Lok Sabha Question No. 1248 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-09
Subject: Adoption of Orphans
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1248

TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.02.2024

## ADOPTION OF ORPHANS

## †1248.SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

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

- (a) whether the Government has recorded the number of orphans in the country over the last three years, if so, the details thereof, State-wise and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (b) the number of orphans who have been adopted during the said period, Statewise and gender-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has taken cognizance of the significant gap between prospective parents and adoptable children in the country, if so, the reasons for this significant gap and lengthy waiting period;
- (d) whether the Government has recorded the number of official and unofficial Child Care Institutions in the country along with number of orphans therein, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) whether the Government has taken cognizance of human trafficking of orphaned children and if so, the number of such crimes recorded during the last three years, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d) The Ministry of Women and Child Development is administering the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act, 2015) (as amended in 2021) which is the primary legislation for ensuring safety, security, dignity and wellbeing of children in need of care and protection and those in conflict with law by catering to their basic needs through care, protection, development, treatment, rehabilitation and social re-integration. As per section 2(42) of JJ Act, 2015, an orphan means a child who is without biological or adoptive parents or legal guardian or whose legal guardian is not willing  to  take  or  capable  of  taking  care  of  the  child.  Adoption  in  the  country  is undertaken through the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act (HAMA), 1956 and the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act (JJ Act), 2015. The HAMA, 1956 is administered by the Ministry of Law and Justice.

Under  the  JJ  Act  2015,  the  Child  Welfare  Committees  (CWCs)  have  been empowered to take decisions with regard to the children in need of care and protection including orphaned, abandoned and surrendered. They are also mandated to monitor the function of the Child Care Institutions (CCIs). Similarly, the Juvenile Justice Boards (JJBs) are empowered to take decisions regarding the welfare of children in conflict with law. The Act defines standards of care and protection to secure the best interest of children living in CCIs and aims to provide family environment through non-institutional care services which includes sponsorship, foster care and aftercare.

Under the JJ Act, 2015 (Sections 27-30), the Child Welfare Committees have been empowered to take decisions with regard  to  the  children  in  need  of  care  and protection  including  orphans,  keeping  their  best  interest  in  mind.  They  are  also mandated to monitor the functioning of the Child Care Institutions (CCIs). Similarly, the Juvenile  Justice  Boards  are  empowered  to  take  decisions  regarding  the  welfare  of children  in  conflict  with  law  (Sections  04-09).  The  Ministry  has  notified  the  Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (as amended in 2021), which has come into effect from 01.09.2022. The Ministry has also notified the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Model Rules, 2022 on 01.09.2022 and Adoption Regulations, 2022 on 23.09.2022.

The  Adoption  Regulations,  2022  lays  down  time  limits  for  action  by  various authorities like District Magistrates to issue adoption orders within 60 days; time lines at various  stages  like  uploading  of  Legally  Free  for  Adoption  (LFA)  within  ten  days; examination of special needs children within a period of fifteen days by the Chief Medical Officer; and verification of adoption application documents by District Child Protection Unit (DCPU) within five days. A child can now be adopted by the foster family after 2 years instead of earlier provision of 5 years. Further, the Ministry has issued advisory to all States/UTs to link the CCIs with Child Adoption Resource Information and Guidance System (CARINGS) portal to promote adoption. Further, as per Rule-44 of JJ Model Rules (as amended in 2022), every child who does not get a family either in in-country or in inter-country adoption and is placed under the hard to place category; shall be eligible to be placed in foster care, by the CWC on the recommendation of the District Child Protection Unit (DCPU) or the Specialised Adoption Agency. Post notification of Adoption Regulations, 2022 on 23rd September 2022, the adoption order pendency has come down to 106 from the earlier pendency (before the date of notification) of 997. However, there is no delay reported by the States/UTs regarding approving adoption of orphan children.

The waiting period of the Prospective Adoptive Parents (PAPs) depends on the availability  of  children  who  are  declared  legally  free  for  adoption  by  CWC.  It  also depends on the choice of the PAPs to adopt from a particular State and also the age group preferred. While there is a long queue to adopt a normal young child upto six years of age, there is no waiting period for the PAPs who desire to adopt a child having special needs and a child from immediate placement category (mostly older children). Further, the waiting time is relevant for the PAPs only, as the child does not wait for the family.

