Lok Sabha Question No. 1863 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-02
Subject: Promotion of Mission Vatsalya
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Smt. Smita Uday Wagh, Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab, Shri Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi, Shri P C Mohan, Smt. Himadri Singh, Shri Pradeep Kumar Singh, Shri Biplab Kumar Deb, Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal, Shri Basavaraj Bommai, Shri Balya Mama Suresh Gopinath Mhatre, Shri Vijay Kumar Dubey, Shri Ramvir Singh Bidhuri

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.1863

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2024

## PROMOTION OF MISSION VATSALYA

1863. Shri Basavaraj Bommai:

Shri Balya Mama Suresh Gopinath Mhatre:

Shri Vijay Kumar Dubey:

Shri Ramvir Singh Bidhuri:

Smt. Smita Uday Wagh:

Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab:

Shri Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi:

Shri P C Mohan:

Smt. Himadri Singh:

Shri Pradeep Kumar Singh:

Shri Biplab Kumar Deb:

Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal:

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

- a. the details of the steps taken by the Government to promote Mission Vatsalya;
- b. the number of children registered under the said Mission, State/UT-wise specially Maharashtra;
- c. the details of changes found under this Mission since its inception; and
- d. the details of the funds allocated and spent under the Mission till date?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a)  :  Mission  Vatsalya  scheme is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) which is implemented through States/Union Territories (UTs) to deliver services for Children in  Need of Care and Protection (CNCP) and Children in Conflict with Law (CCL) which include Institutional Care and Non-Institutional Care.  The fund sharing pattern is in the ratio of 60:40 for all States and UTs with legislature except the North-Eastern States and Hilly States - Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand and UT of Jammu & Kashmir, where the cost of sharing is 90:10. In Union Territory without legislature, the cost is 100 % on the Central Government.

The steps taken to promote Mission Vatsalya Scheme are as follows :

The  Ministry  has  issued  various  guidelines  and  advisories  from  time  to  time  for strengthening implementation of Mission Vatsalya by the States/UTs.  These include Mission  Vatsalya  Guidelines,  Standard  Operating  Procedures  for  Child  Helpline, Model Foster Care Guidelines 2024 etc.

The Ministry has held zonal conferences and sensitization/ dissemination workshops since launch of Mission Vatsalya Scheme to promote and implement the scheme effectively. The Ministry also regularly engages with the States/UTs with regards to Scheme implementation.

The initiatives taken under the Mission Vatsalya Scheme include collaboration with National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore under 'SAMVAD'  (Support  Advocacy  &  Mental  Health  Interventions  for  Children  in Vulnerable Circumstances and Distress). SAMVAD works in areas of Mental Health, Care  &  Protection,  Education  and  Policy  &  Law.  Various  training  and  capacity building  programmes have been conducted for child protection functionaries and other stakeholders across the States/ UTs.

Also  the  Ministry  in  collaboration  with  Lal  Bahadur  Shastri  National  Academy  of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie has developed an online training module on Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection for Children) Act, 2015 for capacity building of multiple  stakeholders  such  as  State  Governments/  UT  Administrations,  district authorities and others.

(b) : The State/UT-wise number of children supported in Institutional Care and NonInstitutional Care under Mission Vatsalya Scheme including Maharashtra during the financial year 2023-24 is at Annexure .

(c) :   Mission Vatsalya Scheme became effective from financial year 2021-22 and Guidelines  were  shared  with  Stats/UTs.  The  earlier  Child  Protection  Services Scheme was subsumed under Mission Vatsalya Scheme. The changes incorporated in the Mission Vatsalya Scheme include increase in cost norms across all the components of the Scheme. The norms were enhanced for Non-Institutional Care (Sponsorship, Foster Care and After Care), maintenance grant and construction  grant  for  Child  Care  Institutions.  The  honorarium/  remuneration  for members including Chairperson of Child Welfare Committee was also increased.

