Lok Sabha Question No. 5668 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-04
Subject: Aims and Objectives of Mission Vatsalya
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Gyaneshwar Patil, Dr. Shivaji Bandappa Kalge, Shri Bhumare Sandipanrao Asaram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5668 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2025

## AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF MISSION VATSALYA

## 5668.  SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL:

DR. SHIVAJI BANDAPPA KALGE:

SHRI BHUMARE SANDIPANRAO ASARAM:

Will the Minister of Women and Child Development be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the aims and objectives of Mission Vatsalya;
- (b) whether  the  said  scheme  is  achieving  the  desired  goals  in  respect  of  child welfare particularly  for the children living in difficult conditions;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra; and
- (d) the number of children adopted and the children living under institutional care during the last five years and the current year?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SAVITRI THAKUR)

(a) to (d) : The Mission Vatsalya Scheme is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme which is implemented by the States/ Union Territories (UTs) with the aim to support Children in Need of care and Protection (CNCP) and Children in Conflict with Law (CCL).  The objective  of  Mission  Vatsalya  is  to  ensure  that  the  best  interests  of  children  are always  taken  care  of  while  designing  the  projects/  programmes.  The  objectives include  establishing  essential  services,  emergency  outreach  services  for  children and include strengthening of  institutional  and  non-institutional  care  services.  The Child Care Institutions (CCIs) established under the Mission support, inter-alia, ageappropriate  education,  access  to  vocational  training,  recreation,  health  care  and counselling.

The funds are shared between the Centre and States 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 sharing is in the ratio of 90:10. In Union Territories without legislature, 100% cost is borne by the Central Government.

Mission Vatsalya Scheme provides for setting up of statutory and service delivery structures at State and District level for achieving goals for children living in difficult conditions.

State/UT-wise details of State Child Protection Society, State Adoption Resource Agency,  Child  Welfare  Committee,  Juvenile  Justice  Board  and  District  Child Protection Unit, as on 31.03.2024, are at Annexure-I.

The Ministry regularly engages with the States/UTs for enhanced implementation of the Scheme. The Ministry has also 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 number of children adopted during the last five years and the current year are as under :

| Year                      |   Number of Children Adopted |
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
| 2019-20                   |                         3745 |
| 2020-21                   |                         3559 |
| 2021-22                   |                         3405 |
| 2022-23                   |                         3441 |
| 2023-24                   |                         4029 |
| 2024-25 (upto 28.03.2025) |                         4479 |

3198 Children are living in Specialised Adoption Agencies (SAAs) as on 28.03.2025.

State/UT-wise  number  of  children  living  in  Child  Care  Institutions  under  Mission Vatsalya Scheme during last five year (FY from 2019-20 to 2023-24) is at AnnexureII.

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ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTs (a) TO (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.5668  FOR  ANSWER  ON  04.04.2025  RAISED  BY  SHRI GYANESHWAR  PATIL,  DR.  SHIVAJI  BANDAPPA  KALGE  AND  SHRI  BHUMARE SANDIPANRAO  ASARAM  REGARDING  AIMS  AND  OBJECTIVES  OF  MISSION VATSALYA

STATE/UT-WISE DETAILS OF STATE CHILD PROTECTION SOCIETY (SCPS), STATE ADOPTION  RESOURCE  AGENCY  (SARA),  CHILD  WELFARE  COMMITTEE  (CWC), JUVENILE JUSTICE BOARD (JJB) AND DISTRICT CHILD PROTECTION UNIT (DCPU), AS ON 31.03.2024

| S. No.   | States/UTs                           |   SCPS | SARA   |   CWC |   JJB |   DCPU |
|----------|--------------------------------------|--------|--------|-------|-------|--------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                       |      1 | 1      |    26 |    26 |     26 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh                    |      1 | 1      |    26 |    26 |     25 |
| 3        | Assam                                |      1 | 1      |    33 |    33 |     33 |
| 4        | Bihar                                |      1 | 1      |    38 |    38 |     38 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                         |      1 | 1      |    33 |    33 |     33 |
| 6        | Goa                                  |      1 | 1      |     2 |     2 |      2 |
| 7        | Gujarat                              |      1 | 1      |    33 |    33 |     33 |
| 8        | Haryana                              |      1 | 1      |    22 |    22 |     22 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh                     |      1 | 1      |    12 |    12 |     12 |
| 10       | Jammu and Kashmir                    |      1 | 1      |    20 |    20 |     20 |
| 11       | Jharkhand                            |      1 | 1      |    24 |    24 |     24 |
| 12       | Karnataka                            |      1 | 1      |    39 |    38 |     31 |
| 13       | Kerala                               |      1 | 1      |    14 |    14 |     14 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh                       |      1 | 1      |    51 |    51 |     51 |
| 15       | Maharashtra                          |      1 | 1      |    39 |    37 |     36 |
| 16       | Manipur                              |      1 | 1      |    16 |    16 |     16 |
| 17       | Meghalaya                            |      1 | 1      |    12 |    12 |     12 |
| 18       | Mizoram                              |      1 | 1      |    11 |    11 |     11 |
| 19       | Nagaland                             |      1 | 1      |    16 |    16 |     16 |
| 20       | Orissa                               |      1 | 1      |    31 |    34 |     30 |
| 21       | Punjab                               |      1 | 1      |    23 |    23 |     23 |
| 22       | Rajasthan                            |      1 | 1      |    33 |    34 |     33 |
| 23       | Sikkim                               |      1 | 1      |     6 |     6 |      6 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu                           |      1 | 1      |    40 |    38 |     38 |
| 25       | Telangana                            |      1 | 1      |    36 |    33 |     33 |
| 26       | Tripura                              |      1 | 1      |     8 |     8 |      8 |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh                        |      1 | 1      |    75 |    75 |     75 |
| 28       | Uttarakhand                          |      1 | 1      |    13 |    13 |     13 |
| 29       | West Bengal                          |      1 | 1      |    25 |    23 |     23 |
| 30       | Andaman & Nicobar Islands            |      1 | 1      |     3 |     3 |      3 |
| 31       | Chandigarh                           |      1 | 1      |     1 |     1 |      1 |
| 32       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |      1 | 1      |     3 |     3 |      3 |
| 33       | Ladakh                               |      1 | 1      |     2 |     2 |      2 |
| 34       | Lakshadweep                          |      1 | -      |     1 |     1 |      1 |
| 35       | Delhi                                |      1 | 1      |    10 |     9 |     11 |
| 36       | Puducherry                           |      1 | 1      |     4 |     4 |      4 |
| Total    | Total                                |     36 | 35     |   781 |   774 |    762 |

ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTs (a) TO (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.5668  FOR  ANSWER  ON  04.04.2025  RAISED  BY  SHRI GYANESHWAR  PATIL,  DR.  SHIVAJI  BANDAPPA  KALGE  AND  SHRI  BHUMARE SANDIPANRAO  ASARAM  REGARDING  AIMS  AND  OBJECTIVES  OF  MISSION VATSALYA

STATE/UT-WISE  NUMBER  OF  CHILDREN  LIVING  IN  CHILD  CARE  INSTITUTIONs  UNDER MISSION VATSALYA SCHEME DURING LAST FIVE YEAR (FY FROM 2019-20 TO 2023-24)

| S. No.   | States/UTs                           |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |
|----------|--------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                       |      3356 |      3012 |      3069 |      1504 |      1546 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh                    |       195 |       195 |       147 |       206 |       206 |
| 3        | Assam                                |      1793 |      1624 |      1378 |      1380 |      1241 |
| 4        | Bihar                                |      1418 |      1844 |      2372 |      2088 |      2227 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                         |      2264 |      2169 |      2167 |      1974 |      1843 |
| 6        | Goa                                  |       798 |       798 |       685 |       526 |       461 |
| 7        | Gujarat                              |      1895 |      1946 |      1299 |      1651 |      3195 |
| 8        | Haryana                              |      1799 |      2017 |      1786 |      1239 |       963 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh                     |      1374 |      1264 |      1147 |       805 |       926 |
| 10       | Jammu and Kashmir                    |       823 |       759 |       579 |       817 |      1104 |
| 11       | Jharkhand                            |      1683 |      1767 |      1537 |      1219 |      1238 |
| 12       | Karnataka                            |      4527 |      4303 |      3974 |      3182 |      3110 |
| 13       | Kerala                               |      1043 |       591 |      1380 |       697 |       776 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh                       |      3152 |      2976 |      2982 |      2292 |      2597 |
| 15       | Maharashtra                          |      2540 |      3716 |      3468 |      3654 |      3495 |
| 16       | Manipur                              |      1845 |      1966 |      1980 |      2121 |      2295 |
| 17       | Meghalaya                            |      1023 |       975 |       915 |       972 |      1031 |
| 18       | Mizoram                              |      1204 |      1018 |       776 |       914 |      1172 |
| 19       | Nagaland                             |       674 |       770 |       597 |       493 |       562 |
| 20       | Orissa                               |      7662 |      7392 |      7077 |      4153 |      4431 |
| 21       | Punjab                               |       697 |       681 |       685 |       607 |       533 |
| 22       | Rajasthan                            |      4960 |      5130 |      3670 |      2560 |      2733 |
| 23       | Sikkim                               |       580 |       519 |       534 |       526 |       468 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu                           |     13339 |     13819 |     13877 |      7785 |     10118 |
| 25       | Telangana                            |      1626 |      1626 |      2822 |      1129 |      2243 |
| 26       | Tripura                              |       848 |       832 |       875 |       829 |       948 |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh                        |      4684 |      4965 |      4722 |      3238 |      3226 |
| 28       | Uttarakhand                          |       524 |       511 |       457 |       700 |       589 |
| 29       | West Bengal                          |      5708 |      5257 |      6494 |      6220 |      4744 |
| 30       | Andaman & Nicobar Islands            |       411 |       360 |       301 |       308 |       274 |
| 31       | Chandigarh                           |       269 |       297 |       153 |       202 |       222 |
| 32       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |        35 |        60 |         5 |        28 |        36 |
| 33       | Ladakh                               |        25 |         0 |         0 |        25 |        84 |
| 34       | Lakshadweep                          |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 35       | Delhi                                |      1986 |      1500 |      1835 |      1206 |      1216 |
| 36       | Puducherry                           |      1005 |       956 |       373 |       690 |       739 |
|          | Total                                |     77765 |     77615 |     76118 |     57940 |     62592 |

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