The  long  waiting  period  of  the  Prospective  Adoptive  Parents  (PAPs)  can  be attributed  to  the  fact  that  there  are  more  waiting  parents  in  comparison  to  a  lesser number of children available for adoption. However, the children do not have to wait in the institutions, as there is an online referral system enabling placement of children in adoption expeditiously.

The number of children (Orphan, Abandoned, Surrendered and Relative/Step) adopted during the last three years:

| Year    | In-Country   | In-Country   | In-Country   | Inter-Country   | Inter-Country   | Inter-Country   | Total   | Total   | Total   |
|---------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|---------|---------|
|         | Male         | Female       | Total        | Male            | Female          | Total           | Male    | Female  | Total   |
| 2020-21 | 1286         | 1856         | 3142         | 183             | 234             | 417             | 1469    | 2090    | 3559    |
| 2021-22 | 1293         | 1698         | 2991         | 155             | 259             | 414             | 1448    | 1957    | 3405    |
| 2022-23 | 1286         | 1724         | 3010         | 187             | 244             | 431             | 1473    | 1968    | 3441    |

SOURCE: CARINGS

State/UT-wise details are placed at Annexure-I .

The  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  is  implementing  Centrally Sponsored  Scheme  namely  'Mission  Vatsalya'  (erstwhile  Child  Protection  Services Scheme),  through  the  State/  UT  Governments  on  cost  sharing  basis  between  the Central  and  the  State  Governments  for  delivering  services  for  children  in  difficult circumstances which include institutional care and non-institutional care services. The Government  is  committed  to  provide  security  net  of  statutory  and  service  delivery structures to the children in need of care and protection and children in conflict with law. The  Child  Care  Institutions  (CCIs)  established  under  the  Mission  Vatsalya  scheme support inter-alia age-appropriate education, access to vocational training, recreation, health care, counselling etc. Support under non-institutional care is provided by way of sponsorship, foster care and after care to children in need of care and protection. The Mission  aims  to  Support  and  sustain  Children  in  difficult  circumstances;  develop context-based solutions for holistic development of children from varied backgrounds; provide scope for encouraging innovative solutions and to cement convergent action.

State-wise  total  number  of  beneficiaries  in  the  Child  Care  Institutions  (CCIs) supported under Mission Vatsalya Scheme during the last three years is at AnnexureII . State-wise total number of children supported under Non-Institutional Care of Mission Vatsalya Scheme during the last three years is at Annexure-III . The State-wise number of CCIs supported under Mission Vatsalya Scheme across the country is at AnnexureIV .

- (e)         As  per  the  Crime  in  India  Report  of  the  year  2020,  2021  and  2022 published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), State-wise details of cases of human trafficking of children, i.e., a person below the age of 18 years is at AnnexureV .

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ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1248 ASKED BY HON'BLE  MP  SHRI  GAJANAN  KIRTIKAR  FOR  ANSWER  ON  09.02.2024  REGARDING  'ADOPTION  OF ORPHANS'

The number of children (Orphan, Abandoned, Surrendered and Relative/Step ) adopted during the last three years