(d)  :     Total  amount  of  Rs.2882.90  crore  was  released  under  Mission  Vatsalya Scheme  and  Rs.1515.30  crore  was  utilised  as  per  information  received  from States/UTs. Mission Vatsalya scheme implementation lies with the states and UTs.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (B) OF THE RAJYA SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.1863 FOR ANSWER ON 02.08.2024 RAISED BY Shri  BASAVARAJ  BOMMAI,  SHRI  BALYA  MAMA  SURESH  GOPINATH MHATRE, SHRI VIJAY KUMAR DUBEY, SHRI RAMVIR SINGH BIDHURI, SMT. SMITA UDAY WAGH, SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB, SHRI SUKANTA KUMAR PANIGRAHI,  SHRI  P  C  MOHAN,  SMT.  HIMADRI  SINGH,     SHRI  PRADEEP KUMAR  SINGH,  SHRI  BIPLAB  KUMAR  DEB  &  DR.  SANJAY  JAISWAL REGARDING PROMOTION OF MISSION VATSALYA

STATE/UT-WISE NUMBER  OF  CHILDREN  SUPPORTED  IN  INSTITUTIONAL CARE AND NON-INSTITUTIONAL CARE UNDER MISSION VATSALYA SCHEME INCLUDING MAHARASHTRA DURING THE YEAR 2023-24

|   S. No. | State/UT          |   Number of children supported in Institutional Care |   Number of children supported in Non- Institutional Care |
|----------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh    |                                                 1546 |                                                     10000 |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh |                                                  206 |                                                      1719 |
|        3 | Assam             |                                                 1241 |                                                      1919 |
|        4 | Bihar             |                                                 2227 |                                                      4001 |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh      |                                                 1843 |                                                      1137 |
|        6 | Goa               |                                                  461 |                                                        62 |
|        7 | Gujarat           |                                                 3195 |                                                       450 |
|        8 | Haryana           |                                                  963 |                                                       643 |
|        9 | Himachal Pradesh  |                                                  926 |                                                      1352 |
|       10 | Jammu and Kashmir |                                                 1104 |                                                      4024 |
|       11 | Jharkhand         |                                                 1238 |                                                      4629 |
|       12 | Karnataka         |                                                 3110 |                                                     12449 |
|       13 | Kerala            |                                                  776 |                                                      1455 |
|       14 | Madhya Pradesh    |                                                 2597 |                                                     13715 |
|       15 | Maharashtra       |                                                 3495 |                                                     21680 |
|       16 | Manipur           |                                                 2295 |                                                      1288 |
|       17 | Meghalaya         |                                                 1031 |                                                      1083 |
|       18 | Mizoram           |                                                 1172 |                                                      1516 |
|       19 | Nagaland          |                                                  562 |                                                       779 |
|       20 | Orissa            |                                                 4431 |                                                      3697 |
|       21 | Punjab            |                                                  533 |                                                      4150 |
|       22 | Rajasthan         |                                                 2733 |                                                       933 |
|       23 | Sikkim            |                                                  468 |                                                       460 |
|       24 | Tamil Nadu        |                                                10118 |                                                      5411 |
|       25 | Telangana         |                                                 2243 |                                                      4858 |
|       26 | Tripura           |                                                  948 |                                                      1373 |
|       27 | Uttar Pradesh     |                                                 3226 |                                                     10000 |
|       28 | Uttarakhand       |                                                  589 |                                                      1817 |
|       29 | West Bengal       |                                                 4744 |                                                      2750 |
|       30 | Andaman & Nicobar |                                                  274 |                                                         1 |

| 31    | Chandigarh                           |   222 |    309 |
|-------|--------------------------------------|-------|--------|
| 32    | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |    36 |    984 |
| 33    | Ladakh                               |    84 |    411 |
| 34    | Lakshadweep                          |     0 |      0 |
| 35    | Delhi                                |  1216 |    635 |
| 36    | Puducherry                           |   739 |    171 |
| Total | Total                                | 62592 | 121861 |