Lok Sabha Question No. 26 (STARRED), answered on 2023-07-21
Subject: Child Care Institutions
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Mondal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *26

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.07.2023

## CHILD CARE INSTITUTIONS

- *26. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL:

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

- (a) whether  the  Union  Government  has  provided  additional  financial  resources  to Child Care Institutions (CCIs) for provision of additional items such as sanitization supplies,  protective  gear,  medication,  additional  nutrition  to  boost  immunity, additional clothing and bedding, capital costs to add infrastructure and equipment to ensure health and safety of children; and
- (b) if  so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise along with future initiative in this regard and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) : A statement is laid on the table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) AND (B) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.26 FOR ANSWER ON 21.07.2023 RAISED BY SHRI SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL REGARDING CHILD CARE INSTITUTIONS

(a) & (b) : The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (as amended in 2021) is the primary legislation for ensuring the safety, security, dignity and well-being of children. The Act provides for protection 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 and social re-integration. Rule 29 of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Model Rules, 2016 (as amended in 2022) provides for physical infrastructure and Rule 30 provides for minimum standard of care which includes clothing, bedding, toiletries and other articles.

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 predefined 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 ageappropriate education, access to vocational training, recreation, health care, counselling etc.

Financial assistance is provided to the States/UTs under Mission Vatsalya Scheme for CCIs @Rs.3000/- per month per child as maintenance grant for providing food, clothing, medicine, soap, oil, supplementary education, and also @Rs.1000/- per year per child for  bedding  including  mattress,  bed  sheets,  pillow,  blanket,  dari/mats  etc.  Further, scheme also provides funds for construction of each CCI (Children Home/ Observation Home/ Special Home/ Place of Safety) @Rs.134.93 lakh for a capacity of 50 children, @Rs.77.15 lakh for a  capacity  of  25  children  and  Rs.558.25  lakh  for  construction  of Vatsalya Sadan (Children Home/ Observation Home/ Special Home/ Place of Safety/ Child Welfare Committee/ Juvenile Justice Board).

The scheme also provides for financial assistance to the States/UTs under 'Swachhata Action  Plan'  to  take  up  the  activities  of  SAP  in  CCIs  as  well  as  Service  Delivery Structures. Some of the activities include personal hygiene of children and staff in CCIs such  as  trimming  nails,  washing  hands,  cleaning  of  wardrobes,  proper  cleaning  and frequent sanitization of the CCIs, fumigation of premises, clean drinking water regularly and cleaning of storage tanks, regular supply of hand sanitizer, soap and running water in the washrooms of CCIs etc.  State/UT-wise details of grant released during the last three years are at Annexure-I.

Funds under the Mission Vatsalya Scheme are released according to the requirements and demands made by the States/UTs.

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Annexure-I

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) AND (B) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.26 FOR ANSWER ON 21.07.2023 RAISED BY SHRI SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL REGARDING CHILD CARE INSTITUTIONS

## STATE/UT-WISE DETAILS OF GRANT RELEASED FOR SWACHHTA ACTION PLAN UNDER MISSION VATSALYA DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS

## (Rupees in lakh)

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State/UT                 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                       |     16.29 |      4.07 |     45.32 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh                    |      0.6  |      0    |      3.8  |
| 3         | Assam                                |      7.44 |      1.86 |     11.81 |
| 4         | Bihar                                |     15.42 |      3.86 |      8.33 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh                         |     15.24 |      3.81 |     11.72 |
| 6         | Goa                                  |      4.92 |      0    |      0    |
| 7         | Gujarat                              |      9.99 |      2.5  |      0    |
| 8         | Haryana                              |     18.23 |      4.56 |     23.73 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh                     |     10.8  |      2.7  |      2.5  |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir                      |      3.33 |      0.83 |     19.31 |
| 11        | Jharkhand                            |      9.81 |      2.45 |      0    |
| 12        | Karnataka                            |     50.52 |     12.63 |      0    |
| 13        | Kerala                               |      8.07 |      2.02 |      7.38 |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh                       |     17.7  |      4.43 |      0    |
| 15        | Maharashtra                          |     16.29 |      4.07 |      0    |
| 16        | Manipur                              |     14.87 |      3.72 |      0    |
| 17        | Meghalaya                            |      5.91 |      1.48 |      0    |
| 18        | Mizoram                              |      4.83 |      1.21 |     15.51 |
| 19        | Nagaland                             |      9.04 |      2.26 |      8.71 |
| 20        | Odisha                               |     22.95 |      5.74 |     15.75 |
| 21        | Punjab                               |      2.28 |      0.57 |      3.42 |
| 22        | Rajasthan                            |     45.64 |     11.41 |     40.59 |
| 23        | Sikkim                               |      2.25 |      0.56 |     10.44 |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu                           |     80.27 |     20.07 |     29.02 |
| 25        | Telangana                            |      9.3  |      2.33 |      0    |
| 26        | Tripura                              |      3.66 |      0.92 |      0    |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh                        |     41.7  |     10.43 |      0    |
| 28        | Uttarakhand                          |      4.2  |      1.05 |      0    |
| 29        | West Bengal                          |     54    |     13.5  |      0    |
| 30        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands            |     15.63 |      0    |      0    |
| 31        | Chandigarh                           |     31.26 |      0    |      0    |
| 32        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 33        | Delhi                                |     20.52 |      5.13 |      0    |
| 34        | Lakshadweep                          |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 35        | Ladakh                               |      0    |      0    |      3    |
| 36        | Puducherry                           |     14.46 |      3.62 |      0    |
|           | Total                                |    587.42 |    133.79 |    260.34 |

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