| Sl.n o   | State                                    | Year 2020-21   | Year 2020-21   | Year 2020-21   | Year 2020-21   | Year 2020-21   | Year 2020-21   | Year 2021-22   | Year 2021-22   | Year 2021-22   | Year 2021-22   | Year 2021-22   | Year 2021-22   | Year 2022-   | Year 2022-   | Year 2022-               | Year 2022-               | Year 2022-               | Year 2022-               |
|----------|------------------------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| Sl.n o   | State                                    | In-Country     | In-Country     | Inter-Country  | Inter-Country  | Inter-Country  | In-Country     | In-Country     | In-Country     | Inter-Country  | Inter-Country  | Inter-Country  |                |              |              | In-Country Inter-Country | In-Country Inter-Country | In-Country Inter-Country | In-Country Inter-Country |
| Sl.n o   | State                                    | Mal e          | Fema le        | Tot al         | Mal e          | Fema le        | Tot al         | Mal e          | Fema le        | Tot al         | Mal e          | Fema le        | Tot al         | Mal e        | Fema le      | Tot al Mal e             | Fema le                  | Tot al                   |                          |
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Island Andhra        | 0              | 0 0            | 0              | 0              |                | 0              | 0              | 1              | 1              | 0              | 0              | 0              | 0            | 1 1          | 0                        | 0                        | 0                        |                          |
| 2        | Pradesh 39                               | 36             | 75             | 13             | 11             |                | 24             | 35             | 40             | 75             | 3              | 14             | 17             | 39 50        | 89           | 3                        | 7                        | 10                       |                          |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                        | 0              | 3 3            | 0              | 0              |                | 0              | 1              | 2              | 3              | 0              | 0              | 0              | 4            | 3            | 7 1                      | 0                        | 1                        |                          |
| 4        | Assam                                    | 36             | 40             | 76 3           |                | 5              | 8              | 37             | 52             | 89             | 1              | 6              | 7              | 40           | 47           | 87 3                     | 3                        | 6                        |                          |
| 5        | Bihar                                    | 29             | 93             | 122            | 5              | 10             | 15             | 42             | 72             | 114            | 5              | 10             | 15             | 40           | 71           | 111 4                    | 14                       | 18                       |                          |
| 6        | Chandigar h                              | 5              | 6              | 11             | 0              | 0              | 0              | 4              | 5              | 9              | 0              | 0              | 0              | 1            | 7            | 8 2                      | 0                        | 2                        |                          |
| 7        | Chhattisga rh                            | 44             | 51             | 95             | 6              | 7              | 13             | 41             | 51             | 92             | 3              | 6              | 9              | 43           | 44           | 87 7                     | 2                        | 9                        |                          |
| 8        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 1              | 2              | 3              | 0              | 0              | 0              | 1              | 1              | 2              | 0              | 0              | 0              | 1            | 0            | 1 0                      | 0                        | 0                        |                          |
| 9        | Delhi                                    | 39             | 45 84          |                | 11             | 7              | 18             | 19             | 51             | 70             | 6              | 11             | 17             | 27           | 49           | 76 6                     | 12                       | 18                       |                          |
| 10       | Goa                                      | 10             | 11             | 21             | 0              | 0              | 0              | 8              | 14             | 22             | 0              | 0              | 0              | 5            | 5            | 10 0                     | 1                        | 1                        |                          |
| 11       | Gujarat                                  | 48             | 59             | 107            | 3              | 12             | 15             | 48             | 49             | 97             | 2              | 8              | 10             | 38           | 52           | 90 9                     | 9                        | 18                       |                          |
| 12       | Haryana                                  | 19             | 16             | 35             | 4              | 5              | 9              | 21             | 35             | 56             | 3              | 1              | 4              | 16           | 35           | 51 4                     | 7                        | 11                       |                          |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                         | 0              | 3              | 3              | 0              | 0              | 0              | 4              | 1              | 5              | 0              | 0              | 0              | 2            | 5            | 7 0                      | 0                        | 0                        |                          |
| 14       | Jammu and Kashmir                        | 0              | 0              | 0              | 0              | 0              | 0              | 0              | 1              | 1              | 0              | 0              | 0              | 3            | 2            | 5 0                      | 0                        | 0                        |                          |
| 15       | Jharkhand                                | 44             | 34             | 78             | 1              | 4              | 5              | 32             | 35             | 67             | 3              | 4              | 7              | 37           | 45           | 82 4                     | 5                        | 9                        |                          |
| 16       | Karnataka                                | 90             | 137            | 227            | 8              | 21             | 29             | 105            | 145            | 250            | 12             | 27             | 39             | 78           | 110          | 188 20                   | 15                       | 35                       |                          |
| 17       | Kerala                                   | 62             | 65             | 127            |                |                |                | 52             |                |                |                |                |                |              |              | 8                        |                          |                          |                          |
|          |                                          |                |                |                | 3              | 7              | 10             |                | 41             | 93             | 10             | 6              | 16             | 58           | 43           | 101                      | 5                        | 13                       |                          |
| 18       | Ladakh                                   | 0              | 0              | 0              | 0              | 0              | 0              | 0              | 0              | 0              | 0              | 0              | 0              | 0            | 0            | 0 0                      | 0                        | 0                        |                          |

