REGARDING CHILDREN CARE AND PROTECTION HOMES State-wise  details  of  Child  Care  Institutions  established  and  funded  under Mission  Vatsalya  Scheme  for  the  Children  in  Need  of  Care  and  Protection including Andhra Pradesh (As on 31.03.2022)

| S. No.   | State/UT                             |   Children Home |   Specialized Adoption Agencies (SAAs) |   Open Shelter |
|----------|--------------------------------------|-----------------|----------------------------------------|----------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                       |              56 |                                     15 |              5 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh                    |               5 |                                      2 |              0 |
| 3        | Assam                                |              35 |                                     18 |              5 |
| 4        | Bihar                                |              31 |                                     25 |              0 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                         |              42 |                                     12 |              9 |
| 6        | Goa                                  |              15 |                                      2 |              2 |
| 7        | Gujarat                              |              59 |                                     13 |              3 |
| 8        | Haryana                              |              25 |                                      6 |             12 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh                     |              30 |                                      1 |              4 |
| 10       | Jammu and Kashmir                    |              11 |                                      2 |              0 |
| 11       | Jharkhand                            |              24 |                                      9 |              2 |
| 12       | Karnataka                            |              74 |                                     36 |             35 |
| 13       | Kerala                               |              19 |                                      8 |              3 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh                       |              46 |                                     27 |              9 |
| 15       | Maharashtra                          |              22 |                                     17 |             13 |
| 16       | Manipur                              |              47 |                                      9 |             17 |
| 17       | Meghalaya                            |              37 |                                      4 |              4 |
| 18       | Mizoram                              |              32 |                                      6 |              0 |
| 19       | Nagaland                             |              23 |                                      4 |              2 |
| 20       | Odisha                               |              83 |                                     27 |             12 |
| 21       | Punjab                               |              13 |                                      6 |              0 |
| 22       | Rajasthan                            |              60 |                                     33 |             20 |
| 23       | Sikkim                               |              14 |                                      3 |              3 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu                           |             182 |                                     21 |             11 |
| 25       | Tripura                              |              19 |                                      6 |              4 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh                        |              38 |                                     24 |             13 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand                          |               9 |                                      5 |              4 |
| 28       | West Bengal                          |              62 |                                     26 |             38 |
| 29       | Telangana                            |              37 |                                     14 |              0 |
| 30       | Andaman & Nicobar                    |              10 |                                      1 |              0 |
| 31       | Chandigarh                           |               5 |                                      2 |              0 |
| 32       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |               2 |                                      1 |              1 |
| 33       | Ladakh                               |               0 |                                      0 |              0 |
| 34       | Lakshadweep                          |               1 |                                      0 |              0 |
| 35       | Delhi                                |              24 |                                      3 |              9 |
| 36       | Puducherry                           |              23 |                                      2 |              1 |
|          | Total                                |            1215 |                                    390 |            241 |

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