Lok Sabha Question No. 1508 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-28
Subject: GHAR Portal
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Vijay Baghel, Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre, Sunil Kumar Soni, Saikia Dilip, Sunil Kumar Singh, Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar, Mohan Mandavi, Arun Sao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1508

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.07.2023

## GHAR PORTAL

## 1508.  SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL:

SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SONI:

SHRI DILIP SAIKIA:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

SHRI RANJEETSINGH NAIK NIMBALKAR:

SHRI MOHAN MANDAVI:

SHRI ARUN SAO:

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

- (a) whether the Government has developed any mechanism to track and trace the children who  have  to  be repatriated to their native States specially in Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, North Eastern States and Jharkhand;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the number of children registered on the Go Home And  Re-Unite (GHAR)  portal  and  number  of  children  repatriated  through  the GHAR portal in the said States, district-wise;
- (c) whether the Government is taking steps to educate and create awareness about the portal;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) if not, whether the Government is planning to do the same?

## ANSWER

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

(a) : The Ministry of Women and Child Development developed the 'TrackChild Portal', which  enables  tracking  of  the  missing  and  found  children  in  all  States/UTs  including Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, North Eastern States and Jharkhand. The TrackChild portal is implemented with support and involvement of various stakeholders namely Ministry of Home  Affairs,  Ministry  of  Railways,  State  Governments/  UT  Administrations,  Child Welfare  Committees, Juvenile  Justice  Boards,  National  Legal  Services  Authority,  etc. Standard operating procedure have been issued for the 'TrackChild' Portal. Advisories have also been issued to all States and UTs including Director General of Police of all States & UTs and other stakeholders regarding implementation of TrackChild portal. The TrackChild portal is also integrated with the CCTNS or Crime and Criminal Tracking &

Network Systems of the Ministry of Home Affairs which allows interoperability in terms of matching of F.I.Rs of missing children with data base of TrackChild to trace and match missing children by the concerned State/UT police. One component of TrackChild Portal has 'Khoya-Paya' where any citizen can report for any missing or sighted children.

Further,  as  informed  by  National  Commission  for  Protection  of  Child  Rights (NCPCR), a portal namely GHAR - GO Home and Re-Unite (Portal for Restoration and Repatriation of Child) has been developed and launched by NCPCR. The GHAR portal has  been  developed  to  digitally  monitor  and  track  the  restoration  and  repatriation  of children as per the protocols under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and Rules thereof. The following are the salient features of the portal:

- i. Digital tracking and monitoring of children who are in the Juvenile Justice system and have to be repatriated to another Country/State/District.
- ii. Digital transfer of cases of children to the concerned Juvenile Justice Board/Child Welfare Committee of the State. It will help in speedy repatriation of children.
- iii. Where there  is  a  requirement  of  a  translator/interpreter/expert,  request  will  be made to the concerned State Government.
- iv. Child Welfare Committees and District Child Protection Officers can ensure proper restoration and rehabilitation of children by digitally monitoring the progress of the case of the child.
- v. A checklist format will be provided in the forms so that the children who are being hard to repatriate or children who are not getting their entitled compensation or other monetary benefits can be identified.
- vi. List of Government implemented schemes will be provided, so that at the time of restoration the Child Welfare Committees can link the child with the schemes to strengthen the family and ensure that child remains with his/her family.

(b) : As informed by NCPCR, a total 1083 children have been registered on the Go Home and Re-Unite (GHAR) Portal for repatriation. The State/District/Area-wise details of  the  Children  registered  for  repatriation  in  the  States  of  Maharashtra,  Chhattisgarh, North Eastern States and Jharkhand are at Annexure-I.

(c) to (e) : As informed by NCPCR, awareness generation-cum-Launch programme regarding GHAR Portal was organized by NCPCR on 20 th  November, 2022, wherein all concerned Stakeholders were present. NCPCR has also issued letters requesting all the States/UTs  to  update  the  data  of  children  on  the  Portal.  Further,  NCPCR  has  also conducted various Training Programmes for all the stakeholders of GHAR Portal in NorthEastern States.

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Annexure-I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (B)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1508 FOR ANSWER ON 28.07.2023 BY SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL, SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE , SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SONI, SHRI  DILIP  SAIKIA,  SHRI  SUNIL  KUMAR  SINGH,  SHRI  RANJEETSINGH  NAIK NIMBALKAR, SHRI MOHAN MANDAVI AND SHRI ARUN SAO REGARDING GHAR PORTAL

STATE/DISTRICT/AREA-WISE  DETAILS  OF  CHILDREN  IN  THE  STATES  OF MAHARASHTRA, CHHATTISGARH, NORTH EASTERN STATES AND JHARKHAND

| Sl. No.   | State             | District/Area       |   Total |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------|---------|
| 1         | Arunachal Pradesh | Namsai              |       1 |
| 2         | Assam             | Barpeta             |       1 |
|           |                   | Biswanath           |       1 |
|           |                   | Bongaigaon          |       2 |
|           |                   | Cachar              |       1 |
|           |                   | Chirang             |       3 |
|           |                   | Darrang             |       1 |
|           |                   | Dhemaji             |       3 |
|           |                   | Dhubri              |       3 |
|           |                   | Dibrugarh           |       1 |
|           |                   | Goalpara            |       1 |
|           |                   | Golaghat            |       2 |
|           |                   | Jorhat              |       1 |
|           |                   | Kamrup              |       1 |
|           |                   | Kamrup Metropolitan |       5 |
|           |                   | KarbiAnglong        |       2 |
|           |                   | Karimgnj            |       2 |
|           |                   | Kokrajhar           |       7 |
|           |                   | Lakhimpur           |       1 |
|           |                   | Morigaon            |       2 |
|           |                   | Nagaon              |       3 |
|           |                   | Sonitpur            |       1 |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh      | Balod               |       1 |
|           |                   | Balrampur           |       1 |
|           |                   | Bilaspur            |       1 |
|           |                   | Durg                |       1 |
|           |                   | Jashpur             |       1 |
|           |                   | Koriya              |       1 |
|           |                   | Mahasamund          |       1 |
|           |                   | Raipur              |       4 |
| 4         | Jharkhand         | Agar                |       1 |
|           |                   | Bokaro              |       1 |
|           |                   | Chatra              |       1 |
|           |                   | Deoghar             |       1 |
|           |                   | Dhanbad             |       9 |

|    |             | Dumka          |   4 |
|----|-------------|----------------|-----|
|    |             | East Singhbhum |   5 |
|    |             | Garhwa         |   1 |
|    |             | Giridih        |   1 |
|    |             | Godda          |   4 |
|    |             | Gonda          |   1 |
|    |             | Khunti         |   1 |
|    |             | Koderma        |   1 |
|    |             | Latehar        |   1 |
|    |             | Pakur          |   7 |
|    |             | Ranchi         |   6 |
|    |             | Sahibganj      |  13 |
|    |             | West Singhbhum |  10 |
| 5  | Maharashtra | Dhule          |   1 |
|    |             | Gadchiroli     |   1 |
|    |             | Jalgaon        |   1 |
|    |             | Latur          |   1 |
|    |             | Mumbai         |   1 |
|    |             | Nagpur         |   1 |
|    |             | Parbhani       |   1 |
|    |             | Thane          |   1 |
| 6  | Nagaland    | Dimapur        |   4 |
| 7  | Sikkim      | East Sikkim    |   1 |
|    |             | West Sikkim    |   1 |
| 8  | Tripura     | North Tripura  |   1 |
|    |             | West Tripura   |   1 |
|    |             | Total          | 140 |

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