| 19               | Lakshadwe ep     | 0     | 0    | 0     | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0     | 0    | 0     | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0     | 0    | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0   |
|------------------|------------------|-------|------|-------|-----|-----|-----|-------|------|-------|-----|-----|-----|-------|------|--------|-----|-----|-----|
| 20               | Madhya Pradesh   | 50    | 91   | 141   | 6   | 12  | 18  | 62    | 66   | 128   | 5   | 11  | 16  | 70    | 69   | 139    | 5   | 3   | 8   |
| 21               | Maharashtr a     | 239   | 354  | 593   | 38  | 37  | 75  | 234   | 265  | 499   | 25  | 40  | 65  | 232   | 250  | 482    | 38  | 44  | 82  |
| 22               | Manipur          | 3     | 3    | 6     | 0   | 1   | 1   | 1     | 2    | 3     | 2   | 0   | 2   | 4     | 0    | 4      | 0   | 0   | 0   |
| 23               | Meghalaya        | 7     | 10   | 17    | 0   | 1   | 1   | 8     | 2    | 10    | 1   | 0   | 1   | 13    | 20   | 33     | 0   | 0   | 0   |
| 24               | Mizoram          | 8     | 22   | 30    | 5   | 2   | 7   | 6     | 20   | 26    | 3   | 1   | 4   | 17    | 19   | 36     | 0   | 1   | 1   |
| 25               | Nagaland         | 10    | 2    | 12    | 5   | 1   | 6   | 6     | 7    | 13    | 2   | 2   | 4   | 2     | 5    | 7      | 1   | 2   | 3   |
| 26               | Orissa           | 76    | 94   | 170   | 4   | 5   | 9   | 65    | 85   | 150   | 10  | 18  | 28  | 73    | 90   | 163    | 9   | 16  | 25  |
| 27               | Pudducher ry     | 4     | 6    | 10    | 0   | 0   | 0   | 4     | 6    | 10    | 0   | 0   | 0   | 7     | 3    | 10     | 0   | 0   | 0   |
| 28               | Punjab           | 13    | 33   | 46    | 12  | 12  | 24  | 15    | 23   | 38    | 5   | 11  | 16  | 8     | 34   | 42     | 11  | 19  | 30  |
| 29               | Rajasthan        | 42    | 87   | 129   | 11  | 10  | 21  | 54    | 75   | 129   | 7   | 6   | 13  | 47    | 56   | 103    | 7   | 9   | 16  |
| 30               | Sikkim           | 11    | 7    | 18    | 0   | 0   | 0   | 19    | 20   | 39    | 0   | 0   | 0   | 21    | 23   | 44     | 0   | 0   | 0   |
| 31               | Tamil Nadu       | 137   | 216  | 353   | 11  | 11  | 22  | 129   | 165  | 294   | 12  | 12  | 24  | 146   | 197  | 343    | 13  | 16  | 29  |
| 32               | Telangana        | 41    | 85   | 126   | 9   | 12  | 21  | 61    | 117  | 178   | 13  | 19  | 32  | 60    | 129  | 189 17 |     | 19  | 36  |
| 33               | Tripura          | 4     | 10   | 14    | 0   | 0   | 0   | 7     | 4    | 11    | 0   | 0   | 0   | 4     | 6    | 10     | 0   | 0   | 0   |
| 34               | Uttar Pradesh    | 72    | 125  | 197   | 15  | 27  | 42  | 73    | 101  | 174   | 9   | 30  | 39  | 70    | 139  | 209    | 3   | 13  | 16  |
| 35               | Uttarakhan d     | 7     | 9    | 16    | 0   | 4   | 4   | 5     | 9    | 14    | 1   | 3   | 4   | 13    | 17   | 30     | 1   | 4   | 5   |
| 36               | West Bengal      | 96    | 101  | 197   | 10  | 10  | 20  | 94    | 135  | 229   | 12  | 13  | 25  | 67    | 98   | 165    | 11  | 18  | 29  |
| Total            | Total            | 128 6 | 1856 | 314 2 | 183 | 234 | 417 | 129 3 | 1698 | 299 1 | 155 | 259 | 414 | 128 6 | 1724 | 301 0  | 187 | 244 | 431 |
| SOURCE : CARINGS | SOURCE : CARINGS |       |      |       |     |     |     |       |      |       |     |     |     |       |      |        |     |     |     |

ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1248 ASKED BY HON'BLE MP SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR FOR ANSWER ON 09.02.2024 REGARDING 'ADOPTION OF ORPHANS'

STATE-WISE  TOTAL  NUMBER  OF  BENEFICIARIES  IN  THE  CHILD  CARE INSTITUTIONS SUPPORTED UNDER MISSION VATSALYA SCHEME DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS

| Sl.   | State/UTs                            | 2020-21       | 2021-22       | 2022-23       |
|-------|--------------------------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| No.   |                                      | Beneficiaries | Beneficiaries | Beneficiaries |
| 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 | Total                                | 77615         | 76118         | 57940         |

ANNEXURE-III

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1248 ASKED BY HON'BLE MP SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR FOR ANSWER ON 09.02.2024 REGARDING 'ADOPTION OF ORPHANS'

STATE-WISE  TOTAL  NUMBER  OF  CHILDREN  SUPPORTED  UNDER  NONINSTITUTIONAL  CARE  OF  MISSION  VATSALYA  SCHEME  DURING  THE  LAST THREE YEARS

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs                |   FY 2020-21 |   FY 2021-22 |   FY 2022-23 |
|-----------|---------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |           52 |           52 |            0 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh            |          144 |          144 |         9150 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh         |          317 |          318 |          840 |
| 4         | Assam                     |          434 |          434 |          858 |
| 5         | Bihar                     |         1646 |         1646 |          504 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                |           67 |           67 |          199 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh              |         1250 |         1250 |          288 |
| 8         | D & N.H and D & Diu       |          156 |          156 |          519 |
| 9         | Delhi                     |          521 |          521 |          980 |
| 10        | Goa                       |           13 |           13 |           27 |
| 11        | Gujarat                   |         1438 |         1438 |          506 |
| 12        | Haryana                   |         1042 |         1042 |         5155 |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh          |          563 |          563 |         1347 |
| 14        | Jammu & Kashmir           |          980 |          979 |         1398 |
| 15        | Jharkhand                 |         1125 |         1125 |         3086 |
| 16        | Karnataka                 |         1375 |         1375 |         3875 |
| 17        | Kerala                    |          323 |          323 |         1133 |
| 18        | Ladakh                    |            0 |            0 |           29 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep               |            0 |            0 |            0 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh            |         2188 |         2188 |         2377 |
| 21        | Maharashtra               |         1688 |         1688 |         9844 |
| 22        | Manipur                   |          730 |          729 |         1120 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                 |          489 |          490 |         1028 |
| 24        | Mizoram                   |          396 |          396 |          591 |
| 25        | Nagaland                  |          521 |          521 |          752 |
| 26        | Odisha                    |         1375 |         1375 |         1772 |
| 27        | Puducherry                |          198 |          198 |          106 |
| 28        | Punjab                    |          263 |          263 |          612 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                 |         1438 |         1438 |          239 |
| 30        | Sikkim                    |          188 |          188 |          323 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                |         1521 |         1521 |         2975 |
| 32        | Telangana                 |         1563 |         1563 |         6454 |
| 33        | Tripura                   |          364 |          365 |          305 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh             |         3313 |         3313 |         1766 |
| 35        | Uttarakhand               |          573 |          573 |          847 |
| 36        | West Bengal               |         1083 |         1083 |         1670 |
| Total     | Total                     |        29337 |        29338 |        62675 |

## ANNEXURE-IV

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1248 ASKED BY HON'BLE MP SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR FOR ANSWER ON 09.02.2024 REGARDING 'ADOPTION OF ORPHANS'

STATE/UT-WISE  TOTAL  NUMBER  OF  THE  CCIS  UNDER  MISSION  VATSALYA SCHEME DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS

| S.No   | State                                | Number of CCIs during the year   | Number of CCIs during the year   | Number of CCIs during the year   |
|--------|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| S.No   | State                                | 2020-21                          | 2021-22                          | 2022-23                          |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh                       | 92                               | 92                               | 84                               |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh                    | 6                                | 8                                | 11                               |
| 3      | Assam                                | 67                               | 64                               | 67                               |
| 4      | Bihar                                | 65                               | 80                               | 78                               |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh                         | 87                               | 85                               | 83                               |
| 6      | Goa                                  | 24                               | 23                               | 25                               |
| 7      | Gujarat                              | 78                               | 81                               | 78                               |
| 8      | Haryana                              | 52                               | 50                               | 49                               |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh                     | 36                               | 37                               | 38                               |
| 10     | Jammu and Kashmir                    | 14                               | 16                               | 39                               |
| 11     | Jharkhand                            | 55                               | 50                               | 50                               |
| 12     | Karnataka                            | 153                              | 164                              | 154                              |
| 13     | Kerala                               | 44                               | 41                               | 47                               |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh                       | 100                              | 103                              | 104                              |
| 15     | Maharashtra                          | 102                              | 107                              | 112                              |
| 16     | Manipur                              | 80                               | 81                               | 86                               |
| 17     | Meghalaya                            | 52                               | 52                               | 54                               |
| 18     | Mizoram                              | 50                               | 49                               | 49                               |
| 19     | Nagaland                             | 44                               | 43                               | 44                               |
| 20     | Orissa                               | 133                              | 130                              | 140                              |
| 21     | Punjab                               | 25                               | 25                               | 27                               |
| 22     | Rajasthan                            | 146                              | 159                              | 156                              |
| 23     | Sikkim                               | 22                               | 22                               | 23                               |
| 24     | Tamil Nadu                           | 229                              | 225                              | 221                              |
| 25     | Tripura                              | 34                               | 33                               | 34                               |
| 26     | Uttar Pradesh                        | 120                              | 104                              | 100                              |
| 27     | Uttarakhand                          | 32                               | 32                               | 33                               |
| 28     | West Bengal                          | 132                              | 137                              | 164                              |
| 29     | Telangana                            | 51                               | 56                               | 62                               |
| 30     | Andaman & Nicobar                    | 11                               | 12                               | 10                               |
| 31     | Chandigarh                           | 8                                | 8                                | 8                                |
| 32     | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 3                                | 4                                | 4                                |
| 33     | Ladakh                               | 0                                | 0                                | 1                                |
| 34     | Lakshadweep                          | 0                                | 1                                | 1                                |
| 35     | Delhi                                | 40                               | 42                               | 39                               |
| 36     | Puducherry                           | 28                               | 29                               | 30                               |
| Total  | Total                                | 2215                             | 2245                             | 2305                             |

ANNEXURE-V

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (E)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1248 ASKED BY HON'BLE MP SHRI GAJANAN FOR ANSWER ON 09.02.2024 REGARDING 'ADOPTION OF ORPHANS'

STATE-WISE DETAILS OF CASES OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN, (A PERSON BELOW THE AGE OF 18 YEARS) FOR THE YEAR 2020, 2021 AND 2022

| S. No.   | State                                |   2020 |   2021 |   2022 |
|----------|--------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                       |     23 |     58 |     14 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh                    |     13 |      3 |      1 |
| 3        | Assam                                |     84 |    215 |    123 |
| 4        | Bihar                                |    123 |    311 |    613 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                         |     35 |     43 |     26 |
| 6        | Goa                                  |      1 |      0 |      0 |
| 7        | Gujarat                              |     65 |      5 |      6 |
| 8        | Haryana                              |      7 |     21 |     13 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh                     |      2 |      4 |      0 |
| 10       | Jharkhand                            |    114 |    146 |    129 |
| 11       | Karnataka                            |      2 |      5 |      7 |
| 12       | Kerala                               |    184 |    219 |    140 |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh                       |     79 |     87 |     91 |
| 14       | Maharashtra                          |     49 |     52 |     56 |
| 15       | Manipur                              |      4 |      4 |      0 |
| 16       | Meghalaya                            |      1 |      1 |      0 |
| 17       | Mizoram                              |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 18       | Nagaland                             |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 19       | Odisha                               |    159 |    497 |    353 |
| 20       | Punjab                               |     65 |     11 |     12 |
| 21       | Rajasthan                            |    815 |    417 |    453 |
| 22       | Sikkim                               |      2 |      0 |      0 |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu                           |     24 |     16 |      3 |
| 24       | Telangana                            |     32 |    222 |     63 |
| 25       | Tripura                              |      2 |      0 |      0 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh                        |     61 |     40 |     73 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand                          |      9 |      9 |      7 |
| 28       | West Bengal                          |     53 |     50 |     78 |
| 29       | A & N Islands                        |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 30       | Chandigarh                           |      3 |      2 |      0 |
| 31       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |      2 |      0 |      0 |
| 32       | Delhi UT                             |    202 |    437 |    605 |
| 33       | Jammu & Kashmir                      |      2 |      2 |     10 |
| 34       | Ladakh                               |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 35       | Lakshadweep                          |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 36       | Puducherry                           |      5 |      0 |      2 |
|          | TOTAL                                |   2222 |   2877 |   2878 |